Shameless: Season 3

2006 · 8 episodes · ★ 6.4

Series 3

What Season 3 of Shameless

The third season brings the Gallaghers into full adolescence. Carl discovers sex and gets into trouble with antisocial behavior orders, while Debbie tries to take on adult responsibilities. Little Liam faces religion at his Catholic school, and Lip becomes a father. Ian suffers a heartbreak, and Sheila dreams of a grand wedding with Frank. Marty, who has Tourette syndrome, falls in love with Sue, and next door Veronica and Kev venture into dangerous territory. Carol finds out that shoplifting isn't as easy as it seems, and the new councilman, Kash, proves he's anything but squeaky clean.

8episodes

Jan 3, 2006premiered

Feb 21, 2006last episode

6.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Episode 1
Jan 3, 2006 · 65 min
When five year-old Liam denounces religion at his RC Primary School and is subject to a home-visit by his teacher and the local priest, sister Debbie has to think fast. But shaving his head and pretending that he is dying of cancer is NOT one of Debbie's better ideas. In fact, by the time the rest of the Gallagher clan realise what's going on and try to set the record straight, the news has leaked out into the wider community and Debbie's lie lands the family in true Gallagher-style catastrophe. Could things get any worse for Debbie?
Directing: Catherine Morshead · Writing: Daniel Brocklehurst · Starring: Annabelle Apsion, Dystin Johnson, Dean Andrews, James Foster
3x02 Episode 2
Jan 10, 2006 · 46 min
Ian meets Jack and soon begins an affair with him. What will Kash say if he learns the truth, and more importantly, why is Jack behaving suspiciously?
Directing: Catherine Morshead · Writing: Daniel Brocklehurst · Starring: Samantha Siddall, Sally Carman, Rory McCann, Bryan Dick
3x03 Episode 3
Jan 17, 2006 · 49 min
Mandy goes into labour after a run in with a masked robber inside the corner shop. Lip desperately wants to visit his new daughter, but will Mandy's parents allow the visit? And if not, just what will it take for Lip to prove himself to them...?
Directing: Jim O'Hanlon · Writing: Bob Mills, Jim Poyser · Starring: Tina Malone, Samantha Siddall, Sean Gilder, Anthony Flanagan
3x04 Episode 4
Jan 24, 2006 · 46 min
When Carol discovers her best friend Lillian had an affair with her husband back in the seventies, she takes revenge by reporting her to the DSS for benefit fraud. Frank Gallagher, who has been posing as Lillian's dead husband and claiming his benefits, comes under suspicion.
Directing: Catherine Morshead · Writing: Amanda Coe · Starring: Samantha Siddall, Anthony Flanagan, Emily Fleeshman, Katy Cavanagh
3x05 Episode 5
Jan 31, 2006 · 50 min
On the day that Kev should be happily celebrating his 35th birthday, his mother throws herself from her balcony. To add to his woes, he sees his ex-wife Roxy, who's recently out of prison and far from reformed, at the funeral. Fatherhood has had a positive effect on Lip and Mandy.
Directing: Jim O'Hanlon · Writing: Daniel Brocklehurst, Emma Frost · Starring: Samantha Siddall, Max Beesley Snr, Paul Copley, Jill Halfpenny
3x06 Episode 6
Feb 7, 2006 · 45 min
The Gallagher clan can't believe it when Carl starts to bring money into the household - but his mini-enterprise involves growing cannabis for the Maguires and the police are quick to bust him. Lip is jealous when Mandy gets a new boyfriend and he later discovers that she was the brains behind Carl's business.
Directing: David Threlfall · Writing: Emma Frost · Starring: Nicky Evans, Tina Malone, Samantha Siddall, Warren Donnelly
3x07 Episode 7
Feb 14, 2006 · 49 min
Debbie has a new best friend who is everything she wants to be and has the boys falling at her feet. Suddenly Debbie realises what other girls her own age have been getting up to and what she's been missing out on while left holding the fort at home. Sue disappears leaving Marty to deal with the debt collectors in the only way he knows how.
Directing: Paul Walker · Writing: Amanda Coe · Starring: Samantha Siddall, Anthony Flanagan, Warren Donnelly, Ian Reddington
3x08 Episode 8 Season Finale
Feb 21, 2006 · 46 min
In preparation for her wedding to Frank, Sheila commissions the building of a conservatory in her back yard - but she suddenly remembers her first husband is buried under the patio. Veronica's last stab at IVF on the NHS fails, so she hatches a macabre plan to raise cash for private treatment.
Directing: Paul Walker · Writing: Emma Frost · Starring: Samantha Siddall, Anthony Flanagan, Warren Donnelly, Vortre Williams