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By the time the iconic HBO series reached its denouement in May 2019, a lot of fans were left wondering how this could've possibly been the best ending after eight epic seasons. Not only does Frank die, but he does so alone and the series ends without his family knowing about it. Will the couple ever go down that baby road? Leave some extra money for the maid when you stay at a hotel or motel. Or your body . While suffering from Covid symptoms, Franks starts to hallucinate and believes that his nurse is Fiona Franks eldest daughter who left in season 9. Having all these stories out there reminds people that the things that they might be ashamed of and feel need to be hidden, nah weve got to talk about it. It could have been one of many things; it was the last thing that pushed him over the cliff, but he was barely hanging on. On the finale, the Gallagher family patriarch ( William H. Macy) died of COVID-19. It seemed unrealistic to do something about the south side of Chicago and people living barely above the poverty line and not have anybody succumb to this horrible pandemic.. In the first season, we are introduced to Frank, a single father who can barely look after himself, let alone his kids. 453. Emmy Rossum) through flashbacks from the shows earliest episodes. Although it was a very Frank way to die, fans still werent sure if the Shameless series finale meant the Gallagher patriarch was actually dead. Thats happening to lots of families. Not that these issues werent always there, but they became front and center after a number of horrific incidents of police brutality. Frank has lived through severe health crises and even survived medical interventions gone wrong. Not only does Frank die, but he does so alone and the series ends without his family knowing about it. People would stop me on the street and tell me that Frank was like their dad. What did you think of the Shameless finale? Those fates are obviously up to the audiences to decide. He embarked on countless schemes that brought any last ounce of his morals into question, and he has continued to be a thorn in his children's sides. We planned on alcoholic dementia when we were only a few days from shooting when everything shut down in March [2020]. Covid-19 is a mild infection for eight out of 10 people who get it and the core symptoms are a fever and a cough. While Wells had to rewrite the entire first half of the final season after production was stalled because of the pandemic, the prolific writer-producer (ER, The West Wing) added in Franks COVID-19 demise in a bid to accurately reflect the struggles of an economically challenged community like the South Side of Chicago. We didnt want Frank to get off scot-free for all his lifestyle choices. Despite what would usually be a turning point for most people, Frank returns to his old ways very soon. Thats an oversimplification, but we all need to understand what those fears of the police are, the lack of trust that exists in a lot of communities. In the 10th episode of the season, Frank opts to get a "do not resuscitate" tattoo across his chest, seemingly trying to take the burden of making that decision off of his children. In Season 11 of Shameless, a new disease has taken hold of Frank. I sure as hell did.. The character, who rarely wore a mask, was initially hospitalizedafter displaying more severe symptoms of his alcohol-related dementia and after suffering a suspected suicide attempt by overdose. Frank began to understand what was going on with his body. Many wonderful novels end and youre still thinking about the characters and what they do. **Warning Spoilers ahead for Shameless**. Franks last genuine smile was him reading the letter he wrote to his family #Shameless pic.twitter.com/RkrlvEju6F. Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey (Noel Fisher) accept theirnew yuppie lifestyle. Tip your waiter a little bit more. Then three days before shooting began on a season in which the mostly grown-up Gallaghers finally disperse, production was shut down for months. I lost a close family member who had been ill in December of COVID, despite following the COVID protocols. When Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse decided to end the mind-bending ABC mystery by getting metaphysical rather than giving some, you know, concrete answers about what had been going on for the last six seasons, not everyone was exactly thrilled. Showtime has just announced that the final season will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 6. Below, Wells talks with THR about Franks fate, why he loves open-ended finales, what would have happened with Fiona and, yes, the mandatory spinoff question. We had written in various mentions of Fiona over the last two years, but Showtime asked us not to remind people of her absence. But no, we never worked it out. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! At the beginning of series finale of Shameless, we see the kids sharing the news that "Frank OD'd again" as he's passed out on the couch. "So, it was disappointing for everybody, and we would've loved to have her back, and she wanted to come back, but it was one of those things that couldn't get done during the pandemic.". Be a little more understanding with the person who delivers your package. It seemed unrealistic to do something about the South Side of Chicago and people living barely above the poverty line and not have anybody succumb to this horrible pandemic. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. ER is about how medicine works. What are our responsibilities to each other? Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. In typical Gallagher fashion, things came to an end in a darkly comedic way, as the series said goodbye to one of its main characters while setting the rest of the family on new paths for their future. Kevin (Steve Howey) and Veronica (Shanola Hampton). It was a callback to the character's desire in the early seasons to become a writer by having Roseanne sitting at a typewriter, writing a different ending to her story, but it left viewers feeling like their time had been wasted in the worst way. Five simple words are all we need to explain why this iconic CW drama's finale missed the mark: Dan Humphrey was Gossip Girl. We very much wanted to try and bring back Fiona for the finale, but there was just no way to make it all work with the pandemic. You and many other people! Thank you for 11 incredible seasons. While some feel that the patriarchs demise will bring the show full circle and give his kids the opportunity to move on in life, there is no doubt that it will be a sad moment for the Gallaghers. On the finale, the Gallagher family patriarch ( William H. Macy) died of COVID-19. In that regard, you might expect him to be able to stick it out and live to see the end of the series. Even for Frank there can be a grace and joy in the passing, at least thats what I hope that we can go out a little more gracefully. Below, we break down the latest. Instead, Fiona appears during the finale in a series of flashbacks as Frank is dying. After waking from his overdose, the Gallagher patriarch eventually ended up in the hospital, where he died of COVID. Hopefully people enjoyed it, saw some of their own hardships in it, or have a little more empathy for the tens of millions of people in America who live at the poverty level that the Gallaghers lived at in the show. In the eleventh episode of the final season, we see that Frank seems to have overdosed on drugs and tries to leave a note for his family. They called Kevin over to talk pricing but that negotiation will remain privy to only those involved, as nothing concrete came of it by the time the end credits rolled. Yes, Frank Gallagher dies during the Shameless finale, season 11 episode 12, titled Father Frank, Full of Grace.. But never say never. We want to pretend that the country is egalitarian, that its a meritocracy, that everybody has the same opportunities, and its just not true. I will miss you this Sunday! So, it could be that Franks death in the series could bring all his kids together one final time before Shameless comes to an end. It seemed appropriate for Frank. And Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey (Noel Fisher) have a kid. Frank continues wandering around the city in a daze, revisiting old haunts like Patsy's Pies and a church where he believes he's an altar boy. Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) embraces a new position in the police department that will allow him to stay true to himself. On Sunday, April 11, the hit Showtime dramedy series Shamelesscame to an end after 11 seasons. Aside fromhis final accession, the finale also lefteven moreup in the air: Lip (Jeremy Allen White) gets an offer tosell the family's home and hopes to start a new life with Tami (Kate Miner), their son Freddie and his brother Liam (Christian Isaiah). Don't f*cking waste it. And then Fiona opened the box! Their lives continue. But I dont know. However, nothing has been confirmed, and the only way to know if Frank dies is to watch the final episode of the series. It was pretty much the same with the exception: We were trying to get Emmy and Emmy wanted to come back. But after she was gone for a while, Fiona became the character fans would love to see return, at least for the series finale. However, old footage of her wasincluded inshort family flashbacksexperienced by Frank. And just like that, Frank Gallagherhas shamelessly risen above it all. A parade of returning guest stars testified about all the horrible things that had befallen them as a result of Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander), and Kramer's (Michael Richards) extreme selfishness and, in the end, a judge threw them in jail for a full year as a result of it. There have been plenty of Covid-19 subplots on TV but I cant think of another lead character who actually died from it. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day, Inside the business of TV with breaking news, expert analysis and showrunner interviews. Showtimes long-running series,Shameless, concluded with the series finale on April 11, 2021 and the death of Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy). Try and walk in other peoples shoes. They also never find the note he left before overdosing. The series ends without answering if Lip (Jeremy Allen White) sold the family home or if bar owners Kevin (Steve Howey) and Veronica (Shanola Hampton) sold it and moved to Louisville. Man, talk about that being underrepresented on television! Before he created Shameless, the long-running family drama that ended Sunday night on Showtime, John Wells was the showrunner of ER and later seasons of The West Wing, both on NBC. Frank has seemed essentially indestructible on Shameless. And thats OK. We had a great, loyal audience for a long time. Shameless Showrunner Says Goodbye to the Gallaghers, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/arts/television/shameless-series-finale.html. Bleak. "But, in all that he has been through and all that we've been through the last year, it didn't