Maguire Meltdown is the ninth episode in the eighth series of Shameless.
Synopsis[]
Mimi is suffering from insomnia and soon real life and dreams begin to merge when she becomes consumed with paranoia and ghosts. When Cilla ends up in hospital, Mimi accuses Shane and Kelly of trying to kill her. It takes an angelic face from the past to help her overcome her insomnia and reconnect with her daughter. Meanwhile, Shane and Kelly are literally out in the cold.
Plot[]
Mimi's insomnia is causing real life and dreams to merge and she becomes consumed with paranoia and ghosts. When Cilla ends up in hospital, Mimi accuses Shane and Kelly of trying to kill her.
It takes an angelic face from the past to help Mini overcome her insomnia and reconnect with her daughter. Meanwhile, Shane and Kelly are out in the cold.
Bonnie, the new girl at the Brothel, proves a hit when her innovative ideas to improve the business are a success. Lillian is so taken by Bonnie that a special mother-daughter bond is forged, but Kelly smells a rat.
Post Credit Scene
Kelly is seen in her Myra Hindley outfit from earlier in the episode as she creeps into Cilla's bedroom. She stands over the crib and suddenly makes violent stabbing movements into it with an insane look on her face before the camera reveals that inside the crib is now a bag of mashed potatoes and Kelly has a masher in her hand. This a both a reference to the earlier clip of Kelly dressed as the child killer and Mimi taking a bag of potatoes to the park and leaving Cilla in a kitchen cupboard in her sleep deprived state earlier in the episode.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- David Threlfall - Frank Gallagher
- Elliott Tittensor - Carl Gallagher
- Sally Carman - Kelly Maguire
- Tina Malone - Mimi Maguire
- Rebecca Atkinson - Karen Maguire
- Aaron McCusker - Jamie Maguire
- Nicky Evans - Shane Maguire
- Ciaran Griffiths - Micky Maguire
- Qasim Akhtar - Chesney Karib
- Alice Barry - Lillian Tyler
- Emmanuel Ighodaro - Jackson Powell
- Karen Bryson - Avril Powell
- Kira Martin - Letitia Powell
- Robbie Conway - Aidan Croker
- Valerie Lilley - Patty Croker
- Pauline McLynn - Libby Croker
Guest Stars[]
- Aysha Kala - Sita Desai
- Samantha Siddall - Mandy Maguire
- Rosamund Hanson - Bonnie Tyler
Notes[]
- Narrator: Kelly Maguire
- Reappearance of Mandy Maguire, as an apparition.
- Introduction of Bonnie, a new prostitute at Lillian's Brothel.
- This episode features a clip of Kelly Maguire dressed as child killer Myra Hindley when Mimi says she tried to kill her baby. This is the second character in Shameless to be compared to her, the first being Kelly's sister-in-law Veronica Fisher.