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The Best Episodes of Shameless Season 4

Every episode of Shameless Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shameless Season 4!

The Best Episodes of Shameless Season 4

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not...
  1. Background image for Simple Pleasures
    8.0/10(2.4k votes)

    #1 - Simple Pleasures

    S4:E1

    Frank returns, disrupting life; Lip attends college; Ian is missing; Fiona tries to connect with Debbie and Carl.

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    Director:John Wells
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for My Oldest Daughter
    8.3/10(2.3k votes)

    #2 - My Oldest Daughter

    S4:E2

    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.

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    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Like Father, Like Daughter
    8.2/10(2.3k votes)

    #3 - Like Father, Like Daughter

    S4:E3

    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.

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    Director:Sanaa Hamri
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Strangers on a Train
    8.4/10(2.2k votes)

    #4 - Strangers on a Train

    S4:E4

    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.

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    Director:Peter Segal
    Writer:John Wells
  5. Background image for There's the Rub
    9.0/10(2.6k votes)

    #5 - There's the Rub

    S4:E5

    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.

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    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Iron City
    8.8/10(2.4k votes)

    #6 - Iron City

    S4:E6

    Fiona ends up in jail; the family waits for news about Liam; Frank wakes up in the emergency room.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin
    8.8/10(2.4k votes)

    #7 - A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin

    S4:E7

    Guardianship duties fall upon Lip - who gets some unexpected assistance.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Hope Springs Paternal
    8.6/10(2.3k votes)

    #8 - Hope Springs Paternal

    S4:E8

    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.

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    Director:Mimi Leder
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Legend of Bonnie and Carl
    8.8/10(2.5k votes)

    #9 - The Legend of Bonnie and Carl

    S4:E9

    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.

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    Director:Mark Mylod
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Liver, I Hardly Know Her
    8.7/10(2.3k votes)

    #10 - Liver, I Hardly Know Her

    S4:E10

    Fiona violates terms of her probation, sending the family into search party mode.

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    9.3/10(3.4k votes)

    #11 - Emily

    S4:E11

    Fiona is hauled off to a correctional facility. Amanda’s parents bribe Lip.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Lazarus
    9.3/10(4.6k votes)

    #12 - Lazarus

    S4:E12

    Fiona gets out of jail. Frank is feeling like his old self.

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    Director:Mark Mylod
    Writer:Unknown

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Simple Pleasures" is the best rated episode of "Shameless" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 2422 votes. Directed by John Wells and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/12/2014. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "My Oldest Daughter".