Shameless - UK (2004-2013)

Genre: TV / Comedy / Drama
Starring: David Threlfall, Anne-Marie Duff, Annabelle Apsion, Maggie O’Neill
Number of seasons: 11

 

As the show starts, we focus on the dysfunctional Gallagher family, a working class family from a fictional estate in Manchester, England. The patriarch, Frank Gallagher, does more drinking than working, and his eldest kid, Fiona, takes care of the younger ones since the mother left home. As the seasons go on, the focus is slowly shifted to the Maguires, a family of criminals that move in next door to the Gallaghers.

This show started strong, but, as time went on, characters left and new ones came. The new characters were not always as strong and interesting as the original ones. There was a clear lack of focus, with too many characters. It became hard to follow, so I sort of lost interest as it went on. At least, it ended strong, with some of the original people coming back for the last episode. They probably should have cut on the number of seasons and focused the story more. When it was about the Gallaghers, it was really interesting. Some of the Maguire stuff was too. But, the rest was meh at best.

 
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