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* Carl behaves like a poser in season 6, including himself in the black community, telling people he is black, and calling everybody else white. Many fans think this is funny, but remember - Liam is black. Carl really thinks he is part black, only learning he isn't after taking a DNA test.

* Carl asks Fiona what [[spoiler: jail]] was like in the Season 4 episode “A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, And Parasitic Twin”, to which Fiona responds, “Don’t end up there.” Towards the end of Season 5, [[spoiler: Carl is put in juvie after attempting to smuggle drugs and gets caught up in a violent gang.]]

* Carl asks Fiona what [[spoiler: jail]] was like in the Season 4 episode “A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, And Parasitic Twin”, to which Fiona responds, “Don’t end up there.” Towards the end of Season 5, [[spoiler: Carl gets put in juvie after attempting to smuggle drugs and gets caught up in a violent gang.]]

** Ian’s [[spoiler: bipolar disorder, which he got as a result of mother Monica, who also has the disorder,]] is hinted at strongly in earlier seasons, particularly this exchange with Fiona way back in Season 1:

** Another time [[spoiler: Lip’s addiction and Ian’s bipolar disorder]] are foreshadowed is when the two have this conversation:

* In the Season 4 finale “Lazarus” Lip says to Fiona that alcoholism isn’t genetic, but the nature part of nature versus nurture. In Season 6, [[spoiler: Lip becomes much like father Frank in that he drinks a lot, and, by Season 7, is an alcoholic.]]

* Ian’s [[spoiler: bipolar disorder, which he got as a result of mother Monica, who also has the disease,]] is hinted at strongly in earlier seasons, particularly this exchange with Fiona way back in Season 1:

-->[[spoiler: '''Ian:''' He ain’t seen nothing yet.]]

* In the Season 4 finale “Lazarus” Lip says to Fiona that alcoholism isn’t genetic, but the nature part of nature versus nurture. In Season 6, [[spoiler: Lip becomes much like father Frank in that he drinks a lot, and, by Season 7, is an alcoholic.]]

** Lampshaded by Lip and Fiona as they begin to acknowledge in Season 1's finale that leaving their younger siblings with Frank and Monica might not be so bad after all.

* Frank and Monica are generally portrayed as terrible parents for the Gallagher children to have, due to their neglectful tendencies, extreme selfishness, and not being above deserting the family home and children when a better offer comes their way. But when you start to look at it from another angle, Lip has a high [=IQ=], and Fiona, Debbie and Ian are extremely giving and proactive. Carl can be seen as the black sheep, because he's fairly dumb and a trouble maker more than not. You can't help but wonder if they would have had the motivation to push themselves on like that, had their family home been 'too welcoming and homely'. Frank and Monica are terrible parents, but it was their terrible parenting that ironically led to their children all being far more independent and proactive than they otherwise could be, simply because they had no choice but to fend for themselves.

* Frank and Monica are generally portrayed as terrible parents for the Gallagher children to have, due to their neglecting tenancies, extreme selfishness, and not being above deserting the family home and children when a better offer comes their way. But when you start to look at it from another angle, Lip has a high [=IQ=], and Fiona, Debbie and Ian are extremely giving and proactive. Carl can be seen as the black sheep, because he's fairly dumb and a trouble maker more than not. You can't help but wonder if they would have had the motivation to push themselves on like that, had their family home been 'too welcoming and homely'. Frank and Monica are terrible parents, but it was their terrible parenting that ironically led to their children all being far more independent and proactive than they otherwise could be, simply because they had no choice but to fend for themselves.

** Lampshaded by Lip and Fiona as they begin to acknowledge in the Season 1's finale that leaving their younger siblings with Frank and Monica might not be so bad after all.

** The whole above paragraph is lampshaded by Lip in the final episode after him and Fiona begin to acknowledge that leaving their younger siblings with Frank and Monica might not be so bad after all.

* Frank and Monica are generally portrayed as terrible parents for the Gallagher children to have, due to their neglecting tenancies, extreme selfishness, and not being above deserting the family home and children when a better offer comes their way. But when you start to look at it from another angle, Lip and Liam have high [=IQs=], and Fiona, Debbie and Ian are extremely giving and proactive. Carl can be seen as the black sheep, because he's fairly dumb and lazy more than not. But eventually, in time, all of the Gallagher children were able to leave the Chadsworth Estate hellhole, and find other opportunities outside. You can't help but wonder if they would have had the motivation to push themselves on like that, had their family home been 'too welcoming and homely'. I mean sure, Frank and Monica are terrible parents, but it was their terrible parenting that ironically led to their children all being far more independent and proactive than they otherwise could be, simply because they had no choice but to fend for themselves.