Based on a British show of the same title, Shameless is an American show that aired from January 9, 2011, to April 11, 2021, for 11 successive seasons.
The series revolves around The Gallaghers, a poor, dysfunctional family living in the ghetto. The opening montage of Shameless introduces us to Frank, Fiona, Philip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam Gallagher.
As the show progresses, it portrays the best and worst selves of every Gallagher, like Lip, smart as a whip, straight-As and the honor roll, and Shameless’ alcoholic patriarch, father of 6, Frank Gallagher. Over the seasons, the kids struggle not to become more and more like the parents who disappointed them. As the system is rigged against them, their environment constantly pushes them down and they resort to destructive habits to cope.
Shameless is a show about addiction, poverty, and family, a show about whether kids born into the worst situation can ever really get out of it, and it’s a show about whether change is really possible.
List of Shameless episodes
Here is a list of all 134 episodes of Shameless:
Season 1 (2011)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
1
1
Pilot
January 9, 2011
2
2
Frank the Plank
January 16, 2011
3
3
Aunt Ginger
January 23, 2011
4
4
Casey Casden
January 30, 2011
5
5
Three Boys
February 6, 2011
6
6
Killer Carl
February 13, 2011
7
7
Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father
February 20, 2011
8
8
It's Time to Kill the Turtle
February 27, 2011
9
9
But at Last Came a Knock
March 6, 2011
10
10
Nana Gallagher Had an Affair
March 13, 2011
11
11
Daddyz Girl
March 20, 2011
12
12
Father Frank, Full of Grace
March 27, 2011
Season 2 (2012)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
13
1
Summertime
January 8, 2012
14
2
Summer Loving
January 15, 2012
15
3
I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day
January 22, 2012
16
4
A Beautiful Mess
January 29, 2012
17
5
Father's Day
February 5, 2012
18
6
Can I Have a Mother
February 12, 2012
19
7
A Bottle of Jean Nate
February 19, 2012
20
8
Parenthood
March 4, 2012
21
9
Hurricane Monica
March 11, 2012
22
10
A Great Cause
March 18, 2012
23
11
Just Like the Pilgrims Intended
March 25, 2012
24
12
Fiona Interrupted
April 1, 2012
Season 3 (2013)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
25
1
El Gran Cañon
January 13, 2013
26
2
The American Dream
January 20, 2013
27
3
May I Trim Your Hedges?
January 27, 2013
28
4
The Helpful Gallaghers
February 10, 2013
29
5
The Sins of My Caretaker
February 17, 2013
30
6
Cascading Failures
February 24, 2013
31
7
A Long Way From Home
March 3, 2013
32
8
Where There's a Will
March 10, 2013
33
9
Frank the Plumber
March 17, 2013
34
10
Civil Wrongs
March 24, 2013
35
11
Order Room Service
March 31, 2013
36
12
Survival of the Fittest
April 7, 2013
Season 4 (2014)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
37
1
Simple Pleasures
January 12, 2014
38
2
My Oldest Daughter
January 19, 2014
39
3
Like Father, Like Daughter
January 26, 2014
40
4
Strangers on a Train
February 2, 2014
41
5
There's the Rub
February 9, 2014
42
6
Iron City
February 16, 2014
43
7
A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard and Parasitic Twin
February 23, 2014
44
8
Hope Springs Paternal
March 9, 2014
45
9
The Legend of Bonnie and Carl
March 16, 2014
46
10
Liver, I Hardly Know Her
March 23, 2014
47
11
Emily
March 30, 2014
48
12
Lazarus
April 6, 2014
Season 5 (2015)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
49
1
Milk of the Gods
January 11, 2015
50
2
I'm the Liver
January 18, 2015
51
3
The Two Lisas
January 25, 2015
52
4
A Night to Remem... Wait, What?
February 1, 2015
53
5
Rite of Passage
February 8, 2015
54
6
Crazy Love
February 15, 2015
55
7
Tell Me You Fucking Need Me
March 1, 2015
56
8
Uncle Carl
March 8, 2015
57
9
Carl's First Sentencing
March 15, 2015
58
10
South Side Rules
March 22, 2015
59
11
Drugs Actually
March 29, 2015
60
12
Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher)
April 5, 2015
Season 6 (2016)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
61
1
I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing
January 1, 2016 (Online) January 10, 2016 (Showtime)
62
2
#AbortionRules
January 17, 2016
63
3
The F Word
January 24, 2016
64
4
Going Once, Going Twice
January 31, 2016
65
5
Refugees
February 7, 2016
66
6
NSFW
February 14, 2016
67
7
Pimp's Paradise
February 21, 2016
68
8
Be a Good Boy. Come For Grandma.
March 6, 2016
69
9
A Yurt of One's Own
March 13, 2016
70
10
Paradise Lost
March 20, 2016
71
11
Sleep No More
March 27, 2016
72
12
Familia Supra Gallegorious Omnia!
April 3, 2016
Season 7 (2016)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
73
1
Hiraeth
September 23, 2016 (online) October 2, 2016 (Showtime)
74
2
Swipe, Fuck, Leave
October 9, 2016
75
3
Home Sweet Homeless Shelter
October 16, 2016
76
4
I Am a Storm
October 23, 2016
77
5
Own Your Shit
October 30, 2016
78
6
The Defenestration of Frank
November 6, 2016
79
7
You'll Never Ever Get a Chicken in Your Whole Entire Life
November 13, 2016
80
8
You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?
November 20, 2016
81
9
Ouroboros
November 27, 2016
82
10
Ride or Die
December 4, 2016
83
11
Happily Ever After
December 11, 2016
84
12
Requiem for a Slut
December 18, 2016
Season 8 (2017–18)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
85
1
We Become What We... Frank!
November 5, 2017
86
2
Where's My Meth?
November 12, 2017
87
3
God Bless Her Rotting Soul
November 19, 2017
88
4
Fuck Paying It Forward
November 26, 2017
89
5
The (Mis)Education of Liam Fergus Beircheart Gallagher
December 3, 2017
90
6
Icarus Fell and Rusty Ate Him
December 10, 2017
91
7
Occupy Fiona
December 17, 2017
92
8
Frank's Northern Southern Express
December 31, 2017
93
9
The Fugees
January 7, 2018
94
10
Church of Gay Jesus
January 14, 2018
95
11
A Gallagher Pedicure
January 21, 2018
96
12
Sleepwalking
January 28, 2018
Season 9 (2018–19)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
97
1
Are You There Shim? It's Me, Ian
September 9, 2018
98
2
Mo White!
September 16, 2018
99
3
Weirdo Gallagher Vortex
September 23, 2018
100
4
Do Right, Vote White!
September 30, 2018
101
5
Black-Haired Ginger
October 7, 2018
102
6
Face It, You're Gorgeous
October 14, 2018
103
7
Down Like the Titanic
October 21, 2018
104
8
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Alibi
January 20, 2019
105
9
BOOOOOOOOOOOONE!
January 27, 2019
106
10
Los Diablos!
February 10, 2019
107
11
The Hobo Games
February 17, 2019
108
12
You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It
February 24, 2019
109
13
Lost
March 3, 2019
110
14
Found
March 10, 2019
Season 10 (2019–20)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
111
1
We Few, We Lucky Few, We Band of Gallaghers!
November 10, 2019
112
2
Sleep Well My Prince for Tomorrow You Shall Be King
November 17, 2019
113
3
Which America?
November 24, 2019
114
4
A Little Gallagher Goes a Long Way
December 1, 2019
115
5
Sparky
December 8, 2019
116
6
Adios Gringos
December 15, 2019
117
7
Citizen Carl
December 22, 2019
118
8
Debbie Might Be a Prostitute
December 29, 2019
119
9
O Captain, My Captain
January 5, 2020
120
10
Now Leaving Illinois
January 12, 2020
121
11
Location, Location, Location
January 19, 2020
122
12
Gallavich!
January 26, 2020
Season 11 (2020–21)
No. Overall
No. in Season
Title
Original Air Date
123
1
This Is Chicago!
December 6, 2020
124
2
Go Home, Gentrifier!
December 13, 2020
125
3
Frances Francis Franny Frank
December 20, 2020
126
4
NIMBY
January 10, 2021
127
5
Slaughter
January 31, 2021
128
6
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good....Eh, Screw It
February 14, 2021
129
7
Two at a Biker Bar, One in the Lake
March 7, 2021
130
8
Cancelled
March 14, 2021
131
9
Survivors
March 21, 2021
132
10
DNR
March 28, 2021
133
11
The Fickle Lady is Calling it Quits
April 4, 2021
134
12
Father Frank, Full of Grace
April 11, 2021
List of Shameless Specials
In addition to its 11 seasons, Shameless also released 6 specials from December 2020 to February 2021.
Shameless Hall of Shame (2020–21)
No.
Title
Original Air Date
1
Ian & Mickey: Daddy Issues
December 27, 2020
2
Kev & V: God Doesn't Give with Both Hands
January 3, 2021
3
Lip: Once Upon a Phillip Gallagher
January 17, 2021
4
Debbie, Carl & Liam: They Grow Up So Fast
January 24, 2021
5
Fiona: Go Fiona On Them
February 21, 2021
6
Frank: Ghosts of Gallagher Past
February 28, 2021
FAQs about Shameless
A. Shameless aired from January 9, 2011, to April 11, 2021, for 11 successive seasons.
A. Shameless is a show about addiction, poverty, and family. It is about whether kids born into the worst situation can ever really get out of it, and about whether change is really possible.
