Secret Relations is the fourteenth episode in the seventh series of Shameless.
Synopsis[]
After months of separation Paddy and Mimi amicably agree to a quickie divorce, but they get a nasty shock when it's revealed their marriage was never legal. Mimi flies into accusations and recriminations, holding Paddy to blame, and then hatches a plan to secretly marry and divorce legitimately in order to save the souls of their 'bastard' kids.
Plot[]
Paddy and Mimi file for a divorce, but are enraged to discover that their marriage was never legal in the first place, as the priest whom married them was, in fact, not a member of the clergy at all. Mimi is concerned that none of her children were born in wedlock, so she forces Paddy to wed her again.
Micky meets someone at a gay nightclub who he initially thinks is an architect. But during a round of collections with Shane, Micky discovers that the young man from the nightclub works at a burgher-bar and has loaned money from the Maguires.
Frank discovers that Patty Croker is claiming social security under the names of a number of deceased persons. Frank blackmails her into giving him a percentage of the money she claims, but she reports Frank to the authorities for fraud.
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Notes[]
- Narrator: Mimi Maguire.
- Final appearance of Paddy Maguire.