Everyone — and I mean everyone -- is at a loss for words on this week’s Shameless:
This is good stuff right here. There were all sorts of classic moments going on within this episode of Shameless. (Including Lip’s confrontation with Mandy’s brothers and friends, best of all his proclamation she’d probably slept with everyone in the 10th grade at school.)
But, I have to tell you: The best scenes of the entire hour were those of Debbie (Emma Kenney) and “Aunt Ginger.” I continue to be amazed at the acting of this young lady. She grabs her part and immerses herself in it. To see her interact with her “new” aunt — cooking with her, taking pictures of her, listening to her stories, waking up in the morning and looking over to see her sleeping beside her in bed — is truly a thing to behold.
And the most hopeless, heart-wrenching part of their interaction was the cessation of it all: “Aunt Ginger” being returned to the old folk’s home, Debbie almost in tears, asking if she really had to go back (“Can’t she stay with us?!?”) and then her pain during the family’s parting; Debbie in full flood works, wailing at the separation. (Good thing she doesn’t know the truth, that the real Aunt Ginger is buried in the backyard, per Frank’s revelation to Fiona.)
Kenney’s character is a big part of why I am thoroughly enjoying Shameless. She’s just plain good in the role. And, come next week, Debbie’s story gets turned on its head.
So, tell me again: Why are you missing this show?