Maxine is desperate to make a good impression at her parents' party so cajoles Ian into pretending to be her boyfriend. He reluctantly agrees, but their act unearths deep feelings that take everyone by surprise.

Meanwhile, Carl realises what he's lost by splitting up with Maxine so he is determined to win her back. But Carl soon finds love and hate are two sides of the same coin when Micky reveals a painful secret.

At the Jockey, Mimi does her best to conceal Karen's illness after she returns from the psychiatric unit. While Karen settles back into Chatsworth life, Jamie struggles to cope with the reality of living with mental illness. Escaping for a night out, Jamie meets Michelle, a Madame of a thriving male Escort Agency who plans to seduce him into a murky but lucrative new job.

While Lillian is away, Kelly takes control of the brothel and is soon making a fortune from an untapped market. Paddy is keen to get in on the action but Kelly's not interested, so he forces Chesney to become part of the Maguire organisation and accept an offer he can't refuse.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 7 Episode 5 of Shameless (UK) resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Shameless (UK) Season 7 Episodes...

• s07e01 - Perfectly Frank
• s07e02 - Gunshot
• s07e03 - Out of Control
• s07e04 - Toyboy
• s07e05 - The Things You Do For Love
• s07e06 - From Chatsworth to Cuba
• s07e07 - Reunited
• s07e08 - Marry Me (1)
• s07e09 - The Wild Wales (2)
• s07e10 - Great Dangers (3)
• s07e11 - Fallen Heroes
• s07e12 - Boxer
• s07e13 - Keep it in the Family
• s07e14 - Secret Relations
• s07e15 - The End of the Affair
• s07e16 - Gang Wars

Shameless (UK) Show Summary

Blisteringly funny, offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago, Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona, who looks after Carl, Debbie and baby Liam. She is occasionally helped, more often hindered, by reluctant virgin 'Lip' and the actively gay, but very private, Ian.

Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures, triumphs, love, scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate, where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen.