11. A Gallagher Pedicure

In the middle of the night, Lip (Jeremy Allen White) is awakened when Sierra (Ruby Modine) arrives with Lucas outside his house; her father has been released from prison and she is avoiding him at all costs. He allows her and his child in staying at the house for a few days. She later reveals that she and Neil witnessed their father kill their mother and then testified against him, which is why they want to avoid him, as they fear repercussions.

At the hospital, Debbie (Emma Kenney) is told that her injury was so severe that the doctors are considering a reconstruction or removing the three damaged toes. However, the costs are expensive, and Debbie is forced to leave without any of the procedures. Ian (Cameron Monaghan) is approached by Blake (Jack Essner), a teenager who claims his father (Andy Umberger) is trying to harm him for being gay. Blake's father kidnaps him and prepares to leave on a van, until Ian and his followers surround the vehicle, forcing the father to let Blake go. The father tells Ian that his problem is not with Blake's sexuality, but with his erratic drug abuse and possible prostitution. Ian talks with Blake and decides to stand by him, raising concerns.

Fiona (Emmy Rossum) tries to negotiate with Rodney's family, but discovers that they changed the locks and kept Rusty with them. She consults with the insurance company over the possible lawsuit, but receives bad news; while she is covered $500,000, it is still below the desired $6 million settlement. On top of that, Fiona's contractor has no insurance, which could ruin her chances in winning. After failing to find a sugar daddy, Svetlana (Isidora Goreshter) decides to visit her former employee, Freelania (Tina Ivlev), to learn her secret. Freelania does not help her and mocks her life, just as she prepares to marry her very old boyfriend soon.

The old man enters the room and confuses Svetlana for his girlfriend. This motivates Svetlana in kidnapping Freelania, shocking Kevin (Steve Howey) and Veronica (Shanola Hampton). Frank (William H. Macy) is unable to secure his retirement plan, but gets the idea to rob a yacht owned by one of Liam's classmate's father.

To get back at Rodney's family, Fiona and Ford (Richard Flood) blast loud music, cut the water supply and sneak into the apartment through a hole to retrieve Rusty, with Fiona kicking one of the residents in the process. Lip visits Sierra's father and insults him so that he can assault him, which is secretly recorded in camera. He then reports it to the police, and he is sent back to prison, but does not tell Sierra about his actions. To solve her problem, Debbie asks Liam to cut her three toes but both pass out before they can do it. Frank walks in, and calmly cuts the toes and cauterizes the injury. That night, Blake's father arrives again to talk with his son, but Ian uses it as a distraction to burn the van, shocking the father.