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• FRANK GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: DAVID THRELFALL (SERI 1-11) ABIVE PARENTS: HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER NEVILLE WAS NOT GREAT, TO SAY THE LEAST. HE UNTS AS ONE HIMSELF, AS HE OFTEN HEADBUTTS HIS KIDS AND IS GENERALLY NEGLECTFUL OF THEM. ACCINTAL HERO: HE THROWS HIMSELF ONT OF LILIAN'S R A SPERATE ATTEMPT TO M SUICI. SHE SWERV TO AVOID HIM, WHICH ACCINTALLY SAV HER LIFE AS SHE WAS BEG THREATENED AT THE TIME BY A CRIMAL SHE WAS DUE TO TTIFY AGAST. SHE SURVIV DUE TO HER AIRBAGS, BUT THE CRIMAL DI. FRANK EVEN NOT WHAT THE ODDS WERE OF HAPPENG. HE ALSO SAV PADDY'S LIFE BY PERFORMG A VERY C CPR TECHNIQUE ON HIM WHEN HE IS CHOKG ON A CRISP. THE ALHOLIC: ORIGALLY, HE TURNED TO THE BOTTLE DUE TO MONI LEAVG HIM, WHICH TURN LEFT FNA TO RAISE THE FAY. THIS IS RETNNED LATER ON AS HIM ALWAYS HAVG BEEN AN ALHOLIC AND THAT WAS A NTRIBUTG FACTOR TO MONI LEAVG. ALHOLIC PARENT: HE'S ALMOST ALWAYS SLOSHED, WHICH MAK HIM PRETTY ELS AS A FATHER. BRILLIANT, BUT LAZY: FAR BRIGHTER THAN HE APPEARS BUT IS TOO GENERATE TO DO ANYTHG ABOUT . CATCHPHRASE: "TWISTED J", WHENEVER HE'S NONTED WH BAD NEWS OR AN AWKWARD SUATN. COOL OLD GUY: HAS THE ODD MOMENT. COUNTRY MATTERS: HE DROPS A FAIR FEW C-BOMBS. DEADPAN SNARKER: HE'S OBNOXLY SARSTIC, PECIALLY ABOUT THE ERNMENT. DIRTY COWARD: HE'S A SOFT-ARSE PISSHEAD WHO NSTANTLY NS AWAY OM HIS PROBLEMS, HEADBUTTS HIS OWN KIDS AND RARELY STANDS UP FOR HIMSELF OR HIS FAY. ESTABLISHG CHARACTER MOMENT: WHEN FRANK FIRST APPEARS EPISO 1, HE'S WASTED AND PASSED OUT, BEG RRIED TO THE KCHEN BY POLICE OFFICERS AT AN UNGODLY HOUR OF THE MORNG. FAKG THE DEAD: HE AND HIS FAY FAKE HIS ATH TO AVOID UNSAVORY BT LLECTORS. FLANRIZATN: BE MUCH MORE OF A TWO-DIMENSNAL CUNT AS THE SERI GO BY. COMPARE FRANK SERI 1, WHO ONE ULD EASILY IMAGE ONELF KNOWG REAL LIFE, TO THE FRANK OF SERI 11, A RITURE OF WHAT ONCE WAS. FRDIAN EXCE: HIS OWN PARENTS WEREN'T SO GREAT, AND THE GENERAL POVERTY OF HIS ENVIRONMENT PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP EHER. GOLD DIGGER: RARE MALE EXAMPLE. WHEN HE HEARS THAT SHEILA IS RECEIPT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF BENEFS FOR HER AGORAPHOBIA, HE IS AROUND TO HER HOE AND MOVG LIKE A SHOT. HIDN DEPTHS: DPE BEG A GENERAL WASTE OF SPACE, HE'S WELL ABLE TO QUOTE SHAKPEARE AND OSR WIL HIS NARRATNS AND N BE SURPRISGLY ASTUTE AND PHILOSOPHIL AFTER THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BOOZE. HE'S ALSO THE FIRST ONE TO SPOT THAT KELLY IS A PROSTUTE. KAVORKA MAN: WOMEN ALL OVER CHATSWORTH ARE ALL OVER HIM, SPE HIM BEG A GRA A JERKASS WHOUT A PENNY TO HIS NAME WHO LOOKS LIKE HE'S HOMELS. AT ONE POT, HE'S SHACKED UP WH SHEILA WHILE ALSO SLEEPG WH HER DGHTER, KAREN. KARMA HOUDI: THE MOST AMOUNT OF TROUBLE HE GETS TO FOR SLEEPG WH 15-YEAR-OLD KAREN IS RECEIVG A NO-HOLDS-BARRED BEATDOWN OM LIP. LIMED WARDROBE: HE'S ALMOST NEVER WHOUT HIS STONEWASHED JEANS AND GBBY OLD RAAT. WHEN HE ACCINTALLY BURNS SHEILA'S KCHEN, THE AT TCH FIRE AND GETS A PATCH ON THE BACK OF . HE TEMPORARILY LOS AFTER A NIGHT OUT THE JOCKEY AND HE HAS A BREAKDOWN OVER . FOR FORMAL OCSNS, HE SWCH OUT FOR A LEATHER JACKET. THE LOAD: TO HIS FAY AND HE WAST ALL HIS BENEF MONEY ON THE JOCKEY PUB. MANIPULATIVE BASTARD: HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT MANIPULATG AND BLAME-SHIFTG. NEVER MY FLT: HE SELF-PYGLY RANTS THE SEND EPISO OF THE FIRST SEASON ABOUT HOW NO ONE CUTS HIM ANY SLACK FOR BEG AN ALHOLIC. THE NICKNAMER: LIK TO GIVE OUT NICKNAM. SOME PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHTS CLU SHREK FOR NORMA, BO'SELECTA! FOR LILLIAN, AND WTLIFE FOR JAMIE MAGUIRE. NON-ACTN GUY: DOWNPLAYED - HE MOSTLY GETS HIS ASS KICKED BY EVERYONE BUT HAS ALSO SUCKER-HEADBUTTED OTHERS AS WELL. ONLY IT FOR THE MONEY: ALL HE REALLY SEEMS TO GIVE A SH ABOUT IS GETTG HOLD OF MONEY WHOUT HAVG TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR . PARENTS AS PEOPLE: THE SELFISH IRRPONSIBLE VARIETY, THOUGH HE DO HAVE MOMENTS THAT SHOW HE DO LOVE HIS KIDS. PET THE DOG: HAS HIS SOFT SI AND A FEW HEROIC MOMENTS, PARTICULARLY THE EARLY SERI. SHERLOCK SN: HE'S ABLE TO SPOT THAT KELLY IS A PROSTUTE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. WOULD HURT A CHILD: HE HEADBUTTS IAN GALLAGHER AS REVENGE FOR THE CHA OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE SAME THG HAPPENG TO FRANK THE JOCKEY. HE HEADBUTTS LIAM SEASON 7.FNA GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: ANNE MARIE DUFF, SERI 1-2, 11FRANK'S FIRSTBORN CHILD, FNA GO THROUGH THE BIGGT STGGLE OF THE GALLAGHER FAY; ATTEMPTG TO HOLD THE FAY TOGETHER AND RAISE HER FIVE SIBLGS, THE ABSENCE OF HER BBISH PARENTS, ALL WHILE ATTENDG SCHOOL AND TRYG TO BETTER HERSELF. SHE IS VOTED TO AND BOTTED WH HER YOUNGER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND OFTEN WORKS OVERTIME TO ENSURE THEY ALL GET THE BT POSSIBLE START LIFE. SHE BARELY REGNIZ THE EXISTENCE OF HER GENERATE FATHER FRANK AND POURS SRN ON HIM AT ALMOST EVERY OPPORTUNY.HER LIFE CHANG DRAMATILLY WHEN SHE MEETS THE GENTLEMAN THIEF STEVE MCBRI, WHO SE THE SHACKL OF PROMOTED PARENTHOOD AND DO HIS BT AT EVERY TURN TO ENURAGE FNA'S PENNCE. SHE FALLS EPLY LOVE WH STEVE AND THE TWO OF THEM SLOWLY MOVE UP THE LADR, GETTG ENGAGED AND ACQUIRG THEIR OWN HOE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE GALLAGHERS.AFTER STEVE FLE THE UK SERI 2, SHE BE SPONNT AND PRSED, BUT SOON ENDS UP AN UNLIKELY RELATNSHIP WH NEIGHBOR CRAIG GARLAND - MORE OF FNA'S NATURAL TYPE DUE TO HIS UNCIL TATE ROOTS NTRAST TO STEVE. SO MUCH SO THAT SHE ACTUALLY BE PREGNANT WH CRAIG'S BABY.HOWEVER, WHEN STEVE RETURNS FOR FNA, SHE REALIZ THAT SHE STILL EPLY LOV HIM. IN A WHIRLWD OF EMOTN AND TEARS, SHE FLE CHATSWORTH, WH THE FULL BLSG OF HER FAY AND IENDS, TO LIVE THE NETHERLANDS WH STEVE PERMANENTLY. GIRL NEXT DOOR PARENTAL SUBSTUTE PROMOTN TO PARENT: HAS BEEN LOOKG AFTER HER SIBLGS FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF HER LIFE SCE HER PARENTS ARE AS ELS AS N BE. PUT ON A B: SHE MOV AWAY WH STEVIE AT THE END OF SEASON 2.PHILIP 'LIP' GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: JODY LATHAM, SERI 1-5, 11FRANK'S SEND CHILD AND OLST SON. LIP IS A CHEEKY TWAT WHO GETS TO A LOT OF TROUBLE, BUT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD LAD WH HARDWIRED MORALS AND ETHICS, URTY OF HIS SISTER FNA. HE BONDS THE CLOST WH HALF-BROTHER IAN, BUT HAS GREAT RELATNS WH ALL OF HIS SIBLGS GENERAL. BY PARISON, HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER IS LEWARM AT BT, WH BOTH LIP AND FRANK SEEG EACH OTHER A NEGATIVE LIGHT. IT N BE ARGUED THAT PADDY MAGUIRE IS MORE OF A FATHER FIGURE TO LIP, FOR THE SHORT TIME THEY ARE TOGETHER THAN FRANK EVER WAS.LIP GO THROUGH MANY GIRLIENDS AND FUCKBUDDI, LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM, THROUGHOUT THE SERI. HE ACCINTALLY KNOCKS UP MANDY MAGUIRE, LANDG HIM A WORLD OF TROUBLE WH THE NOTOR MAGUIRE GANGSTER DYNASTY, BUT HE ENDS UP BEG A VOTED, LOVG FATHER TO YOUNG KATIE MAGUIRE AT THE AGE OF 16.HE EVENTUALLY LEAV CHATSWORTH AND MANCHTER PLETELY TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSY OF NOTTGHAM. BUT WE USED A CONDOM!: HE GETS KATIE MAGUIRE PREGNANT WHICH LANDS HIM EP SH WH PADDY. CHICK MAG: HE'S A GOOD LOOKG MAN WH UNFETTERED ACCS TO ALL KDS OF GIRLS, PECIALLY RICH, UNIVERSY STUNTS. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: HE N BE A SELF-ABSORBED GOBSHE WHO SHAGS AROUND BUT HAS STRONG MORALS AS TGHT BY FNA GALLAGHER. OLR THAN THEY LOOK: LIP DISVERS ON HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY THAT HE'S ACTUALLY 19, BEE FRANK ET AL FOT TO REGISTER HIS BIRTH FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. HE'S ABSOLUTELY FUR AT FIRST, BUT SOON GETS OVER . THE SMART GUY: TO THE POT WHERE HE DID HOMEWORK FOR OTHER PUPILS AND ULD EASILY GET TO UNIVERSY.IAN GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: GERARD KEARNS, SERI 1-7IAN IS THE THIRD GALLAGHER CHILD, HOWEVER, WE SOON FD OUT THAT HE'S ACTUALLY THE PRODUCT OF AN ILLIC AFFAIR MONI HAD WH ANOTHER GENERATE ALHOLIC WASTER, GARY BENT. HIS BT IEND IS HIS BROTHER LIP, WHO IS THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR, AND IS ALSO THE FIRST TO FD OUT ABOUT IAN'S SEXUALY. HE ALSO BE CLOSER TO AND VELOPS RAPPORT WH CARL AFTER LIP LEAV CHATSWORTH.OUT OF ALL THE GALLAGHER SIBLGS, IAN IS THE ONE WHO IS THE MOST AT ODDS WH HIS ADOPTIVE FATHER FRANK. MANY ARGUMENTS, HEADBUTTS AND VRL ARE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO THROUGHOUT THE SERI DUE TO VAR REASONS, BUT FRANK REAFFIRMS HIS LOVE FOR IAN AFTER HE HELPS TO SAFELY LIVER BABY STELLA.IAN SPENDS HIS TEENAGE YEARS A SECRET HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH HIS EMPLOYER, KASH KARIB. HE RARELY DISPLAYS ANY NFN OVER HIS ULTIMATE PREFERENCE FOR MEN, ALTHOUGH HE DO EMBARK ON A UPLE OF HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS WH TWO DIFFERENT GIRLS, AND ALSO MATAS A FAKE RELATNSHIP WH HIS SCHOOLMATE AND GOOD IEND MANDY MAGUIRE.AFTER ADVERTENTLY KILLG JOE PRCHARD THE RAL UNTRYSI, HE DRIV OFF WH JOE'S RPSE THE BOOT AND GO AWOL. HE IS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OM AGA. NO BISEXUALS: HAS A RELATNSHIP WH AT LEAST 2 DIFFERENT GIRLS (ANNA SERI 4, AND MAXE SERI 7), BUT MOSTLY HAS SEX WH MEN AND TH INTIFI HIMSELF AS GAY. DPERATELY LOOKG FOR A PURPOSE LIFE: ALL OF THE GALLAGHER CHILDREN GO THROUGH THIS, BUT IAN'S IS FELY THE MOST OVERT. BEG ONE OF THE OLST YET LACKG THE PE ROUT THAT FNA AND LIP FOUND (I.E. UNIVERSY OR A NICE MIDDLE-CLASS BOYIEND TO FOLLOW), IAN IS THE ONE TO STAY ON THE TATE LONGT AND NSTANTLY QUTN WHETHER LIFE ON THE CHATSWORTH IS ALL THERE IS OUT THERE. PUT ON A B STRAIGHT GAY TRANSPARENT CLOSET: HE TRI TO HI HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN OM EVERYONE OUT OF FEAR OF HOW HE'LL BE TREATED AROUND CHATSWORTH. MOST OF HIS FAY HAS ALREADY FIGURED OUT AND THEY DON'T THK ANY LS OF HIM FOR . EVEN FRANK SPECTS HE MIGHT BE GAY UNTIL IAN HEADBUTTS HIM. WHO'S YOUR DADDY?: FDS OUT THAT FRANK ISN'T HIS FATHER THANKS TO LIP'S KNOWLEDGE OF BLOOD TYP, WHICH PROMPTS HIM TO GO AND TRY AND FD HIS REAL BLOGIL FATHER. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FATHER TURNS OUT TO BE EXACTLY LIKE FRANK ANYWAY.CARL GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: ELLT AND LE TTENSOR (SERI 1), ELLT TTENSOR (SERI 2-9, 11)SEASONS 1-9, 11 BOOK DUMB: LEAV SCHOOL WH A UPLE OF CS AND A LOT OF DS AT GCSE. HE ISN'T DUMB ENOUGH TO FALL FOR HIS FAY'S FALSE ENURAGEMENT THOUGH, AND IS VERY SELF-AWARE OF HIS MEDCRE AMIC PROWS. HORMONE-ADDLED TEENAGER: PART OF HIS EARLY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT VOLV HIS TRATN AT BEG A VIRG. PUT ON A B WI-EYED IALIST: AS MUCH AS ONE N BE, LIVG ON A UNCIL TATE.DEBBIE GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: REBEC RYAN (SERI 1-6) PROMOTN TO PARENT: AFTER FNA LEAV. PUT ON A B THE SCROUNGER: ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO E UP WH MONEY OR OTHER ROURC WHENEVER PEOPLE NEED THEM. TOOK A LEVEL JERKASS: AFTER HOLDG THE HOE TOGETHER FOR YEARS AFTER FNA LEAV, SHE SUDNLY CIS SHE WANTS TO BE A 'REAL' TEENAGER AND TURNS TO A TEMPERAMENTAL, MOUTHY BRAT. WISE BEYOND HER YEARS: UNTIL PISSG AWAY SERI 6 TO DO A B OF RUMSPRGA.LIAM GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: JOSEPH FURNACE (SERI 1-2), JOHNNY BENT (SERI 3-8)SEASONS 1-8 THE BABY OF THE BUNCH: BEG THE YOUNGT OF THE KIDS MAK HIM THIS BY FLT, AT LEAST UNTIL STELLA ALONG. CHILD PRODIGY HOLLYWOOD ATHEIST: DEVELOPS A EP DISLIKE OF RELIGN AT THE AGE OF 5 AND S THE NATIVY PLAY BY SAYG THAT GOD DON'T EXIST. IRONILLY ENOUGH, ACRDG TO THE "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" EPILOGUE, HE'S BEE A PRACTICG BUDDHIST. NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY FAMO: NAMED AFTER LIAM GALLAGHER. THIS IS LAMPSHAD BOTH BY FRANK, WHO SAYS THAT HE'S GOG TO BE A STAR, AND BY A SOCIAL SERVIC OFFICER, WHO NOT THAT HE DON'T STAND A CHANCE AT LIFE THANKS TO HIS NAME. PROMOTN TO PARENT: TO STELLA. PYROMANIAC WISE BEYOND HIS YEARSSTELLA GALLAGHERSEASONS 6-11 THE BABY OF THE BUNCH: TAK OVER THIS ROLE OM LIAM THE FAY ONCE SHE'S BORN.MONI GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: ANNABELLE APISON (SERI 1, 3, 4-6, 8, 11) FRDIAN EXCE: WAS SEXUALLY ABED AND NEGLECTED AS A CHILD. LIPSTICK LBIAN: PASS HERSELF OFF AS ONE WHEN SHE NS OFF WH NORMA (BEE OF URSE THERE ARE NO BISEXUALS). IT'S ALL ABOUT ME JERK WH A HEART OF JERK: AFTER HER MOTHER DI, SHE PLAC THE BLANKET THAT DEBBIE KN FOR HER OVER HER FACE. WHEN DEBBIE TELLS HER THAT WAS A NICE THG TO DO, MONI SAYS THAT SHE HATED THE BLANKET. PARENTS AS PEOPLE: AN EVEN WORSE EXAMPLE THAN FRANK.    THE FISHERS KEV BALLPLAYED BY: DEAN LENNOX KELLY (SERI 1-4, 8, 11) BEWARE THE NICE ON: HE PUNCH DONNY MAGUIRE THE STOMACH DURG THE BIG JOCKEY FIGHT SEASON 2. CARPET OF VIRILY: HE'S VERY HAIRY CHTED A WAY THAT VERONI APPROV. EXTREME DOORMAT: HE'S NOT GREAT WH NONTATN, EVEN WH HIS PARTNER. NEVER LEARNED TO READ: HE DO TRY TO LEARN BY TAKG NIGHT CLASS UNTIL THE TEACHER KEEPS REPEATEDLY MAKG PASS AT HIM. NICE GUY: PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DOWN-TO-EARTH CHARACTERS THE SHOW WHO GIV IENDLY ADVICE TO THE GALLAGHER KIDS. OOPS! I FOT I WAS MARRIED: HE TRI TO MARRY VERONI ONLY TO REMEMBER HE'S STILL LEGALLY MARRIED TO HIS PSYCHO WIFE WHO'S JAILED FOR GBH. PUT ON A B: FROM SERI 4 TO SERI 11. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAK?: FEARS FLYG.VERONI BALLPLAYED BY: MAXE PEAKE (SERI 1-4) HAIR-TRIGGER TEMPER: SHE'S EASY TO ANGER, PECIALLY AROUND KEV'S SISTER. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: IS JT AS SHADY AS FRANK BUT IS AN AWOME IEND TO FNA GALLAGHER. PUT ON A B: FROM SEASON 3 ONWARDS. THE LAD-ETTE: SWEARS LIKE A SAILOR AND IS MORE THAN WILLG TO E VLENCE AGAST WOMEN WHO THREATEN HER RELATNSHIP WH KEV. THE MEDIC: AS A FORMER HOSPAL CLEANER, SHE HAS PICKED UP ENOUGH ABOUT MEDIL TECHNIQU TO PATCH UP THE GALLAGHERS WHENEVER THEY EVABLY GET THEMSELV HURT. SHOW SOME LEG: US HER CLEAVAGE TO DISTRACT THE KMAN WHILE THE GALLAGHERS ROB A FEW BOTTL OR TO GET AN EXTRA FEW QUID OM A ED R ALER. SHE SOMETIM WORKS AS A STRIP-O-GRAM AND DO SOME WEBM WORK FOR A B OF EXTRA DOSH.CAROL FISHERPLAYED BY: MAJORIE YAT (SERI 1-4) B CRASH PARENTS AS PEOPLE PUT ON A B REALLY GETS AROUND: AND WH LADS HALF HER AGEMARTY FISHERPLAYED BY: JACK DEAM (SERI 1-4, 8-11) HOLLYWOOD TOURETTE'S: HE'S EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GA NTROL OF TO AN EXTENT, BUT HE'LL ALWAYS END UP BLURTG OUT "SPUNKFACE" OM TIME TO TIME. PYROMANIAC: HAS A TENNCY TO SET FIRE TO THGS.    THE JACKSONS SHEILA JACKSONPLAYED BY: MAGGIE O'NEILL (SERI 1-4) BEWARE THE NICE ON: STABBED HER ABIVE FIRST HBAND SHELDON TO ATH. ALSO, IS BIZARRELY TALENTED, TO A PROFSNAL LEVEL, AT THROWG AND OTHERWISE HANDLG KNIV. ON A LIGHTER NOTE, IS ONE KKY BCH BED AND HAS A LLECTN OF DILDOS OF VARYG SHAP AND SIZ. CLOUD CUCKOO LANR: DUE TO HER ARAGROPHOBIA AND ANXIETY. IMPROBABLE WEAPON USER: COM TO KELLY'S RCUE WHEN SHE'S BEG ATTACKED BY A JOHN WHO WON'T PAY BY BEATG HIM WH A GIANT BLACK DILDO. NERVO WRECK: HAS ARAGROPHOBIA AND ANXIETY MOST LIKELY ED BY STABBG HER ABIVE EX HBAND. NGHTY BY NIGHT: IN SPAS, PECIALLY KKY TO FRANK, TYG HIM TO A BED. NICE GIRL: INHUMANLY PATIENT WH FRANK AND A SWEET PERSON GENERAL. PARENTS AS PEOPLE PUT ON A BKAREN JACKSON (LATER MAGUIRE)PLAYED BY: REBEC ATKSON (SERI 1-11) FILLE FATALE: SLEEPS WH FRANK WHEN SHE'S 15. MS. FANSERVICE: OFTEN WALKS AROUND WEARG A SKIRT AND GETS NAKED QUE A FEW TIM. REALLY GETS AROUND: AND HER AFFAIRS ALWAYS LAND HER AND EVERYONE ELSE SH.EDDIE JACKSONPLAYED BY: STEVE PEMBERTON (SERI 1) KNIGHT TEMPLAR: HE'S BORRLE A CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST WHO HEADBUTTS FRANK THE JOCKEY WHEN HE FDS OUT THAT FRANK'S SON HAS BEEN SUCKED OFF BY HIS DGHTER. SMALL ROLE, BIG IMPACT: HE ONLY APPEARS TWO EPISOS VERY BRIEFLY, BUT HIS PARTURE OM THE JACKSON HOME AND THE NVERSATN HE HAS WH FRANK ABOUT SHEILA SET THE BALL ROLLG FOR FRANK AND SHEILA'S RELATNSHIP AND EVENTUAL MARRIAGE.    