Back Home is the fourth episode in the eighth series of Shameless.
Synopsis[]
Karen and Connor return hoping to start afresh, but while on a routine visit to her psychiatric hospital Karen is shocked to discover Frank who seems vulnerable and confused. Frank's odyssey comes to an end when he finally faces his deepest self and the sobering truth of his feelings for Libby. Elsewhere, Sita is distraught when she fails her exams, but the offer of help from her lecturer Cromer, comes with conditions.
Plot[]
Karen and Connor return hoping to start fresh, but on a routine visit to her psychiatric hospital Karen makes a shocking discovery.
Frank's odyssey reaches its climax when he finally faces his deepest self and the sobering truth of his feelings for Libby.
Sita is distraught when she fails her exams, but the offer of help from her lecturer, Cromer, comes with conditions. Motivated by lust, Carl steps in to help.
Post Credit Scene
In a continuation of Frank's hallucination earlier in the episode, he is seen in The Jockey toilets using the urinal. Another man walks in to do the same and Frank glances at his penis, Frank's "feminine side" leaves the cubicle and nods to his "subconscious" who is sat on the sink. Suddenly another Frank walks into the toilets dressed in a giant penis costume, he is asked who he is and replies "penis envy".
Cast[]
Starring[]
- David Threlfall - Frank Gallagher
- Elliott Tittensor - Carl Gallagher
- Rebecca Atkinson - Karen Maguire
- Aaron McCusker - Jamie Maguire
- Tina Malone - Mimi Maguire
- Nicky Evans - Shane Maguire
- Sally Carman - Kelly Maguire
- Ciaran Griffiths - Micky Maguire
- Pauline McLynn - Libby Croker
- Valerie Lilley - Patty Croker
- Robbie Conway - Aidan Croker
- Alice Barry - Lillian Tyler
- Qasim Akhtar - Chesney Karib
- Karen Bryson - Avril Powell
- Emmanuel Ighodaro - Jackson Powell
Guest Stars[]
- Aysha Kala - Sita Desai
- Sebastian Shaw - Frank Double
- Paul Warriner - John Cromer
Notes[]
- Narrator: Karen Maguire
- Karen and Connor Maguire move back into The Jockey.
- Introduction of Aidan Croker.