LOL.
I was all for open ended but that was SO open ended asdfghlk.
Anyway, I loved all the Ian/Mickey scenes. Surprised they didn't mention Yevgeny during the baby scene but I really shouldn't have been. They really just never mention characters again after they've left, huh?
And they really cut the linked arms toast they used in the promo? Mfers owe us so many deleted scenes...
Someone better talk Lip out of selling the house for SEVENTY FIVE K ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? The only reason to sell was to make money by taking advantage of gentrification. He really needs to just move back in, with Tami and Fred and the new kid, and keep the roof they actually already own over everybody's heads. I'm choosing to believe he will.
I liked the idea of Ian and Mickey buying the Alibi but I'll take it for Carl! He hates being a cop anyway. Plus he can move in upstairs and make more room in the house. Again, I am choosing to believe that's what happens.
Debs is surely going to Texas anyway so that frees up even more room for Lip and his fam plus Liam.
Debbie has shown herself to be a terrible mother all season and although introducing Heidi at the last minute was a dumb waste of time (Elise Eberle really got screwed this season) I think it really just shows she's going to follow in Frank's footsteps as a terrible mother, bad person etc. I feel sorry for Franny but I guess that's the point. Those kids all grew up with shitty parents and we felt sorry for them. Now it's, sadly, Franny's turn to feel the family legacy.
Lip's in a bad spot right now but I liked that he swallowed his pride and actually got back to work, albeit shitty work, to support his family. Sidenote: Tami rocks.
I liked the Ian and Lip brothers talk too. Lip's had a shit year but I do think he is determined not to follow in Frank's footsteps and I don't fear for his long-term sobriety (even if he has a few relapses).
After those pointed glances up at the 'Think foundry' (a tech place?) I do feel hopeful that Lip is going to figure out a way to use his intelligence to either go back to college and/or find some way to pull himself out of this mess and to bring in real money to support his family. Something Frank never managed.
Uh, Frank. You know, going up to heaven with a never-ending glass of beer was probably more than he deserved. I do like that he actually died in the end. Fitting, I think. And I'm a sucker but I totally teared up at all the flashbacks of him thinking about the kids.
I wonder what happened to the flashbacks of him as a young man that were supposedly filmed by that other actor? I guess we'll never know.
