Four Episodes In: Shameless

The funny thing about this edition of four episodes in is that the show Shameless is on the same night as the previous article Episodes about a hit British show coming to America. Well Shameless is a hit British show which has come to America.

Shameless which is on Showtime is a family drama series about six children who basically take care of themselves while their father (William H. Macy) is drunk all the time and does nothing to raise them. William H Macy is awesome, especially due to the first episode him only showing up passed out on the floor. The show has a very large cast with some decent acting from everyone on it.

Basically if you were to take a show like Parenthood but have them be a much more dysfunctional family full of sex scenes and drug usage then you would have Shameless. It doesn’t really follow any main plot besides following the lives of this family so I don’t really see any big over arcing story lines coming on, but it’s still a very fun show. It’s been green lit for 12 episodes and is doing really well in ratings considering it’s on Showtime so expect it to stick around for a long while.

I recommend the show, I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve seen it in so far. I don’t know how many barriers it will break in terms of being groundbreaking but it’s got some fun moments and some good characters, so give the first episode a watch and see if it’s up your alley. I’m going to continue to watch it and probably will watch it until it’s done.