In A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, And Parasitic Twin, Mickey, after having been informed by Mandy about Ian's current situation, attempts to get Ian to return home. He goes home, only to find the walls were blocked with cement, courtesy of Frank getting revenge on his children for trying to kill him and kicking him out. His therapist interviews him and asks him questions, which results in the therapist clinically diagnosing him with bipolar disorder. He likes the house and Ian doesn't like it. Svetlana walks in on him, with a hammer, and threatens to "smash his orange head" if he continues to stay at her and Mickey's home. Ian is unresponsive and argues with an aggravated Mickey. Ian struggles with life after prison, building a future with Mickey and his own insecurities, but eventually he and Mickey get engaged and are eventually married. However, Caleb convinces him to go back and make a case for hiring him in spite of his disease. In Emily Ian and Mickey's relationship takes center stage. 'Shameless': 12 Things We Learned From the Season 10 Trailer (PHOTOS) From a new Gallagher family addition to Ian's prison reunion. In Face It, You're Gorgeous, Ian is sentenced to two years in prison, he enjoys his last day packing up his belongings and decides to sit at home, while talking to his family. [35] In 2014, Hollywood.com named Ian Gallagher in their list of "Favorite LGBTQ Characters on TV".[36]. While playing basketball in the court, he noticed the airplane carrying Fiona and smiled as he silently wished his sister well. Ian is shocked to learn that "Ned" is really Lloyd, Jimmy's father, who sends repeated text messages to Ian suggesting they get together again. He is amused by these tales and tells his sister of what he has been up such as his hair being shaved, Mickey being up in Laundry. As he is about to kidnap Blake, Ian makes a speech: "My God's a gay, my God's a trans, my God's a junkie." They find and abandoned house full of Ian's stuff, but not him. Ian gets suspicious over that friend's being a female. Ian answers by tossing his bag in the front seat and getting in the car. He is depicted as gay for the first three seasons, but from the fourth series on-wards he is shown to have had several sexual relationships with women. Eye color After Ian is interrupted, the boy pleads with Ian not to tell anyone then Mickey slightly beats the boy up who runs off. Ian replies, "My kids need safety." Ian was devastated by the betrayal of Samantha Slott who told the army of his AWOL choices. Ian apologizes. Then we see Trevor with Ian, now he volunteers to show his ID to Ian. He adds he did not know Lloyd was Jimmy's father when he met him at the club. They both start to drink beer. Lip suggests they plant Grammy's old gun in the Milkovich home; this will violate Terry's parole and, if the gun is tied to a murder, could get him incarcerated for life. The last scene involves Ian, pouring water onto a sleeping Fiona. Ian soon talks to the same prisoners who recommended he shank a prisoner to stay in jail. He also comments that he finds the idea of the army police searching for him "hilarious", and that he did not "steal anything", he just "started the rotors". Ian is initially shocked to see Mickey, but quickly becomes angry that Mickey had him blindfolded and kidnapped. The two have a sad dispute and Monica, who has been with them tries to calm Ian down. During Season 9, Ian is sent to prison to serve a two-year sentence, where he is reunited with Mickey Milkovich and his character was temporarily retired from the series, making an appearance in the season finale before Fiona leaves. Ian gets upset and tells Lip that Fiona, his sister, just like Lip is his brother, and he's happy living with them despite all their troubles with Frank who he still sees as his father since he was the only one he had. It is noted by Lip and Lucy that Clayton resembles Ian after Lucy calls Clayton away. After Frank ruins Fiona's wedding to Sean, Ian joins Debbie, Carl, Kevin, Veronica, Svetlana and Caleb in taking revenge on Frank by kidnapping him, driving him to a bridge over the freezing Chicago river, and dumping him in. The 10th season concluded in Mickey Milkovich and Ian Gallagher's long-awaited and hard-won nuptials. Ian is not as intelligent as Lip, but he is more physically fit. Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model. After a brief one-year break that was supposed to be a permanent leave, Cameron Monaghan will play Ian in Shameless Season 10. The money is not enough for Carl, actually. While Ian continues his life in Fuck Paying It Forward, he learns about Lip not getting action with ladies and Sean being back in Fiona's life. These are all signs of Ian's increasingly reckless and impulsive behavior, which can be attributed to his bipolar diagnosis. Ian safeguards Debbie and Liam in the time. Ian still has not told Mickey if he plans to go to Mexico with him, so Mickey asks, "Is this goodbye?" Ian confesses to being bi-polar and is sent to two years in prison, where he finds that Mickey is his new cellmate and the reunited lovers resume their relationship. The next morning, a stranger bumps into Ian on his way to work and continues walking. 