Until a month ago I never heard of this show. I quickly got attached to the characters and fell in love with the show. Every character developed significantly at the end and while it only took me 3 weeks to watch the entire series, I felt like I grew up with the Gallagher's in such a short time. 11 seasons is an amazing accomplishment and the last episode was sad because you can easily see the direction it was going. Every character was my favorite but the ones that I enjoyed watching the most because they started really young and by the last season they matured so much was Ian, Lip, Debbie, and Carl's characters. William H Macy's performance as Frank was legendary, he makes you hate him at times, love and laugh at him and fell a real sadness for him. That's excellent acting and by the last 3 or so episodes I felt really sad for Frank. This show is easily 5+ stars and other than "The Wire", I think it's the greatest show I've ever watched.