The Gallagher extended family are all working on their Summer money-making ventures. Fiona works in a club at night and sleeps in the day. Debbie looks after neighbourhood kids, Lip manages local amateur fighters while also selling weed out of an ice cream truck with Kev. Kev has been growing weed in the basement but the electric bill is now enormous. Frank makes a bet with a local muscle head and has to make ten grand or start losing toes. Sheila is slowly taking more steps out of the house and Karen is attending a sex addicts group.

As Sheila grows in confidence Frank seeks out a new home. When he learns of former bar-fly Dottie's sick heart he swoops in and tries to win her over. Debbie kicks Liam out of her room and refuses to let Fiona put him back. Jasmine's rich friend David brings a friend for Fiona but she isn't interested. Mickey gets out of jail and Ian hooks him up with a job at the grocery store. Lip becomes concerned that because Karen isn't sleeping with her new boyfriend Jody she must be falling in love with him. Veronica drives the old folks around on their weekly shopping trip but they beg her for something more exciting.

Lip investigates options for Ian and agrees to work on a military project. Jody plans on proposing to Karen but Frank steals the ring. He proposes to Dottie and she agrees. He then picks up a page offering her a heart and tells the hospital that she died. She is so depressed when she learns about the heart going to someone else that she asks Frank to sleep with her. Fiona finds a purse on the train and spends all the money. She returns the bag and then feels guilty when it belongs to a girl like her. She also begins seeing her high school crush Craig, who is now married. Debbie becomes preoccupied with death and Kev begins to worry about his Dad.

Debbie develops a rash from the stress of running day care. Fiona insists that she has a birthday sleep over to relax. Fiona is getting constant abuse from Craig's wife and they eventually turn up at the door seeking a way to keep their marriage together. Kev encourages Ethel to spend time with someone her own age. Lip comes up with various schemes to get rid of Jody. Frank tries desperately to stop Sheila from making her way further into the world.

Richard takes Fiona to a wedding and proves to be a good guy. Lip wants to know if he is the father to Karen's baby. Ian is upset when a Westpoint application arrives for Lip and not him. Debbie tries to learn how she might attract Little Hank. Eddie's body washes up and Frank tries to get hold of his money. The police think that Frank might have killed him. Karen protects him as a thank you for killing him and only helps prepare his grave for Sheila's sake.

Peg Gallagher returns home after getting out of prison. She wants the money she was promised from her old meth dealing partner and takes Frank as her driver. Sheila struggles to make it past her banisters during Karen's wedding reception. Lip and Ian continue their feud. Steve brings his Brazilian wife on a double date with Fiona and Adam. Ethel's family tell her they are fighting to get her returned to them.

Frank is deeply irritated by having to look after Peg. When she enlists Carl to set up a meth lab in the basement Fiona joins Frank in trying to get rid of her. Jasmine hosts a boat party and invites Steve so Fiona can spend time with him. Kev and Veronica bicker over whether to go look for Ethel or not. Ian and Lip fight to resolve their differences. Karen gets sick of Jody, kicks him out of the house and pulls Lip back in to her life.