Profound, profane or pedestrian

Just searching through EzyDVD's website looking for something else and noticed this - Shameless - Series 3 gets released on 3rd March! WOOHOO! Let's hope they release the rest of the seasons reasonably quickly after this.

I say again - WOOHOO!

Just finished watching Shameless S2 on DVD. I had forgotten just how good this season was - the writing hit its peak (imo) and the focus was almost exclusively on the Gallaghers. There was the highlight of Sue and Marty's first encounter and the sadness of Steve and Fiona's eventual parting. Sheila was at her manic breathless best too. In fact, I don't think this season hit a flat point anywhere. It's probably matched only by S3 - another very good season.

Just finished watching Shameless S7e03 - Karen Maguire (Rebecca Atkinson) just removed my heart with every anguished scream.

Just finished watching this episode - I have missed this series so much. The second that music starts, shivers just run up and down my spine. "Make poverty history - cheaper drugs now!" is the greatest chant of all time, I think.

My only truly great disappointment is that there was no Debbie and, from the casual way she was mentioned in passing - "Debbie's away in the Army now" - I don't think we'll see her again soon. My favourite character gone - but then Liam has stepped up big time. His part in this was gigantic and he carried every second of it - very impressive. Franks' new love (Libby) looks like an absolute gem - I hope we get to see her again.

Overall, this was everything that makes Shameless great - and given that David Threlfall was the director, even more impressive.

9/10 (only losing out on the perfect score because Debbie's gone).

Shameless S7 will be back on SBS ONE at 10pm Monday 20th September, according to TV Tonight.

That can only result in one comment:
WOOHOO!

WOOHOO! We get S6, starting in a couple of weeks time, according to TV Tonight. Now let's just hope SBS don't screw around with the air-dates like they did for S5.

Just watched this episode.

Genius, just genius:

Frank: Eradicate poverty forever - cheaper drugs NOW!

ROFLMFAO!

I watched Season 301 (or was it the 2005 Xmas special?) last night. Either way, I am very disappointed - this seems to have just lost its sense of humour! All the elements were there - Frank drunk, crazed and ineffectual, Debbie doing wacky things, Kev flirting (with unpredictable results), Sheila being her breathless frantic self, Lip, Ian and Carl trying to swagger and look tough, even Monica and Norma put in an appearance and yet - nothing. I just didn't find this funny. It was as if the writer had been told to put these elements in but had no idea what to do with them.

I suppose the one and only funny bit (and, when I think about it, I found this very funny) was the post-credits scene with Kev and Veronica's "lesson"!

I hope the rest of season 3 is better than this - one more of these and I'm out, I think!