No. of episodes 12 Number of episodes 12 | Original network Showtime Country of origin United States of America | |
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Original release October 2 (2016-10-02) – December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18) |
The seventh season of Shameless, based on the award-winning British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, is an American comedy-drama television series with executive producers John Wells, Christopher Chulack, Krista Vernoff, Etan Frankel, Nancy M. Pimental and Sheila Callaghan. The season premiered on October 2, 2016, the first time the series has debuted in autumn. Showtime premiered a free preview of the season premiere online on September 23, 2016, ahead of the October 2 broadcast.
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Overview
In this season, Frank starts a successful homeless shelter, but then got kicked out even though he was the owner. He then finds out that Monica is suffering from brain damage and is going to die. The two try to make the best of Monica's last days. Fiona struggles on owning two separate places, and is happy being single. But then she starts hooking up and having sex with random guys on Tinder to "save energy" on other things. Carl is uncircumcised and tries to keep his girlfriend whose father severely hates him. He later forms a bond with her father and ships off to military school. Lip dates one of the workers at Patsy's Pies named Sierra and struggles to not drink alcohol. Ian doesn't take his meds and finds a new boyfriend named Trevor. He finds out Mickey is out of prison. Debbie struggles to raise and keep Franny as she gets stolen by Derek's relatives. Kev and V continue their thrupple with Svetlana until they find out Svetlana lied and betrayed them.
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Production
Recurring actress Isidora Goreshter has been promoted to series regular with the commencement of the season. Star Emmy Rossum made her directorial debut with the fourth episode, "I Am A Storm".