The ShameList

South Side Rules – A Shameless Podcast discusses every episode of Shameless ever and at the end of each podcast we rank the episode – using our Shameless Scoring Matrix – and put it on the ShameList!

Fell free to comment and tell us how wrong we are and please do send us your scores, if you are playing along!

The ShameList

  1. 04×11 Emily – 345 Points
  2. 03×12 Survival of the Fittest – 342 Points
  3. 04×06 Iron City – 330 Points
  4. 02×12 Fiona Interrupted – 329 Points (+1 Underdog Bonus)
  5. 04×12 Lazarus 328 Points
  6. 04×10 Liver, I Hardly Know Her – 317 Points
  7. 01×12 Father Frank, Full of Grace – 310 Points
  8. 04×05 There’s the Rub – 307 Points
  9. 01×09 But at Last Came a Knock – 300 Points (Linchpin Bonus)
  10. 03×09 Frank the Plumber – 294 Points
  11. 02×08 Parenthood – 293 Points
  12. 01×08 It’s Time To Kill the Turtle – 290 Points
  13. 04×08 Hope Springs Paternal – 288 Points
  14. 04×07 A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin – 287 Points
  15. 05×06 Crazy Love – 284 Points
  16. 02×04 A Beautiful Mess – 283 Points
  17. 03×11 Order Room Service – 279 Points
  18. 03×07 A Long Way From Home – 273 Points
  19. 01×03 Aunt Ginger – 270 Points (Removal of Penalty for Cupping)
  20. 02×10 A Great Cause – 267 Points
  21. 04×04 Strangers on a Train – 264 Points
  22. 02×11 Just Like the Pilgrims Intended – 263 Points
  23. 02×09 Hurricane Monica – 261 Points (Higher Core-Score Bonus)
  24. 01×10 Nana Gallagher Had an Affair – 260 Points
  25. 03×03 May I Trim Your Hedges? – 258 Points (Script Penalty)
  26. 01×07 Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father – 255 Points (Additional Linda Penalty)
  27. 01×11 Daddyz Girl – 253 Points (1 Leonard Point Removed)
  28. 01×04 Casey Casden – 250 Point (Rewatch Bonus)
  29. 03×02 The American Dream – 247 Points
  30. 04×09 The Legend of Bonnie and Carl – 246 Points
  31. 01×02 Frank the Plank – 240 Points
  32. 02×06 Can I Have a Mother – 237 Points
  33. 03×06 Cascading Failures – 236 Points
  34. 03×08 Where There’s a Will – 235 Points
  35. 02×02 Summer Loving – 232 Points (Racism Penalty)
  36. 03×05 The Sins of My Caretaker 229 Points
  37. 05×01 Milk of the Gods – 228 Points (CLASH)
  38. 03×04 The Helpful Gallaghers – 228 Points (CLASH)
  39. 05×05 Rite of Passage – 227 (CLASH)
  40. 03×10 Civil Wrongs – 227 Points (CLASH)
  41. 04×02 My Oldest Daughter – 221 Points
  42. 04×03 Like Father, Like Daughter – 216 Points
  43. 02×05 Father’s Day – 215 Points
  44. 04×01 Simple Pleasures – 212 Points
  45. 01×01 Pilot – 211 Points (Rewatch Bonus)
  46. 02×03 I’ll Light A Candle for you Every Day – 210 Points
  47. 05×03 The Two Lisas – 200 Points
  48. 02×01 Summertime – 209 Points
  49. 02×07 A bottle of Jean Nate – 204 Points
  50. 05×04 A Night To Remem- Wait? What? – 190 Points
  51. 05×02 I’m the Liver – 186 Points
  52. 03×01 El Gran Cañón – 187 Points
  53. 01×06 Killer Carl – 170 Points
  54. 01×05 Three Boys – 160 Points