24 Ian tries to convince Mickey not to harm Kevin as they walk into his house. Ian is going to continue these protests, with his "kids". Biographical Information Mickey replies by publicly announcing that he is gay. This overall weird condition lasts till Ian loses an injured woman and goes to Trevor's house for comfort. Ian is also self-conscious of his bipolar condition, which he inherited from his mother and often feels inadequate as it prevents him from certain things. Later on, he confronts Caleb on his affair but the latter admits to being bisexual. Mickey says it is just a piece of paper, but Ian does not think so. He and Mickey make a date after Ian gets his check before he and mickey tease Sandy to respond to Sandy's words about their closeness. Ian with his uncle/presumed father Clayton. He enlists Mickey and a couple of his cousins to do it. The next day, Ian wakes up for his hearing and finds his family and friends waiting for him. His former teammates are moved, and refuse to make the next run unless the boss puts back Ian on the team. Byron insults Mickey, causing Ian to beat Byron up while Mickey knocked out Cole for his own comments. He also now has regular contact with Lloyd, which has turned into somewhat of a friends-with-benefits relationship. They go to the storage unit to get something of Monica's. After meeting his presumed father (Frank's brother), Ian chose not to broach the subject and accepted Frank was his father, just as Lip and the others are his siblings. Wyatt, however, is eliminated from consideration because he lost his testicles while serving in the Navy. He helped around the house and assisted Mickey and Svetlana with the care of their son Yevgeny. After evading them, he comes out to Mandy, who not only calls off her brothers but suggests that she be his sham girlfriend to deflect any questions about his sexuality. He said that "Ian is smart and he's tough and he's brave and he's really caring and responsible - and I think that's not always shown in one character. Ian and Trevor become an official couple and Trevor comes to realize the "true" Frank. When Maxine's brother, Bruce (Philip Hill-Pearson) asks if their being in a relationship means Ian is now "bisexual", Ian pauses, before saying he just believes he has found the right person. They go there and attend the Priest's speech, who's trying to "free" a lesbian girl of her "sin" of "homosexuality". [10], Season two opens the following Summer. Mickey tells Ian, "I knew you'd come," and kisses him passionately. A trailer Showtime posted last week shows Ian Gallagher reuniting with love interest Mickey Milkovich (Noel Fisher) in prison. Ian's choice is accepted by his brother and by an overhearing Clayton. Shameless’ tenth season premiere ends on a moment of Gallagher family unity. Ian also warned Frank of the danger he was in but listened to his father's words about his life. Mandy later explains that when Terry drinks he sometimes mistakes her for her deceased mother but insists "it's no big deal". When they call out for Ian, they are approached by a naked woman who threatens to shoot them. Ian is still so bothered by the fact that Mickey is getting married to a woman that he starts to drink heavily, getting very drunk just before the wedding. He ends up calling out to Mickey and calling his wife a whore. Debbie is worried and has been arguing with Fiona about reporting him to the police as a missing person, but Fiona says she trusts Ian and does not see the need to do so. He tells Fiona that he's gay and Fiona claims she already knows. He also portrayed Cal Kestis in the action-adventure game Star Wars Jedi: … They find an abandoned church. Later that night, he is alerted by Paula's arrival and he watches her speak to Mickey before she shifts attention to Ian and takes him for a ride. They break in and discover Terry already has several guns; they plant theirs anyway. The two enter the bank and Mickey thinks they are going to rob it. [30], Several critics have praised Ian's dynamic with Lip. Ian is also put off by Frank's change and believes he lost his mind. Ian visits Mandy to ask her to get him something. Ian sees Sean at their biological father's funeral and later tells the truth to Sean, who wants to keep seeing Ian, but eventually agrees that they can not ignore their familial relationship. After overhearing Byron bad-mouthing Mickey and his qualities, Ian is inspired to not only leap to Mickey's defense, but to propose to Mickey himself. The dad stops, calling his son and some other homosexual people follow Ian and Trevor, out of the Church. That night, Ian is asleep in his bunk before Mickey bribes a guard. She is concerned over his disinterest in returning back to school. They inform her of who they are and why before she gives them the names of Frank's brothers for cigarettes. At the funeral is a church group who is holding an anti-gay protest. In the ensuing altercation the pair realizes their attraction and has sex. Ian stays to have fun at the game and