I like Sammie. Another thing, I think some people are forgetting about Fiona, she's an addict just like Frank. Whether it's bad relationships and choices or drugs, she's an addict. Her boss has pointed this out to her a couple times, she's addicted to chaos. Jimmie coming back into her life is like she had been clean for months and just shot up again. I like Sammie too, she has been annoying this season and it's pissing me off because I do like her and thought she was a great addition to the show last year but what they're doing with her this year is making me hate her a bit. Ian's story is heartbreaking. But, the good stuff coming out of that, aside from a brilliant portrayal of mental illness is Mickey. Mickey has grown into my favorite character on the show. They have given him so many layers of the years it's crazy compared to how he started. Seriously, Mickey and Ian is like the best, most real feeling relationship on tv right now. It all has felt so organic to the show and has really shown us a side to Mickey that nobody ever would have believed was there. Seeing him wrestle with his feelings about Ian has just been absolutely outstanding. Noel Fischer seriously deserves some recognition for his role this year cuz he has just killed it so far. Who would ever thought we'd see such real, raw emotion come from Mickey of all people? Now, Frank, Frank gets on my damn nerves now. I thought they were going to try to make him interesting by making him want to change but nope. That's what his character needs. He needs to find it in himself to live. That is the only thing that will really make him interesting again. Ya know why it was interesting watching Denis Leary be a raging drunk on Rescue Me? Because he struggles with his alcoholism throughout the entire show. It made things interesting watching a character fight with themselves so hard to not fall into old behavior and baser instincts. Frank just wants to wallow in filth and depreavity until he one day dies.