Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.0
Overall		3.0

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 13, 2026

Note: Evidently based at least in part on complaints from Blu-ray consumers who wanted a "complete collection" of Shameless, Warner Brothers is finally releasing both Shameless: The Complete Tenth Season and this season in standalone sets as well as part of Shameless: The Complete Series. This review is based on the discs included in The Complete Series set which are presumably the same as those offered in the standalone releases of individual seasons.

It is finished.

The above redolent quote from an individual who probably is not at the forefront of thinking of any of the major characters in Shameless does at least serve notice that after a tumultuous eleven years, the series has in fact come to an end. That seeming finality, though, may be circumscribed by the series' tendency not to wrap various plot lines up with pretty little bows. Instead, while there's a final episode, of course, several lingering questions about what may happen to the various Gallaghers remain, which may disappoint those who don't feel any "reunion" show down the line is in the offing.

For our reviews of this series’ previous seasons on Blu-ray, please click on the following links:

Shameless: The Complete First Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Fourth Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Sixth Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Seventh Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Ninth Season Blu-ray review

Shameless: The Complete Tenth Season Blu-ray review

As was alluded to in our Shameless: The Complete Tenth Season Blu-ray review, this is a series probably not best viewed in "binge" mode, but that said due to the vagaries of how Warner chose to release both this season and the prior season along with the Complete Series set necessitated yours truly slogging through all of the episodes in the last two seasons in generally one fell swoop (though I had seen at least some of them previously when they were initially on cable). That required viewing strategy may in fact have played in rather strongly to my kind of exhausted feeling as this final season churned through various unavoidably depressing plot machinations, many due to the fact that the show attempts to artfully weave in the (then) real life COVID-19 pandemic into the proceedings, something that ends up becoming central to what happens to Frank (William H. Macy).

The trials and tribulations of the Gallagher clan are not ))) solely to Frank, of course, and all of the major characters see various developments ensue from what was set up previously in Season 10. Debbie (Emma Kenney) continues her iron fisted "command" of the house and its finances after the exit of Fiona (Emmy Rossum, sadly missing throughout), though even Debbie's arguably more intermittent missteps (when compared to the rest of her family) end up causing some trouble. Lip (Jeremy Allen White) continues in his attempts to be a nurturing parent, though both the pandemic and other financial hardships force him into a "lose lose" decision.

Potentially at least a bit more on the positive side are the subplots involving Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey (Noel Fisher), as well as Carl (Ethan Cutkosky), all of whom perhaps incredibly end up in law enforcement, or at least something adjacent. Liam (Christian Isaiah) ends up bonding with Frank in some kind of sweet ways, even as his almost quasi surrogate mother Veronica (Shanola Hampton) may be moving on herself. And in fact whatever lingering questions this season never answers (and there are quite a few), the series does show virtually all of the major characters moving on to, well, something, even if that, as so much else in this extended family's lives, seems completely uncertain and uncharted.

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Brothers Home Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. This is another nicely detailed set of episodes from the series which neither improves upon nor falters from all of the prior seasons' high definition presentations, meaning that while there simply may not be much "wow" factor to the visuals given the hardscrabble surroundings, fine detail on items like (again, hardscrabble) clothing and faces tends to be excellent. Like many of the previous seasons, and the tenth in particular, a surplus of "jiggly cam" moments can at least give the perception of detail levels ebbing and flowing since the imagery jumps around so much (like the immediately prior season, this one also turned out to be something of a challenge to get relatively decent looking screenshots from since the camera is so recurrently in motion). The palette is generally nicely suffused, with once again that same buttery yellow look in a lot of the interior Gallagher house material.

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season features another enjoyable DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. Once again a glut of often fun source cues provides nice surround embeds, and a number of bustling scenes in interior moments where several characters interact simultaneously can also feature clear engagement of the side and rear channels. While trying to remain relatively spoiler free, some vignettes in a hospital also provide some good background ambient effects that create a kind of claustrophobic sense of immersion. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Disc One

• Deleted Scenes (HD; 7:19)

Disc Two

• Deleted Scenes (HD; 2:12)

Disc Three

• Shameless Last Call (HD; 1:03:06) is an above average aggregation of Zoom adjacent conversations between cast and crew (presumably done this way due to the pandemic).


• Deleted Scenes (HD; 1:20)

Shameless: The Eleventh and Final Season Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

There's such an inevitably sad trajectory to so much of this story that this final season can't help but feel like a downer. The socioeconomic subtext (actually text in a very real way) of the Gallaghers' various fates weighs heavily here along with the impacts of a global pandemic. I admit up front that binge watching this final season right after the tenth probably wasn't the best way to experience all of this tsuris, and those biting off smaller chunks of the series may well have a more positive outlook on the final year. Technical merits are once again generally solid, and this season at least offers a nice wrap up supplement in addition to the deleted scenes, for anyone who may be considering making a purchase.