encounters Tony Markovich who he greets with a hug and is shocked to see he is gay. But they fight back and overpower the thug, and drag him back unconscious to their house. In Where's My Meth?, he talks to Carl about their mother but seemingly the methamphetamine matters to Carl more than their mother. Lloyd later asks Ian if he could break into his house to steal back his things since his soon-to-be ex-wife changed the locks. But Ian wants to see the scene completely. The military police show Lip a picture of Ian and ask if he recognizes him; Lip covers for him by saying he has never seen him before. Cameron Monaghan She allows Ian to keep his job, but strictly forbids any sexual encounters between the two until she successfully conceives. Ian is saved when Jimmy's wife Estafania hits him over the head with a frying pan.[20]. While he is excited, Mickey is not too pleased. Ian also expressed pleasure in Frank's disownment until Frank took revenge by taking Liam and blocking the family out of the house. To try to prove his worth, Ian attempts to tape a confession from Jimmy, but Jimmy sees through his plan and savagely beats him. Ian eventually gets paroled with Mickey being paroled not long after, but they get a corrupt parole officer. Ian admits to Debbie that he misses Monica and they reminisce on how Monica would've loved the wedding. Mickey tries to persuade him not to leave, but still fails to express his feelings. [3], When the series opens, Ian is involved in a sexual relationship with Kash, owner of the Kash and Grab, the neighborhood convenience store where Ian works. Mickey, who was waiting, intervenes and assaults the man. In the finale he's visited by Fiona who tells of what's going on in his absence. Ian helps in the search for Fiona while Mickey has an encounter with Kevin. Ian now lives in the house of Danny's deceased grandfather, which was leased to him by Danny's aunt, Pegg, in gratitude for looking after him. [21] He later realizes that Mickey cares about him when he follows him and Lloyd to a gay bar. Portrayed by After breaking up the lap dance, Mickey is told by Ian that he will only stay if he pays for a lap dance. Being free triggers his manic episode, and he tries to hear Shim, an-invented word for the genderless God. Due to this, he takes a break from work. Alive Ian later comes onto Caleb who rebuffs his advances and calls him childish. Aliases He repeatedly has sex with a girl he is briefly hiding in his home for her protection, but when she asks him to leave with her, he declines, knowing a relationship would not work. Despite stating he hates him, Ian was worried when Mickey plotted to kill Frank for discovering he was gay. He and Lip teased Carl for his circumcision but stop after he tells him that it already hurt without them making him feel less like a Gallagher. Lip receives a visit from two Military Police officers who inform him that Ian is wanted for attempting to steal a helicopter and other military equipment and being absent without leave. As seen in Are You There Shim? Because he is unaware of his parentage at the time, Ian also unknowingly sleeps with his half-brother. Ian is introduced as the third eldest of the Gallagher Family, he is revealed to be gay and closeted. Ian eventually admits to insecurities about how Mickey can love Ian with all of his issues when Mickey could potentially find someone better. Happy with this, Ian quickly face times his brother Lip who is surprised to see him. Mickey asks if he will see Ian again, and Ian takes the unlit cigarette out of Mickey's mouth to kiss him before replacing the cigarette and leaving. He had several flings with Kash and Lloyd but neither of them worked out because of their complicated lives getting too much for him, resulting in Ian dumping them. Lip and Fiona tell the police Ian has bipolar disorder. However, Ian hesitates at the idea of marrying Mickey, eventually revealing that a lot of it stems from insecurities over how Mickey could love Ian with all of his issues when Mickey could potentially find someone better. This seems to be the end of the relationship, as Ian's sexuality may might turn out to be the source of future infidelities. A few days later at Fiona's insistence her erstwhile boyfriend Jimmy arranges a dinner for the Gallagher's and his family. In Series 7 in 2010, it appears Ian has remained at Danny's old address and has accepted Micky as a tenant. After a short battle, Ian confesses that he feels like he is trapped in Lip's shadow. He tells his sister to go to a group home in order to get a read her child that will be a complete disaster for Peppa. Terry tells him of his experience there and advises Ian to flee while he had the chance. He is picked up by an older gentleman who calls himself Ned; they spend the night together. They thank Ian, and the boy who tried to commit suicide hugs him. Ian starts to learn that the world is not only black and white and gray and he is also falling for Trevor, sensing that his feelings are not mutual this time. Ian answers the phone and is greeted by Mickey asking if Ian missed him. His appearance and behavior are