11. Sleep No More

With Franny in their lives, the Gallaghers have been losing sleep. Debbie (Emma Kenney) has been the only one taking care of the baby, asking Fiona (Emmy Rossum) not to help her in order to prove herself. Debbie also realizes that she is not allowed to take the baby with her to school, forcing her to seek online classes.

Frank (William H. Macy) convinces Fiona that he can walk her down the aisle at her wedding by providing the money needed for the reception. To do so, Frank visits Derek's family, threatening them with informing the police that Derek committed statutory rape against Debbie. Afraid of the consequences, they pay him to buy his silence. Frank subsequently joins Fiona in checking venues for the wedding. While Fiona is fine with Frank helping, Sean (Dermot Mulroney) is not convinced, especially when a brick is thrown through the window. Ian (Cameron Monaghan) starts working as a trainee EMT, and earns the respect of his colleagues after receiving a rare perfect score in his test.

Lip (Jeremy Allen White) has moved back with his family, although Youens (Alan Rosenberg) still employs him. Lip is later infuriated when Youens tells him he does not care about his personal life, and later drinks heavily. The following day, he arrives late at Youens' class, and insults him in front of the class. Youens takes him outside, and fires Lip as his TA. While studying, Debbie falls asleep and accidentally drops Franny. When Fiona and Sean arrive, Debbie finally declares she needs help. USCIS considers Veronica (Shanola Hampton) and Svetlana (Isidora Goreshter) to be a legitimate marriage, although Kevin (Steve Howey) is disturbed when Veronica says she had sex with Svetlana. Nevertheless, Kevin later decides to participate in a polyamorous relationship with them.

When Sean confronts Frank over the money he received for the wedding, he finally admits Derek's family supplied it, upsetting Fiona and Debbie. As Sean confronts him for putting himself over his family, Frank attacks him and they get into a brawl that extends to the backyard. Fiona and Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) break it off and force Frank to leave, while Fiona scolds Sean for almost ruining his parole. As Ian gets used to the environment in the firehouse, his superior reveals she was notified of his bipolar disorder. Despite scoring a perfect score, she fires him.

A drunk Lip takes a crowbar and smashes Youens' car, and he is arrested by the campus officers. In the subway, Frank laments his situation, which is overhead by a man named Bruno (Brett Rickaby). Bruno, who was recently fired, offers to kill Sean for him. Despite only having $2,000, Frank gives it to him and Bruno agrees to go forward with the plan.