The Best Episodes of Shameless Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(3056 votes)

   #1 - Summertime

   S2:E11/8/2012

   Fiona spends her summer with a new guy and bartending, while Debbie runs a daycare at their home. Meanwhile, Kevin realizes his extended weed-growing left him with a huge electrical bill and Frank borrows his youngest son Liam to help him pay a debt.

   Director:Mark Mylod

   Writer:John Wells

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   Director:Mark Mylod

   Writer:John Wells
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   7.8/10(2855 votes)

   #2 - Summer Loving

   S2:E21/15/2012

   As Sheila conquers her agoraphobia, a worried Frank finds a new financial plan in fellow bar patron Dottie, whose declining health and city pension make her an ideal match; Fiona juggles her job, the kids and her burgeoning love life, and Jasmine tries to help by setting up Fiona with a sugar daddy; Veronica takes some old folks from the home on an excursion; Lip worries about Karen's growing relationship with Jody; Ian tries to land a recently released Mickey a job at the Kash and Grab; Debbie wants her own room; Carl moves into the van.

   Director:John Wells

   Writers:Mike O'Malley, LaToya Morgan

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   Director:John Wells

   Writers:Mike O'Malley, LaToya Morgan
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   8.0/10(2825 votes)

   #3 - I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day

   S2:E31/22/2012

   Fiona hopes her moral compass isn't leading her astray when she reconnects with her married high school crush, but when she finds an abandoned purse with over five hundred dollars inside, she assumes her luck is finally changing; Frank is willing to do just about anything to stay in Dottie's good graces, even marry her; after Harry's passing, Debbie becomes obsessed with death; Kevin thinks about buying the Alibi; Lip meets with a colonel to glean information for Ian about West Point; Jody asks Frank for Karen's hand in marriage.

   Director:Craig Zisk

   Writer:Nancy M. Pimental

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   Director:Craig Zisk

   Writer:Nancy M. Pimental
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   8.3/10(2760 votes)

   #4 - A Beautiful Mess

   S2:E41/29/2012

   Fiona deals with the consequences of sleeping with Craig when his angry wife shows up at the door; Debbie develops a stress-rash and Fiona wonders if she's putting too much responsibility on the kids; Sheila has made it all the way to the hair salon and Frank realizes his days in the Jackson household are numbered; no longer having sex with Karen, Lip tries to dig up dirt on Jody; Ian continues on the path to West Point; Carl house-sits with his friend, Little Hank; Ethel meets Malik, a boy on Kevin's youth basketball team.

   Director:Mark Mylod

   Writer:Alex Borstein

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   Director:Mark Mylod

   Writer:Alex Borstein
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   8.1/10(2665 votes)

   #5 - Father's Day

   S2:E52/5/2012

   Frank tries to claim Eddie's insurance benefits and pension, despite being a prime suspect in his death; Fiona attends a ritzy wedding with Richard and lies about her background; Lip is devastated by Karen's rejection; Carl rents Frank's room to a hooker.

   Director:Anthony Hemingway

   Writer:Etan Frankel

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   Director:Anthony Hemingway

   Writer:Etan Frankel
6. 

   8.3/10(2665 votes)

   #6 - Can I Have a Mother

   S2:E62/12/2012

   Grammy Gallagher shows up on a medical furlough and tries to track down a former meth lab protege that owes her money; Sheila plans Karen's wedding reception; Fiona double dates with Steve and his Brazilian girlfriend, and discovers that Steve is married; Ethel reacts to Clyde's death; Frank discovers the identity of Eddie's insurance beneficiary.

   Director:John Dahl

   Writers:Steven Schachter, William H. Macy

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   Director:John Dahl

   Writers:Steven Schachter, William H. Macy
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   7.9/10(2606 votes)

   #7 - A Bottle of Jean Nate

   S2:E72/19/2012

   Lip tries to get back in Karen's good graces by crafting a prenuptial agreement for her and Jody, while Ian continues to give Lip the silent treatment; Frank wants to kick Grammy out but Fiona resists until the basement meth lab explodes; Fiona is invited on a boat trip but doesn't realize Steve and his girlfriend are also attending.

   Director:David Nutter

   Writer:Nancy M. Pimental

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   Director:David Nutter

   Writer:Nancy M. Pimental
8. 

   8.4/10(2649 votes)

   #8 - Parenthood

   S2:E83/4/2012

   With Grammy near death, Frank exits the house but walks in on Ian and Mickey locked in passion at the Kash and Grab; when Lip drops out of school, Fiona proposes a deal where they both earn their diplomas, but Lip acts out and gets himself expelled when he realizes that Karen plans to sell their baby to the highest bidder.

   Director:Daisy von Scherler Mayer

   Writer:Mike O'Malley

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   Director:Daisy von Scherler Mayer

   Writer:Mike O'Malley
9. 

   8.1/10(2615 votes)

   #9 - Hurricane Monica

   S2:E93/11/2012

   Monica returns to party and plot scams with Frank, but the rest of the family suspects she hasn't returned to stay; Fiona reconsiders her decision to kick Lip out of the house; Grammy's death affects everyone differently, and leaves Frank determined to make sure he gets every last penny his mother left behind; Sheila and Jody think Eddie's ghost is haunting the house.

   Director:Alex Graves

   Writer:Alex Borstein

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   Director:Alex Graves

   Writer:Alex Borstein
10. 

    8.4/10(2634 votes)

    #10 - A Great Cause

    S2:E103/18/2012

    Fiona starts to plan for her future now that Monica is back but her reprieve may be short-lived as Monica falls apart, spends the squirrel fund and gets arrested; Steve conspires to reunite Estefania with her true love so that he can be with Fiona; Lip and Ian learn the true identity of Mandy's baby; Sheila takes in a homeless crack addict.

    Director:Mimi Leder

    Writer:Etan Frankel

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    Director:Mimi Leder

    Writer:Etan Frankel
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    9.1/10(3520 votes)

    #11 - Just Like the Pilgrims Intended

    S2:E113/25/2012

    It's a typical Gallagher nontraditional Thanksgiving that includes a suicide attempt by Monica, Carl shooting a bald eagle, and Karen going into labor; Steve agrees to allow Estefania's boyfriend to steal his identity; Ian sleeps with a businessman named Ned; Frank tries to get his share of his mother's money from his brother Clayton.

    Director:Mark Mylod

    Writer:Nancy M. Pimental

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    Director:Mark Mylod

    Writer:Nancy M. Pimental
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    8.6/10(2767 votes)

    #12 - Fiona Interrupted

    S2:E124/1/2012

    A lonely Frank schemes to break Monica out of the psychiatric facility. Jimmy earns his way back into Fiona's good graces and she asks to meet his family while Ian runs into Ned again.

    Director:John Wells

    Writer:John Wells

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    Director:John Wells

    Writer:John Wells