So, we had to show that there were some consequences. WELLS: Bill Macy and I talked about it a lot of times over the years, which was it would be wrong to let Frank completely off the hook for living the life that he’s lived and doing the damage to his body, that he had done to his body over all these years. WELLS: Well, never say never in the world that we live in now.ĭEADLINE: Certainly, it’s never never now for Frank …ĭEADLINE: Coming off the seeming OD of the penultimate episode, why did you decide to have Frank finally die of Covid? But now that we’ve finished it up and I saw all of the sets in the trash at Warner, I think we’re really done. WELLS: I would love to be able to do more of something. So, yeah, I wish there had been more we could have had in there.ĭEADLINE: Is it really over, my friend, for the Gallaghers, or is there more Gallaghers to come in a different form perhaps? WELLS: Well, the original idea was that we would see Kevin Bell leave and that we’d also see Carl purchase the bar that he was going to turn into a cop bar, and I never quite got there, And, of course, wanted to do something else with Emmy, which ended up with the Fiona character, which we ultimately weren’t able to do. What was there that you weren’t able to do or include with the end of Shameless that you wanted to get in there? One thing does conclude nicely: Lip is acknowledged for stepping up and doing what Frank never succeeded in doing for his family.DEADLINE: When I was watching the finale scene of Bill Macy’s Frank hallucinating about Fiona in the hospital, I wondered for a second if that nurse in front of him, I wondered if it was going to be revealed that she was Emmy.ĭEADLINE: In that vein, we all know how hard series finales can be, even when you have the luxury of planning one out like you guys did. Kev ( Steve Howey) and V ( Shanola Hampton) plan a move to Kentucky. Carl ( Ethan Cutkosky) embraces a new position in the police department that will allow him to stay true to himself. Ian ( Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey ( Noel Fisher) accept their new yuppie lifestyle. Debs ( Emma Kenney) plans on moving to Texas with her daughter Franny ( Paris Newton) and a new girlfriend. However, old footage of her was included in short family flashbacks experienced by Frank.Īside from his final accession, the finale also left even more up in the air: Lip ( Jeremy Allen White) gets an offer to sell the family's home and hopes to start a new life with Tami ( Kate Miner), their son Freddie and his brother Liam ( Christian Isaiah). In the post-credits, his body, saturated with ingested alcohol, is cremated, with explosive results.ĭespite much hope among fans, Emmy Rossum, who left the show in season nine in 2019, did not return for the finale to reprise her role of Frank's eldest daughter Fiona Gallagher. Macy) is diagnosed with the coronavirus in a hospital and soon dies while on a ventilator-a most harrowing cautionary scene amid the current pandemic. The character, who rarely wore a mask, was initially hospitalized after displaying more severe symptoms of his alcohol-related dementia and after suffering a suspected suicide attempt by overdose.Īs he passes away, he imagines himself rising up above the rooftops while sitting in a chair in his hospital gown as he narrates a letter, filled with words of "advice," that he left for his family. The series ended its 11-season run on April 11, 2021. Frank Gallagher ( William H.
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