When Manchester experiences an earth tremor, Monica's waters break and she goes into labour. On the other side of Chatsworth, the same tremor knocks Frank off of his barstool and puts him in a coma. Monica's refusing to have the baby unless Frank is present, but how long can she keep her bun in the oven? While he's out cold in his hospital bed, Frank experiences an alternative world: a life where he is a success, where Ian isn't gay and Debbie looks like she'll never leave home. It's the world as Frank would have it; or is it? Carl is finding new success with girls by posing as a single parent. It's all going very well until his latest target runs off with the baby. Meanwhile, Shane has a proposal to put to Kelly.

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.