Ian begins having relationship issues after discovering his boyfriend is cheating on him, with an ex-girlfriend. Debbie falls into the web of her out of control, addict mother Monica, in order to get keep her baby. Debbie becomes a thief in order to support her new baby and begins battling the Department of Child-Family Services in order to keep Frannie. He also strikes a relationship with an unexpected person who wants to see him become more than just another kid in the hood. Meanwhile, Carl chooses to have a circumcision to prove his love for his new flame. He continues to struggle with sobriety and eventually winds up in a familiar place after nightlong bender. Lip, after coming home from rehab, falls into another relationship and awaits his fate from his former college.
After turning Patsy’s Pies around, she decides to purchase a run down laundry mat, but realizes it might be more than she can handle. Fiona, played by Emma Rossum, is fed up putting every other Gallagher first in her life and decides to focus on herself and make something for her life. After waking up from a coma a month after being dumped into the Chicago River, he realizes that he needs a “new” Gallagher clan to impose his will on. Macy, is an addict and con man who goes to extreme lengths to rip off anyone he can, even his own family. Throughout the season, the Gallagher’s are faced with the everyday struggle of poverty and making ends meet. This outrageous family is based out of the south side of Chicago and does whatever it takes in order to survive. Just when you think it can’t get any more hectic, the Gallagher family is back at it again for season 7 of the hit comedy series, Shameless.