Not For The Kids! I did not like Showtime's "Shameless" because of one particularly delinquent character. The father. I was triggered by his addictive/drunken adventures even though he was surrounded by his family who had their own serious issues just for being his children. Codependency, anger, lacking in life skills but trying to survive. Even if they use dishonesty. They were his family.
"The Mick" on the other hand, and in my estimation gives me the dark impression that for the family/kids in "Shameless", there would eventually be some kind of redemption. The kids have to grow up fast without any sound parental guidance.
I don't like this kind of dark comedy especially when most times, Mickey, their aunt, sister to their mother who's in jail (white collar crime?), has blood on her face. She has no one to oversee her wayward attributes and perhaps a "someone will clean up my mess!" life style. All I can say is, I hope these kids survive her.