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Read the script of the first episode of the comedy drama series Shameless, written by Paul Abbott and John Wells. The script follows the dysfunctional family of Frank, Fiona, Lip, Ian and others as they cope with their problems and secrets.
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GALLAGHER KITCHEN - NIGHT. Tony and his partner COP struggle...
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- EXT. CHICAGO UPTOWN - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - MORNING
- EXT. GALLAGHER’S HOUSE - DAY
- INT/EXT. US CELLULAR FIELD - DAY
- EXT. SHEILA'S HOUSE - DAY
- INT. SHEILA'S DINING ROOM - DAY
- INT. GALLAGHER HOUSE BOYS' BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
- INT. DOWNTOWN NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
- EXT. DOWNTOWN NIGHTCLUB PARKING LOT - NIGHT
- For what?
- INT. GALLAGHER BOYS' BEDROOM - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
- EXT. CHICAGO STREET - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER STAIRCASE/LANDING - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER LIVING ROOM - NIGHT (A FEW MOMENTS LATER)
- EXT. CHICAGO STREET - NIGHT
- EXT/INT. HEART OF CHICAGO MOTEL - DAY
- INT. THE ELBOW ROOM BAR - AFTERNOON
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - DAY
- EXT. CHICAGO STREET - DAY
- INT. SHEILA'S HOUSE - DAY
- INT. SHEILA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY
- EXT. SHEILA'S HOUSE - DAY
- INT. GALLAGHER BOYS' BEDROOM - AFTERNOON
- (MORE) FIONA(CONT'D)
- YOU DONE?
- INT. GALLAGHER FRONT DOOR - AFTERNOON
- INT. VERONICA'S HOUSE BEDROOM - AFTERNOON
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - AFTERNOON
- INT. SHEILA'S LIVING/DINING ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
- EXT. SHEILA'S STREET - LATE AFTERNOON
- EXT. GALLAGHER'S STREET - LATE AFTERNOON
- INT. KASH AND KARRY STORE - LATE AFTERNOON
- INT. THE CORNER BAR - EVENING
- INT. GALLAGHER HOUSE - NIGHT
- No you won't.
- INT. CARWASH - DAY
- INT. THE CORNER BAR - DAY
- EXT. EL STATION PLATFORM - DAY
- INT. CHARLIE TROTTERS - EVENING
- INT. CHARLIE TROTTERS COAT CHECK - EVENING
- EXT. CHARLIE TROTTERS RESTAURANT - EVENING
- INT. SHEILA'S LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOON
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - AFTERNOON
- INT. GALLAGHER LIVING ROOM - AFTERNOON
- EXT. KASH'S SHOP - LATE AFTERNOON
- INT. KASH'S SHOP - LATE AFTERNOON
- INT. GALLAGHER BOYS' BEDROOM - NIGHT
- INT. KASH'S SHOP - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER KITCHEN - NIGHT
- (MORE) KEV(CONT'D)
- INT. FIONA'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
- INT. GALLAGHER BOYS' BEDROOM - MORNING
- INT. VAN - MORNING
- INT. GALLAGHER STAIRS/KITCHEN - DAY
Blazing fire. Public bonfire. POPS and BANGS of fireworks. A MALE VOICE begins over luminous faces - adults and kids - that the CAMERA picks out of the crowd in the bonding glow. FRANK (V.O.) Nobody's saying this neighborhood's the Garden of Eden, hell some people say God avoids this place altogether, but it's been a good home to us, to me and my ...
Fiona puts king-size Costco boxes of Kix and Corn Flakes on the table, a stack of bowls, a fistful of spoons. Moves to the fridge for the milk as she checks the calendar on the door -- it’s covered in notes and reminders of what needs doing, chores, school events, bills. Her finger finds today and a scrawled “Electric” emphatically underlined. FION...
Lip, Ian, Carl and finally Debbie with Liam jammed into a baby backpack, legs and arms flapping as she runs, all bombing out of the house, scattering in different directions. CUT TO:
Fiona walks briskly along the concourse of the White Sox’s home field passing legions of fans filing in, makes her way to an All Star Stand - beer, nachos, and of course, hot dogs. Swings under the counter, smiles at one of the women already working as she grabs an apron and Sox cap from the rack. WOMAN No Candi again? FIONA Bobby’s got a bail hear...
