I used to watch the early and mid years episodes of Shameless at least two times each before I'd watch the next episode. Now I am watching this as quickly as possible to get it over.
Originally the Gs were poor and held back by their humble beginnings and their inborn shame but obviously intelligent and (mostly) decent people. Lip is supposed to be a world-class genius adept in physics, math, and most other subjects. Now he's a mediocre motorcycle mechanic who can't seem to keep a job. Fiona, Liam, Ian, and Debbie was also supposed to be very intelligent. Now, most of the other Gs have become so stupid, even living next to the Milkoviches, that they probably should not be allowed to breed.
Kevin and Lip just kept doing incredibly stupid things in this short episode that I kept praying for the end of the episode so that the idiocy would end. When the cops showed up I said, "Oh thank God. This will finally stop it". I was waiting for Debbie's girlfriend to turn out to be an alien from Venus since they had added every other stupid plot twist in that relationship.
V has turned into a bitter racist a la Spike Lee or Shaun White without Fiona around to soften her. She wants to keep the South Side black and, presumably, crime ridden and poor rather than allow non-blacks to move into the neighborhood. She forgets that her daughters are half white as is her brother (yeah, who is also her step-son).
Everyone in the cast must now be black and/or gay. Carl was a rookie cop for two episodes and now we'll never see him work again. I could go on forever.