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The camera lingers on Mickey’s face—a mix of shame, rage, and utter helplessness. Noel Fisher’s performance is a masterclass in silent devastation. Ian is forced to watch the man he loves be sexually assaulted as punishment for loving him.

Fiona is spiraling after her brief marriage to Gus implodes (and before that, her affair with Robbie), culminating in a cocaine-fueled bender that nearly kills Liam. The family is fractured. Lip is drowning in college drinking culture and his own arrogance. Ian has run off with Mickey, but his bipolar disorder is beginning to flicker at the edges. And Debbie, the sweet mechanic, is becoming a desperate teenager chasing affection. Shameless 4x9

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