This show may seem like a comedy at first but then you realize this could be reality for some people in this world and some of this situations happen all the time and it's just heart breaking to think about
A lot of what happens on shameless is exaggerated and there's like a 0% chance it will happen in real life but everything is rooted in reality. This shows is heavily based on a true story. They take real life and spin it a little for TV. Fantastic writing if you ask me.