No matter what the Gallagher’s do next week in episode 5, I
won’t be surprised. Well, I’ll be surprised … I just won’t be surprised how
shameless it is. This week, sweet little Debbie, the most innocent Gallagher,
stole a toddler. That should say something about the family. In the end though,
the actions that followed ended up saying more about the family than anything
else.
Something was up with Debbie right from the start of the
episode when she was pushing a bag of potatoes around in a baby carriage. More
than anything, she was looking for a companion now that the infamous Aunt
Ginger had been returned to the old folks home. And being a Gallagher,
deceiving and stealing are a way of life – so that’s what Debs did – luring a
little boy out of his front yard with a snickers bar.
Once Fiona along with Steve (who’s fully back in the picture
this week, after last week’s Tony fling) found Debs with the kid, the family
commenced in the Kitchen for what felt like a war room session as Debbie was
peppered with questions from every angle, as swat team choppers flew overhead.
We soon learned the Gallagher’s were once split up, via some
amusing Christmas Cards (apparently Rod Blagojevich was Liam’s foster father,
who wulda’ known?) That little scene gave us some insight to at least partially
why the Gallagher’s are so close and really bust their asses to make ends meet.
That of course is the exact opposite philosophy of their nonchalant father,
Frank.
Frank continued his stay at the Jackson B&B this week,
which would soon look more like the residence of the muffin man. Speaking of
children’s characters, Eddie and his strange collection of clowns returned
after the realization he couldn’t afford to support Karen and Sheila (and as he
soon found out, Frank, as well) and live on his own. As a result, Eddie ended
up remodeling the basement, which should lead to an interesting living
arrangement in the weeks ahead. Then again, isn’t every living arrangement on
this show interesting?
And that includes V and Kev who were getting in some morning
uh, exercise, as the Gallagher children entered their house one-by-one for hot
showers, after the Gallagher’s hot water heater blew out. Wouldn’t you know it,
by the time it was Kev’s turn to take a shower, he was in cold water … poor
guy.
Back though to the pressing issue at hand the stolen baby, Lip
put that mind of his to constructive use yet again with another complex scheme,
which made sure to cover up every possible hole in the story. Lip’s plan worked
to perfection, with everybody involved executing their roles perfectly – including
Debbie at the police station.
It soon appears everything will end happily ever after in
the episode as Debs returned Casey Casden safe and sound, the Gallagher’s got at
least one more week together, and as money is raining down from the sky, Frank
was a proud father while chastising onlookers who probably were searching
harder than he was – because unless that kid was at the Alibi Room, Frank
wasn’t finding him. In addition, Debs used that newly earned money from
Fiona, despite having already drank a large amount of
jagermeister could tell something was up with Kev who was not all that excited
about V saying yes to his drunk-prosal earlier in the day, as it turned out
Kev’s already married … Well there’s that heavy Kev plotline I’ve been waiting
for!
Other Observations:
- Can you say awkward? Tony and Fiona in the police car at the end of the episode…
- I liked the rapport between Tony and his partner, led to a couple laugh out loud moments
- What’s with Karen trying to seduce Frank? Like, really?
- Glad we’ve seen a lot more Debbie these past two episodes
- Love the scene when Sheila was passing muffins out to Frank through the window to give to the police officers
- This Eddie-Frank-Sheila-Karen living arrangement is about as dysfunctional as one can get, am I right or am I right?
- Another strong episode for Lip, first concocting the entire scheme to get Casey returned with no traces of evidence left behind, then his pep-talk with “Debs” – for what it’s worth Steve also gave a nice talk to Debs, in what was his most human moment on the show up to this point
- While I did enjoy the light humor Kev has brought most of time, I am kind of looking forward to digging deeper into his marriage, can’t be good can it?
- The million-dollar question: How will he break the news to V? The two-million dollar question: How will she react? And maybe more importantly, how will mama react?
- Frank in that bathrobe? Priceless…
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