By santiago-yocoy on Skatehive
Shameless US Season 1 Introduction Many years ago I had seen fragments of several episodes of this series, and maybe the occasional full episode, on the now-defunct I-Sat channel. But even though it looked interesting, I had trouble following it because it aired close to midnight or, outright, in the early morning hours—at 2, 3, or 4 a.m. The reason for those time slots is that it’s a series with explicit nudity, explicit sex, violent language, and physical violence as well. But now I’ve just watched the entire first season on Netflix at the times I wanted, and it was a satisfying watch, even if it’s not a masterpiece. To begin with, the episodes have a lot of content and little filler of the anime-type variety. With so much content, and since the episodes run 40 minutes or more, some of them felt a bit heavy. Also, there are many characters, because the protagonists are the Gallagher family: the alcoholic and quasi-absentee Frank, the father of the family; the older sister Fiona; the