'Shameless' Season 2 Episode 4 'A Beautiful Mess' Preview: An Angry Wife, A Drink Invite

Season 2 episode 4 "A Beautiful Mess" promo

"Fiona deals with the consequences of sleeping with Craig when his angry wife shows up at the door; Debbie develops a stress-rash and Fiona wonders if she's putting too much responsibility on the kids; Sheila has made it all the way to the hair salon and Frank realizes his days in the Jackson household are numbered; no longer having sex with Karen, Lip tries to dig up dirt on Jody; Ian continues on the path to West Point; Carl house-sits with his friend, Little Hank; Ethel meets Malik, a boy on Kevin's youth basketball team."

In the promo (below), Craig's wife shows up and slaps Fiona. Ouch. However, you can see where she's coming from. After all, Fiona knew he was married. Meanwhile, Karen's engaged, and Lip's not taking it too well. Sheila continues to make it further and further away from the house, and that means she's going to learn just who Frank Gallagher really is soon. Being Frank, he decides to try to scare her back inside, and unsurprisingly, it backfires, leaving him injured. The promo ends with Fiona leaving Steve a message to call her. That can only end badly right now, considering he hasn't exactly been alone. Still, anything could happen before the end of the season.

Shameless season 2 episode 4 "A Beautiful Mess" sneak peeks

Just like usual, the two sneak peeks that have been released are extensions from scenes shown in the promo, offering a longer look at some of what's coming up in the next episode.

In the first "A Beautiful Mess" clip (below), Lip tells Frank that with Sheila's progress, she'll be at the Alibi by the end of the week. When Frank asks if his room's still open at the Gallaghers', Lip gives him some advice so he can stay with Sheila: make himself valuable. Frank wonders if he just needs to make the world scarier than it is. Uh-oh, that's not going to turn out well, as seen in the promo, but you have to wonder if he'll try anything else after that. Knowing Frank, yes, he will, and an eyepatch isn't going to stop him. As Lip's leaving, Jody comes downstairs, and as he gets dressed, Lip makes awkward small talk before inviting him to the Alibi for a drink. However, Jody's hoping to go there with Sheila when she can make it, and Lip convinces him by suggesting he check the place out for her first.