Shameless S01e0950:48 Min Today

The screen didn't go black. Instead, it started to pulse with a faint, rhythmic glow. Fiona leaned forward, her heart beginning to race. Was it a glitch? Or something else?

The woman on the screen looked up, her smile widening. "Fiona, sweetheart. It's okay. Everything's going to be okay." Shameless S01E0950:48 Min

The TV screen flickered, casting a cool blue light over the messy living room of the Gallagher house. Fiona was slumped on the sofa, her eyes fixed on the screen as the closing credits of Shameless Season 1, Episode 9 began to roll. It was 10:48 PM, and the house was unusually quiet. The screen didn't go black

She looked around, but there was no one there. The voice seemed to be coming from the TV itself. Fiona reached out and touched the screen. It was cold, colder than any piece of electronics should be. Was it a glitch

Fiona gasped. It was her mother, Monica. But this wasn't the Monica she knew—the woman who had abandoned her family time and time again. This was a Monica who was happy, healthy, and present. "Mom?" Fiona whispered, her voice trembling.

As her fingers brushed the glass, the glow intensified, and the image on the screen began to shift. The empty Gallagher kitchen reappeared, but it was different. It was cleaner, brighter, and filled with a warmth that Fiona hadn't felt in years.

Fiona sat there for a long time, her heart heavy with grief. She knew that what she had seen wasn't real, that it was just a hallucination brought on by exhaustion and stress. But it had felt so real, so tangible.