Season

Shameless Season 5

by Krista Vernoff, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, Jenica Bergere, Michael B. Silver and 36 others

Season five finds the Gallaghers dealing with both the upside and downside of personal and urban renewal. As their neighborhood begins a move towards gentrifying, the Gallagher clan begins to reconcile their chaotic past in the hopes of building a better

(18 total)

Characters

Sheila Callaghan (9)Debbie Gallagher (4)Emma Kenney (4)Krista Vernoff (4)William H. Macy (3)Frank Gallagher (3)Davey Holmes (3)Fiona Gallagher (2)Emmy Rossum (2)Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher (2)

“You get roofies, I Google waterboarding.”

— Davey Holmes, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

Tagged: Torture, Waterboarding, Hurting Someone

“You ever talked to someone getting chemo or radiation? They feel like someone's clawing at their teeth from the inside. They can't remember what day it is, or keep their eyes open. They lay in bed all day and get bed sores that don't heal. Is that how you would want to spend your final days on this…”

— Davey Holmes, Bianca Samson, Bojana Novakovic, imdb.com

Tagged: cancer, Choosing Death Over Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy Side Effects

“The worst part about crack is long term addiction, but I won't be around for long-term anything.”

— Paul Abbott, Bianca Samson, Bojana Novakovic, imdb.com

Tagged: Crack, Crack Cocaine, Drug Addiction, When You're Dying, Cancer Yolo

“Dying is lonely.”

— Davey Holmes, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com

Tagged: Dying, Death, Loneliness of the Life to Death Transition

“I call this beer, Milk Of The Gods.”

— Krista Vernoff, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com

Tagged: Beer, In Praise of Beer, Beer Rocks, Hops, Alcohol

“You're needy and annoying. And slutty, and a bad mother.”

— Krista Vernoff, Sheila Jackson, Joan Cusack, imdb.com

Tagged: insults, Bad Mothers

“Imagine you are swimming. And baby shark comes out of nowhere, and sinks his fucking teeth into your ball sacks. This is what it feels like when they bite nipple. Like they have declared war. Like, if you have a hammer in your hand, you could bash the brains out of this little shit. This is what it…”

— Krista Vernoff, Svetlana, Isidora Goreshter, imdb.com

Tagged: breastfeeding, sucking, Hating Your Child, Vampiric Kids, Children Take Everything From You

“Look, you got to grab this tit, and you got to massage it till you get the milk ducts flowing, girl.”

— Nancy Pimental, Carol Fisher, Vanessa Bell Calloway, imdb.com

Tagged: breastfeeding, Udders, Milking Humans

“You are gorgeous. You're sweet. You're funny. You're very smart. You know that, right?”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

Tagged: Sweet Things To Say, Aww, Lip to Mandy

“Prison is no place for a man with naturally tight glutes.”

— Krista Vernoff, Frank Gallagher, William H. Macy, imdb.com

Tagged: Prison, Sexual Assault

“I wanna tell you something, but I don’t really wanna talk about it because I’m not sure how I feel about it, and I don’t wanna be told how to feel.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

Tagged: Feelings, emotions, Secrets, Teenage Confusion, sexuality

“You need to let me go… You need to let me let you go.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On, Breakups

“You can’t drink him away. It won’t work.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

Tagged: Alcohol, Drinking, Missing You

“I love you… It means we take care of each other… It means thick and thin, good times, bad, sickness, health, all that shit.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Mickey Milkovich, Noel Fisher, imdb.com

Tagged: sickness, Health, Relationships, Love

“I can’t tell you that this is definitely gonna work out. There’s no guarantees. But if this turns out to be a big mistake, then let’s make it the most fun big fucking mistake we’ve ever made.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Fiona Gallagher, Emmy Rossum, imdb.com

Tagged: Fun, Mistakes, live in the moment

“Too much! Too much is wrong with me. That’s the problem isn’t it? Too much is wrong with me, and you can’t do anything about that. You can’t change it. You can’t fix me. Because I’m not broken, I don’t need to be fixed, OK? I’m me!”

— Sheila Callaghan, Ian Gallagher, Cameron Monaghan, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Problems, Fixing

“I just need someone to say, 'Fuck it. This kid deserves a chance.'”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

Tagged: chances, opportunities, Success

“I know who I love and I know what I want, even if you don't.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Debbie Gallagher, Emma Kenney, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Wants, Needs