Lip approaches a small house. A middle aged woman, SHEILA, opens the door microscopically. The outside world scares her. But she's happy enough at the moment. LIP I’m here to help Karen study for her mid-term. SHEILA Okay. Take your shoes off. LIP What? KAREN'S MUM I'll get you a plastic bag. Which is a bit baffling for him, but what the hell.
We start on Lip’s white tube socks, shoes in a plastic A&P bag hanging on the back of his chair next to his backpack. He’s seated at a small dining room table drawing a diagram. KAREN sits opposite. Sheila in the attached kitchen. Karen whispers to Lip. KAREN She's got a thing about people bringing dirt into the house. LIP Right. KAREN Agoraphobia....
Lip drops his spunky undies, drags on a clean pair, slips his jeans back on. The second he stuffs his soiled shorts down to the bottom of a laundry sack. The -- Door flings open. Fiona in a new dress, price tag still dangling from the back, her hair in a towel, prowling the boys' bedroom for - FIONA Lip, can I borrow your deodorant? LIP I'm using I...
Fiona, revelling in the heat and chaos, having a fantastic time dancing with her friends. STEVE, a young guy (23), standing on the balcony above, looking down at her. He's conspicuous in these surroundings because he's alone. All around him, groups of friends are making the most of it. He's just a silent observer. Not lonely, not unhappy. Just one ...
Fiona chases the suitor outside, but the thief and his cronies escape in an anonymous sedan, only illuminating their headlights once the license plate's too distant to read. FIONA Assholes! Other clubbers have emerged to witness this, Steve too - eventually. He's brushing glass and debris off his clothes. STEVE Sorry. Veronica pushes through the c...
BOUNCER (trumps up a charge) Drugs. FIONA He probably let 'em get away because he knows 'em. BOUNCER (alarmed/it's true) Hey, shut up, skank. STEVE Watch your mouth. BOUNCER Or you'll be doing - what? Bouncer looks ready to deck Steve, who is no match, not in a million years. Fiona steps in. FIONA Forget it. (to Veronica) Lets get a cab. (to Steve)...
Ian and Lip tucked in adjacent beds for the night. Lip is quietly struggling with a task he's dreading to complete. But he knows Ian's not quite asleep yet, so -- LIP I got a hummer today. Ian spools back that statement, hinges up on one arm, smiles with amusement at this bullshit. IAN What's the law on sex with pets? LIP From Karen Jackson. IAN No...
Music pumping out at indecent volume from the stereo. Fiona comes from the kitchen with a bowl of hot water. FIONA No kidding, Steve. You're dead if he ever lays eyes on you. And I mean...DEAD. Veronica handles a sterile trauma kit used in ERs - swabs, tweezers, saline, removes bits of glass from Steve's scalp. VERONICA I nearly peed myself when yo...
Veronica and Kev stroll the short journey home, sharing the weight of her hefty bag of medical supplies. Kev spots Steve's BMW in the street. KEV That's his? VERONICA Yeah. Well, company car. KEV Kinda company? VERONICA Internet start-up? KEV Earning - what? She finds the question annoying, checking Kev's envy as competitive male. VERONICA Coupla m...
Steve alone, checking handwritten messages on scraps of paper stuck to the fridge door: 'Lip, DENTIST Monday!' 'Debbie, bring your jacket home from school'. Plus stuff like:'Who's eating all the Frosted Flakes?' 'Not me!' 'Yes you are Ian' 'Fuck off, Debbie' 'Quit swearing!' 'She started it!' etc. On the table are several carry-out trays of still ...
Steve bombs up the stairs as Fiona appears from a bedroom, looking vaguely decent. STEVE Cops. Looking for you. She's more embarrassed than disturbed by this. Brushes past him to the stairs. FIONA Stay here. Steve flounders for a sec or two. Then spots young Liam emerging from a bedroom. Debbie behind him in pursuit. DEBBIE Liam! Back to bed or I...
Tony and his partner COP struggle to heave the dead weight of a paralytic middle-aged drunk (Frank, unconscious) through the Gallagher’s door as Steve comes back down the stairs. Fiona’s holding the door wide as the cops dump Frank in the middle of floor. They efficiently turn him into recovery position as they must have done a hundred times before...
Fiona’s stuffing Steve's blood-stained shirt into a plastic grocery bag. Steve comes in, pulling his shoes and socks on. STEVE You leave him there all night? FIONA He's never there when I get up. STEVE Right. (pause, of upstairs) So who's the little guy? 'Liam'? Inference being - is he hers? She resents the question. FIONA
Steve ZAPS his car open, looks back towards the house. Can't believe the night he's just had. Sees Lip, Debbie, Ian and Carl watching his departure. They're sorry he's leaving. He seemed nice. CUT TO:
Fiona climbs the metal stairs of a clean but inexpensive, two-story motel, Liam on her hip. Finds a maid’s cart parked outside an open door, KNOCKS. FIONA Rita? A Hispanic woman appears from the bathroom, yellow Playtex gloves, toilet brush in hand, thirty, harried. RITA Anne’s school called, she’s sick. She’s peeling off the gloves, handing the br...
A neighborhood joint, small kitchen in the back, a pool table, lots of local sports memorabilia on the walls. A small crowd is gathered around a battered arcade game (X-Men? Terminator?), a man focused on the controls. Every so often, a YELL goes up and the excitement builds. A regular, TOMMY, saunters over to the bar where Kev, for his sins, is th...
Fiona reads an ancient, crumpled US Weekly, killing time as she keeps her foot wedged against the washer door. Washing machine churns away happily, until... KNOCK at the back door. As she abandons the washer, it grinds instantly to a stop. She opens the back door, surprised to see Steve. STEVE Hiya! She returns to the washer, jams her foot agains...
Lip pulls a reluctant Ian past houses, people and local stores. He's on a mission. LIP Just keep talking about science. IAN I don’t know anything about science! LIP So, just read from the table of elements!
Karen's mom Sheila widening the door for Lip and Ian. LIP Mrs. Jackson! SHEILA Oh Karen's thrilled with you! Got an A on her Physics mid-term. (yells upstairs) Karen! It's your little helper! (to the boys) I'm out of grocery bags. Why don’t you leave your shoes out here where they can breathe. Ian bemused. Lip's already inured by the crazy Mrs. J...
Looking to kitchen where Sheila sits on a bar stool, peeling potatoes, lost in The Food Network on her counter top TV. To Sheila, the hosts are like lifelong buddies. CAMERA pans round to the table in the living room. Lip diligently doing Karen's homework. Ian reads from the table of elements with increasing difficulty and, of course, Karen is nowh...
Lip falls from the sky into the front yard. Landing with a crippling THUD. Ouch! Was he pushed? No, his eyes dart up to a bedroom window, Eddie looking down, growling rage. EDDIE (OS) Further you go, more I'll kill you. Lip leaps to his feet, races to catch up with Ian in the distance, who's carrying both their sneakers, urgently rescued from the...
Lip’s writhing in agony on his bed. Ian watches Fiona conduct standard triage on the ankle. Fiona’s incredulous: FIONA An old lady on the train? IAN The door was closing on her walker, Lip barely got his foot in the door in time to stop it -- She rattles Lip’s toes. Lip YELPS in pain. FIONA I've forgotten whether that's good or bad.
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Fiona makes her way down the stairs in her robe, following the sound of the usual tribal breakfast chaos. Steps into the kitchen, surprised to see all the kids carrying food to the table - eggs, toast, juice. FIONA What’s all this? Steve at the stove, frying up a skillet full of bacon. STEVE Debbie's the only person I know wakes up earlier than I d...
Shameless (2011–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript. In the Season 1 premiere, drunken father Frank is no use to his dysfunctional family; Fiona meets a handsome stranger when her purse is stolen; Lip is shocked to discover his brother Ian is... is the Garden of Eden.
Dec 8, 2018 · Read the full script of the first episode of Shameless US, a comedy-drama series about a dysfunctional family in Chicago. Follow Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, Liam, Frank and their neighbors as they deal with their problems and parties.
"Pilot" is the very first episode of the US version of Shameless. It originally aired on January 9, 2011. In the season one premiere, drunken father Frank Gallagher is of no use to his dysfunctional family; Fiona meets a handsome stranger when her purse is stolen; Lip is shocked to discover his...
1. Pilot. 2. Frank the Plank. 3. Aunt Ginger. 4. Casey Casden. 5. Three Boys. 6. Killer Carl. 7. Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father. 8. It's Time to Kill the Turtle. 9. But at Last Came a Knock. 10. Nana Gallagher Had an Affair. 11. Daddyz Girl. 12. Father Frank, Full of Grace. Season 2. 1. Summertime. 2. Summer Loving.
Jan 9, 2011 · Pilot: Directed by Mark Mylod. With William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky. Drunken father Frank is of no use to his dysfunctional family; Fiona meets a handsome stranger when her purse is stolen; Lip is shocked to discover his brother Ian is gay.
