

Seemingly, he cannot evade the past, and it catches up to him at last – with his alcoholic dementia worsening, an onset of COVID-19 sees Frank finally biting the dust. The reel lives up to the real in the final season of this drama as Frank contracts the COVID-19 virus. He said, “Frank absolutely can’t have survived forever without any consequences to all of this bad behavior, particularly that behavior has been allowed in many ways by the fact that his family has stuck around.” Showrunner John Wells divulged in an interview that the plan was always to have the character face the consequences of his actions. Shameless on Showtime January 13, 2020įrank Gallagher has been the center of the family drama, and he is primarily evasive regarding his paternal responsibilities for most of the series. At the time, Showtime’s President of Entertainment, Gary Levine, announced the news of the renewal while also revealing that season 11 would conclude the journey of the Gallagher family.
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On January 13, 2020, Showtime picked up the series for its eleventh round. Let us now consider the prospects of the follow-up season. The eleventh season consists of twelve episodes with runtimes per episode ranging between 45 and 59 minutes. The season released in its entirety on October 11, 2021, on the streaming platform Netflix. Shameless returns to Showtime with Season 11 finale episode on April 11, at 9 pm ET. ‘Shameless’ season 11 premiered on December 6, 2020, on Showtime, with the season’s finale being aired on April 11, 2021. Naturally, you must be eager to know if a twelfth installment is underway. Thanks to its accomplished cast, compelling story arcs, and occasional shock value, the series garnered widespread acclaim in the media. It really just depends on her schedule.Following its original premiere in January 2011, the comedy series spawned eleven seasons, becoming the longest-running scripted show in the network’s history. I've certainly asked her, and she knows we'd love to have her do it.

In 2020, Wells said about the possibility of Rossum returning, "we can't really know if she would be able to do it or not. The Shameless showrunner, who previously worked on medical drama ER, added in an Entertainment Weekly interview, "we had conversations like, 'should we write scenes for her in Florida and see if that works?' But having had characters leave on ER all the time and then occasionally having them come back, those episodes always felt a little like 'very special episodes' and they get you out of the rhythm of what you were doing." "We never got to the point actually writing it and then having to ditch it, but that was the intent." ShowtimeĪsked what would have happened if Rossum was able to film the finale, Wells said, "what we were talking about was that with the information that the family had about Frank's dementia, she was going to come back and deal with Liam's guardianship and deciding where Liam was going to be as they sold the house and be a part of all those decisions, have some more moments with Fiona and the rest of the family. It's sad."Įmmy Rossum did not appear in the 'Shameless' series finale. It was disappointing for all of us, and especially for Emmy, but with her other obligations, she couldn't go back and quarantine for two weeks in New York after being in Los Angeles. "We hit the second or third time everything shut down with two-week quarantines. She lives in New York with her husband, and we managed to time it just at the wrong time, unfortunately. He said: "She very much wanted to, and we worked and worked on it. The show had initially planned to have Fiona appear in the finale, but showrunner John Wells revealed to TVLine why Emmy Rossum could not film a last appearance.
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After months of speculation about whether Fiona would return one last time after Emmy Rossum exited the show, the actor did not make an appearance in the finale episode, titled "Father Frank, Full of Grace." One Gallagher did not appear to say goodbye to the show in the finale of Shameless.

Shameless Season 11, Episode 12 brought the Showtime series to an end in dramatic fashion ( spoilers ahead).
