8.1/102,335 votes#1 - Simple Pleasures
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2014
Frank returns, disrupting life; Lip attends college; Ian is missing; Fiona tries to connect with Debbie and Carl.
Director: John Wells
Writer: N/A
8.3/102,172 votes#2 - My Oldest Daughter
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2014
Fiona begins to enjoy the perks of living life just above the poverty line. She uses her newly activated health benefits to take the kids for checkups. However, when a road rage incident damages the company car, Fiona tells a much bigger lie about how it happened. Meanwhile, Lip seems to have lost his mojo as he struggles in school and with the ladies.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: N/A
8.2/102,171 votes#3 - Like Father, Like Daughter
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2014
Frank stalks his previously unseen daughter, Sammi, and is surprised to find out she has a son, Chuck. Meanwhile, Fiona and Mike are getting serious. Also, Carl begins stealing dogs and holding them for ransom so that he can earn some drug money for Frank. Sheila has her first successful online date with Native American cowboy Roger Running Tree.
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Writer: N/A
8.4/102,155 votes#4 - Strangers on a Train
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2014
Against her better judgment, Fiona continues her secret affair with Robbie. The situation nearly boils over when Mike shows up at Robbie’s apartment while Fiona is inside. Fiona is able to hide just in time before her infidelity can be exposed. Frank, in increasingly dire health straits due to liver disease, attempts to contrive an “accident” that will provide an ample insurance payout to cover the cost of a potential transplant.
Director: Peter Segal
Writer: John Wells
9.0/102,530 votes#5 - There's the Rub
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2014
Fiona's series of bad decisions involving Robbie finally boil over. Meanwhile, Frank and Sammi pursue a cure for Frank's liver trouble and try to catch up on missed father-daughter time; and Lip gets a surprise visit at college from Army investigators.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: N/A
8.8/102,288 votes#6 - Iron City
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2014
Fiona ends up in jail; the family waits for news about Liam; Frank wakes up in the emergency room.
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writer: N/A
8.8/102,333 votes#7 - A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2014
Guardianship duties fall upon Lip - who gets some unexpected assistance.
Director: Gary B. Goldman
Writer: N/A
8.6/102,258 votes#8 - Hope Springs Paternal
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/9/2014
To prepare for a visit from her probation officer, Fiona must remove all paraphernalia from the house; Ian is kicked out of Mickey's house.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: N/A
8.8/102,386 votes#9 - The Legend of Bonnie and Carl
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/16/2014
Carl connects with a girl in detention; Lip and Amanda grow closer; Sheila returns with big plans; Fiona searches for a job; Mickey spends time with Ian.
Director: Mark Mylod
Writer: N/A
8.7/102,208 votes#10 - Liver, I Hardly Know Her
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/23/2014
Fiona violates terms of her probation, sending the family into search party mode.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: N/A
9.3/103,231 votes#11 - Emily
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/30/2014
Fiona is hauled off to a correctional facility. Amanda’s parents bribe Lip.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: N/A
9.4/104,517 votes#12 - Lazarus
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/6/2014
Fiona gets out of jail. Frank is feeling like his old self.
Director: Mark Mylod
Writer: N/A
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Simple Pleasures" is the best rated episode of "Shameless" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 2335 votes. Directed by John Wells and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/2014. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "My Oldest Daughter".