But then again, if the Gallaghers always made the right decisions, would we keep watching?
Let’s dive into “Ride or Die.”
He can’t stop thinking about Mickey and feels weird around Trevor.
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Ian goes into work but can’t focus, so he fakes being sick and leaves.
He’s driven to another location, a football field, where Mickey finally appears from under the bleachers.
Mickey leaves Ian another cell phone through which he’ll contact him.
That evening, Ian seeks advice from Fiona.
Here, in the darkness, they finally kiss again.
They have sex and spend the night in a van (literally) down by the river.
However, in the final scene of the episode we see Ian going to meet Mickey again.
Mickey says, “Is this goodbye?”
InShameless, this happened once with Jimmy/Steve, Fiona’s ex.
Now the same can be said for Mickey and Ian.
Margo already owns the building that houses the Laundromat and wants to buy the lease from Fiona.
After ultimately deciding not to sell, Margo tells Fiona she’s smarter than she looks.
This proves to be an offer she can’t refuse.
NEXT:What everyone else was up to
Lipis once again spiraling downward.
He’s drinking heavily, falling asleep on the L and showing up to work possibly still loaded.
Eventually, he wakes up in a pile of glass on Helene’s living room floor.
He managed to break in and Helene comes down to see him in the dark, hammered and confused.
She begs him to get over everything and get help.
At the end of the episode, he seems to be trying to do just that.
The dynamic between Lip and Fiona has completely changed now, too.
Frank and Monicaare shacking up with poor Neil and Debbie and, of course, wreaking havoc.
Debbieproved how smart she can be, helping Fiona turn more of a profit by upcharging at the Laundromat.
Debbie and Fiona also proved to themselves how well they can get along…when they want to.
Svetlanaapparently took over The Alibi by getting V and Kev to sign documents they thought were adoption papers.
While this was a pretty next-level betrayal and deeply conniving Svetlana isn’t wrong.
Kevin and V were managing The Alibi poorly, which ultimately would have affected all of them.
So, in her opinion, putting herself in charge made things easier and cheaper in the long run.
They’re either out of jobs or have to work for her.
Fiona tells Kev to talk to the lawyer who got her out of her marriage.
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