different, he wears a glittery top and makeup, and he acts as though he is on drugs. As he settles in, Ian finds out his old lover Mickey is his cellmate, to his surprise. Ian protests his father's choice but Frank tells him along with his other children (except Liam) to leave him alone since they have shown him how they feel (throwing him off a bridge and insulting his since his return) and they leave. Ian gets along with all his siblings who were aware of his sexuality long before he revealed it and accepted regardless. Mickey is out of his element at the party, starting with not shaking hands with Ian's friend to having an awkward conversation with one of the other guests who asks Mickey what he does for a living. He notes to Fiona on Frank's genuine love for Monica before he watches Frank ask Fiona for a dance. Meanwhile, Mickey Milkovich, one of Mandy's brothers and an aggressive shop lifter, due to whom Linda had installed the security cameras that revealed Kash's and Ian's relationship to her, has been terrorizing Kash and steals the gun kept in the store for protection. In Which America?, Ian continues to have problems with Mickey and soon gets a letter telling him he has a parole hearing. Fiona asks Ian for cash and he gives Fiona a few crumbled bills. After a paternity reveals that Liam is Frank's biological son, both Ian and Lip decide to get a test to see if they are not his kids. [3] Kash, a Muslim, is married to Linda, a white woman who converted to marry him, and has two children with her. Ian later finds the fireman who saved him, Caleb, and flirts with him; however, Caleb is different from his previous partners in that he wants a real date, and Ian begins his first real relationship. He is shown to have made amends with his father, since he didn't kick him out the house and is amused by his dancing for Monica. When Frank's liver fails, Carl takes it on himself to find him an organ donor. He is picked up by an older gentleman who calls himself Ned; they spend the night together. In the next episode, Ian jokingly wants to give Carl money to kill Fiona. He soon reunited with Fiona and V before they watch the scene and the cops take both away. He leaves, claiming to feel better. The third season takes place several months after the incident with Frank. Ian like his siblings resents his father Frank for his neglect and his treatment of him since his mother Monica left them. After this kiss, both of the guys discuss and seemingly both of them have worries. This surprises Ian since Caleb was different from his other partners. Ian gives Mickey the money, and Mickey gives Ian one last kiss before crossing the border alone. The family find Frank opened a homeless shelter, and he turns them away for the acts on him. Worried, Ian tries to warn Frank of mickey's intentions but Franks casts it aside since he was dealing with his mother's dying though gives Ian advice. He tries to confront Mickey again, pleading him not to go through with it. Later on, Mickey and Ian go to the field where they had sex at a couple years ago. He again accuses Maxine of wanting to be with Carl, to which she tells Ian she just doesn't want to be with him. Carl is seen as a trouble maker in Season 1, after almost facing expulsion. She suggest Ian and Lip fight to get out their issues like she had her sons do. Mickey is seen to be missing him and secretly pining for him. He says he still uses his ID which he got before his operation. They maintain the sexual relationship although Mickey denies any emotional attraction to Ian, who cools off his relationship with Kash. Ian and Mickey finally got married in the season 10 finale of ‘Shameless.’ The wedding was equally sweet and crazy, as all epic ‘Shameless’ moments are. Relatives Mickey seems unfazed and asks, "Then why are you here?" Trevor, who's there at that moment, takes Fiona's advice and goes to see a building for the homeless kids. Kevin asks if Ian minds the man watching him and Ian says that he does not. He states he wanted the "shit talking, bitch slapping piece of southside trash he fell for". They see Mandy having lunch with her abusive boyfriend, Kenyatta. Ian walks in to jump to Mickey's defense of being taken and talks with Sandy. [2], Ian Clayton Gallagher was born in 1996, the product of a PCP-fueled affair between his mother Monica and Clayton Gallagher, Frank's brother, in the summer of 1995. Ian overhears their talk and decides to leave. It definitely ends when Kash, who can no longer reconcile being gay and being married, leaves. As the game dwindled down, she tried to make moves to get rid of Ian and Tom, but to no avail. On a date, Trevor refuses to go to a bar in which they ask for IDs. Ian and Maxine begin to develop feelings for each other and have sex. Eventually, Lloyd reveals that he is pansexual when he is kicked out of his house and calls Jimmy soon after. In the season 5 premiere, Ian is at the Milkovich house and is helping Svetlana with Yevgeny. After considering it, Ian dyes his hair in black and gets a bus ticket, preparing to flee. All of them say no, then Ian says "I'll do it" to which Mickey