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11. Location, Location, Location

Frank finds a cushy place to make his new home. Lip gets cold feet when Tami moves forward with a plan for their future. Ian sees a new side of Mickey, and Debbie's love triangle reaches a breaking point.

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Terry confronts Mickey when he discovers he plans to marry Ian. Mickey defends his decision and almost gets into a gunfight with Terry, before Terry simply walks out, disowning his son. Mickey starts working on the preparations for the wedding, surprising Ian.

After completing his 30 days, Frank leaves the resort rehab. He is approached by Faye, who makes peace with her actions and leaves for Puerto Rico for the winter. Frank seizes the opportunity to break into her house in Glencoe to spend the day. He is interrupted when Liam (Christian Isaiah) shows up, who needs him to sign papers at school to keep his place. Frank reluctantly accompanies him, but later calls Liam to come over to the house as he feels lonely. Despite already agreeing to move in with Tami to Milwaukee, Lip has second thoughts over leaving. He takes an interest in a house in the South Side, planning to rent it despite its poor condition. However, Tami has already secured a place to open a new salon in Milwaukee, complicating his plans.

Debbie reluctantly attends homecoming with Julia, but she also must attend a birthday dinner set by Claudia. Debbie alternates between both events, but she is eventually caught. Julia finally reveals she was only interested in Debbie so she could ruin Claudia's life. As Claudia and Julia get into an argument, Debbie simply leaves. Carl has become an informant for his boss, reporting on the activities committed by his sanitation co-workers. To avoid detection, he agrees to commit acts of vandalism. However, he learns that his boss is actually corrupt like his co-workers, although his boss offers to give him an application to become a real police officer. To earn money, Kevin hires a man to do tasks for the Alibi. Despite the exhaustion, the man is grateful for the job.

Mickey grows agitated with the wedding preparations; an old lady refuses to sell them flowers for their homosexuality, and becomes angry when some chairs are missing. To ease his concerns, Ian gets Mickey's cousin Sandy for help, and reconciles with Mickey. Frank is disturbed by a noise at the house, and discovers a yard guy (Mike Starr) also broke into the house. They agree to co-share the house, and proceed to smoke meth together. Lip reveals his intentions to Tami, who is very upset, particularly when Lip exclaims he does not want her family to provide the home. He takes her to the house, revealing he already bid on the property, confident it will work out for them. Tami simply leaves, disappointed.

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