THE KARIBS KASH KARIBPLAYED BY: CHRIS BISSON (SERI 1-4, 6) FAKG THE DEAD WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOE?: IT'S IMPLIED CHNEY LEAV HIM TO DIE THE SHOP FIRE WHEN HE BACK SERI 6, BUT 'S NEVER EXPLICLY STATED AND JT SORT OF GLOSSED OVER. THE FACT THAT CHNEY WOULD M SUCH A BTAL ACT AND THE IA OF NO ONE VTIGATG THE BODY FOUND AMONGST THE FLAM (EVEN IF KASH WAS LEGALLY AD) IS PRETTY FAR-FETCHED SELF.YVONNE KARIBPLAYED BY: KELLI HOLLIS (SERI 1-7, 11) BATTER UP!: HER WEAPON IS A BASEBALL BAT, WHICH SHE ON THUGS AND SOLDIERS ALIKE. THE BEARD: TO KASH. SHE EVEN STAYS WH HIM AFTER HIS AFFAIR WH IAN OUT ORR TO HAVE ANOTHER CHILD. BERSERK BUTTON: DON'T MS WH HER SHOP.CHNEY KARIBPLAYED BY: QASIM AKHTAR (SERI 4-11)MEENA KARIBPLAYED BY: SARAH PATEL (SERI 4), SARAH BRYNE (SERI 5-6)SEETA DAIPLAYED BY: AYSHA KALA (SERI 8)AUNTIE USMA BADASS THE VOICELS    POLICE TONYPLAYED BY: ANTHONY FLANAGAN (SERI 1-3) AFFECTNATE NICKNAME: THE GALLAGHERS GIVE HIM THE NICKNAME 'HELMET'. CASANOVA WANNABE: LOS HIS V TO FNA GALLAGHER ON A ONE NIGHT STAND AND SPENDS THE FIRST TWO SEASONS AWKWARDLY TRYG TO H ON HER SPE HER TRANSPARENT LACK OF TERT HIM, MAKG HIM SANELY JEALO OF STEVE. CORPT COP: A LSER EXAMPLE AS HE IS WELL-MEANG AND TRI TO DO A GOOD JOB AS A POLICEMAN, BUT HE DO TAKE A BRIBE OM STEVE (A FLASH R IMPLIED TO BE STOLEN). CRAZY JEALO GUY: JT N'T HANDLE STEVE AND FNA'S RELATNSHIP. DOGGED NICE GUY: LOS HIS VIRGY TO FNA ON A ONE NIGHT STAND AND TAK AS A SIGN THAT THEY SHOULD BE TOGETHER, SPENDG ALL OF SERI 1 AND 2 TRYG TO AWKWARDLY PURSUE HER. LOY LOVERS ARE LOSERS: TONY IS, BY HIS OWN ADMISSN, A "10 SEND WONR" AND IS IMPLIED HIS LACK OF STAYG POWER IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY FNA NEVER NSIRED DATG HIM AGA AFTER SHE TOOK HIS VIRGY. HE'S SO UNIMPRSIVE HE NFS TO SHEILA HE NEVER GOT A GIRL TO SLEEP WH HIM TWICE. SHEILA TAK PY ON HIM AND HER "SQUEEZE TECHNIQUE" TO HELP IMPROVE HIS STAMA. NICE JOB BREAKG IT, HERO: HIS ATTEMPTS TO STEVE AND FNA'S RELATNSHIP AND MAKE HER TAKE NOTICE OF HIM STEAD SENDS STEVE ON THE N AND LATER DRIV HER AWAY OM THE TATE PERMANENTLY. RANK UP: GETS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SERI 1 AND SERI 2.STAN WATERMANPLAYED BY: WARREN DONNELLY (SERI 1-7) NICE GUY: THE MOST DOWN-TO-EARTH OF THE PS REASONABLE AUTHORY FIGURECARRIE ROGERSPLAYED BY: AMANDA RYAN (SERI 4-6) BLOOD KNIGHT: SHE'S LOOKG FOR A TRANSFER TO SOMEWHERE WH MORE ACTN AND ROUTELY LOOKS FOR WAYS TO EMPLOY VLENCE ON THE NIZENS OF CHATSWORTH. ET TU, BTE?: BETRAYS TOM O'LEARY. FAIR COP: HER LOOKS ARE NOTED BY BOTH STAN AND TOM, THE LATTER OF WHOM HAS A CSH ON HER. SHE'S NOT ABOVE SHOWG OFF SOME FLH TO GET HER WAY. KNIGHT TEMPLAR MANIPULATIVE BCH POLICE BTALY RABID COP: SHE'S OVERENTHIASTIC THE JOB, OFTEN G HER BATON WHEN FORCE ISN'T NECSARY. SHE A TAZER GUN ON LIP, WHICH LEAV HIM WH A RAGG STIFFIE THAT LASTS SEVERAL DAYS AND PLOYS TEARGAS ON A PRETEEN BOY WHO HAS LOCKED HIMSELF THE STOREROOM OF THE KARIBS' SHOP.TOM O'LEARYPLAYED BY: MICHAEL LEGGE (SERI 4-6) DOGGED NICE GUY: HE HAS A MAJOR CSH ON CARRIE, THOUGH SHE DON'T SEEM TO BE TERTED. MAY–DECEMBER ROMANCE: HAS A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH 15 YEAR OLD DEBBIE SEASON 5, EWWW. NAïVE NEWER: IN HIS VERY FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE TATE. KARMA HOUDI: RECEIV NO LEGAL REPERCSNS WH STATUTARY RAPG DEBBIE. OFFICER O'HARA: HE'S AN IRISH P WORKG MANCHTER.    THE MAGUIR PADDY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: SEAN GILR (SERI 2-7) ALL DEVOURG BLACK HOLE LOAN SHARKS: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OM A GANGSTER MONEYLENR? AX-CRAZY: IN THE EARLY SERI. ONE OF HIS FIRST APPEARANC SHOWS HIM BEATG UP SOMEONE WHO OW HIM MONEY. AND LGHG LIKE A LUNATIC. BEFORE HE EVEN APPEARS ON THE SHOW, KEV REFERS TO HIM AS A 'VLENT PISSHEAD'. WHEN THE MAGUIR JO THE ST PROPER, WE SEE MORE SIS OF PADDY AND SEE HE'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT CRAZY, AT LEAST WHEN NOT DOG BS. HE STILL HAS HIS MOMENTS WHEN UNR GREAT STRS THOUGH. HE'S SEEN LOSG DRAMATILLY THE FALE OF SERI 4 WHEN HE THKS SOMEONE IS OUT FOR HIS BLOOD, GOG SO FAR AS TO KIDNAP HIS SON JAMIE, STUFF HIM THE BOOT OF HIS R, AND DRIVE HIM ROUND ALL DAY BEE HE THKS HE'S VOLVED. ALSO, ONE EPISO IAN REMARKS THAT PADDY TIED THE PAPER BOY TO THE BACK OF HIS R AND DROVE HIM ROUND THE TATE. BALD OF EVIL: KEEPS HIS HEAD SHAVED LATER SERI. BREAK THE HGHTY: THE WHOLE MREEN PLOT. DIRTY OLD MAN: DIRTY MIDDLE AGED MAN ANYWAY, HE MASTURBAT AND FANTASIS ABOUT SLEEPG WH BOTH HIS DGHTER--LAWS WHILST GOG LD TURKEY WHEN NOT HAVG VISNS OF HIS FATHER. EVEN EVIL HAS STANDARDS: IS A DG-ALG PSYCHOPATH AND GANGSTER, BUT DRAWS THE LE AT HARMG CHILDREN, BUYS THE BIG ISSUE, AND VALU FAY ABOVE ALL ELSE. HONOR AMONG THIEV LARGE HAM: HE N BE VERY FORMAL AND DRAMATIC, DON'T MAKE HIM ANY LS IGHTENG. MANLY FACIAL HAIR: HE HAS A BEARD AND IS A HARD MAN DISHG OUT BEATDOWNS LIKE NDY. PAPA WOLF: VERY MUCH SO TO MANDY MAGUIRE. PET THE DOG: IN SEASON 5, HE TRI TO REASSURE MIMI THAT HE DON'T THK OF HER AS FAT AND IS STILL SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HER. TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME: HE'S 6'1". THICKER THAN WATER: WH HIS FAY, EVEN WHEN MICKY DISAPPOTS HIM. THE IRISH MOB: HE HAS A THICK IRISH ACCENT AND IS A TERRIFYG MOBSTER. THE STOIC: HE'S NOT EMOTNALLY VULNERABLE UNTIL HIS VILLAO BREAKDOWN. VILLAO BREAKDOWN: HE'S NOT THE SAME AFTER MREEN TURNS HIM TO A HERO ADDICT.MIMI MAGUIRE LATER TUTTONPLAYED BY: TA MALONE (SERI 2-11) FAT BCH: SHE'S MORE TERRIFYG THAN PADDY MAGUIRE AND HEADBUTTS ANYONE WHO PISS HER OFF MOR WAYS. KAVORKA WOMAN: SHE REALLY HASN'T AGED WELL, BUT SHE REALLY GETS AROUND. REALLY GETS AROUND: AFTER SHE SPLS OM PADDY. WEIGHT WOE: SPENDS AN EPISO ADDRSG, AND LEARNS TO ACCEPT, HER WEIGHT ISSU AFTER PADDY SMH SULTS HER ABOUT THEM. TOOK A LEVEL KDNS: FROM SEASON 5 ONWARDS, WE SEE A SOFTER, MOTHERLY SI TO HER.JAMIE MAGUIREPLAYED BY: AARON MC CKER (SERI 4-11) REFORMED CRIMAL: AT LEAST ON THE SURFACE. TURNS OUT 'S ALL A FA TO SLOWLY BUMP OFF A GROUP OF MEN WHO WANT PADDY AD WHOUT AROG SPICN. MAK A MORE HONT ATTEMPT AT REFORM AFTER SERI 4 AND IS LARGELY SUCCSFUL BUT IS DRAWN BACK TO 'THE FAY BS' AFTER PADDY IS TURNED TO A HERO ADDICT AND MIMI GO TO PRISON AFTER TAKG THE RAP FOR ASSLTG JOE. THE STOIC TOOK A LEVEL BADASS: WHEN THE MAGUIRE FAY TEMPORARILY FALLS APART SERI 6, HE IS FORCED TO TAKE UP THE REIGNS OF HIS FATHER AND VELOP THE THLSNS NEED TO N A DG/GUN/MISCELLANEO NTRABAND EMPIRE. WIFE-BASHER BASHER BEATS JOE TO A PULP FOR BEATG HIS SISTER MANDY.SHANE MAGUIREPLAYED BY: NICKY EVANS (SERI 3-11) ANTI-HERO: HIS RELATNSHIP WH KELLY OM SERI 5 ONWARDS MATUR HIM A LOT AND HE EVOLV TO ONE OF THE. BUTT-MONKEY, AT LEAST EARLY ON. LATER EVOLV TO AN ANTI-HERO. CALLG THE OLD MAN OUT: PUNCH PADDY FOR SULTG KELLY AND SUFFERS A NO-HOLDS-BARRED BEATDOWN FOR ON HER BEHALF. PARENTAL SUBSTUTE: TO LIAM GALLAGHER AT ONE POT, ODDLY ENOUGH. TOOK A LEVEL BADASS: GO OM BEG A BUTT-MONKEY WHO ISN'T TSTED WH THE FAY BS TO A 'REAL MAGUIRE' TOWARDS THE END. WOULD HURT A CHILD: BEATS UP A 12 YEAR OLD, AND PAYS FOR ARLY.MICKEY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: CIARáN GRIFFHS (SERI 4-9) ARMOURED CLOSET GAY: EARLY ON, AT LEAST. DUMB MCLE: AT FIRST, BUT VELOPS MASSIVELY AS THE SERI GO ON. GAYNGSTER: HE'S A MCLEHEAD FOR THE MAGURI AND IS HOMOSEXUAL WHICH MAK HIM VERY PARANOID AND ANGSTY. PK IS FOR SISSI: ATTRACTS A LOT OF FLACK FOR DRIVG A PK ('S FCHIA!) LIMO. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: REALLY WANTS HIS PARENTS FAVOUR. HE OFTEN DAYDREAMS ABOUT THE DAY HE OUT AND THE NEWS IS WELL RECEIVED BY MIMI AND PADDY. IN ONE EPISO HE STARTS TRAG TO BE A FIREMAN AND IS SERLY HURT WHEN PADDY MOCKS HIM FOR . WI-EYED IALISTMANDY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: SAMANTHA SIDDAL (SERI 1-6, 8) ACTN GIRL: GROWG UP WH 6 BROTHERS MEANS SHE N FIGHT AS WELL AS THE RT OF THEM. BUT WE USED A CONDOM! KILLED OFF FOR REAL: BY MRE AT THE END OF SEASON 6 INSECURE LOVE INTERT: MANDY IS A VERY SECURE PERSON, TO THE POT WHERE SHE SICCED ON HER BROTHERS TO BATTER IAN GALLAGHER FOR THE CRIME OF NOT BEG TERTED HER. SHE LATER HEADBUTTS ONE OF LIAM GALLAGHER'S GIRLIENDS FOR OFFERG TO TAKE RE OF HER BABY. MAMA BEAR: TO EXTREME LEVELS TO HER BABY.KELLY MAGUIRE NEE BALLPLAYED BY: SALLY CARMAN (SERI 2-11) ADDLED ADDICT: INIALLY, MUCH TO VERONI FISHER'S CHAGR. DEADPAN SNARKER HOOKER WH A HEART OF GOLD PARENTAL SUBSTUTE: TO LIAM GALLAGHER AT ONE POT, ODDLY ENOUGH.FERGAL MAGUIREPLAYED BY: MARC SILCK (SERI 1(?)-4) HEEL–FACE REVOLVG DOOR KILLED OFF FOR REAL MVE SHIRT THE VOICELS WE HARDLY KNEW YEDONNY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: WARREN BROWN (SERI 1-2), STEVE BELL (EARLY SERI 3), CLYVE BONELLE (LATER SERI 3), UNKNOWN (SERI 4) AX-CRAZY: SEEMED IGHTENGLY WILLG TO BATTER IAN GALLAGHER FOR WHAT MANDY ACCUED HIM OF. THE DRAGON: SEEMED TO BE THIS TO PADDY BEFORE JAMIE'S RETURN OM PRISON CHUCK CUNNGHAM SYNDROMEJOEY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: NATHANIEL ROBSON (SERI 1), WILL WILLOUGHBY (SERI 2), UNKNOWN (SERI 3-4)SEASONS 1-4 CHUCK CUNNGHAM SYNDROME DUMB MCLE FLAT CHARACTER: EXISTED PURELY TO FOLLOW HIS BROTHER DONNY AROUND AND LOOK MENACG. THE QUIET ONERUBY HEPBURNSEASONS 9-10    THE POWELLS JACKSON POWELLPLAYED BY: EMMANUEL IGHODAROSEASONS 8-10AVRIL POWELLPLAYED BY: KAREN BRYSONSEASONS 8-11LETIA POWELLSEASONS 8-11    THE CROAKERS LIBBY CROAKERPLAYED BY: PLE MC LYNN (SERI 7-8) WI-EYED IALISTAIDAN CROAKERSEASONS 8-11PATTY CROAKERPLAYED BY: VALERIE LILLEY (SERI 7-11) DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: AFTER LIBBY LEAV. OIRELAND    UNSORTED LILLIAN TYLERPLAYED BY: ALICE BARRYSEASONS 2-11 DRIV LIKE CRAZY: NORMA REF TO KEEP TEACHG HER HOW TO DRIVE ON ACUNT OF HER NSTANTLY SWERVG ACROSS THE ROAD. SHE CRASH THE R, ACCINTALLY KILLG A CRIMAL SHE WAS TTIFYG AGAST. BAND OF BROTHELS: ENDS UP NNG A BROTHEL AFTER KELLY AND A UPLE OF OTHER PROSTUT MOVE SERI 4.BILLY TUTTONPLAYED BY: MICHAEL TAYLORSEASONS 7, 8-11 LIK OLR WOMENDOMIC MEAKSEASONS 9-11KASSI BLANSEASON 11SHERILEESEASON 11DERILEESEASON 11STEVE MCBRIPLAYED BY: JAM MCAVOYSEASONS 1-2 GENTLEMAN THIEF: PRIS HIMSELF ON NEVER HAVG MTED A SGLE VLENT CRIME HIS LIFE AND STEALG THE RS OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE WHENEVER HE N. PUT ON A B: FOR A FEW EPISOS WHILE ON THE N OM A CRIMAL GANG WHO BELIEVE HIM TO BE A GRASS. COM BACK FOR FNA. SCHOOL ISFOR LOSERS: COM OM A FAY OF DOCTORS, HIS WORDS "THE MEDIL OF EQUIVALENT OF A BATTERY FARM". HE DROPPED OUT AFTER TWO YEARS AND END UP A PROFSNAL R THIEF. NICE GUY: WHILST HE N BE A JERKASS WHEN BEG SELF-RIGHTEO, STEVE IS MOSTLY A NICE GUY WHO R A LOT ABOUT FNA AND HAPPILY HELPS LOOK AFTER THE YOUNGER GALLAGHER CHILDREN TILL HE AND FNA LEAVE THE SHOW THE SEASON 2 FALE.JOE PRCHARDPLAYED BY: BEN BATTSEASONS 6-7 DOMTIC ABE: HE BEATS MANDY AND PUTS HER DOWN VERBALLY. MANIPULATIVE BASTARDNORMA STARKEYPLAYED BY: DYST JOHNSONSEASONS 1, 3, 4-6 BUTCH LBIAN DARK AND TROUBLED PAST: ALLUS BRIEFLY TO HER PAST ON A FEW OCSNS: SHE MENTNS SHE'S SPENT TIME PRISON (WHICH DROVE HER OVER THE EDGE UNTIL SHE MET MONI), AND ALSO WAS A PROSTUTE FOR A TIME. INSECURE LOVE INTERT: TO THE POT OF BEG A LOVE MARTYR FOR MONI GALLAGHER. REVOLVERS ARE JT BETTER: AS A TCKER, SHE FAVOURS A SNUBNOSE .38 FOR PROTECTN, THOUGH SHE MOSTLY JT AS A WEAPON FOR INTIMIDATN.MAXE DONNELLYPLAYED BY: JOANNA HIGSON (SERI 6-7) CHUCK CUNNGHAM SYNDROME MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL: MEETS THE GALLAGHERS THROUGH CARL, BUT IS ACTUALLY MORE OF ONE TO DEBBIE. SHE TO DEBBIE AT A TIME HER LIFE WHEN SHE'S CIDG THAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE DOG FRANK AND MONI'S JOBS AS PARENTS FOR THEM AND SHOULD BE OUT PARTYG AND ENJOYG HERSELF. WHEN MAXE ARRIV ON THE SCENE, DEBBIE BEGS SHOPLIFTG, DRKG, AND PULLG GUYS AS AN ALMOST DAILY ACTIVY.BCE DONNELLYSEASON 7 STRAIGHT GAYCRAIG GARLAND
• THE BT-WRTEN GAY COUPLE ON TELEVISN IS HIDG ON A GUILTY-PLEASURE SHOWBY JOANNA ROBSONMARCH 31, 2014CLIFF LIPSON/SHOWTIMESAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVESHAMELS OFTEN GETS LOST SOMEWHERE THE GLUT OF PRTIGE SUNDAY-NIGHT TELEVISN. IT LACKS THE POLISH OF MAD MEN AND THE OUT-AND-OUT SANY OF GAME OF THRON. SHAMELS OFTEN GETS WRTEN OFF AS A GUILTY PLEASURE—GLANCE OVER AT THE TELEVISN WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHG AND YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE A BCH OF SOME KD OR ANOTHER. SEX, VLENCE, ADDICTN, AND PRAVY ARE THE SHOW’S RALLYG CRY. BUT SOMEWHERE THE CRACKS, SHAMELS HAS BUILT A ST OF BELIEVABLE, SYMPATHETIC, DIRT-POOR CHARACTERS STGGLG TO PE CIRCUMSTANCE, GEICS, AND SELF-STCTIVE BEHAVR.ARMED WH A STEADILY GROWG FAN BASE, SHAMELS IS NOW WRAPPG UP S FOURTH AND STRONGT SEASON. WH SPOTLIGHT STEALERS LIKE PATRIARCH FRANK GALLAGHER (WILLIAM H. MACY) LARGELY OUT OF MISSN, AND FNA GALLAGHER (EMMY ROSSUM) HTG ROCK BOTTOM, THE SHOW HAS REALLY ALLOWED SOME OF THE RT OF THE GALLAGHER CLAN TO SHE. EARLIER THE SEASON, LIP GALLAGHER (JEREMY ALLEN WHE), THE FAY GENI, PULLED FOC WH HIS HEART-WRENCHG STGGL TO MAKE THROUGH LLEGE. BUT THE LAST FEW EPISOS, IAN GALLAGHER (CAMERON MONAGHAN) AND HIS ON-AGA, OFF-AGA BOYIEND, MICKEY MILKOVICH (NOEL FISHER), HAVE BEEN THROWG THE HEAVYWEIGHT ACTG PUNCH. STARTG WH MICKEY’S RCUE OF A DG-ADDLED IAN AND CULMATG WH LAST NIGHT’S BRAWL-DUCG G-OUT SCENE, THE TWO ARE FALLY MAKG GOOD ON FOUR SEASONS OF SIMMERG BACKSTORY.FROM THE START, MONAGHAN’S IAN GALLAGHER WAS TOUTED AS A “UNIQUE” GAY CHARACTER ON TELEVISN. THE ANTI-KURT HUMMEL. AND WHILE ’S TE THAT IAN IS A B MORE ROUGH AND TUMBLE THAN YOUR UAL GAY STEREOTYPE, HE’S STILL A FAIRLY SENSIVE BOY. BUT THERE’S NOTHG SENSIVE ABOUT THE MICKEY CHARACTER, A HORRIFYGLY VLENT YOUNG THUG WHO WAS AS LIKELY TO PUNCH IAN AS HE WAS TO KISS HIM. JT LAST SEASON, MICKEY LIVERED THIS HEART-BREAKG BEAT DOWN.THE ARE SRED, OPPRSED BOYS WHO OFTEN KISS THROUGH BROKEN FAC. BUT THE PAST FEW EPISOS, MICKEY HAS STARTED TO THAW. PART OF THIS IS DUE TO THE PA OF LOSG IAN TO A SHORT-LIVED (AND ILLEGAL) STT THE ARMY. ANOTHER PART IS IAN’S VOLVEMENT THE GAY-CLUB AND PROSTUTN SCENE. WE’RE NOT NECSARILY SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS AS A HEALTHY CISN FOR IAN. BUT THE EEDOM AND RELIEF MICKEY FEELS KISSG IAN PUBLIC WHOUT REPRISAL, OR BEG TOLD HE’S “LUCKY” TO HAVE IAN AT AN AFFLUENT GAY MIXER, IS EYE-OPENG AND EMBOLNG FOR THE POOR KID. IT WAS ALL LEADG UP TO LAST NIGHT’S G-OUT MOMENT.WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PRSG AND DISTURBG SCENE OF A FATHER BEATG THE LIFE OUT OF HIS SON WAS, ULTIMATELY, UPLIFTG. THE BOYS AGA KISSG THROUGH BROKEN FAC.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTHE TV MOVIE IS MAKG A WEIRD, WONRFUL COMEBACKBY DAVID CANFIELD(VIA)BUT THIS TIME WH GRS.(VIA)TO PRAISE THE BLOODY, GHT RELATNSHIP OF MICKEY AND IAN IS NOT TO DIMISH OTHER, LS DRAMATIC PICTNS. THERE ARE A LN WAYS TO BE GAY AMERI AND NONE OF THEM ARE WRONG. MICKEY’S THUGGISH, STREET TOUGH IS A NATURAL PROGRSN OM CHARACTERS LIKE OMAR ON THE WIRE, AND LIKE EVERY CHARACTER ON SHAMELS, HE AND IAN ARE ALLOWED TO BE BETIFUL DISASTERS WHO ARE BOTH HARD TO LOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RIST. THIS IS DUE, NO SMALL PART, TO THE AMAZG PERFORMANC OM NOEL FISHER AND CAMERON MONAGHAN WHO HAVE GROWN BETIFULLY TO THEIR ROL.AND, LIKE HAS WH MANY OTHER STGGL, SHAMELS HAS FOUND A UNIVERSAL TTH THIS EXTREME. BEG GAY N BE HARD EVERYWHERE AND IS CERTALY HARR ON THE WRONG SIS OF THE CHIGO TRACKS. EVERY PUNCH MICKEY THREW AT IAN WAS REALLY A BLOW AIMED WARD. THAT’S NOT TO EXCE THE ABE (AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IAN N GIVE AS GOOD AS HE GETS). BUT SOMEHOW, AGAST ALL ODDS, MICKEY AND IAN ME OUT THE OTHER SI CLEAN. IT DON’T MEAN HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR THEM. IT RARELY DO ON THIS SHOW. BUT DO MEAN THAT AT LEAST NOW, WH ALL THE OTHER MONS VANQUISHED, THEY’RE ONLY THEIR OWN WORST ENEMI. AND ISN’T THAT THE VERY LEAST WE ALL SERVE?(VIA)JOANNA ROBSON

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Fans have wonred: Is Cameron Monaghan gay? Ian Gallagher actor Cameron Monaghan has never dated his on-screen love tert Noel Fisher and is not gay real life. Shamels star Jody Latham has locked lips wh Sks actor Liam Boyle his first gay role.

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

Jody, who played Lip the Manchter-based Channel 4 seri, filmed the steamy scene wh Bolton-born Liam at Prcs Street gay club Cz 101 over the weekend. Jody, 32, who also worked as a producer on the project, told The Diary: “For me ’s breakg barriers – ’s the first time I’ve ever played a gay character.

Jody, who is engaged to former Shamels -star Sarah Byrne, said he hoped would highlight homophobia and challenge people’s perceptns of homosexualy – pecially men.

SHAMELS GAY CHARACTERS RETURN TO CHANNEL 4

Neil, who is gay, said: “In society ’s emed much more socially acceptable for women to fd other women attractive – look at Katy Perry sgg I Kissed A Girl or Brney and Madonna kissg on stage at the MTV Awards.

