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Season 3  "Frank the Plumber"  3x9

Aired 11 years ago - Mar 17, 2013

Fiona starts a new office job but has a hard time fitting in with the corporate culture. In an attempt to get medical coverage, Frank inadvertently becomes involved in the gay rights movement where he meets Abraham Paige, a powerful activist.

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Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 1
You okay?
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Calling people by their name is not, nor should it ever be argued as, offensive.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 4
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Not my choice of words--
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Wait, wait, hang on. You applied to all those schools for me?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 7
- V, don't start that shit. - What are we talking about?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 8
I, uh... I gotta go.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 9
Yo, chief, I asked for a bone-dry cappuccino.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 10
You're not my mother.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 11
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That's the copy room, the warehouse, the kitchen, treadmill, water cooler.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 13
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 14
...you can push around with your homophobic rhetoric.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 15
If they say this, you say this. If they say this, you say this.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 16
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 17
Can't you shut the baby up?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 18
Which means for me, it's stand in line at the free clinic or suffer.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 19
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 20
My daughter's a mean girl.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 21
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 22
...I'm not allowed to share in his insurance benefits.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 23
Hi. Fiona Gallagher.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 24
...as it is trying to find a way to participate in this conversation...
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 25
Help me maintain that reputation as a hard-ass.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 26
Phillip?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 27
...thinking it would give you a leg up in business negotiations.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 28
- It was on the 12:00 news. - What?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 29
You're right. He's right, man.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 30
Gay is when you part the ass cheeks of a man and use your dick as a divining rod.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 31
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No 200-seat lectures taught by TA's. I just want the shit out in front of me.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 33
Great things don't happen in tiny little increments.
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May I transfer you to Sales?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 37
I know you're not meant for this life.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 38
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Even if you don't take me with you...
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 40
Oh, you wanna fag bash? That make you feel like a man?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 41
I'm with Mandy now.
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 42
Jesus. What-fucking-ever.
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And I'll survive, I will survive Hey, hey
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 46
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- I'm sorry you had to deal with that. - Is Frank really gay?
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 48
...and I'm sorry that I missed so many of your school events...
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 49
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Christopher, why? It was so good between us.
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Calling people by their name is not, nor should it ever be argued as, offensive.
#3
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Not my choice of words--
#5
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 6
Wait, wait, hang on. You applied to all those schools for me?
#6
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 7
- V, don't start that shit. - What are we talking about?
#7
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 8
I, uh... I gotta go.
#8
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 9
Yo, chief, I asked for a bone-dry cappuccino.
#9
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 10
You're not my mother.
#10
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That's the copy room, the warehouse, the kitchen, treadmill, water cooler.
#12
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...you can push around with your homophobic rhetoric.
#14
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If they say this, you say this. If they say this, you say this.
#15
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Can't you shut the baby up?
#17
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Which means for me, it's stand in line at the free clinic or suffer.
#18
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My daughter's a mean girl.
#20
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...I'm not allowed to share in his insurance benefits.
#22
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Hi. Fiona Gallagher.
#23
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...as it is trying to find a way to participate in this conversation...
#24
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 25
Help me maintain that reputation as a hard-ass.
#25
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 26
Phillip?
#26
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 27
...thinking it would give you a leg up in business negotiations.
#27
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 28
- It was on the 12:00 news. - What?
#28
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 29
You're right. He's right, man.
#29
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 30
Gay is when you part the ass cheeks of a man and use your dick as a divining rod.
#30
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No 200-seat lectures taught by TA's. I just want the shit out in front of me.
#32
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 33
Great things don't happen in tiny little increments.
#33
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May I transfer you to Sales?
#36
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I know you're not meant for this life.
#37
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Even if you don't take me with you...
#39
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 40
Oh, you wanna fag bash? That make you feel like a man?
#40
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 41
I'm with Mandy now.
#41
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 42
Jesus. What-fucking-ever.
#42
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And I'll survive, I will survive Hey, hey
#45
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- I'm sorry you had to deal with that. - Is Frank really gay?
#47
Recap of Shameless (US) Season 3 Episode 9 (S03E09) - 48
...and I'm sorry that I missed so many of your school events...
#48
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Christopher, why? It was so good between us.
#50
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