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Shameless
Season 4
DVD Cover
Starring
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkShowtime
Original releaseJanuary 12 (2014-01-12) –
April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)
Season chronology
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Season 3
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Season 5
List of episodes

The fourth season of Shameless, an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 12, 2014, at Sunday 9:00 p.m. EST on the Showtime television network. Executive producers are John Wells, Abbott and Andrew Stearn, with producer Michael Hissrich. The season concluded after 12 episodes on April 6, 2014. The show’s season premiere brought in 1.69 million viewers, while the episode airing February 2, "Strangers on a Train", received 1.22 million total viewers, its lowest rated episode of the season. The season finale scored 1.93 million viewers, becoming the show’s highest rated episode for the season.

Plot

Unlike previous seasons, the fourth season begins to shift into a darker tone. The season's core stories mainly revolves around Fiona's sudden trouble with the law, and Frank's possible death, in contrast to the beginning of the season, which revolved around Fiona getting past the disappearance of Jimmy and adjusting to her new job at Worldwide Cup. Making good money, she has begun dating her boss, Mike.

New developments have shifted within the characters. Lip no longer lives at the house, struggling to adjust to new life at college. Sheila works as a lonely maid to care for the kids, experimenting with online dating. Veronica is pregnant with triplets, as is her mother, also pregnant with a baby boy. Mickey is depressed over the disappearance of Ian, and has a strained relationship with his wife, Svetlana, who he has a son with. Mickey eventually tracks down and rekindles with Ian, who now works at a sketchy gay bar and has a new, odd behavior. Knowing that her husband is spending time with Ian, Svetlana begins to extort money from Mickey. In a partnership with Kevin, Mickey begins pimping Svetlana and her friends at The Alibi Room.

The police find Frank living in a drug house and return him home, to most of the family's dismay. Forced to stay on the wagon, Frank is desperate for a new liver, and snakes over to an apparent eldest daughter, Sammi, who lives in a trailer with her overweight son, Chuckie. Frank is warmly accepted into their home, though Sammi is furious when Frank accidentally slips that they're related; she eventually warms up to the idea of having a father, and cares for him. When Lip and Fiona kick the pair out for doing drugs, they break into Sheila's house while she's out of town. However, Frank's health soon begins to deteriorate; Sheila, wanting to adopt the kids from a new boyfriend, marries Frank to increase her chances of winning custody (Sheila ultimately fails to do so). While the season continuously dwells over Frank's possible passing, Frank survives after a last minute transplant when he gets moved up the waiting list.

Fiona's life is drastically turned upside down as the season progresses. Her boss, Mike, often has trust issues, and is devastated when he finds out that Fiona had hooked up with his brother, Robbie. That night, Fiona throws an impromptu party with Kevin and Veronica that involves alcohol and cocaine, which tragically ends when Liam gets into a stash of cocaine Fiona had been gifted from Robbie. Fiona is subsequently arrested, put on house arrest, and is convicted as a felon. Consequently, she fails to find a new job, and is eventually taken to a correctional facility for a 90-day sentence after breaking curfew.

The arrest of Fiona wrecks havoc on the rest of the family. Parental duties fall upon Lip, where he gets unexpected assistance from his roommate, Amanda, who he begins dating. He also puts his previous relationship with Mandy behind him; Mandy continues to be beaten by her abusive boyfriend, Kenyatta. Meanwhile, Ian's new behavior concerns the family. After going AWOL from the army, Ian shows signs of taking drugs and randomly falls into deep depressions; Fiona and Lip compare Ian's odd behavior to experiences with Monica's bipolar disorder. At Mickey's son's christening, Mickey publicly comes out as homosexual in The Alibi Room.

Being released early from the correctional facility due to overcrowding, Fiona is granted a job at a restaurant, Patsy's Pies, though she still has to attend anonymous drug meetings. As for Frank, he is up and back to drinking with his new liver, and has simultaneously brought Sammi and Chuckie into the Gallagher's lives. During the final episode, a post-credits scene shows Jimmy, who we haven't seen all season, watching the Gallagher house from his car with an unnamed woman.