seem right to allow somebody to simply say, oh, yeah, you can live your life like this and there won't be any consequences.". In my mind, Lip gets a motorcycle shop and settles in and loses the neighborhood and becomes the new patriarch for that crazy family. As the episode wrapped up, his family was celebrating at the Alibi while he was dying in the hospital. On the finale,the Gallagher family patriarch (William H. Macy) died of COVID-19. When the iconic NBC comedy signed off in 1998 after nine seasons, original co-creator Larry David returned to really drive home how little the show's core four characters had learnedand how kinda awful they'd been all along. In . It sadly certainly seems that Frank is dead. Based on what was going on with the pandemic, when we were planning it there have been so many surges, I cant remember which one it was but the quarantines went back into effect between New York [where Rossum resides] and Los Angeles [where Shameless films] and it was impossible to figure out how to get her back. The cast of the Mean Girls musical movie keeps getting bigger, with Busy Philipps signing on for the Paramount Plus project. This has to set up Fiona coming back for the finale episode! But you can fill in the blanks however you want to fill in the blanks as a viewer. By Charlie Ridgely Another hint that Frank is dead comes from the title and synopsis of the last episode, "Father Frank, Full of Grace." Not that theres ever a good transition after that, but focusing on the episode Frank rises above the South Side on his bar stool, beer in hand, looking back on his life. 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Knowing you didnt want to end Shameless, do you have any desire to do a spinoff? It was a callback to the character's desire in the early seasons to become a writer by having Roseanne sitting at a typewriter, writing a different ending to her story, but it left viewers feeling like their time had been wasted in the worst way. Offers may be subject to change without notice. We did what we set out to do, he said. I want to see the Alibi cop-bar story, and what happens with Carl and Arthur (Joshua Malina) as police officers. This is all most people will experience. Wed have to see. The West Wing is about how government works. - April 12, 2021 11:49 am EDT. Those who want to imagine the Alibi wont fall to the fate of Patsys Pies can certainly do so, and doing so may also imagine a better future for Carl, who became an unexpected positive force for the family in the later seasons. However, Wells had revealed that the Gallagher family will stand by each other no matter what. Showrunner, John Wells, confirmed that this was indeed the end of the series we know, but not necessarily goodbye to the characters. Watching Showtime's serial killer thriller, one got the impression that the titular murderer (played by Michael C. Hall) might eventually have to, you know, pay for his many, many sins by the time all was said and done. A very minor but sad result of everything thats happened in the pandemic. He had that great ability. We arrived at alcoholic dementia and had written more than half the season when we shut down., Showrunner John Wells spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the ways the pandemic changed the series finale and how travel challenges prevented one long-awaited reunion from happening https://t.co/SFV6EpPZoC. Shameless showrunner John Wells told Entertainment Weekly that he would love for Fiona's actress, Emmy Rossum, to return for the final season. And then went out with a bang. Frank left Patty on the beach at low tide to help her get a better view, and told her he would return in an hour. Although there's no direct explanation for his death,. The travel was such a mess that we never got to the point of my actually writing it. After nine seasons of listening to Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) deliver one of the most long-winded stories in the world on the CBS sitcom, detailing how he met the mother of his children, fans were understandably horrified by the tossed-off way it was revealed that she'd been dead all along and Ted was, in fact, seeking his kid's permission to pursue their aunt Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders). Carls story line became far more topical. It was always about the balance of whats been done and what we leave unpunished and unforgiven in the family, because the show is really just about how a family can pull itself through all different kinds of crisis. Steve Has Been MIA From 'Shameless' Since Season 5, but Could He Return? And fans were PISSED. When the show was revived in 2018 after 21 years, it forgot all about its controversial ending. I dont have any explanation for why The Wire was never the most decorated show in television history. The finale doesnt offer any resolution about whether Lip sold the house, what happened with Debs (Emma Kenney) and Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) and Liam (Christian Isaiah) or if Kev and Vee sell the Alibi and move to Louisville. 1,110,364. It also delivered one of the most controversial finales ever with a simple smash cut to black just as somethingmaybe nefarious, maybe notwas about to happen to the show's iconic antihero, Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini). https://t.co/9mbYSHdr57. By Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Michael Ausiello, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso and Mekeisha Madden Toby / April 16 2021, 10:23 AM PDT . 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