Repost from the other thread:
-Kev and V struggling with their babies falls a little flat given what we have seen Fiona do throughout the series.
-They are going to have to do something more interesting than "Lip struggles to balance his street background with his new college life"; we've saw that all last season. Ditto for "Ian struggles with bipolar".
-Frank/Sheila/Sammy storyline needs a character for the audience to root for. Most viewers already disliked Sammy, so making her the heel is probably toying with people's patience.
-Seems like they are setting the stage for a gentrification plotline. Will be interesting to see how that plays out.
I see things differently on your first two points.
I feel like Kev and V's plotline seems to be setting up a Post-Partum Depression storyline for V as the focus seems to be on her having the most difficulty in adjusting. Not covered by Fiona's struggles.
And it seems to me more like Lip is trying to resist the temptation of his old life, rather than balance it. He wants to stay faithful to his girlfriend and stay out of trouble but their relationship isn't exactly traditional (each seemed hesitant to commit verbally) and he still has to live where he lives and be around people who will give him shit (or worse) for keeping his nose clean. It's definitely similar to what we saw him go through last season but I think now, more than ever before, he sees just how unattractive his old life really is. I think we'll see him on the other side of the line this season. Last year he was eager to find a way out of college and back to his old life whereas this time he'll grow sick of being at home and grow to hate that lifestyle.
I agree on the last two points though. Frank/Sheila/Sammy isn't intriguing in the slightest. It's almost like a rehash of Karen except Frank gives no shits Sammy where Sheila intensely cared for Karen.
Gentrification plot could be interesting as a point that all the characters can rally around.
I'm really interested in what they have planned with Jimmy-Steve and how Dichen Lachman's character "Angela" plays into it.
