‘Shameless (US)’ Season 5, Episode 1: ‘Nectar of the Gods’

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Shameless (US) Season 5, Episode 1 airs tonight on Showtime.

Season 5 begins with Fiona balancing her job and a crush on her older boss. Meanwhile, Lip leaves college and heads back home to work a demolition job; Frank unveils the secret project he’s been working on; Ian helps a pregnant Svetlana take care of baby Yevgeny; and Kevin plays stay-at-home dad when Veronica goes to work at the Alibi.

Meet the fabulously dysfunctional Gallagher family. Dad’s a drunk, Mom split long ago, eldest daughter Fiona tries to hold the family together. Eldest son Philip (Lip) trades his physics tutoring skills for sexual favors from neighborhood girls. Middle son Ian is gay. Youngest daughter Debbie is stealing money from her UNICEF collection. Ten-year-old Carl is a budding sociopath and an arsonist, and toddler Liam is – well, he might actually be black, but nobody has a clue how.

Shameless (US) Season 5, Episode 1 airs Jan. 11 at 9 pm EST on Showtime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txOaHPgpocQ

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