Monica is later seen trying to gain Frank's attention after hearing that he was with another woman (the senile old lady Etta) but is ignored. As thanks, Debbie allows her to stay with her and her boyfriend Neil Morton, which delights her. She destroys the Delgado House with a bat before Debbie grabs the baby from Tanya and running off after they threaten to call the cops. Camping on the Gallagher Household, Monica meets with Debbie and helps her get Frances back after getting excited at being a grandmother. She returns in " Ouroboros", but is rejected by Frank and Fiona. After Lip and Debbie arrive looking for Ian, they are told Monica no longer lives there with Ian anymore.ĭuring this season, Ian begins showing mental health issues very similar to his mother which would explain his desire to find her again.Īfter hearing Ian has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she takes Ian on an adventure around Chicago and relates on her issues with it. They live in a old, damp, damaged house with an old woman. Monica is mentioned when it is discovered Ian has been staying with her after running away from the Gallagher home. But once out, Monica and the other patient drove away alone, with Monica shouting her love for Debbie as she went. The three Gallaghers, along with another patient who claimed to have shot her husband 26 times, managed to escape the hospital together. When she was physically recovered, she was moved to a psychiatric ward, where Debbie attempted to break her out. Her recent bad decisions and discontinuation of taking her medications lead to her attempting suicide but the family managed to get her to hospital in time to save her. Monica comes back to live with the family, saying she is back for good.ĭuring Hurricane Monica, it is revealed that she suffers from bipolar disorder but does not take her medication. Before she left, Fiona thanked Monica for being considerate enough to do so.įollowing the death of his mother Peggy Gallagher in Parenthood, Frank tracks her down and confides in her of this. In the end, Monica willingly gave up Liam because she couldn't bear to separate him from his family. Much later, Fiona confronted her and told her if she truly loved the family then she would not take Liam but leave since they all have been hurt by her. Monica recalled the event but didn't know which one and argued with Frank before he kissed her, to her surprise as Bob broke it up. It is revealed that Ian is not Frank's son but the child of one of Frank's brothers from her drug fueled affair. At dinner, she receives a greater shock when Lip and Ian tell her they did a paternity test on themselves. However, Bob told her all they need is to get Frank to sign over his parental rights. She and Bob later take Liam to a DNA clinic, where they do a paternity test on him and are shocked to learn that he is actually Frank's biological son, not some bouncer's as Monica had always thought. In Nana Gallagher Had an Affair, Monica takes over as a caretaker for the kids and scrambles at the stress of doing so. Roberta threatens the Gallagher clan with taking Liam to live with her and Monica as he needs to be raised by a black parent. Sometime later, Monica left her family prior to the series starting, something that all the Gallagher children resent her for to some degree (Fiona and Lip especially). At the time the older kids were 19 (Fiona), 15 (Lip), & 14 (Ian).Īfter another of Frank's money-making schemes, Monica appears in But at Last Came a Knock and it is revealed that Monica is bisexual and dating a proud black lesbian called Roberta (but prefers to be called Bob). The two soon had a family though neither were attentive to their children because of their bad habits and their series of affairs. They fell in love and married a week after dating. This was seen when she allowed Ian who left the army to stay with her, helped Debbie reclaim her child after being excited at having a granddaughter, attempted to make amends with her other children in her last return.Īccording to Frank, he met Monica at a concert when she was being chased by a man who raped her. In spite of her faults, Monica loves her family and has come through for them. She also has a habit of portraying herself as the victim of her and Frank's disputes when she usually instigates them. Although Monica was not exactly a good person, it has been shown that she always means well for her family.ĭue to her bipolar disorder and her addiction to drugs and alcohol, she is often unable to control herself, but at least tries to do what she thinks will benefit the Gallaghers.
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