How are the characters of Steve, Fiona, Lip and Ian represented in episode one of Shameless?

How are the characters of Steve, Fiona, Lip and Ian represented in episode one of Shameless?

The character Steve is at first perceived to be heroic at the start as he tries to stop the man who has stolen Fiona’s handbag, and hits the clubs bouncer when he disrespects Fiona and Veronica rich because he buys the family a new washing machine and drives flashy cars which gives the impression he has plenty of money. Later in the episode we find out that Steve in fact is a criminal, who dresses as a waiter at a restaurant to fool rich people into giving him their car keys and then stealing the cars for his own personal use and when he’s done, he sells the cars on to make some money.

Fiona is viewed as a slightly stereotypical northern girl, but her friend veronica is the typical stereotype and they contrast sometimes, where Fiona likes to go clubbing and get drunk like veronica, veronica has aspects such as her crudity and roughness that Fiona lacks to fit the stereotype portrayed at the start of the episode in the club and talking to the bouncer. Fiona also later that night has sex with Steve on the kitchen floor portraying a very crude and slaggy side to her, although when her Frank comes back, she turns into a mother figure in the household that looks out for the children and looks after Frank.

Lip is shown to be extremely clever as at the start of the episode, we see him going to help a girl do their homework for money, however he is also shown to be a typical teenage boy as when the girl offers a blowjob because she has no money to pay for his help, he accepts. Lip also is conveyed as a loving brother, as when he finds out Ian is gay, he is upset because Ian never told him and devises a test to see if an is gay, he gets the girl he helps with homework to give him a blowjob, to see if he enjoys it, and when Lip finds out that his brother is having an affair with an older married man, he is worried for his brother as the married man could just be using him for presents whilst Ian loves him.

Ian is a homosexual boy who is the brother of Lip and who works in a shop with his gay lover, who is also a married man. Ian is seen as a average boy apart from his homosexuality, he likes football, works for his money and is happy with being gay. When his brother finds out, he seems ashamed of himself whilst Lip gives him “tough love” to try help him, Ian doesn’t want to hear it as he is blinded by love for his workmate, he also seems very uncomfortable with getting a blowjob from a girl which shows that he is very certain about his homosexuality.