Veronica Fisher, Shameless

Veronica Fisher (Shanola Hampton)

On the American remake of the UK comedy-drama Shameless, Veronica is the Gallaghers’ neighbor and Fiona’s best friend and confidante. She often gives Fiona advice concerning relationships, caring for her siblings, and caring for herself. Veronica had pursued a hospital medical career until she was fired for stealing medical supplies and now works as a webcam girl.

While Veronica and her husband Kevin were separated, he had hired Svetlana as his housekeeper and nanny who also performed sexual favors for him. When Veronica moved back in, Svetlana widened her “wifely duties” to also cover her and surprised her by giving her oral sex.

Season 6

In season 6, Svetlana lamented that her “green card” would soon expire as her marriage to Mickey, a convicted felon, was no longer valid. Kevin was still married to his ex-wife, which meant only Veronica was available, and while Kevin was unsure about the arrangement, Veronica and Svetlana saw it as no big deal.

They got married (off-camera) at the courthouse, and announced it later that night after celebrating Fiona’s upcoming nuptials. After that, Svetlana and Veronica were forced to become closer in order to fool any possible immigration officer checks on the validity of their marriage. That led to them having sex on several occasions. Kevin became jealous of their newfound intimacy and the three of them started scheduling their time together in a polyamorous relationship instead.

Season 7

In the beginning of the season, Kevin, Veronica and Svetlana were still working, living and sleeping together in a polyamorous relationship. In the second episode, Kevin proposed a topless maid service for Veronica and Svetlana: they would be topless while another woman cleaned a client’s house. The three also discussed adopting each other’s children for a tax break (episode 7×05) though that storyline was mostly abandoned.

Another character, Yvon, was also introduced into the picture. Svetlana claimed he was her father, but after Kevin saw the two of them having sex, she admitted Yvon was actually her husband from Russia (episode 7×06). That meant Svetlana’s marriage to Veronica was not legal, and Svetlana insisted she would do whatever it took for her, Kevin and Veronica to be happy again.

In episode 7×07, Svetlana returned bloodied and roughed up, and proclaimed Yvon was officially gone from their lives. Not knowing exactly what happened made Veronica and Kevin question whether they should continue having sex with Svetlana.

Svetlana meanwhile stole their “titty van” (for the topless maid business) for insurance money, started a new home business making fake passports and moved Kevin’s bar in her name, which lead to Veronica and Kevin ending their threeway relationship though there was no real resolution for the storyline.

Appearances:

• 73 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Svetlana Fisher (Isidora Goreshter, main cast, wife)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Questionable

Male love interests:

• Kevin Ball (Steve Howey, main cast)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

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.