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. 05×09 Carl’s First Sentencing – 309 Points
  9. 04×05 There’s the Rub – 307 Points
  10. 01×09 But at Last Came a Knock – 300 Points (Linchpin Bonus)
  11. 03×09 Frank the Plumber – 294 Points
  12. 02×08 Parenthood – 293 Points
  13. 01×08 It’s Time To Kill the Turtle – 290 Points
  14. 04×08 Hope Springs Paternal – 288 Points
  15. 04×07 A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin – 287 Points
  16. 05×06 Crazy Love – 284 Points
  17. 02×04 A Beautiful Mess – 283 Points
  18. 05×11 Drugs Actually – 280 Points
  19. 03×11 Order Room Service – 279 Points
  20. 03×07 A Long Way From Home – 273 Points
  21. 01×03 Aunt Ginger – 270 Points (Removal of Penalty for Cupping)
  22. 02×10 A Great Cause – 267 Points
  23. 04×04 Strangers on a Train – 264 Points
  24. 02×11 Just Like the Pilgrims Intended – 263 Points
  25. 05×08 Uncle Carl – 262 Points
  26. 02×09 Hurricane Monica – 261 Points (Higher Core-Score Bonus)
  27. 01×10 Nana Gallagher Had an Affair – 260 Points
  28. 03×03 May I Trim Your Hedges? – 258 Points (Script Penalty)
  29. 01×07 Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father – 255 Points (Additional Linda Penalty)
  30. 01×11 Daddyz Girl – 253 Points (1 Leonard Point Removed)
  31. 01×04 Casey Casden – 250 Point (Rewatch Bonus)
  32. 05×10 South Side Rules – 249 Points
  33. 03×02 The American Dream – 247 Points
  34. 04×09 The Legend of Bonnie and Carl – 246 Points
  35. 06×06 NSFW – 241 Points
  36. 01×02 Frank the Plank – 240 Points
  37. 05×07 Tell Me You Fucking Need Me – 238 Points (Birthday/Carl Bonus)
  38. 02×06 Can I Have a Mother – 237 Points
  39. 03×06 Cascading Failures – 236 Points
  40. 03×08 Where There’s a Will – 235 Points
  41. 02×02 Summer Loving – 232 Points (Racism Penalty)
  42. 03×05 The Sins of My Caretaker 231 Points (Mickey & Ian Bonus)
  43. 06×08 Be a Good Boy, Come for Grandma – 230 Points
  44. 05×01 Milk of the Gods – 230 Points (Fun Season Opener Bonus)
  45. 03×04 The Helpful Gallaghers – 229 Points (Carl Bonus)
  46. 03×10 Civil Wrongs – 228 Points (Bradley Whitford Bonus)
  47. 06×10 Paradise Lost – 227 Points
  48. 05×05 Rite of Passage – 227 Points
  49. 04×02 My Oldest Daughter – 221 Points
  50. 04×03 Like Father, Like Daughter – 216 Points
  51. 06×04 Going Once, Going Twice – 215 Points
  52. 02×05 Father’s Day – 215 Points
  53. 04×01 Simple Pleasures – 212 Points
  54. 01×01 Pilot – 211 Points (Rewatch Bonus)
  55. 06×05 Refugees – 210 Points
  56. 02×03 I’ll Light A Candle for you Every Day – 210 Points
  57. 06×09 A Yurt of One’s Own – 209 Points
  58. 02×01 Summertime – 209 Points
  59. 06×03 The F Word – 204 Points
  60. 02×07 A bottle of Jean Nate – 204 Points
  61. 05×12 Love Song (in the Key of Gallagher) 203 (Emotional Resonance Penalty)
  62. 05×03 The Two Lisas – 200 Points
  63. 06×02 #AbortionRules – 194 Points (3 points added after discussing 06×03)
  64. 05×04 A Night To Remem- Wait? What? – 190 Points
  65. 03×01 El Gran Cañón – 187 Points
  66. 05×02 I’m the Liver – 186 Points
  67. 01×06 Killer Carl – 170 Points
  68. 01×05 Three Boys – 160 Points
  69. 06×01 I Only Miss Her When I’m Breathing – 142 Points