It’s gonna take Lip some time - if ever - to come around to the idea that he should maybe get clean. So the idea of him getting help or not drinking is such a foreign concept. His father’s a drinker, his mother’s a drinker, he grew up in the Alibi. It’s a weird cultural thing: Where he grew up, drinking is so sewn into the culture that he doesn’t know anything else. Do you think Lip recognizes he’s an alcoholic? He ends up in the hospital for alcohol poisoning, but is more concerned about paying the bill than he is getting long-term help. Lip’s downward spiral has led to serious alcohol abuse. But he couldn’t bring himself to it, or at the very least he couldn’t show Ian how much he really cares. He wanted to ask more and see how she was. He goes inside and sees Ian after he runs into Mandy and asks whose Jeep it was. That’s hard for him, to think he lost someone who maybe could’ve been very good for him. Reflecting on that now, where he is in his life, he knows how much she cared. Lip, at the time they were together, was so bruised from his world falling apart with Karen that he was sort of ignorant to how much Mandy truly cared about him. She wanted him to do well and be the best person he could be. Something that was so special about Mandy, in regard to their relationship, was she truly cares. What do you think was going through Lip’s head when they crossed paths in the Gallagher house, having each had a traumatic night? They don’t say a word to each other. Lip also got a blast from the past from his ex, Mandy. This was the first time he was stimulated intellectually in a relationship, and the idea of that was really appealing.
Growing up, Lip was always the smartest person in the room. He’d had a relationship with his roommate’s girlfriend for a while, Amanda, but he really admired how intelligent Helene was. She represented something so new for Lip. What was it about Helene that made him want to be a better man? Lip has generally mistreated the women he’s involved. And when that professor let him down as well, I think that’s when everything truly fell apart for Lip. He started down this rabbit hole, and when that all fell apart - even with Professor Youens, he started to form a healthy relationship with his professor, someone in his life who he had admired and could look up to for the first time. And she gave him no reason to think that was a possibility, but he kind of ran with it anyway, in his head. He was creating this world in which it was possible that they could be together, even though she has a family and a husband. He’s always had issues finding a healthy romantic relationship, and in the beginning of this season he was really starting to fall for his professor, Helene. No matter how dark things got, they were able to continue on, and it’s scary to see Lip at a point where it’s hard to find hope. And I think the Gallaghers - Lip included - have always had this survival instinct.
He’s never lost as much as I think he’s already lost this season, which makes it all the more worse. I think while there’s been some tough times and he’s gone through his fair share of shit, there’s never been so much at stake before. It’s been a rough time, he can’t catch a break. I don’t think he’s ever had such a depressing season, and that’s saying something. Vulture caught up with Jeremy Allen White ahead of the show’s season 6 finale to talk about Lip’s alcohol abuse, mistakes with women, and why he’s dangerously close to following in his father’s crooked footsteps. This season, Lip’s illicit romance with an older professor (Sasha Alexander) and unprofessional friendship with another professor he TA’s for (Alan Rosenberg) have caught up with him, sending him on a downward spiral of reckless behavior that might jeopardize everything he’s worked for. But as is the Gallagher curse, he’s stumbled along the way. A pillar of strength for the wayward Gallaghers (of which he’s the oldest son), he’s the perfect balance of book and street smart - the kid in the neighborhood who everyone hoped would make it out of Chicago’s South Side and become the first in his family to graduate college. Since 2011, Shameless fans have come to know the ever-resourceful Lip Gallagher to fight his way out of every hardship life throws his way, be it with his fists or foul mouth.
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