Shameless
Season: 8
Episode: 1
Episode 1
Air Date:10/01/2011
Libby and Frank are supposed to be getting married, but this is put on hold when Frank disappears on his stag night. Mimi tries to find out the identity of the father of her new baby Cilla.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Annabelle Apsion
Character: Monica Gallagher
Department: Acting
Name: Garry Stanley
Character: Stevie
Department: Acting
Name: Jordan Jessup
Character: Phil
Department: Acting
Name: Daniel Wallace
Character: Chrissy
Department: Acting
Name: Amelia Bullmore
Character: Mildred Fletcher
Department: Acting
Name: Aysha Kala
Character: Sita Desai
Department: Acting
Name: Julian Gorman
Character: Barman
Department: Acting
Name: Neil Broome
Character: The Priest 2011
Department: Acting
Episode: 2
Episode 2
Air Date:11/01/2011
Frank is still missing and imagines that he is in a parallel universe featuring Doctor Who characters. His ex-wife Monica, having heard that Frank has gone, wants custody of Stella and Liam.
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Episode: 3
Episode 3
Air Date:12/01/2011
Shane finds security work at the local school and helps a boy being bullied by his twin. Frank is still incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital, unknown to Libby, who tries to move on with her life.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Annabelle Apsion
Character: Monica Gallagher
Department: Acting
Name: Amelia Bullmore
Character: Mildred Fletcher
Department: Acting
Name: Jordan Hill
Character: Jude
Department: Acting
Name: John Paul Hurley
Character: Timmy
Department: Acting
Name: Dominic Crolla
Character: Father Dooley
Department: Acting
Name: Jayne Sheldon
Character: Linda
Department: Acting
Name: Sadé Davis
Character: Friend of Carl's Love Interest
Department: Writing
Episode: 4
Episode 4
Air Date:13/01/2011
Karen attends the psychiatric hospital as an out-patient and finds that Frank has been there all along.
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Episode: 5
Episode 5
Air Date:14/01/2011
After weeks of suffering at the hands of his own mental incarceration Frank is almost fully intact of his marbles and is plots his escape. Libby meanwhile has had the dramatic news that Frank's divorce is about to be nullified and they could lose the family home in 24 hours. The solution is for Frank and Libby to get married and the clock is ticking...
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Episode: 6
Episode 6
Air Date:18/01/2011
It's Carl's 21st birthday, and he gets a job working for the Maguires. However his first job does not go to plan when Kelly steals money which was supposed to go to a business client.
Crew
Episode: 7
Episode 7
Air Date:25/01/2011
Sita calls the terrorist line in order to teach Chesney a lesson. Shane and Kelly get more than they bargained for when a woman's sexual fantasy, kidnapping, ruins their business.
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Episode: 8
Episode 8
Air Date:01/02/2011
Mickey and Shane think of a way to make some extra money. Their final idea was to make a child pornography site which contained no nude images and took the credit card details of those who subscribed. Their view on the matter was that they were doing a good thing by using the website as a deterant, however the police didn't see it that way.
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Episode: 9
Episode 9
Air Date:08/02/2011
Mimi seems to be suffering with insomnia, however her condition deteriorates when she believes that she may have dementia.
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Episode: 10
Episode 10
Air Date:15/02/2011
Mickey needs somebody to love, He adopts a cat with FIDS (feline AIDS) and meets Philip who also suffers with AIDS in order to learn more about it. Mickey goes to the shop and returns to find Philip dead.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Aysha Kala
Character: Sita Desai
Department: Acting
Name: Rosamund Hanson
Character: Bonnie Tyler
Department: Acting
Name: Alan Williams
Character: Lulu
Department: Acting
Name: Jonathon Ojinnaka
Character: Man
Department: Acting
Name: Steve Garti
Character: Colin
Department: Acting
Name: Thomas Joyce
Character: Transvestite
Department: Acting
Episode: 11
Episode 11
Air Date:22/02/2011
Libby gets her mother a nurse to look after her when she's at work, all doesn't go to plan when Libby's mother mis-treated. Lillian reveals that she has signed over the house to her newly adopted daughter, Bonnie. Bonnie tells Lillian about her life growing up and then commits suicide.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robbie Conway
Character: Aidan Croker
Department: Acting
Name: Aysha Kala
Character: Sita Desai
Department: Acting
Name: Rosamund Hanson
Character: Bonnie Tyler
Department: Acting
Name: Lee Toomes
Character: Gideon
Department: Acting
Name: Rosie Cavaliero
Character: Jennie Taylor
Department: Acting
Name: Holly Wensley
Character: Young Jenny
Department: Acting
Episode: 12
Episode 12
Air Date:01/03/2011
Mimi's transvestite brother turns up, but isn't all he appears to be. The Maguires are still at each others throats, and Chesney is in danger as he and Jackson join the British Alliance Party, and manage to rub them up the wrong way.
