What Good is Shame?

So I decided to watch Shameless today. Despite getting all excited about it, I knew I loved it in the first two minutes of the show. It's got the characteristic elements of a British show and a Showtime series--provocative and unapologetic, just the way I like my TV shows.

A big chunk of what I love about the shows is the characters, which I should give credit to the British writers who created them. Fiona, Lip, Ian and Steve are currently my favorite characters. It's not because their characters were in focus in the pilot, but it's more of who they are really that make them great characters. I'm sure as more episodes come, I'll learn to love the other characters as well. I think I'm going to love Debbie. Plus, the circumstance they are put in makes the whole thing worth airing on TV--hell, it makes great TV. Okay, it sounds quite bad the way I say it. What I'm saying is that it makes a good story, but still, I wouldn't wish for the whole Shameless story happen to anyone. I myself wouldn't know how to survive if I were put in Fiona's shoes. I'd lose my mind. Nevertheless, the Gallaghers are a great family.

I am looking forward to more of Steve and Fiona's relationship, Lip and Ian's brotherly bonding, Ian's relationships, Kev and Veronica's awesome neighboring skills, and more shameless plots to come.

I am going to be obsessed with Shameless. I can feel it in my bones. It's my new guilty pleasure for sure. Maybe even more than Weeds.