responds "No, you will go overboard and kill the son of a bitch." Ian invites Mickey to come see him perform at the club that night. He confesses to be a transgender man. Ian gets a EMT job and has a good first day but then his boss runs a background check on him and finds out about his stay in the mental ward. Ian and Mickey end up dancing to Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" and they later drive off in a Mercedes owned by Frank's ex Faye to their honeymoon. When Veronica appears to tell them something about Frank, Ian sees Frank has opened a homeless shelter in a empty house not far from the house. Ian then wakes Mickey up to let him know that Ian has to leave for work. Ian is given a burner phone that Mickey had smuggled in. When Mickey and Fiona go to visit Ian, he is out of it, and distracted. At first, Ian tries to bond with Fred but Tami tells him she is busy with him. Mandy says that he would know it when he looks in his eyes. Mickey tells Ian that he has to be released in order to meet his new addition to the family and that they will work something out. When they walk in, Sammi tells Ian he's a great kid who will be going places, but he will have troubles ahead of him. However, he did try to redirect Samantha's son Chuckie Slott from his misguided views from juvie. Mickey calms him down, and they leave. After all, he is the episode’s “Gay Jesus.” That nickname was bestowed upon the … Mickey is surprised when the teller asks Ian if he is sure he wants to withdraw all of his money and close his account. Kevin asks if Ian finds him hot, but before Ian is able to give an answer, Sierra interrupts them, by serving their coffees. In Swipe, Fuck, Leave, he is pleased Frank disowns them since it was already a shame. Eventually Kash catches the two having sex in the store and, in response, shoots Mickey in the leg and has him arrested following Mickey's brazen theft of a candy bar. Ian initially goes to work like normal, but tells Sue that he is sick and leaves. Even with the lingering animosity from Carl and Micky, Ian and Maxine are happy but they are thrown into turmoil when Carl, along with Chesney Karib (Qasim Akhtar), runs away after being accused of murder. Ian and his kids, with the support of these priests, make more protests in order to help the homosexuals going forcefully to Church and one priest, against Ian, has a heart-attack. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Mickey was informed that Paula was killed after being thrown out of a window. After the parole officer's murder, Ian proposes on the basis that they can't be forced to testify against each other if they are married, but Ian's cold feet ends their relationship again. That night, Ian and his siblings try to get rid of Frank but he maintains his stance and drops a raccoon to torture them. Naturally, Shameless fans have a lot of feelings about this.They, however, have one massive question. When Ian and the rest of the Gallagher children are taken away by child protective services, Mickey lets him stay at his house since his father Terry was away on an extended hunting trip. Ian replies, "I wish she had a dick." Ian welcomes Mickey to his nightmare, now that he has to share this. The two are happily reunited and kiss, concluding Ian's story on a good note. As Lip waits to hear Tami’s condition after she suffered complications during the birth of their son, he finds himself alone with the newest member of the family. He appears manic, offering them drinks and seeming very distracted. Ian proposes to Mickey on the spot, only to have Mickey interrupt his speech and accept his proposal, leading the two to kiss. [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 10, Episode 9 of Shameless, “O Captain!My Captain!”] Trouble seems to follow the Gallaghers wherever they go … [17], Ian spends the next few days avoiding Terry but it becomes increasingly more difficult. Ian does, and goes to the doctor with Caleb, and his results are negative. Before the funeral, he meets and watches his grandfather Bill Darrgen fight Frank and is surprised by the display. In the midst of the season, he goes off his meds and becomes a religious fanatic called gay Jesus, and as a result he is arrested for a series of arson acts. Ian decides to talk to Blake and Blake says things like Ian could relate as a bipolar person, and he decides to prevent the dad once more. That night, Ian returns home where he finds his family and friends all disappointed that he hasn’t shown up yet. He still works as a firefighter and he seems to be continuing his BD treatment. Mickey asks to borrow a shirt before they go on a date. Ian thinks that they only kissed because they were drunk, and that there was nothing special about it for Trevor. "[33] In contrast, Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times opined that their relationship "borders on treacle". [23] After Mickey's wife Svetlana threatens him, Ian moves back home. After overhearing Mickey's new boyfriend Byron bad-mouthing all of the qualities about Mickey that he loves, Ian beats Byron up and proposes to Mickey on the spot who accepts.