Plot summary
With Sheila (Joan Cusack) continuing to improve on her agoraphobia, Frank (William H. Macy) worries he might get kicked out of the house. At the Alibi, he finds a new financial plan in former bar patron Dottie (Molly Price), whose declining health makes her an ideal match for him. Though Dottie is initially hostile towards Frank, she eventually warms up to him, letting him perform chores around her house.
Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mandy (Emma Greenwell) pick up Mickey (Noel Fisher) from prison. Ian and Mickey rekindle their sexual relationship, and when Mickey explains that he needs to find a job, Ian convinces Linda (Marguerite Moreau) into giving Mickey a job at the store. Debbie (Emma Kenney) and Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) both complain to Fiona over wanting more space in the house; Debbie is annoyed by Liam, whom she shares the same bedroom with. Fed up, Debbie moves Liam's crib into the boys' shared bedroom, much to the dismay of Carl; Fiona decides to let Carl make his own bedroom in their old van.
Fiona (Emmy Rossum) juggles her job, family life, and a burgeoning love life; Jasmine (Amy Smart) tries setting Fiona up with a sugar daddy, Richard (Johnny Sneed), but Fiona dislikes the fact that Richard is married. Karen (Laura Slade Wiggins) continues to pursue a sex-free relationship with Jody (Zach McGowan) while pursuing a sexual relationship with Lip (Jeremy Allen White). After seeking advice from Kevin (Steve Howey), Lip comes to believe that Karen is ready to settle down with Jody.
Veronica (Shanola Hampton) takes some of the elderly people from the retirement home on an excursion. As she gets them back to the retirement home, one of the seniors, Harry (Robert Sutton), has a stroke. When Debbie arrives at the retirement home, she is astonished to see ambulances taking Harry's corpse. Frank tries to seduce Dottie, but she refuses to get intimate with Frank, revealing that her heart could explode if her blood pressure increases. That night, Lip waits outside Karen's house and sees her passionately kissing Jody on the mouth. Angry, he decides to leave instead.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Summer Loving (Shameless). Paragraphs and formatting adjusted; illustrations, reference markers, block quotations and non-story material omitted.