
The building of emotion this episode, to end this bi-polar split season, had everything. Lip just knows that she won’t turn around before the airport. Liam realized the Gallagher home was worth abandoning early. Lip bombed out of the big time university, and just wanted to find a balance. Carl was striving for goals outside his normal class range.

Debbie has a different look and brain than Fiona. Debbie still babies Frank more than she cares for Frannie, even when Frank plays on Debbie’s insecurities.Įvery character has had to take an inventory and be truthfully about their limitations. Debbie will be in and out of the house, and Frannie’s life, sporadically. While Debbie keeps pushing her to the side, Fiona is willing to give up her larger room so Frannie has space. She is still loved by most of the family if they notice her at all. Where Liam is loved, Frannie has been all but incognito. Todd’s grandmother serves a great bowl of Lucky Charms and that’s just one of over forty demands Liam made. Taking care of school and Frannie is not his best option. The family loves Liam and knows that him living in a stable home is best for his future. No one wants to care for Frank, that type of careful attention is reserved for loved ones. Liam has been gone for days, but big baby Frank Gallagher has three to six months of couch rest. Meanwhile, the baby of the family is missing. Now if he can only learn to spell correctly. Carl is going back to school, as a taken man. Carrying some nonsense Gallagher guilt is not in her repertoire. Manipulation and destructive mischief might be fun, but those are the exact traits that keep Debbie and Carl from making any progress in life.īut Kelly is a real woman, making real decisions. Carl and Debbie only have themselves to blame for being such terrible people not worthy of Kelly’s time.

Carl runs Kelly off while Debbie played mind games with both of them. Carl and Debbie really show a lack of development as decent people.


