Roberta, Shameless

Roberta (Carlease Burke)

On the American remake of Shameless, Roberta and Monica were revealed to be in a relationship when series protagonist, Monica’s ex-husband Frank, tricked Monica into living with him and their children again for financial gain. However, Monica declared that she and Roberta intended to get married and the two of them tried to leave with her youngest son Liam, but her eldest daughter Fiona asked them to give Liam back and they did so.

In Season 2 Monica went back to Frank to support him when his mother died. This upset Roberta who told Fiona she wanted nothing more to do with Monica and living with her was draining both her spirit and her bank account. Roberta then left the Gallagher house and disappeared off the show.

Appearances:

• 3 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Monica Gallagher 💀 (Chloe Webb, bisexual, recurring)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.