What happened to jimmy in shameless? American comedy-drama tells ion series Shameless made its way on Showtime in 2011. The series was an infant hit amongst fans and enjoyed a successful run for 11 seasons! The series finally came to an end in 2021.
As the show revolves around a dysfunctional family of patriarch Frank Gallagher. The series went on to become the longest-running original scripted series in Showtime’s history. While the series introduced fans with a few regulars, some of the characters took a sudden exit from the show. Let us find out what happened to jimmy in shameless.
What happened to Jimmy in Shameless?
While viewers were pretty much convinced that Jimmy was murdered off-screen by Brazilian mobsters and it was the end of his journey ok the show, a huge twist was revealed during the post-credit scene that was followed by the Season 4 finale! It seems like Jimmy was not murdered and is very much alive! After Fiona made the big discovery that Jimmy is involved in complex criminal networks, his life was in danger as viewers assumed that he might be murdered by the daughter of a South American drug lord.
However, something else was planned for the notorious character. Jimmy seemed to return and meets Fiona at Patsy’s Pies. While the actor appears in a few episodes where the two pair had a brief reunion but it was short-lived and the two finally bid each other goodbye while wishing each other a good life ahead. While fans rooted for the two, it was not a lasting relationship after all.
Contrary to his end at the end of Season 3, Jimmy returned to Chicago and was alive! Series executive producer John Wells explained his exit saying that while the actor did some great work, the character was, however, coming to an end. With Emmy Rossum also leaving the show, Chatwin’s return on the show was also looking highly unlikely.
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Who Played Jimmy in Shameless?
Actor Justin Chatwin played the role of Jimmy in shameless. Jimmy was introduced as a rebellious wealthy man who is also a womanizer but soon becomes romantically interested and starts to woo the oldest Gallagher, Fiona Gallagher. (played by Emmy Rossum).
Chatwin later admitted that he was equally as shocked that his character was not dead and explained how he made a head cast, which is when the makers probably going to blow off his head or chop off his head, so the actor was 100 percent confirmed that her character was deceased!
After his acting in Shameless was applauded by fans, Chatwin went on to star in several films and television shows, and fans most recently saw the actor in Netflix’s Another Life. At the time, Emmy Rossum, whose character Fiona was romantically involved with Jimmy, admitted that departure was incredibly emotional, and it felt like losing a part of her own family as she even shed a couple of tears in her trailer. However, Jimmy does return to the show although for a brief period.
Emmy Rossum Talks About Jimmy’s Return!
Series actress Emmy Rossum once revealed in an interview saying how she shared fans’ opinions on Jimmy with the writers and producers of the show while adding that while the makers did not bring him back because she asked, Rossum pointed out that she did put a bug in their ear, every once in a while, which surely helped the case.
However, the actress revealed that she was not aware of Jimmy’s surprise return saying that the makers and writers punked her and brought him back without her knowing and it admittedly blew her mind. Rossum further added that she was very surprised by his storyline this year, and not in a shock value way, and was just surprised by how their relationship has changed and grown in the show.
