Shameless - Season 1 Episode 4
The Gallaghers have a big problem on their hands when a local child goes missing from a party. Debbie steals/kidnaps a baby from the estate. However, the local residents immediatly think that the kid has been kidnapped by a pervert not least because Frank thinks he saw one outside the house of the missing girl. The race is on to find the girl while the Gallaghers, Veronica & Kev come up with a madcap scheme to get the baby back. It looks set for disaster but somehow they manage to get it off. The baby is returned and Debbie is flooded with money and praise by the Police little knowing she actually kidnapped the kid in the first place. Meanwhile after all the excitement Karen Jackson seduces Frank and they pair embark on a dangerous and likely disasterious affair.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Channel 4
- Keyword: sibling relationship, self-destruction, white trash, big family, northern england, dysfunctional family, dark comedy, sexual humor, scam, working class, drugs, family, single father, alcoholic father, council estate, unemployed, manchester, family problems
- Cast: David Threlfall, Rebecca Atkinson, Alice Barry, Nicky Evans, Tina Malone, Aaron McCusker