Shameless boss wanted Emmy Rossum's goodbye to "feel very true to who Fiona is"

TVLine

"I wanted it to feel very true to who Fiona is and how important she’s been to the family," showrunner John Wells tells TVLine. "We didn’t want to do 'Fiona dies' or anything, because we’re very hopeful that over however much longer we do the series that we see Fiona again, that Emmy will come back and do a thing here or there for us. But I also wanted to be true to the idea that even though she’s the oldest sister, she’s been the mother to her siblings for all these years. I wanted to be true to that moment when you realize that you did a good job, and they’ve moved on and don’t need you as much, and you need to actually think about what you want now and who you are. She’s given up a lot of years of trying to figure out exactly who she was supposed to be to take care of them, and this seemed like the best way to do it."

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