Plot summary
As Ian recovers from his leg wound, he sees that Mickey has already found a new boyfriend; a man named Byron. Mickey then decides to move out of the Gallagher household, despite Ian's attempts to fix their relationship.
Faye continues keeping Frank as a hostage in the house. She offers him drugs and alcohol if he correctly guesses the answers to questions from his past with Kyle, her convicted boyfriend. When Frank finally declares that he is responsible for Kyle's conviction, Faye makes him consume large quantities of opioid and drops him off at a car. Lip and Tami find that they are indebted to the hospital, but Lip prefers to just not pay the bills. Later, Lip tries to return a woman's money at an ATM, but a thief steals the money. To pay the bills, Lip gets a big job at the shop. Aunt Oopie goes missing, leaving Fred without a babysitter.
After a sexual encounter, Claudia asks Debbie if she can pick up her daughter Julia from school. Julia has no respect for Debbie, even calling her a prostitute, and accuses her of polluting the planet. While Debbie grows frustrated with her, she realizes that Claudia often makes bad comments about her body. She takes her to eat burgers, but is shocked when Julia kisses her. Veronica establishes a medical aid service for people at the bar, hoping she can make a difference. She and Kevin are astounded when a woman brings her daughter to get an abortion, so she supplies her with an abortion pill. To get more pills, they write prescriptions for her elderly patients, but are shocked when they are visited that night by more women asking for the abortion pill.
Carl trains his new cadets at home, teaching them how to attack and react under stress. While Carl is proud of his cadets' improvements, his boss reveals that many of the trainees ended up at the hospital, and asks him to take it easier on them. Ian and Liam (Christian Isaiah) steal Oopie's credit card to buy a ring, hoping to win Mickey back by finally marrying him. He shows up at his new apartment, but he just gives him the ring, claiming this will be a promise for a better future. Ian leaves, and the proposal is unresolved.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, O Captain, My Captain (Shameless). Paragraphs and formatting adjusted; illustrations, reference markers, block quotations and non-story material omitted.