After Mandy gets arrested for suspected drug running she forms the most unlikely of friendships and finds herself helping Tom search for his real mother. The friendship, however, soon becomes something deeper for Mandy and with the help of Ian, she sets out to win Tom's heart. But do Tom's affections lie elsewhere? Mimi's short fuse gets the better of her when she harms her favourite son, Micky. Desperate to rein in her temper she attends anger management courses and gradually evolves as a new, sensitive woman - and responsible drug dealer. Seeing his business going down the pan, Patrick despairs and knows he has to get his old Mimi back or they'll go bankrupt. In an attempt to impress a new girlfriend, Carl enlists Karen as his personal sex counsellor, but is he getting help or getting off?

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.