The series is set on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and depicts the poor, dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a neglectful single father of six: Fiona, Phillip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam.
Meanwhile, Frank heads to trial when Faye sabotages him, while Lip takes a huge decision for the sake of Tami and Fred.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.89 million household viewers and gained a 0.23 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The police find Frank (William H. Macy) in a car with opioid pills and is subsequently arrested while Faye (Elizabeth Rodriguez) looks from afar.
Debbie (Emma Kenney) is hired by Claudia (Constance Zimmer) to become her house assistant, and Julia (Alison Jaye) seizes this to seduce her.
Kevin (Steve Howey) and Veronica (Shanola Hampton) offer themselves for an auction bid, in order to get their children enrolled in a prestigious school.
Club gave the episode a "B–" grade and wrote, "This ending seems to suggest this will be changing heading into the finale, which is good, but as with Lip's situation I'm not convinced the show is actually recognizing its shortcomings and prepared to course correct enough to get the season back on track.
"[4] Daniel Kurland of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote "This season of Shameless has featured some of the broadest stories that the show has ever explored, but also some of its most mature emotional material.
There's been a lot of denial and deflection this year, but Lip's leap forward is exactly the kind of event that's necessary to help bring focus to the conclusion of these stories.
"[5] Kimberly Ricci of Uproxx wrote "This won't end well for any member of the trio, but Debbie's also about to be more distracted by Lip's departure.