However, he went back to his usual reaction to Frank after he got a new liver and survived. Ian was even present for Frank's time in the hospital when it looked he was going to die from liver failure and even seemed sad. Ian also warned Frank of the danger he was in but listened to his father's words about his life. Despite stating he hates him, Ian was worried when Mickey plotted to kill Frank for discovering he was gay. Interestingly enough, Frank also claims Ian is still his son while not scorning his sexuality and accepting him no matter what. After meeting his presumed father (Frank's brother), Ian chose not to broach the subject and accepted Frank was his father, just as Lip and the others are his siblings.
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However, he was greatly surprised to learn Frank wasn't his biological father but rather his uncle. For some time, Ian felt his father despised him the most. Ian like his siblings resents his father Frank for his neglect and his treatment of him since his mother Monica left them. However, he did try to redirect Samantha's son Chuckie Slott from his misguided views from juvie. Ian was devastated by the betrayal of Samantha Slott who told the army of his AWOL choices. He is closest to Lip and Fiona but does get along with his younger siblings and often help shield them from Frank's influence. Ian gets along with all his siblings who were aware of his sexuality long before he revealed it and accepted regardless. He sometimes refuses to admit that he has a problem when his condition causes him to go off his usual path. Ian is also self-conscious of his bipolar condition, which he inherited from his mother and often feels inadequate as it prevents him from certain things. He is often uncertain of what he wants to do in his life, but once he makes a goal for himself he goes after it 100 percent. He is described by Frank to having an excellent work ethic in nearly everything he does. Ian is not as intelligent as Lip, but he is more physically fit.
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Ian struggles with life after prison, building a future with Mickey and his own insecurities, but eventually he and Mickey get engaged and are eventually married. Ian returns in Season 10 with Mickey and both are eventually paroled. During Season 9, Ian is sent to prison to serve a two-year sentence, where he is reunited with Mickey Milkovich and his character was temporarily retired from the series, making an appearance in the season finale before Fiona leaves.
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He helped around the house and assisted Mickey and Svetlana with the care of their son Yevgeny.Īfter spiraling out of control, Ian becomes a religious fanatic in Season 8 and is arrested. He has been in an on-again-off-again relationship with the aggressive neighborhood thug, Mickey Milkovich, and was best friends with Mickey's sister, Mandy Milkovich he has complete hatred for Mandy's abusive boyfriend, Kenyatta, with whom she moved away to Indiana in Season 5. While in the army, Ian attempted to steal a helicopter, and was a wanted criminal on at least two charges: attempted theft of government property and impersonating his older brother, Phillip Gallagher. He is a high school drop out, having left his education behind when he illegally enlisted in the army at the end of Season 3. For these reasons his behavior has been erratic and out of control, worrying his family. Ian has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder he currently refuses to visit the doctor and does not believe he needs to take medication.
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He is presumably the product of a PCP-fueled affair between his mother Monica Gallagher and Frank Gallagher's brother, Clayton Gallagher, in the summer of 1995. Ian Clayton Gallagher was born in 1996 in Metz, and is often the most strong-hearted, persistent, and goofy -yet currently reckless- third oldest child in the Gallagher family.