Shameless (season 4)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 12
Release
Original network Showtime
Original release January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12) – April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)
List of Shameless (American TV series) episodes

The fourth season of Shameless, an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 12, 2014, at Sunday 9:00 p.m. EST on the Showtime television network. Executive producers are John Wells, Abbott and Andrew Stearn, with producer Michael Hissrich. The season concluded after 12 episodes on April 6, 2014. The show’s season premiere brought in 1.69 million viewers, while the episode airing February 2, "Strangers on a Train", received 1.22 million total viewers, its lowest rated episode of the season. The season finale scored 1.93 million viewers, becoming the show’s highest rated episode for the season.

Overview

Now that Fiona has a steady job and Lip is enrolled in college, it looks like the Gallaghers may have a shot at happiness. But when you're down and out, moving up isn't so easy. Frank's liver fails, forcing him to find a donor or live out his last days, Carl takes it on himself to find his father an organ donor. They track down Frank's newly revealed eldest daughter Samantha for help. Meanwhile, Fiona cheats on her boyfriend with his brother and is arrested on two felony charges when 3-year old Liam gets into some cocaine she was given for her birthday and ends up in the hospital. Lip goes to college and meets a young woman named Amanda who helps him through a difficult time. Lip begins a relationship with Amanda. A now teenaged Debbie attempts to reinvent herself. Ian comes back from the army drastically changed. Veronica finds out that she's pregnant with triplets, Kevin reveals that the bar is losing money, Carol refuses Veronica's request to abort her own baby, also fathered by Kev.

Cast and Characters

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See also: List of Shameless (American TV series) characters

Regular

Special guest stars

Episodes

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See also: List of Shameless (American TV series) episodes

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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date US viewers
(millions)
37 1 "Simple Pleasures" John Wells John Wells January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12) 1.69[1]
38 2 "My Oldest Daughter" Mimi Leder Nancy M. Pimental January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19) 1.60[2]
39 3 "Like Father, Like Daughter" Sanaa Hamri Sheila Callaghan January 26, 2014 (2014-01-26) 1.83[3]
40 4 "Strangers on a Train" Peter Segal Etan Frankel February 2, 2014 (2014-02-02) 1.22[4]
41 5 "There's the Rub" David Nutter Davey Holmes February 9, 2014 (2014-02-09) 1.58[5]
42 6 "Iron City" James Ponsoldt John Wells February 16, 2014 (2014-02-16) 1.90[6]
43 7 "A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard and Parasitic Twin" Gary B. Goldman Nancy M. Pimental February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23) 1.89[7]
44 8 "Hope Springs Paternal" Mimi Leder Sheila Callaghan March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09) 1.77[8]
45 9 "The Legend of Bonnie and Carl" Mark Mylod Etan Frankel March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16) 1.70[9]
46 10 "Liver, I Hardly Know Her" Christopher Chulack Davey Holmes March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23) 1.63[10]
47 11 "Emily" Anthony Hemingway Nancy M. Pimental March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30) 1.76[11]
48 12 "Lazarus" Mark Mylod John Wells April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06) 1.93[12]

Development and production

On January 29, 2013, Showtime announced the series would be renewed for a fourth season.[13] The show's fourth season began production on September 20, 2013 and began filming the following week,[14] and premiered on Sunday, January 12, 2014.

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the fourth season 100%, based on 15 reviews. The critics consensus reads, "Shameless shows no signs of fatigue as it barrels into its fourth season, with the Gallaghers stirring up new and novel forms of mischief."[15]

DVD release

The Complete Fourth Season
Set details[16] Special features[17][18]
  • 12 episodes
  • 642 minutes (Region 1); 624 minutes (Region 4)
  • 3-disc set
  • 1.77:1 aspect ratio
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles:
    • English, and French (Region 1)
    • English, Spanish, Danish, French, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, English and German for the Hearing Impaired (Regions 2 and 4)
  • Being Gallagher – (featurette)
  • Shameless Neighbors – (featurette)
  • Deleted Scenes – A small selection of deleted scenes of the series.
    • Episodes: TBA
Release dates
 United States  Australia
December 30, 2014 (2014-12-30)[19] December 17, 2014 (2014-12-17)[20]

References

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