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Episode: 13
Episode 13
Air Date:08/03/2011
Following his sexual encounter with Letitia's headmistress, Miss Heller, Frank has had his final chance with Libby, who seems taken with the mysterious Martin. Shane's theft of Tilly Pucker's wheelchair further strains relations between the Maguire brothers, coming to a head in a showdown with Tilly's minders.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robbie Conway
Character: Aidan Croker
Department: Acting
Name: Matthew James Edge
Character: Fred MacReady - Gangster
Department: Crew
Name: Natalie Garner
Character: Tilly
Department: Acting
Name: Annie Wallace
Character: Miss Heller
Department: Acting
Name: Keith Harris
Character: Keith Harris
Department: Acting
Name: Annabelle Apsion
Character: Monica Gallagher (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Episode: 14
Episode 14
Air Date:30/08/2011
Paddy returns to the Chatsworth estate in a coffin, but are the residents in for a shock? Elsewhere, Karen decides that a childrens entertainment business is the way forward and Mimi gets a new strap-on!.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robbie Conway
Character: Aidan Croker
Department: Acting
Name: Lauren Frain
Character: Clown Girl
Department: Acting
Name: Simon Smithies
Character: Man at Stag Party
Department: Acting
Name: Rory Gallagher
Character: Sam
Department: Acting
Name: Carol Cummings
Character: Police Officer
Department: Acting
Name: Jonathan Garratt
Character: Policeman
Department: Acting
Name: Neil May
Character: Policeman
Department: Acting
Name: Penni Tovey
Character: Patty roller skating double
Department: Acting
Episode: 15
Episode 15
Air Date:06/09/2011
Avril is busy keeping secrets from her family; with no job and no money, but always a gift to hand, something doesn't quite add up. Mimi has designs on fit jogger Neil, but he's unsure of her advances - because he only wants sex. Mimi is keen to spice up her sex life, but Karen raises concerns about Neil's calorific role-play. When 12-year-old Bean tries to shoplift, Chesney phones her dad, Gorky, who is Chesney's delivery driver, but Chesney soon becomes concerned for Bean's welfare and decides to try and rescue her. And the law finally catches up with Avril when a bailiff arrives; she breaks down and confesses leaving Jackson gobsmacked. Will he and Letitia promise to support her and help pay back all the money she owes?
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Matthew James Edge
Character: Fred MacReady - Gangster
Department: Crew
Name: Donna Dowd
Character: Postwoman
Department: Acting
Name: Kerrie Hayes
Character: Bex
Department: Acting
Name: James Weaver
Character: Gorky
Department: Acting
Name: David MacCreedy
Character: Neil
Department: Acting
Name: Jenny Holmes
Character: Bean
Department: Acting
Episode: 16
Episode 16
Air Date:13/09/2011
While cleaning the windows, Jackson spots Letitia kissing Dee Davies in her bedroom. Jackson goes berserk, attacking Dee in front of a social worker who's waiting to assess him and Avril as foster parents. Frank isn't much use in the parent department, staggering to the Jockey and leaving Carl to nurse pox-ridden Stella. Drunken Frank then leaves the pub and accidentally gets on a mini-bus, waking up in a synagogue. He's discovered by Isaac, who promises not to report him because Frank's been sent from God. Frank thanks Isaac for his advice and hospitality by stealing his candelabra and legging it. Karen's fed up with how she's treated in her own pub and plots to get her power back with a card game. Meanwhile, an ambulance is called for the smallest Gallagher. Will she pull through unharmed?