FRANK GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: DAVID THRELFALL (SERI 1-11) ABIVE PARENTS: HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER NEVILLE WAS NOT GREAT, TO SAY THE LEAST. HE UNTS AS ONE HIMSELF, AS HE OFTEN HEADBUTTS HIS KIDS AND IS GENERALLY NEGLECTFUL OF THEM. ACCINTAL HERO: HE THROWS HIMSELF ONT OF LILIAN'S R A SPERATE ATTEMPT TO M SUICI. SHE SWERV TO AVOID HIM, WHICH ACCINTALLY SAV HER LIFE AS SHE WAS BEG THREATENED AT THE TIME BY A CRIMAL SHE WAS DUE TO TTIFY AGAST. SHE SURVIV DUE TO HER AIRBAGS, BUT THE CRIMAL DI. FRANK EVEN NOT WHAT THE ODDS WERE OF HAPPENG. HE ALSO SAV PADDY'S LIFE BY PERFORMG A VERY C CPR TECHNIQUE ON HIM WHEN HE IS CHOKG ON A CRISP. THE ALHOLIC: ORIGALLY, HE TURNED TO THE BOTTLE DUE TO MONI LEAVG HIM, WHICH TURN LEFT FNA TO RAISE THE FAY. THIS IS RETNNED LATER ON AS HIM ALWAYS HAVG BEEN AN ALHOLIC AND THAT WAS A NTRIBUTG FACTOR TO MONI LEAVG. ALHOLIC PARENT: HE'S ALMOST ALWAYS SLOSHED, WHICH MAK HIM PRETTY ELS AS A FATHER. BRILLIANT, BUT LAZY: FAR BRIGHTER THAN HE APPEARS BUT IS TOO GENERATE TO DO ANYTHG ABOUT . CATCHPHRASE: "TWISTED J", WHENEVER HE'S NONTED WH BAD NEWS OR AN AWKWARD SUATN. COOL OLD GUY: HAS THE ODD MOMENT. COUNTRY MATTERS: HE DROPS A FAIR FEW C-BOMBS. DEADPAN SNARKER: HE'S OBNOXLY SARSTIC, PECIALLY ABOUT THE ERNMENT. DIRTY COWARD: HE'S A SOFT-ARSE PISSHEAD WHO NSTANTLY NS AWAY OM HIS PROBLEMS, HEADBUTTS HIS OWN KIDS AND RARELY STANDS UP FOR HIMSELF OR HIS FAY. ESTABLISHG CHARACTER MOMENT: WHEN FRANK FIRST APPEARS EPISO 1, HE'S WASTED AND PASSED OUT, BEG RRIED TO THE KCHEN BY POLICE OFFICERS AT AN UNGODLY HOUR OF THE MORNG. FAKG THE DEAD: HE AND HIS FAY FAKE HIS ATH TO AVOID UNSAVORY BT LLECTORS. FLANRIZATN: BE MUCH MORE OF A TWO-DIMENSNAL CUNT AS THE SERI GO BY. COMPARE FRANK SERI 1, WHO ONE ULD EASILY IMAGE ONELF KNOWG REAL LIFE, TO THE FRANK OF SERI 11, A RITURE OF WHAT ONCE WAS. FRDIAN EXCE: HIS OWN PARENTS WEREN'T SO GREAT, AND THE GENERAL POVERTY OF HIS ENVIRONMENT PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP EHER. GOLD DIGGER: RARE MALE EXAMPLE. WHEN HE HEARS THAT SHEILA IS RECEIPT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF BENEFS FOR HER AGORAPHOBIA, HE IS AROUND TO HER HOE AND MOVG LIKE A SHOT. HIDN DEPTHS: DPE BEG A GENERAL WASTE OF SPACE, HE'S WELL ABLE TO QUOTE SHAKPEARE AND OSR WIL HIS NARRATNS AND N BE SURPRISGLY ASTUTE AND PHILOSOPHIL AFTER THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BOOZE. HE'S ALSO THE FIRST ONE TO SPOT THAT KELLY IS A PROSTUTE. KAVORKA MAN: WOMEN ALL OVER CHATSWORTH ARE ALL OVER HIM, SPE HIM BEG A GRA A JERKASS WHOUT A PENNY TO HIS NAME WHO LOOKS LIKE HE'S HOMELS. AT ONE POT, HE'S SHACKED UP WH SHEILA WHILE ALSO SLEEPG WH HER DGHTER, KAREN. KARMA HOUDI: THE MOST AMOUNT OF TROUBLE HE GETS TO FOR SLEEPG WH 15-YEAR-OLD KAREN IS RECEIVG A NO-HOLDS-BARRED BEATDOWN OM LIP. LIMED WARDROBE: HE'S ALMOST NEVER WHOUT HIS STONEWASHED JEANS AND GBBY OLD RAAT. WHEN HE ACCINTALLY BURNS SHEILA'S KCHEN, THE AT TCH FIRE AND GETS A PATCH ON THE BACK OF . HE TEMPORARILY LOS AFTER A NIGHT OUT THE JOCKEY AND HE HAS A BREAKDOWN OVER . FOR FORMAL OCSNS, HE SWCH OUT FOR A LEATHER JACKET. THE LOAD: TO HIS FAY AND HE WAST ALL HIS BENEF MONEY ON THE JOCKEY PUB. MANIPULATIVE BASTARD: HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT MANIPULATG AND BLAME-SHIFTG. NEVER MY FLT: HE SELF-PYGLY RANTS THE SEND EPISO OF THE FIRST SEASON ABOUT HOW NO ONE CUTS HIM ANY SLACK FOR BEG AN ALHOLIC. THE NICKNAMER: LIK TO GIVE OUT NICKNAM. SOME PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHTS CLU SHREK FOR NORMA, BO'SELECTA! FOR LILLIAN, AND WTLIFE FOR JAMIE MAGUIRE. NON-ACTN GUY: DOWNPLAYED - HE MOSTLY GETS HIS ASS KICKED BY EVERYONE BUT HAS ALSO SUCKER-HEADBUTTED OTHERS AS WELL. ONLY IT FOR THE MONEY: ALL HE REALLY SEEMS TO GIVE A SH ABOUT IS GETTG HOLD OF MONEY WHOUT HAVG TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR . PARENTS AS PEOPLE: THE SELFISH IRRPONSIBLE VARIETY, THOUGH HE DO HAVE MOMENTS THAT SHOW HE DO LOVE HIS KIDS. PET THE DOG: HAS HIS SOFT SI AND A FEW HEROIC MOMENTS, PARTICULARLY THE EARLY SERI. SHERLOCK SN: HE'S ABLE TO SPOT THAT KELLY IS A PROSTUTE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. WOULD HURT A CHILD: HE HEADBUTTS IAN GALLAGHER AS REVENGE FOR THE CHA OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO THE SAME THG HAPPENG TO FRANK THE JOCKEY. HE HEADBUTTS LIAM SEASON 7.FNA GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: ANNE MARIE DUFF, SERI 1-2, 11FRANK'S FIRSTBORN CHILD, FNA GO THROUGH THE BIGGT STGGLE OF THE GALLAGHER FAY; ATTEMPTG TO HOLD THE FAY TOGETHER AND RAISE HER FIVE SIBLGS, THE ABSENCE OF HER BBISH PARENTS, ALL WHILE ATTENDG SCHOOL AND TRYG TO BETTER HERSELF. SHE IS VOTED TO AND BOTTED WH HER YOUNGER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND OFTEN WORKS OVERTIME TO ENSURE THEY ALL GET THE BT POSSIBLE START LIFE. SHE BARELY REGNIZ THE EXISTENCE OF HER GENERATE FATHER FRANK AND POURS SRN ON HIM AT ALMOST EVERY OPPORTUNY.HER LIFE CHANG DRAMATILLY WHEN SHE MEETS THE GENTLEMAN THIEF STEVE MCBRI, WHO SE THE SHACKL OF PROMOTED PARENTHOOD AND DO HIS BT AT EVERY TURN TO ENURAGE FNA'S PENNCE. SHE FALLS EPLY LOVE WH STEVE AND THE TWO OF THEM SLOWLY MOVE UP THE LADR, GETTG ENGAGED AND ACQUIRG THEIR OWN HOE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE GALLAGHERS.AFTER STEVE FLE THE UK SERI 2, SHE BE SPONNT AND PRSED, BUT SOON ENDS UP AN UNLIKELY RELATNSHIP WH NEIGHBOR CRAIG GARLAND - MORE OF FNA'S NATURAL TYPE DUE TO HIS UNCIL TATE ROOTS NTRAST TO STEVE. SO MUCH SO THAT SHE ACTUALLY BE PREGNANT WH CRAIG'S BABY.HOWEVER, WHEN STEVE RETURNS FOR FNA, SHE REALIZ THAT SHE STILL EPLY LOV HIM. IN A WHIRLWD OF EMOTN AND TEARS, SHE FLE CHATSWORTH, WH THE FULL BLSG OF HER FAY AND IENDS, TO LIVE THE NETHERLANDS WH STEVE PERMANENTLY. GIRL NEXT DOOR PARENTAL SUBSTUTE PROMOTN TO PARENT: HAS BEEN LOOKG AFTER HER SIBLGS FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF HER LIFE SCE HER PARENTS ARE AS ELS AS N BE. PUT ON A B: SHE MOV AWAY WH STEVIE AT THE END OF SEASON 2.PHILIP 'LIP' GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: JODY LATHAM, SERI 1-5, 11FRANK'S SEND CHILD AND OLST SON. LIP IS A CHEEKY TWAT WHO GETS TO A LOT OF TROUBLE, BUT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD LAD WH HARDWIRED MORALS AND ETHICS, URTY OF HIS SISTER FNA. HE BONDS THE CLOST WH HALF-BROTHER IAN, BUT HAS GREAT RELATNS WH ALL OF HIS SIBLGS GENERAL. BY PARISON, HIS RELATNSHIP WH HIS FATHER IS LEWARM AT BT, WH BOTH LIP AND FRANK SEEG EACH OTHER A NEGATIVE LIGHT. IT N BE ARGUED THAT PADDY MAGUIRE IS MORE OF A FATHER FIGURE TO LIP, FOR THE SHORT TIME THEY ARE TOGETHER THAN FRANK EVER WAS.LIP GO THROUGH MANY GIRLIENDS AND FUCKBUDDI, LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM, THROUGHOUT THE SERI. HE ACCINTALLY KNOCKS UP MANDY MAGUIRE, LANDG HIM A WORLD OF TROUBLE WH THE NOTOR MAGUIRE GANGSTER DYNASTY, BUT HE ENDS UP BEG A VOTED, LOVG FATHER TO YOUNG KATIE MAGUIRE AT THE AGE OF 16.HE EVENTUALLY LEAV CHATSWORTH AND MANCHTER PLETELY TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSY OF NOTTGHAM. BUT WE USED A CONDOM!: HE GETS KATIE MAGUIRE PREGNANT WHICH LANDS HIM EP SH WH PADDY. CHICK MAG: HE'S A GOOD LOOKG MAN WH UNFETTERED ACCS TO ALL KDS OF GIRLS, PECIALLY RICH, UNIVERSY STUNTS. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: HE N BE A SELF-ABSORBED GOBSHE WHO SHAGS AROUND BUT HAS STRONG MORALS AS TGHT BY FNA GALLAGHER. OLR THAN THEY LOOK: LIP DISVERS ON HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY THAT HE'S ACTUALLY 19, BEE FRANK ET AL FOT TO REGISTER HIS BIRTH FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. HE'S ABSOLUTELY FUR AT FIRST, BUT SOON GETS OVER . THE SMART GUY: TO THE POT WHERE HE DID HOMEWORK FOR OTHER PUPILS AND ULD EASILY GET TO UNIVERSY.IAN GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: GERARD KEARNS, SERI 1-7IAN IS THE THIRD GALLAGHER CHILD, HOWEVER, WE SOON FD OUT THAT HE'S ACTUALLY THE PRODUCT OF AN ILLIC AFFAIR MONI HAD WH ANOTHER GENERATE ALHOLIC WASTER, GARY BENT. HIS BT IEND IS HIS BROTHER LIP, WHO IS THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR, AND IS ALSO THE FIRST TO FD OUT ABOUT IAN'S SEXUALY. HE ALSO BE CLOSER TO AND VELOPS RAPPORT WH CARL AFTER LIP LEAV CHATSWORTH.OUT OF ALL THE GALLAGHER SIBLGS, IAN IS THE ONE WHO IS THE MOST AT ODDS WH HIS ADOPTIVE FATHER FRANK. MANY ARGUMENTS, HEADBUTTS AND VRL ARE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO THROUGHOUT THE SERI DUE TO VAR REASONS, BUT FRANK REAFFIRMS HIS LOVE FOR IAN AFTER HE HELPS TO SAFELY LIVER BABY STELLA.IAN SPENDS HIS TEENAGE YEARS A SECRET HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH HIS EMPLOYER, KASH KARIB. HE RARELY DISPLAYS ANY NFN OVER HIS ULTIMATE PREFERENCE FOR MEN, ALTHOUGH HE DO EMBARK ON A UPLE OF HETEROSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS WH TWO DIFFERENT GIRLS, AND ALSO MATAS A FAKE RELATNSHIP WH HIS SCHOOLMATE AND GOOD IEND MANDY MAGUIRE.AFTER ADVERTENTLY KILLG JOE PRCHARD THE RAL UNTRYSI, HE DRIV OFF WH JOE'S RPSE THE BOOT AND GO AWOL. HE IS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OM AGA. NO BISEXUALS: HAS A RELATNSHIP WH AT LEAST 2 DIFFERENT GIRLS (ANNA SERI 4, AND MAXE SERI 7), BUT MOSTLY HAS SEX WH MEN AND TH INTIFI HIMSELF AS GAY. DPERATELY LOOKG FOR A PURPOSE LIFE: ALL OF THE GALLAGHER CHILDREN GO THROUGH THIS, BUT IAN'S IS FELY THE MOST OVERT. BEG ONE OF THE OLST YET LACKG THE PE ROUT THAT FNA AND LIP FOUND (I.E. UNIVERSY OR A NICE MIDDLE-CLASS BOYIEND TO FOLLOW), IAN IS THE ONE TO STAY ON THE TATE LONGT AND NSTANTLY QUTN WHETHER LIFE ON THE CHATSWORTH IS ALL THERE IS OUT THERE. PUT ON A B STRAIGHT GAY TRANSPARENT CLOSET: HE TRI TO HI HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN OM EVERYONE OUT OF FEAR OF HOW HE'LL BE TREATED AROUND CHATSWORTH. MOST OF HIS FAY HAS ALREADY FIGURED OUT AND THEY DON'T THK ANY LS OF HIM FOR . EVEN FRANK SPECTS HE MIGHT BE GAY UNTIL IAN HEADBUTTS HIM. WHO'S YOUR DADDY?: FDS OUT THAT FRANK ISN'T HIS FATHER THANKS TO LIP'S KNOWLEDGE OF BLOOD TYP, WHICH PROMPTS HIM TO GO AND TRY AND FD HIS REAL BLOGIL FATHER. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FATHER TURNS OUT TO BE EXACTLY LIKE FRANK ANYWAY.CARL GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: ELLT AND LE TTENSOR (SERI 1), ELLT TTENSOR (SERI 2-9, 11)SEASONS 1-9, 11 BOOK DUMB: LEAV SCHOOL WH A UPLE OF CS AND A LOT OF DS AT GCSE. HE ISN'T DUMB ENOUGH TO FALL FOR HIS FAY'S FALSE ENURAGEMENT THOUGH, AND IS VERY SELF-AWARE OF HIS MEDCRE AMIC PROWS. HORMONE-ADDLED TEENAGER: PART OF HIS EARLY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT VOLV HIS TRATN AT BEG A VIRG. PUT ON A B WI-EYED IALIST: AS MUCH AS ONE N BE, LIVG ON A UNCIL TATE.DEBBIE GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: REBEC RYAN (SERI 1-6) PROMOTN TO PARENT: AFTER FNA LEAV. PUT ON A B THE SCROUNGER: ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO E UP WH MONEY OR OTHER ROURC WHENEVER PEOPLE NEED THEM. TOOK A LEVEL JERKASS: AFTER HOLDG THE HOE TOGETHER FOR YEARS AFTER FNA LEAV, SHE SUDNLY CIS SHE WANTS TO BE A 'REAL' TEENAGER AND TURNS TO A TEMPERAMENTAL, MOUTHY BRAT. WISE BEYOND HER YEARS: UNTIL PISSG AWAY SERI 6 TO DO A B OF RUMSPRGA.LIAM GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: JOSEPH FURNACE (SERI 1-2), JOHNNY BENT (SERI 3-8)SEASONS 1-8 THE BABY OF THE BUNCH: BEG THE YOUNGT OF THE KIDS MAK HIM THIS BY FLT, AT LEAST UNTIL STELLA ALONG. CHILD PRODIGY HOLLYWOOD ATHEIST: DEVELOPS A EP DISLIKE OF RELIGN AT THE AGE OF 5 AND S THE NATIVY PLAY BY SAYG THAT GOD DON'T EXIST. IRONILLY ENOUGH, ACRDG TO THE "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" EPILOGUE, HE'S BEE A PRACTICG BUDDHIST. NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY FAMO: NAMED AFTER LIAM GALLAGHER. THIS IS LAMPSHAD BOTH BY FRANK, WHO SAYS THAT HE'S GOG TO BE A STAR, AND BY A SOCIAL SERVIC OFFICER, WHO NOT THAT HE DON'T STAND A CHANCE AT LIFE THANKS TO HIS NAME. PROMOTN TO PARENT: TO STELLA. PYROMANIAC WISE BEYOND HIS YEARSSTELLA GALLAGHERSEASONS 6-11 THE BABY OF THE BUNCH: TAK OVER THIS ROLE OM LIAM THE FAY ONCE SHE'S BORN.MONI GALLAGHERPLAYED BY: ANNABELLE APISON (SERI 1, 3, 4-6, 8, 11) FRDIAN EXCE: WAS SEXUALLY ABED AND NEGLECTED AS A CHILD. LIPSTICK LBIAN: PASS HERSELF OFF AS ONE WHEN SHE NS OFF WH NORMA (BEE OF URSE THERE ARE NO BISEXUALS). IT'S ALL ABOUT ME JERK WH A HEART OF JERK: AFTER HER MOTHER DI, SHE PLAC THE BLANKET THAT DEBBIE KN FOR HER OVER HER FACE. WHEN DEBBIE TELLS HER THAT WAS A NICE THG TO DO, MONI SAYS THAT SHE HATED THE BLANKET. PARENTS AS PEOPLE: AN EVEN WORSE EXAMPLE THAN FRANK.    THE FISHERS KEV BALLPLAYED BY: DEAN LENNOX KELLY (SERI 1-4, 8, 11) BEWARE THE NICE ON: HE PUNCH DONNY MAGUIRE THE STOMACH DURG THE BIG JOCKEY FIGHT SEASON 2. CARPET OF VIRILY: HE'S VERY HAIRY CHTED A WAY THAT VERONI APPROV. EXTREME DOORMAT: HE'S NOT GREAT WH NONTATN, EVEN WH HIS PARTNER. NEVER LEARNED TO READ: HE DO TRY TO LEARN BY TAKG NIGHT CLASS UNTIL THE TEACHER KEEPS REPEATEDLY MAKG PASS AT HIM. NICE GUY: PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DOWN-TO-EARTH CHARACTERS THE SHOW WHO GIV IENDLY ADVICE TO THE GALLAGHER KIDS. OOPS! I FOT I WAS MARRIED: HE TRI TO MARRY VERONI ONLY TO REMEMBER HE'S STILL LEGALLY MARRIED TO HIS PSYCHO WIFE WHO'S JAILED FOR GBH. PUT ON A B: FROM SERI 4 TO SERI 11. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAK?: FEARS FLYG.VERONI BALLPLAYED BY: MAXE PEAKE (SERI 1-4) HAIR-TRIGGER TEMPER: SHE'S EASY TO ANGER, PECIALLY AROUND KEV'S SISTER. JERK WH A HEART OF GOLD: IS JT AS SHADY AS FRANK BUT IS AN AWOME IEND TO FNA GALLAGHER. PUT ON A B: FROM SEASON 3 ONWARDS. THE LAD-ETTE: SWEARS LIKE A SAILOR AND IS MORE THAN WILLG TO E VLENCE AGAST WOMEN WHO THREATEN HER RELATNSHIP WH KEV. THE MEDIC: AS A FORMER HOSPAL CLEANER, SHE HAS PICKED UP ENOUGH ABOUT MEDIL TECHNIQU TO PATCH UP THE GALLAGHERS WHENEVER THEY EVABLY GET THEMSELV HURT. SHOW SOME LEG: US HER CLEAVAGE TO DISTRACT THE KMAN WHILE THE GALLAGHERS ROB A FEW BOTTL OR TO GET AN EXTRA FEW QUID OM A ED R ALER. SHE SOMETIM WORKS AS A STRIP-O-GRAM AND DO SOME WEBM WORK FOR A B OF EXTRA DOSH.CAROL FISHERPLAYED BY: MAJORIE YAT (SERI 1-4) B CRASH PARENTS AS PEOPLE PUT ON A B REALLY GETS AROUND: AND WH LADS HALF HER AGEMARTY FISHERPLAYED BY: JACK DEAM (SERI 1-4, 8-11) HOLLYWOOD TOURETTE'S: HE'S EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GA NTROL OF TO AN EXTENT, BUT HE'LL ALWAYS END UP BLURTG OUT "SPUNKFACE" OM TIME TO TIME. PYROMANIAC: HAS A TENNCY TO SET FIRE TO THGS.    THE JACKSONS SHEILA JACKSONPLAYED BY: MAGGIE O'NEILL (SERI 1-4) BEWARE THE NICE ON: STABBED HER ABIVE FIRST HBAND SHELDON TO ATH. ALSO, IS BIZARRELY TALENTED, TO A PROFSNAL LEVEL, AT THROWG AND OTHERWISE HANDLG KNIV. ON A LIGHTER NOTE, IS ONE KKY BCH BED AND HAS A LLECTN OF DILDOS OF VARYG SHAP AND SIZ. CLOUD CUCKOO LANR: DUE TO HER ARAGROPHOBIA AND ANXIETY. IMPROBABLE WEAPON USER: COM TO KELLY'S RCUE WHEN SHE'S BEG ATTACKED BY A JOHN WHO WON'T PAY BY BEATG HIM WH A GIANT BLACK DILDO. NERVO WRECK: HAS ARAGROPHOBIA AND ANXIETY MOST LIKELY ED BY STABBG HER ABIVE EX HBAND. NGHTY BY NIGHT: IN SPAS, PECIALLY KKY TO FRANK, TYG HIM TO A BED. NICE GIRL: INHUMANLY PATIENT WH FRANK AND A SWEET PERSON GENERAL. PARENTS AS PEOPLE PUT ON A BKAREN JACKSON (LATER MAGUIRE)PLAYED BY: REBEC ATKSON (SERI 1-11) FILLE FATALE: SLEEPS WH FRANK WHEN SHE'S 15. MS. FANSERVICE: OFTEN WALKS AROUND WEARG A SKIRT AND GETS NAKED QUE A FEW TIM. REALLY GETS AROUND: AND HER AFFAIRS ALWAYS LAND HER AND EVERYONE ELSE SH.EDDIE JACKSONPLAYED BY: STEVE PEMBERTON (SERI 1) KNIGHT TEMPLAR: HE'S BORRLE A CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST WHO HEADBUTTS FRANK THE JOCKEY WHEN HE FDS OUT THAT FRANK'S SON HAS BEEN SUCKED OFF BY HIS DGHTER. SMALL ROLE, BIG IMPACT: HE ONLY APPEARS TWO EPISOS VERY BRIEFLY, BUT HIS PARTURE OM THE JACKSON HOME AND THE NVERSATN HE HAS WH FRANK ABOUT SHEILA SET THE BALL ROLLG FOR FRANK AND SHEILA'S RELATNSHIP AND EVENTUAL MARRIAGE.    