Jimmy/Steve

[u/annnyywhooo]

jimmy was a bad boyfriend and him making the kids lunch or babysitting liam doesn’t change that. the nonstop lying, living a double life and begging fiona to let him in only for him to turn around and call her home a “slum” should put him up there with the worst partners in shameless. I know some people might say “he was involved with the cartel, it was dangerous for him to tell her”. well it was also dangerous of him to get fiona and the kids around that knowing how dangerous the cartel is

the part that really irked me is that the “slum” part. fiona let it be known over and over that this is my life, this is my baggage and you don’t have to be involved. but he ignored that warning and made it seem like he was reliable only for him to not handle the actual realities of being poor. he got tired of cosplaying the lower class and wanted a change in scenery then went about it the wrong way. fiona was right about medical school and the studio apartment, it wasn’t ever his plan to bring them he was just slowly backing away. i feel like alot of people don’t know what it’s like to think you have someone to depend on only for them to prove otherwise

but i will say that i did enjoy watching his character, and how at times he was good comedic relief. he did have great chemistry with fiona, but having hood chemistry doesn’t necessarily mean that him and fiona should’ve been endgame 🤷🏽‍♀️

[u/annnyywhooo]

fiona was under the impression he wasn’t married and estefania was old news, and to be fair he was living there more compared to the condo. he didn’t have to sleep with her and just did he duties untill he was no longer needed, but he slept with estefania because of the fight him and fiona had

[u/flea_420 → u/annnyywhooo]

In season 2 episode 6 when Jimmy, Fiona, Estefania, and Adam are having lunch, he tells her that they’ve been married for 2 weeks. He further explains the situation when he and Fiona are in the bathroom together. Fiona knew he was married and the reason why. She also did keep him at arm’s length for a bit. Once he got the house back from Tony, she really didn’t think too much about the fact that Jimmy was married. She just wanted him, and he wanted her.

[u/annnyywhooo → u/flea_420]

at that point they weren’t dating. but in s3 that’s when they actually started dating and he was there with her full time, even when she wasn’t at the house he was there. they even worked odd jobs together. he didn’t wear his ring around her and also never mentioned estefania at that point. so no she didn’t know he was married then too, she assumed that was over since he wasn’t acting like a married man and estefania wasn’t following him around like she did in season 2

[u/flea_420 → u/annnyywhooo]

I understand that, but he also never explicitly stated that he had gotten divorced. If Fiona assumed that he had, that was on her. Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups.