So long, our sweet Fiona.
Fiona does what all smart financial advisors recommend and hides it under her mattress.
“No one loves you, Frank,” she cracks, continuing to be on fire.
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It’s clear to Fiona that she’s no longer needed.
He argues that he’s stupid for ever thinking they’d accept someone like him.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Debbie is changing Frank’s bandages and getting the opposite of a thanks for it.
Frank asks about Kelly, a.k.a.
Jane chick," suggesting that she probably is gay (“Softball, really?')
and Debbie just wasn’t tempting or smart enough.
“F you, Mr. Vasectomy, I’m a man again,” he declares.
He’s also a man with a cross in his bar.
Tami then arrives, wanting to be with someone when she imminently gets her test results.
She has the BRCA1 gene, which is good for the baby.
But Tami doesn’t want to have the baby just to save her breasts.
She’s decided to have the baby and give it up for adoption.
Marriage comes up, with Lip saying he likes her and could eventually love her.
Well, she currently might hate him and drives off, leaving him behind.
Debbie isn’t having it, demanding that he go back to military school.
“I’m a loser,” he says in an emotional rant.
Fast food is the best it’s going to get for me.
I’ve accepted who I am, why can’t you?”
Having watched Carl/actor Ethan Cutkosky grow up onscreen, that broke my heart.
I’ll admit that it got a little dusty over here.
And I stayed on the verge of tears as a pissed-off Kelly confronts Debbie outside of the Gallagher house.
While that seems more than a tad harsh, the scene still worked me over pretty good.
Oh yeah, let’s not forget about Fiona, this is her big goodbye episode and all.
Time to leave this South Side hood rat crap behind you and get on with being an adult."
Damn, bringing the heat, unnamed attorney.
And avoiding jail time apparently has Fiona wanting to go visit jail.
You remember how she no-showed for Ian’s send-off?
She’s now making that right and visiting her incarcerated brother, who seems to be doing well.
She confesses to him that she thinks it’s time for her to leave, go somewhere warm.
“You should get the f out,” declares Ian.
“You deserve it.”
I’ll always be here for you.
Why are all of the Gallaghers trying to make me cry?
she asks, leading to a passionate kiss.
Debbie is done messing around and goes to Todd’s to get Liam back.
As Shamus' sponge baths of Frank begin, Debbie goes upstairs and finds Fiona packing.
This sends her frantically running down to tell Lip.
He’s happy for his big sister, who doesn’t know where she’s going.
“Take care of them, will ya?”
she says, to which he replies, “Promise.”
Lip insists on throwing her a big going away party, sending everyone out for supplies.
But there will be no party, at least not one with her present.
I’ve got to say, that’s kind of messed up.
One Gallagher does get to say goodbye.
Monica wasn’t up for it; you stepped up and helped.
She’s offended, saying that she “did it all.”
He replies, “Well, if that helps you sleep better.”
They never look at each other, but the emotions on Frank’s face says it all for us.
There’s a separation between the characters but there’s a lot unsaid and understood between them."
Upon coming home and finding Fiona gone, Lip can only smile.
The party does happen, giving us a preview of what the show will look like come season 10.
“It’s hard to f them up if you just love them,” shares Kev.
I have to believe that $50,000 worth of Lucky Charms might lure Liam back.
My personal guess is Hawaii based off of the flight attendant outfits and logos on the seats.
But who knows where you’re able to go live for less than $50,000 nowadays.
I take it back, we don’t end there.
Back in prison, Ian is killing it in a game of pick up basketball.
Like the Chicago Bulls are so bad that they could use that jump shot and post moves.
He takes a brief break from the game to look up and smirk as a plane flies over.
So out with one Gallagher, in with another!
What did you think?
Did you want a different ending for Emmy Rossum?
Were you pumped to see Ian back?
Oh, and enjoy this tribute to our beloved Fiona.
