‘Shameless’: Why Emmy Rossum Didn’t Return As Fiona For The Series Finale

The ‘Shameless’ collection finale became lacking one fundamental Gallagher. Emmy Rossum did not return for the closing episode, and the showrunner explains why her return one plan or the other fell by.

The Gallaghers yell farewell after 11 seasons with the Shameless collection finale on April 11. The closing episode of the collection featured all that arduous living catching up with Frank for the final time. The Gallagher patriarch died in the sanatorium on my own as his alcoholic dementia continued to aggravate. Meanwhile, the Gallaghers accepted Ian and Mickey’s wedding anniversary, totally unaware that Frank died.

Given this became the closing episode of the long-operating collection, fans had been attempting forward to the return of Emmy Rossum’s Fiona Gallagher, who left the collection in season 9. The character did not attain help, and showrunner John Wells revealed how COVID-19 prevented her from being able to be a portion of the final episode.

“Emmy and I had quite a lot of conversations about it, searching to create it work,” John educated EW. “She’s been in Fresh York with [husband] Sam [Esmail], where they dwell, and honest about the time where we had been talking about hanging it all together became when the extra lockdowns form of hit again, and it apt didn’t feel safe or splendid for her to return help. So I believe it’s with a broad deal of feel sorry about that we couldn’t cease it but it’s apt more minor casualty of our 365 days of COVID.”

Imaginable storylines for Fiona had been mentioned, but nothing ever truly got here to fruition in the writers’ room. On the opposite hand, John did existing what he thinks Fiona became doing when the showcase got here to an cease. “I believe she’s down in Florida,” he educated The Hollywood Reporter. “We joked in the room that she ended up getting a job at Disney World, doubtlessly in Epcot Center because she would on no account secure a job on the easier aspect. We had quite a lot of jokes for her but we on no account truly nailed it down. Nonetheless she would appreciate a lifestyles and be pursuing her hold things. That’s how other folks transfer on with their lives.”

Since Fiona’s return on no account came about, that suggests fans may perhaps not ever secure to know if she ended up with Jimmy-Steve (Justin Chatwin) again. When requested about Fiona’s romantic lifestyles, John educated THR that the writing team “on no account worked it out” who Fiona became with romantically in the cease.

I’m so at ease with this solid and am immensely honored to had been a portion of a showcase as irregular and impactful as Shameless. I will omit you this Sunday! 💕 https://t.co/KBUofCXvnf

— Emmy Rossum (@emmyrossum) April 8, 2021

Earlier than the collection finale, Emmy sent admire to her Shameless castmates. “I’m so at ease with this solid and am immensely honored to had been a portion of a showcase as irregular and impactful as Shameless. I will omit you this Sunday!” she tweeted on April 8.