THE KARIBS KASH KARIBPLAYED BY: CHRIS BISSON (SERI 1-4, 6) FAKG THE DEAD WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOE?: IT'S IMPLIED CHNEY LEAV HIM TO DIE THE SHOP FIRE WHEN HE BACK SERI 6, BUT 'S NEVER EXPLICLY STATED AND JT SORT OF GLOSSED OVER. THE FACT THAT CHNEY WOULD M SUCH A BTAL ACT AND THE IA OF NO ONE VTIGATG THE BODY FOUND AMONGST THE FLAM (EVEN IF KASH WAS LEGALLY AD) IS PRETTY FAR-FETCHED SELF.YVONNE KARIBPLAYED BY: KELLI HOLLIS (SERI 1-7, 11) BATTER UP!: HER WEAPON IS A BASEBALL BAT, WHICH SHE ON THUGS AND SOLDIERS ALIKE. THE BEARD: TO KASH. SHE EVEN STAYS WH HIM AFTER HIS AFFAIR WH IAN OUT ORR TO HAVE ANOTHER CHILD. BERSERK BUTTON: DON'T MS WH HER SHOP.CHNEY KARIBPLAYED BY: QASIM AKHTAR (SERI 4-11)MEENA KARIBPLAYED BY: SARAH PATEL (SERI 4), SARAH BRYNE (SERI 5-6)SEETA DAIPLAYED BY: AYSHA KALA (SERI 8)AUNTIE USMA BADASS THE VOICELS    POLICE TONYPLAYED BY: ANTHONY FLANAGAN (SERI 1-3) AFFECTNATE NICKNAME: THE GALLAGHERS GIVE HIM THE NICKNAME 'HELMET'. CASANOVA WANNABE: LOS HIS V TO FNA GALLAGHER ON A ONE NIGHT STAND AND SPENDS THE FIRST TWO SEASONS AWKWARDLY TRYG TO H ON HER SPE HER TRANSPARENT LACK OF TERT HIM, MAKG HIM SANELY JEALO OF STEVE. CORPT COP: A LSER EXAMPLE AS HE IS WELL-MEANG AND TRI TO DO A GOOD JOB AS A POLICEMAN, BUT HE DO TAKE A BRIBE OM STEVE (A FLASH R IMPLIED TO BE STOLEN). CRAZY JEALO GUY: JT N'T HANDLE STEVE AND FNA'S RELATNSHIP. DOGGED NICE GUY: LOS HIS VIRGY TO FNA ON A ONE NIGHT STAND AND TAK AS A SIGN THAT THEY SHOULD BE TOGETHER, SPENDG ALL OF SERI 1 AND 2 TRYG TO AWKWARDLY PURSUE HER. LOY LOVERS ARE LOSERS: TONY IS, BY HIS OWN ADMISSN, A "10 SEND WONR" AND IS IMPLIED HIS LACK OF STAYG POWER IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY FNA NEVER NSIRED DATG HIM AGA AFTER SHE TOOK HIS VIRGY. HE'S SO UNIMPRSIVE HE NFS TO SHEILA HE NEVER GOT A GIRL TO SLEEP WH HIM TWICE. SHEILA TAK PY ON HIM AND HER "SQUEEZE TECHNIQUE" TO HELP IMPROVE HIS STAMA. NICE JOB BREAKG IT, HERO: HIS ATTEMPTS TO STEVE AND FNA'S RELATNSHIP AND MAKE HER TAKE NOTICE OF HIM STEAD SENDS STEVE ON THE N AND LATER DRIV HER AWAY OM THE TATE PERMANENTLY. RANK UP: GETS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SERI 1 AND SERI 2.STAN WATERMANPLAYED BY: WARREN DONNELLY (SERI 1-7) NICE GUY: THE MOST DOWN-TO-EARTH OF THE PS REASONABLE AUTHORY FIGURECARRIE ROGERSPLAYED BY: AMANDA RYAN (SERI 4-6) BLOOD KNIGHT: SHE'S LOOKG FOR A TRANSFER TO SOMEWHERE WH MORE ACTN AND ROUTELY LOOKS FOR WAYS TO EMPLOY VLENCE ON THE NIZENS OF CHATSWORTH. ET TU, BTE?: BETRAYS TOM O'LEARY. FAIR COP: HER LOOKS ARE NOTED BY BOTH STAN AND TOM, THE LATTER OF WHOM HAS A CSH ON HER. SHE'S NOT ABOVE SHOWG OFF SOME FLH TO GET HER WAY. KNIGHT TEMPLAR MANIPULATIVE BCH POLICE BTALY RABID COP: SHE'S OVERENTHIASTIC THE JOB, OFTEN G HER BATON WHEN FORCE ISN'T NECSARY. SHE A TAZER GUN ON LIP, WHICH LEAV HIM WH A RAGG STIFFIE THAT LASTS SEVERAL DAYS AND PLOYS TEARGAS ON A PRETEEN BOY WHO HAS LOCKED HIMSELF THE STOREROOM OF THE KARIBS' SHOP.TOM O'LEARYPLAYED BY: MICHAEL LEGGE (SERI 4-6) DOGGED NICE GUY: HE HAS A MAJOR CSH ON CARRIE, THOUGH SHE DON'T SEEM TO BE TERTED. MAY–DECEMBER ROMANCE: HAS A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH 15 YEAR OLD DEBBIE SEASON 5, EWWW. NAïVE NEWER: IN HIS VERY FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE TATE. KARMA HOUDI: RECEIV NO LEGAL REPERCSNS WH STATUTARY RAPG DEBBIE. OFFICER O'HARA: HE'S AN IRISH P WORKG MANCHTER.    THE MAGUIR PADDY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: SEAN GILR (SERI 2-7) ALL DEVOURG BLACK HOLE LOAN SHARKS: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OM A GANGSTER MONEYLENR? AX-CRAZY: IN THE EARLY SERI. ONE OF HIS FIRST APPEARANC SHOWS HIM BEATG UP SOMEONE WHO OW HIM MONEY. AND LGHG LIKE A LUNATIC. BEFORE HE EVEN APPEARS ON THE SHOW, KEV REFERS TO HIM AS A 'VLENT PISSHEAD'. WHEN THE MAGUIR JO THE ST PROPER, WE SEE MORE SIS OF PADDY AND SEE HE'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT CRAZY, AT LEAST WHEN NOT DOG BS. HE STILL HAS HIS MOMENTS WHEN UNR GREAT STRS THOUGH. HE'S SEEN LOSG DRAMATILLY THE FALE OF SERI 4 WHEN HE THKS SOMEONE IS OUT FOR HIS BLOOD, GOG SO FAR AS TO KIDNAP HIS SON JAMIE, STUFF HIM THE BOOT OF HIS R, AND DRIVE HIM ROUND ALL DAY BEE HE THKS HE'S VOLVED. ALSO, ONE EPISO IAN REMARKS THAT PADDY TIED THE PAPER BOY TO THE BACK OF HIS R AND DROVE HIM ROUND THE TATE. BALD OF EVIL: KEEPS HIS HEAD SHAVED LATER SERI. BREAK THE HGHTY: THE WHOLE MREEN PLOT. DIRTY OLD MAN: DIRTY MIDDLE AGED MAN ANYWAY, HE MASTURBAT AND FANTASIS ABOUT SLEEPG WH BOTH HIS DGHTER--LAWS WHILST GOG LD TURKEY WHEN NOT HAVG VISNS OF HIS FATHER. EVEN EVIL HAS STANDARDS: IS A DG-ALG PSYCHOPATH AND GANGSTER, BUT DRAWS THE LE AT HARMG CHILDREN, BUYS THE BIG ISSUE, AND VALU FAY ABOVE ALL ELSE. HONOR AMONG THIEV LARGE HAM: HE N BE VERY FORMAL AND DRAMATIC, DON'T MAKE HIM ANY LS IGHTENG. MANLY FACIAL HAIR: HE HAS A BEARD AND IS A HARD MAN DISHG OUT BEATDOWNS LIKE NDY. PAPA WOLF: VERY MUCH SO TO MANDY MAGUIRE. PET THE DOG: IN SEASON 5, HE TRI TO REASSURE MIMI THAT HE DON'T THK OF HER AS FAT AND IS STILL SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HER. TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME: HE'S 6'1". THICKER THAN WATER: WH HIS FAY, EVEN WHEN MICKY DISAPPOTS HIM. THE IRISH MOB: HE HAS A THICK IRISH ACCENT AND IS A TERRIFYG MOBSTER. THE STOIC: HE'S NOT EMOTNALLY VULNERABLE UNTIL HIS VILLAO BREAKDOWN. VILLAO BREAKDOWN: HE'S NOT THE SAME AFTER MREEN TURNS HIM TO A HERO ADDICT.MIMI MAGUIRE LATER TUTTONPLAYED BY: TA MALONE (SERI 2-11) FAT BCH: SHE'S MORE TERRIFYG THAN PADDY MAGUIRE AND HEADBUTTS ANYONE WHO PISS HER OFF MOR WAYS. KAVORKA WOMAN: SHE REALLY HASN'T AGED WELL, BUT SHE REALLY GETS AROUND. REALLY GETS AROUND: AFTER SHE SPLS OM PADDY. WEIGHT WOE: SPENDS AN EPISO ADDRSG, AND LEARNS TO ACCEPT, HER WEIGHT ISSU AFTER PADDY SMH SULTS HER ABOUT THEM. TOOK A LEVEL KDNS: FROM SEASON 5 ONWARDS, WE SEE A SOFTER, MOTHERLY SI TO HER.JAMIE MAGUIREPLAYED BY: AARON MC CKER (SERI 4-11) REFORMED CRIMAL: AT LEAST ON THE SURFACE. TURNS OUT 'S ALL A FA TO SLOWLY BUMP OFF A GROUP OF MEN WHO WANT PADDY AD WHOUT AROG SPICN. MAK A MORE HONT ATTEMPT AT REFORM AFTER SERI 4 AND IS LARGELY SUCCSFUL BUT IS DRAWN BACK TO 'THE FAY BS' AFTER PADDY IS TURNED TO A HERO ADDICT AND MIMI GO TO PRISON AFTER TAKG THE RAP FOR ASSLTG JOE. THE STOIC TOOK A LEVEL BADASS: WHEN THE MAGUIRE FAY TEMPORARILY FALLS APART SERI 6, HE IS FORCED TO TAKE UP THE REIGNS OF HIS FATHER AND VELOP THE THLSNS NEED TO N A DG/GUN/MISCELLANEO NTRABAND EMPIRE. WIFE-BASHER BASHER BEATS JOE TO A PULP FOR BEATG HIS SISTER MANDY.SHANE MAGUIREPLAYED BY: NICKY EVANS (SERI 3-11) ANTI-HERO: HIS RELATNSHIP WH KELLY OM SERI 5 ONWARDS MATUR HIM A LOT AND HE EVOLV TO ONE OF THE. BUTT-MONKEY, AT LEAST EARLY ON. LATER EVOLV TO AN ANTI-HERO. CALLG THE OLD MAN OUT: PUNCH PADDY FOR SULTG KELLY AND SUFFERS A NO-HOLDS-BARRED BEATDOWN FOR ON HER BEHALF. PARENTAL SUBSTUTE: TO LIAM GALLAGHER AT ONE POT, ODDLY ENOUGH. TOOK A LEVEL BADASS: GO OM BEG A BUTT-MONKEY WHO ISN'T TSTED WH THE FAY BS TO A 'REAL MAGUIRE' TOWARDS THE END. WOULD HURT A CHILD: BEATS UP A 12 YEAR OLD, AND PAYS FOR ARLY.MICKEY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: CIARáN GRIFFHS (SERI 4-9) ARMOURED CLOSET GAY: EARLY ON, AT LEAST. DUMB MCLE: AT FIRST, BUT VELOPS MASSIVELY AS THE SERI GO ON. GAYNGSTER: HE'S A MCLEHEAD FOR THE MAGURI AND IS HOMOSEXUAL WHICH MAK HIM VERY PARANOID AND ANGSTY. PK IS FOR SISSI: ATTRACTS A LOT OF FLACK FOR DRIVG A PK ('S FCHIA!) LIMO. "WELL DONE, SON" GUY: REALLY WANTS HIS PARENTS FAVOUR. HE OFTEN DAYDREAMS ABOUT THE DAY HE OUT AND THE NEWS IS WELL RECEIVED BY MIMI AND PADDY. IN ONE EPISO HE STARTS TRAG TO BE A FIREMAN AND IS SERLY HURT WHEN PADDY MOCKS HIM FOR . WI-EYED IALISTMANDY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: SAMANTHA SIDDAL (SERI 1-6, 8) ACTN GIRL: GROWG UP WH 6 BROTHERS MEANS SHE N FIGHT AS WELL AS THE RT OF THEM. BUT WE USED A CONDOM! KILLED OFF FOR REAL: BY MRE AT THE END OF SEASON 6 INSECURE LOVE INTERT: MANDY IS A VERY SECURE PERSON, TO THE POT WHERE SHE SICCED ON HER BROTHERS TO BATTER IAN GALLAGHER FOR THE CRIME OF NOT BEG TERTED HER. SHE LATER HEADBUTTS ONE OF LIAM GALLAGHER'S GIRLIENDS FOR OFFERG TO TAKE RE OF HER BABY. MAMA BEAR: TO EXTREME LEVELS TO HER BABY.KELLY MAGUIRE NEE BALLPLAYED BY: SALLY CARMAN (SERI 2-11) ADDLED ADDICT: INIALLY, MUCH TO VERONI FISHER'S CHAGR. DEADPAN SNARKER HOOKER WH A HEART OF GOLD PARENTAL SUBSTUTE: TO LIAM GALLAGHER AT ONE POT, ODDLY ENOUGH.FERGAL MAGUIREPLAYED BY: MARC SILCK (SERI 1(?)-4) HEEL–FACE REVOLVG DOOR KILLED OFF FOR REAL MVE SHIRT THE VOICELS WE HARDLY KNEW YEDONNY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: WARREN BROWN (SERI 1-2), STEVE BELL (EARLY SERI 3), CLYVE BONELLE (LATER SERI 3), UNKNOWN (SERI 4) AX-CRAZY: SEEMED IGHTENGLY WILLG TO BATTER IAN GALLAGHER FOR WHAT MANDY ACCUED HIM OF. THE DRAGON: SEEMED TO BE THIS TO PADDY BEFORE JAMIE'S RETURN OM PRISON CHUCK CUNNGHAM SYNDROMEJOEY MAGUIREPLAYED BY: NATHANIEL ROBSON (SERI 1), WILL WILLOUGHBY (SERI 2), UNKNOWN (SERI 3-4)SEASONS 1-4 CHUCK CUNNGHAM SYNDROME DUMB MCLE FLAT CHARACTER: EXISTED PURELY TO FOLLOW HIS BROTHER DONNY AROUND AND LOOK MENACG. THE QUIET ONERUBY HEPBURNSEASONS 9-10    THE POWELLS JACKSON POWELLPLAYED BY: EMMANUEL IGHODAROSEASONS 8-10AVRIL POWELLPLAYED BY: KAREN BRYSONSEASONS 8-11LETIA POWELLSEASONS 8-11    THE CROAKERS LIBBY CROAKERPLAYED BY: PLE MC LYNN (SERI 7-8) WI-EYED IALISTAIDAN CROAKERSEASONS 8-11PATTY CROAKERPLAYED BY: VALERIE LILLEY (SERI 7-11) DEOSTG ICE QUEEN: AFTER LIBBY LEAV. OIRELAND    UNSORTED LILLIAN TYLERPLAYED BY: ALICE BARRYSEASONS 2-11 DRIV LIKE CRAZY: NORMA REF TO KEEP TEACHG HER HOW TO DRIVE ON ACUNT OF HER NSTANTLY SWERVG ACROSS THE ROAD. SHE CRASH THE R, ACCINTALLY KILLG A CRIMAL SHE WAS TTIFYG AGAST. BAND OF BROTHELS: ENDS UP NNG A BROTHEL AFTER KELLY AND A UPLE OF OTHER PROSTUT MOVE SERI 4.BILLY TUTTONPLAYED BY: MICHAEL TAYLORSEASONS 7, 8-11 LIK OLR WOMENDOMIC MEAKSEASONS 9-11KASSI BLANSEASON 11SHERILEESEASON 11DERILEESEASON 11STEVE MCBRIPLAYED BY: JAM MCAVOYSEASONS 1-2 GENTLEMAN THIEF: PRIS HIMSELF ON NEVER HAVG MTED A SGLE VLENT CRIME HIS LIFE AND STEALG THE RS OF PEOPLE WHO SERVE WHENEVER HE N. PUT ON A B: FOR A FEW EPISOS WHILE ON THE N OM A CRIMAL GANG WHO BELIEVE HIM TO BE A GRASS. COM BACK FOR FNA. SCHOOL ISFOR LOSERS: COM OM A FAY OF DOCTORS, HIS WORDS "THE MEDIL OF EQUIVALENT OF A BATTERY FARM". HE DROPPED OUT AFTER TWO YEARS AND END UP A PROFSNAL R THIEF. NICE GUY: WHILST HE N BE A JERKASS WHEN BEG SELF-RIGHTEO, STEVE IS MOSTLY A NICE GUY WHO R A LOT ABOUT FNA AND HAPPILY HELPS LOOK AFTER THE YOUNGER GALLAGHER CHILDREN TILL HE AND FNA LEAVE THE SHOW THE SEASON 2 FALE.JOE PRCHARDPLAYED BY: BEN BATTSEASONS 6-7 DOMTIC ABE: HE BEATS MANDY AND PUTS HER DOWN VERBALLY. MANIPULATIVE BASTARDNORMA STARKEYPLAYED BY: DYST JOHNSONSEASONS 1, 3, 4-6 BUTCH LBIAN DARK AND TROUBLED PAST: ALLUS BRIEFLY TO HER PAST ON A FEW OCSNS: SHE MENTNS SHE'S SPENT TIME PRISON (WHICH DROVE HER OVER THE EDGE UNTIL SHE MET MONI), AND ALSO WAS A PROSTUTE FOR A TIME. INSECURE LOVE INTERT: TO THE POT OF BEG A LOVE MARTYR FOR MONI GALLAGHER. REVOLVERS ARE JT BETTER: AS A TCKER, SHE FAVOURS A SNUBNOSE .38 FOR PROTECTN, THOUGH SHE MOSTLY JT AS A WEAPON FOR INTIMIDATN.MAXE DONNELLYPLAYED BY: JOANNA HIGSON (SERI 6-7) CHUCK CUNNGHAM SYNDROME MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL: MEETS THE GALLAGHERS THROUGH CARL, BUT IS ACTUALLY MORE OF ONE TO DEBBIE. SHE TO DEBBIE AT A TIME HER LIFE WHEN SHE'S CIDG THAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE DOG FRANK AND MONI'S JOBS AS PARENTS FOR THEM AND SHOULD BE OUT PARTYG AND ENJOYG HERSELF. WHEN MAXE ARRIV ON THE SCENE, DEBBIE BEGS SHOPLIFTG, DRKG, AND PULLG GUYS AS AN ALMOST DAILY ACTIVY.BCE DONNELLYSEASON 7 STRAIGHT GAYCRAIG GARLAND

Cameron Monaghan Plays an Openly Gay Man on 'Shamels, ' but Is He IRL? Is Ian om 'Shamels' gay real life? On the show, he plays Ian, the third olst Gallagher siblg whose stggl to e out as gay was ptured on Season 1.

Article ntu below advertisementOn 'Shamels, ' Cameron Monaghan plays Ian, a character who me out as gay Season the past seasons, we've watched how Cameron's on-screen character, Ian, and his partner, Mickey, have tried to bat reprsn and societal stigma to build a better relatnship.

THE BT-WRTEN GAY COUPLE ON TELEVISN IS HIDG ON A GUILTY-PLEASURE SHOWBY JOANNA ROBSONMARCH 31, 2014CLIFF LIPSON/SHOWTIMESAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVESHAMELS OFTEN GETS LOST SOMEWHERE THE GLUT OF PRTIGE SUNDAY-NIGHT TELEVISN. IT LACKS THE POLISH OF MAD MEN AND THE OUT-AND-OUT SANY OF GAME OF THRON. SHAMELS OFTEN GETS WRTEN OFF AS A GUILTY PLEASURE—GLANCE OVER AT THE TELEVISN WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHG AND YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE A BCH OF SOME KD OR ANOTHER. SEX, VLENCE, ADDICTN, AND PRAVY ARE THE SHOW’S RALLYG CRY. BUT SOMEWHERE THE CRACKS, SHAMELS HAS BUILT A ST OF BELIEVABLE, SYMPATHETIC, DIRT-POOR CHARACTERS STGGLG TO PE CIRCUMSTANCE, GEICS, AND SELF-STCTIVE BEHAVR.ARMED WH A STEADILY GROWG FAN BASE, SHAMELS IS NOW WRAPPG UP S FOURTH AND STRONGT SEASON. WH SPOTLIGHT STEALERS LIKE PATRIARCH FRANK GALLAGHER (WILLIAM H. MACY) LARGELY OUT OF MISSN, AND FNA GALLAGHER (EMMY ROSSUM) HTG ROCK BOTTOM, THE SHOW HAS REALLY ALLOWED SOME OF THE RT OF THE GALLAGHER CLAN TO SHE. EARLIER THE SEASON, LIP GALLAGHER (JEREMY ALLEN WHE), THE FAY GENI, PULLED FOC WH HIS HEART-WRENCHG STGGL TO MAKE THROUGH LLEGE. BUT THE LAST FEW EPISOS, IAN GALLAGHER (CAMERON MONAGHAN) AND HIS ON-AGA, OFF-AGA BOYIEND, MICKEY MILKOVICH (NOEL FISHER), HAVE BEEN THROWG THE HEAVYWEIGHT ACTG PUNCH. STARTG WH MICKEY’S RCUE OF A DG-ADDLED IAN AND CULMATG WH LAST NIGHT’S BRAWL-DUCG G-OUT SCENE, THE TWO ARE FALLY MAKG GOOD ON FOUR SEASONS OF SIMMERG BACKSTORY.FROM THE START, MONAGHAN’S IAN GALLAGHER WAS TOUTED AS A “UNIQUE” GAY CHARACTER ON TELEVISN. THE ANTI-KURT HUMMEL. AND WHILE ’S TE THAT IAN IS A B MORE ROUGH AND TUMBLE THAN YOUR UAL GAY STEREOTYPE, HE’S STILL A FAIRLY SENSIVE BOY. BUT THERE’S NOTHG SENSIVE ABOUT THE MICKEY CHARACTER, A HORRIFYGLY VLENT YOUNG THUG WHO WAS AS LIKELY TO PUNCH IAN AS HE WAS TO KISS HIM. JT LAST SEASON, MICKEY LIVERED THIS HEART-BREAKG BEAT DOWN.THE ARE SRED, OPPRSED BOYS WHO OFTEN KISS THROUGH BROKEN FAC. BUT THE PAST FEW EPISOS, MICKEY HAS STARTED TO THAW. PART OF THIS IS DUE TO THE PA OF LOSG IAN TO A SHORT-LIVED (AND ILLEGAL) STT THE ARMY. ANOTHER PART IS IAN’S VOLVEMENT THE GAY-CLUB AND PROSTUTN SCENE. WE’RE NOT NECSARILY SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS AS A HEALTHY CISN FOR IAN. BUT THE EEDOM AND RELIEF MICKEY FEELS KISSG IAN PUBLIC WHOUT REPRISAL, OR BEG TOLD HE’S “LUCKY” TO HAVE IAN AT AN AFFLUENT GAY MIXER, IS EYE-OPENG AND EMBOLNG FOR THE POOR KID. IT WAS ALL LEADG UP TO LAST NIGHT’S G-OUT MOMENT.WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PRSG AND DISTURBG SCENE OF A FATHER BEATG THE LIFE OUT OF HIS SON WAS, ULTIMATELY, UPLIFTG. THE BOYS AGA KISSG THROUGH BROKEN FAC.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTHE TV MOVIE IS MAKG A WEIRD, WONRFUL COMEBACKBY DAVID CANFIELD(VIA)BUT THIS TIME WH GRS.(VIA)TO PRAISE THE BLOODY, GHT RELATNSHIP OF MICKEY AND IAN IS NOT TO DIMISH OTHER, LS DRAMATIC PICTNS. THERE ARE A LN WAYS TO BE GAY AMERI AND NONE OF THEM ARE WRONG. MICKEY’S THUGGISH, STREET TOUGH IS A NATURAL PROGRSN OM CHARACTERS LIKE OMAR ON THE WIRE, AND LIKE EVERY CHARACTER ON SHAMELS, HE AND IAN ARE ALLOWED TO BE BETIFUL DISASTERS WHO ARE BOTH HARD TO LOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RIST. THIS IS DUE, NO SMALL PART, TO THE AMAZG PERFORMANC OM NOEL FISHER AND CAMERON MONAGHAN WHO HAVE GROWN BETIFULLY TO THEIR ROL.AND, LIKE HAS WH MANY OTHER STGGL, SHAMELS HAS FOUND A UNIVERSAL TTH THIS EXTREME. BEG GAY N BE HARD EVERYWHERE AND IS CERTALY HARR ON THE WRONG SIS OF THE CHIGO TRACKS. EVERY PUNCH MICKEY THREW AT IAN WAS REALLY A BLOW AIMED WARD. THAT’S NOT TO EXCE THE ABE (AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IAN N GIVE AS GOOD AS HE GETS). BUT SOMEHOW, AGAST ALL ODDS, MICKEY AND IAN ME OUT THE OTHER SI CLEAN. IT DON’T MEAN HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR THEM. IT RARELY DO ON THIS SHOW. BUT DO MEAN THAT AT LEAST NOW, WH ALL THE OTHER MONS VANQUISHED, THEY’RE ONLY THEIR OWN WORST ENEMI. AND ISN’T THAT THE VERY LEAST WE ALL SERVE?(VIA)JOANNA ROBSON

The actor might be playg a gay character on the show, but he maly dated women the past. He never do anythg that's stereotypilly perceived as 'gay.