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Guest Stars
Episode: 17
Episode 17
Air Date:20/09/2011
A new gang has rolled into Chatsworth with an unlikely mission - to save the souls of the community.
Crew
Episode: 18
Episode 18
Air Date:27/09/2011
Dean Lennox Kelly returns for the landmark 100th episode of Shameless, as Mickey give Mimi an ultimatum: either the new boiler goes or he does; and suddenly Micky finds himself on The Jockey sofa.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robbie Conway
Character: Aidan Croker
Department: Acting
Name: Dean Lennox Kelly
Character: Kev Ball
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Deam
Character: Marty Fisher
Department: Acting
Name: Josh Brown
Character: Mushroom
Department: Acting
Name: Emma Kearney
Character: Doctor
Department: Acting
Name: Matthew James Edge
Character: Fred MacReady - Gangster
Department: Crew
Name: Beatrice Kelley
Character: Cynthia Feltz
Department: Acting
Name: Darren Lee Jones
Character: Butch
Department: Acting
Name: Andrew Brittain
Character: Newscaster
Department: Acting
Name: Bethany Holmes
Character: Bride
Department: Acting
Name: Carol Starks
Character: DI Carroll
Department: Acting
Name: Karl Lucas
Character: Branson
Department: Acting
Name: Paul Oldham
Character: Growbag
Department: Acting
Name: Kieran Cunningham
Character: Irish Club Barman
Department: Acting
Name: Nadia Wilde
Character: Wedding Guest
Department: Acting
Episode: 19
Episode 19
Air Date:04/10/2011
Aidan's bad behaviour ends up seeing him in court. Patty ends up having to decide the outcome. Cilla's abduction sees Mimi being forced to face her past, as she reasserts herself has head of the Maguire family. Marty and Mickey start to get intimate as they help each other decorate their new flat.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robbie Conway
Character: Aidan Croker
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Taylor
Character: Billy Tutton
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Deam
Character: Marty Fisher
Department: Acting
Name: Piotr Baumann
Character: Poley
Department: Acting
Name: Liz Hume Dawson
Character: Evey
Department: Acting
Name: Jayne Ashbourne
Character: Sinead Croker
Department: Acting
Episode: 20
Episode 20
Air Date:11/10/2011
Marty attempts to find a job and ends up turning to crime to tide him over. Kelly discovers that there's a price on Marty's head. Billy is determined to stand up for his rights as a father. Mimi ends up giving him an ultimatum. Mickey's flat is raided by the local police. Marty is confronted by Shane about a secret he left behind in Spain. Kelly is heartbroken agter she is told the truth and doesn't know who to believe.
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Episode: 21
Episode 21
Air Date:18/10/2011
Billy needs to start pulling his weight and Mimi decides to test his manhood. Ray's skill with numbers ends up being noticed by Micky who plans a trip to the casino. Kelly ends up receiving some shocking news during rehearsal for the local play.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Michael Taylor
Character: Billy Tutton
Department: Acting
Name: Samuel Holland
Character: Ray
Department: Acting
Name: Erin Shanagher
Character: Michelle
Department: Acting
Name: Genevieve Barr
Character: Lise
Department: Acting
Name: Martin Oldfield
Character: Council Man
Department: Acting
Name: James Munton
Character: Terry
Department: Acting
Episode: 22
Episode 22
Air Date:25/10/2011
Billy and Mimi find the game is up after Micky finds them in a compromising position. Billy is scared as the Maguire brothers want his blood for daring to marry their mother. Kelly's not sure about keeping the baby and Jamie ends up finding out more than he bargained for after he confronts her at work. Kelly realises she has to be honest with him but will he still want her and the baby. Carl sees a crime being committed but walks past, unaware of the consequences. Billy's stag ends up being a night to remember.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Robbie Conway
Character: Aidan Croker
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Taylor
Character: Billy Tutton
Department: Acting
Name: Jack Deam
Character: Marty Fisher
Department: Acting
Name: Dominic Crolla
Character: Father Dooley
Department: Acting
Name: Jonathan Garratt
Character: Policeman
Department: Acting
Name: Chord Melodic
Character: Simon Wexford
Department: Acting
Name: Misha Timmins
Character: Vicky Brixton
Department: Acting