Shameless: Season 4

2007 · 8 episodes · ★ 5.3

Series 4

What Season 4 of Shameless

The fourth season kicks off with the Gallaghers allied with the Maguires, their most troublesome neighbors. Lip turns eighteen and starts to consider college as a way out, while Jamie Maguire, just released from prison, sparks a connection with Karen. Frank suddenly faces a double problem: the return of Monica, who says she's back for good, and the presence of Sheila, who isn't about to give him up either. Carol returns to her usual scrapes, and Kash keeps milking the city hall bureaucracy for all it's worth.

8episodes

Jan 9, 2007premiered

Feb 27, 2007last episode

6.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Episode 1
Jan 9, 2007 · 48 min
The Gallaghers' return for a fourth series, and its Lip's 18th birthday but not all is going to be clean sailing as there’s a few surprises ready to hit him. First the Maguires expect him to do something for them. But the biggest shock of all is his long-lost mother Monica turning up out of the blue with a bombshell that could turn their lives upside down.
Directed by: Paul Walker · Written by: Emma Frost · Starring: Dean Lennox Kelly, Jack Deam, Maxine Peake, Gillian Kearney
4x02 Episode 2
Jan 16, 2007 · 46 min
Frank’s desperate to keep the fact that he’s still married to estranged wife Monica from Sheila, and Monica’s not making it easy for him. But Sheila can see that she has competition for Frank and sets about trying to reunite Monica with her estranged lesbian lover. But is Monica still a lesbian?
Directed by: Paul Walker · Written by: Emma Frost · Starring: Maggie O'Neill, Lindsey Dawson, Dystin Johnson, Warren Donnelly
4x03 Episode 3
Jan 23, 2007 · 48 min
Monica manages to seduce Frank and sink her claws back in, but he dare not tell Sheila that he and Monica have been sleeping together. Sheila proves to be a frightening adversary when scorned and Frank could be in real danger. But neither Sheila nor Monica want to share him and he has to decide on which wife he wants. But who will he choose?
Directing: Paul Walker · Writing: Stephen Russell · Starring: Maggie O'Neill, Lindsey Dawson, Dystin Johnson, Warren Donnelly
4x04 Episode 4
Jan 30, 2007 · 48 min
Ian gets more than he bargained for when a new person enters his life. Another death in the Maguire household causes Mimi to think the family may be cursed.
Directed by: Noreen Kershaw · Written by: Jack Thorne · Starring: Chris Bisson, Dystin Johnson, Warren Donnelly, Michael Legge
4x05 Episode 5
Feb 6, 2007 · 49 min
Debbie's glad to have her dad back at home, but Monica's not happy with all the attention Frank is giving her and tells her it's time she found herself a boyfriend. Also Ian catches the eye of someone he least expected.
Directing: David Threlfall · Writing: Amanda Coe · Starring: Lindsey Dawson, Vincent Davies, Stephen Hoyle, Noma Dumezweni
4x06 Episode 6
Feb 13, 2007 · 48 min
Carl wants his family back together and that means getting rid of Norma - for good. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Norma proves to be a very tough adversary. Frank agrees to work on Shane's ice cream van - the Maguires use it as a cover for dealing and Frank's got E's on tap! However, there's trouble brewing.
Directing: David Threlfall · Writing: Ed McCardie · Starring: Lindsey Dawson, Sally Carman, Dystin Johnson, Warren Donnelly
4x07 Episode 7
Feb 20, 2007 · 45 min
Explosions across the estate spark fears that Chatsworth is a terrorist target. But it has the Maguire's worried that they're under threat from folk a little closer to home when Patrick finds the family semtex missing. Meanwhile when Frank reveals to Monica she was never his first choice over Sheila, Monica vents her anger by turning to Norma for gifts and goodies.
Directed by: Noreen Kershaw · Written by: Emma Frost · Starring: Sally Carman, Dystin Johnson, Warren Donnelly, Michael Legge
4x08 Episode 8
Feb 27, 2007 · 77 min
Learning of the death of his three ex-cell mates is sending Paddy round the bend. With the three of them taken out one-by-one in suspicious circumstances, could this mean he's next in line?
Directing: Lawrence Till · Writing: Paul Abbott · Starring: Dystin Johnson, Warren Donnelly, Michael Legge, Amanda Ryan