nevenavranjes I tried to see the point of the show Shameless. What kind of message the creators of this show want to send to young people born in the poor parts of the city and in troubled families. I got the impression that the creators of the series were just trying to figure out a way to earn money and attract a lot of attention of viewers forcing young actresses to undress almost in every episode. The real fates of the young people born in the ghetto are enough difficult. I think that this show can only lead them to a wrong direction without providing any solution for them. It is hard to believe that the directors of this series, if they have already acquired the popularity and attention of the audience, could not have made at least one character and through him to send a message such as: USE CONDOMS AND READ BOOKS!!! Condoms and books are not expensive. It's not all about sex, there's something about love and your head.

joed1028 I watched a few of the episodes. The show is boring, depressing, not funny, and lacks any depth with constant vulgarity. I'm not prude or constantly look for deeper meaning in entertainment either. One of my favorite movies was The Wolf of Wall Street.Not to mention I learned it is a copy of a British show. Why do we (I am American) need to copy things? To make it American? Make something new.

invisibleunicornninja One of my friends told me to watch this show and I think I managed to watch like a season before stopping. Its ok, I guess, but overall I found it boring and the characters annoying. I asked the friend why she liked it and she answered "all the sex scenes" so I guess that''s why people are watching it.

xylem-701-493069 Shameless is an often well written, often well acted comi-tragedy about a dysfunctional family set in the southside of Chicago. While it is a great show, it does have its share of deficiencies and contradictions. Here are some of the pros and cons.Pros: It appears that some of the writers have been around the block and experienced the underbelly of life. There are situations and scenes where whoever wrote it must have experienced them and does a good job of portraying them on the screen. The rawness and realism of some scenes are amazing. This show doesn't shy away from dealing with addictions, the legal system, poverty, LGBT issues, child abuse, death, love, sex, birth defects, infidelity, sibling rivalry, con artists, murder, education, adolescence, adulthood, crime, redemption and more in very authentic ways. In short in deals with the real problems of life. The show can be extremely grounded in reality and has moments of greatness in its dealing with all of the above issues. There are shows and scenes where one is riveted because of the intensity and realness. It has some great editorials given by different characters at different times that are often well thought through in their assessments of life. It doesn't shy away from controversy. The story line morphs and unfolds and takes surprising twists and turns sometimes very quickly. Some of the casting is great and one never tires of seeing those characters' foibles and adventures.Cons: Of course it's main goal is to entertain but it often results in an over-concentration of drama and plot into time, place and characters that is very unrealistic. There are some story lines that are so are fetched one loses interest. The show can be at once a parody of itself, farcical, cartoonish and unbelievable. It overplays depravity for effect and shock value. It goes overboard on sexual situations making them overly animalistic repetitively, creating them for pure audience titillation or making them so exaggerated as to make them just silly. I'm sure the new atmosphere in Hollywood is going to make these types of shows harder to make. There are situations that are downright ridiculous and lose the audience in their requirement to suspend disbelief and seem to have been written by writers who have no clue. Some of the acting is very bad while some of it is great and both can be applied sometimes to the same character. Some of the casting is bad and over time you can't wait for the characters to be written off the stage. Sometimes the themes are overplayed and get boring. Overall, I'd rate it up there with great shows like Breaking Bad and Mad Men. It is very entertaining. It's must watch TV if you want to see one of the best shows of our time.