Cast and Characters

See also: List of Shameless (American TV series) characters

Regular

Special guest stars

Episodes

See also: List of Shameless (American TV series) episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
371"Simple Pleasures"John WellsJohn WellsJanuary 12, 2014 (2014-01-12)1.69[1]
382"My Oldest Daughter"Mimi LederNancy M. PimentalJanuary 19, 2014 (2014-01-19)1.60[2]
393"Like Father, Like Daughter"Sanaa HamriSheila CallaghanJanuary 26, 2014 (2014-01-26)1.83[3]
404"Strangers on a Train"Peter SegalEtan FrankelFebruary 2, 2014 (2014-02-02)1.22[4]
415"There's the Rub"David NutterDavey HolmesFebruary 9, 2014 (2014-02-09)1.58[5]
426"Iron City"James PonsoldtJohn WellsFebruary 16, 2014 (2014-02-16)1.90[6]
437"A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard and Parasitic Twin"Gary B. GoldmanNancy M. PimentalFebruary 23, 2014 (2014-02-23)1.89[7]
448"Hope Springs Paternal"Mimi LederSheila CallaghanMarch 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)1.77[8]
459"The Legend of Bonnie and Carl"Mark MylodEtan FrankelMarch 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)1.70[9]
4610"Liver, I Hardly Know Her"Christopher ChulackDavey HolmesMarch 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)1.63[10]
4711"Emily"Anthony HemingwayNancy M. PimentalMarch 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)1.76[11]
4812"Lazarus"Mark MylodJohn WellsApril 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)1.93[12]

Development and production

On January 29, 2013, Showtime announced the series would be renewed for a fourth season.[13] The show's fourth season began production on September 20, 2013 and began filming the following week,[14] and premiered on Sunday, January 12, 2014.

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the fourth season 100%, based on 15 reviews. The critics consensus reads, "Shameless shows no signs of fatigue as it barrels into its fourth season, with the Gallaghers stirring up new and novel forms of mischief."[15]

DVD release

The Complete Fourth Season
Set details[16] Special features[17][18]
  • 12 episodes
  • 642 minutes (Region 1); 624 minutes (Region 4)
  • 3-disc set
  • 1.77:1 aspect ratio
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles:
    • English, and French (Region 1)
    • English, Spanish, Danish, French, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, English and German for the Hearing Impaired (Regions 2 and 4)
  • Being Gallagher – (featurette)
  • Shameless Neighbors – (featurette)
  • Deleted Scenes – A small selection of deleted scenes of the series.
    • Episodes: TBA
Release dates
 United States  Australia
December 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)[19] December 17, 2014 (2014-12-17)[20]

References

  1. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (January 14, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Wins Night, 'True Detective', 'Ax Men', 'Shameless' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Bibel, Sara (January 22, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Wins Night, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Shameless', 'True Detective', 'Girls' & More". TV by the Numbers.
  3. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (January 28, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Wins Night + 'Live From the Red Carpet', 'Curse of Oak Island', 'Sister Wives' & More". TV by the Numbers.
  4. ^ Bibel, Sara (February 4, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'NFL Primetime' Wins Night, 'Puppy Bowl', 'Shameless',' Zombie Bowl' & More". TV by the Numbers.
  5. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 11, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Tops Night + 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  6. ^ Bibel, Sara (February 19, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, NBA All Star Game, 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'True Detective', 'Shameless' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  7. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 25, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, + 'Talking Dead', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'True Detective' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  8. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (March 11, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'True Detective' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  9. ^ Bibel, Sara (March 18, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' 'Naked And Afraid', 'Shameless' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  10. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 1, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Tops Night + 'Talking Dead', 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta', NCAA Basketball & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  11. ^ Bibel, Sara (March 25, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Shameless', 'Naked and Afraid' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  12. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 8, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Wins Night + 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Silicon Valley', 'Married to Medicine' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  13. ^ Seat42f. "Showtime Renews Shameless". Retrieved 29 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Amazing first table read with my #shameless family! This seasons gonna ROCK.". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  15. ^ "Shameless S04". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  16. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  17. ^ "Shameless: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Shameless – The Complete 4th Season". Tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  19. ^ "Shameless DVD news: Announcement for Shameless – The Complete 4th Season – TVShowsOnDVD.com". Tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  20. ^ "Buy Shameless; S4 Emmy Rossum, Drama, Blu-ray – Sanity". Sanity. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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