Product: Shameless: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray] (2012)
Rating: 4.0
Totally Shameless
I am sometimes horrified that I enjoy this series so much. I think the writers/producers would enjoy hearing that, as they love to go for the shock value. Sometimes, it goes over the top. I have seen things I did not want to see, but I can't stop watching.Seriously, this series will never be for everyone. I'm never gonna say, "Hey grandma, come over and lets watch Shameless." I worry that in showing the gritty truth of these people, they will somehow glorify them. No one wants their kid to grow up and be a Gallagher (except maybe Emmy Rossum's Fiona, has there ever been a better film depiction of youth being derailed by responsibility?) Yet despite it all, I like these people, and I wish for them (in the last, final episode someday) a redemption that God or scriptwriters seldom give.