When Stan gets caught in the crossfire between Yvonne and her kids, a full-blown row puts their relationship on the rocks. Things go from bad to worse when Yvonne finds herself held atballoonpoint in the shop. Stan comes to the rescue but any hopes of this leading to an easy reconciliation are thwarted when theballoon goes off and Stan lies bleeding amongst the cut-price yoghurts. Monica starts to panic when she discovers that the delivery date for her baby could be sooner than she thought. Faced with the unbearable last weeks of pregnancy and dreading maternal failure, she concludes that the only way through is to face her fears, bring on the birth and get it all over and done with. Carl announces that he's going to join the army. After all, there are some good perks: lots of travel, learn a trade and the girls love a guy in uniform. But can he really put himself up as canon fodder?

Shameless (UK) Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - The Countdown
• s05e02 - Other Paddy
• s05e03 - Happy Birthday, Ma Maguire
• s05e04 - Frank's Big Win
• s05e05 - Beach Party
• s05e06 - Nowhere to Go
• s05e07 - Brothers and Boyfriends
• s05e08 - I Love Frank
• s05e09 - Absent Parents
• s05e10 - Old Friends, New Enemies
• s05e11 - Twin
• s05e12 - Family at War
• s05e13 - Date a Death
• s05e14 - The Ties That Blind Us
• s05e15 - Assault
• s05e16 - The Ninth Time Around

Shameless (UK) Show Summary

Blisteringly funny, offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago, Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona, who looks after Carl, Debbie and baby Liam. She is occasionally helped, more often hindered, by reluctant virgin 'Lip' and the actively gay, but very private, Ian.

Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures, triumphs, love, scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate, where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen.