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scarr

Mental illness affects one's perception of reality and decision-making ability, which is why in our justice system we have competency hearings when someone with mental illness commits a crime. So while Ian likely feels guilty for the things he may do in a manic or psychotic state AFTER the fact when he's stabilized, in the moment he cannot assess what he's doing in the same way. I disagree with the statement that he's lucky to have the job and should be grateful for the second chance because of his mental illness. It's clear that he's proven he is capable of performing the job when healthy, so his coworker and boss handled this situation completely appropriately by following the protocol that had been worked out with Ian ahead of time. The only thing that maybe should've happened is his boss or coworker saying something about their concerns that day earlier, since they both were able to name signs that he may have been manic or hypomanic. It is really sad what happened with that woman, and I'm glad they didn't have her get killed from it. I agree that initially the way he was handling her seemed so beautiful because he was able to understand her better than others, but what happened shows the real difficult balancing act there is sometimes with trying to harness our weaknesses as strength. So proud of Fiona in this episode.I love the point she made to Lip at the end of her speech to both stand up for herself and put him in his place a little which he seemed to need. And the way she handled Debbie at the store was brilliant and hilarious 😂

Casandra Johnson

Speaking on behalf of a person who is bipolar... Unfortunately, Brandon, one can not tell when we're manic... Especially if we're in denial about the illness.... While he definitely understood his job.. It's also this little voice saying help her.. And while it is an unbalance in the brain.. All he heard was help me.. And that voice gets louder and louder sometimes... Damn near deafening... And it's ALWAYS that internal battle with one battling their own brain to be and stay in control of one's self.. Just a little insight, and an opinion on the subject😊

Micah Spiese

Can confirm Cassandra's accounting of it. And I back Fiona starting to get these folks to grow up.

Brian

I love this episode because it really shows how much everyone's grown since S1, but it also shows how much more growth they gotta go through. Fiona's always been stuck literally and figuratively in the South Side. Her entire life she's been their de facto mom. She dropped out of high school to take care of all of them, but her whole struggle is that she never actually took the time to really find herself away from her family. Because she's never really spent much time figuring out what she wants to do, her entire mentality is that she's a Gallagher, someone from the South Side, and that she'll never amount to much. Her finding out about Margot being a high school drop out and actually making a good life for herself was what Fiona needed. It pushed her to realize that she doesn't need to stay in that mindset. Moreover, her entire life has always been her trying to keep the family together, but now she realizes that's not her job anymore. If the other Gallaghers truly appreciate her and want to stay a family, then that's on them to put in the effort; it's not hers anymore since they're all grown up. Lip's always been an arrogant prick since S1. Yeah he's smart, but the way he sees himself compared to others hurts a lot of the chances given to him. Lip's a classic case of "gifted kid syndrome." He grew up hearing from his family, his peers, and his teachers praising him for how smart he is and how he actually might make it out. The problem with this is that Lip never really had to work hard to get these kinds of appraisals. Because of this, he kind of expects people to reward him for little effort. It's why he had a hard time adjusting to college his first year back in S4, and it's why he's struggling to adapt to his internship position. It's why he seems so entitled to everything despite growing up struggling like the rest of them. Ian seems to be doing fine for the most part. We see him motivated at his EMT job, and we know he's taking his meds. Even though it seems he's got it down, we obviously know that won't last, especially with what happened in this episode. There's not much to say about Ian this far in the season, so I'll save most of my comments for later. It's really surprising to see Debbie slowly becoming this despicable person considering how she was in the earlier seasons, but at the same time it's kind of expected. Compared to the others, I feel Debbie's the closest to Frank, so it makes sense why she'd adopt a lot of his personality than the others (I mean she even named her kid after him). We see her resorting to stealing, scams, and other shit that benefits her. Moreover, going back to the earlier seasons, we actually see these same traits popping up. She wanted a baby so she stole one, she was surprisingly convincing to the cops when they were trying to return the baby back, she blackmails Jimmy-Steve into buying her stuff to keep his second life a secret. I think where she is now is expected given how she was in earlier seasons. Carl's growth is so interesting to me. I always feel like his development over the course of the series runs opposite to Debbie's. Where Debbie's problematic behaviors were more covert, Carl obviously showed more violent, psychopathic ones in the earlier seasons. The episode where he saw Nick kill the kid definitely was a turning point with him, and we see his more violent, aggressive side more subdued in these more recent seasons.