I disagree with this. yes dexter got dumb, but shameless keeps reinventing the fukkery and will continue to do so as long as frank is there.
Bruh. Frank was thrown off a bridge, in the dead of winter, after having a surgery that cut his lifespan by more than half. Now he’s running around fukking entire neighborhoods and working 10 different hustles like he’s 22.

Carl has been: Black, a drug dealer, Animal Planet: Dr. Kervorkian, a prison inmate, an accessory to murder, a meth mule, AND... accepted to West Point.

Fiona has had the exact same arc, like four or five times. They just change the dude and the fallout.
At some point even fukkery becomes tired. I’ll continue to watch but this show been trash when it comes to development or meaningful storytelling.