Surely there’s going to be some emotional fallout surrounding Fiona’s exit in the Shameless season 9 finale. On a show as wacky as this one, there’s no telling what the Gallaghers will tangle with in Shameless season 10, but we have enough information to speculate. Liam fared quite well, and Frank continued to use up more of his infinite lives showing no signs of slowing down or changing. Carl didn’t fare any better with Kelly, who dumped him for being clingy and also missed out on getting into West Point. Debbie explored her sexuality which led her try and steal Carl’s girlfriend, only to get rejected immediately. Lip tried his best to help everyone he could only for his sponsee to relapse, Xan to get absorbed into the foster system all Gallaghers attempt at all costs to avoid, and his substance-loving girlfriend got pregnant.
Fiona climbed to serious heights of entrepreneurship only to lose it all and finally descend into the alcoholism that plagues her family. Shameless season 9 didn’t pull any punches when it came to throwing obstacles at the Gallaghers – if anything this show is a testament to human endurance, for all the bad habits of its main characters. Somehow and against all odds, the Gallaghers have survived another season on Chicago’s south side – so what’s in store for Shameless season 10? What will be Showtime’s longest-running show when it releases later this year, Shameless season 10 will be down its anchor in the absence of Emmy Rossum’s Fiona, so it’ll have some genuinely new ground to explore for the first time since Jimmy left.