- In “Cascading Failures”, Terry sees Mickey and Ian having sex. In a rage, he savagely beats them both and holds them at gunpoint. He then forces Mickey to have sex with a prostitute in an attempt to have her ‘fuck the faggot out’ of him.
- In "NSFW", Carl finding Nick after the latter beat a child to death with a hammer for stealing his bike is one of the most disturbing scenes of the show. The blood all over the hammer, steps, and Nick himself, the anguished screams of the child's mother, Carl looking into the house and then vomiting, and then plaintively asking Nick why he did it. And Nick himself doesn't even seem to know.
- While it's Played for Laughs, Sheila's agoraphobia is gut-wrenching, especially once she starts making progress... and then a giant wheel falls out of the sky right in front of her, sending her back to her bedroom for several episodes.
- "A Gallagher Pedicure." Debbie has an accident at work that leaves her with crushed toes. Unable to afford an expensive surgery or even a simple amputation, she has Frank cut them off. With garden shears.
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