Schitts Creek: Review

“Schitt’s Creek” is a sitcom that follows a rich family who lost everything, and has to start a new life living in a dirty motel in a small town. Moira, the mother of the family, is a famous actor for a well known soap-opera,”Sunrise Bay”. Johnny, the father, ran a successful business called “Rose Video”. Alexis and David are their kids, and are constantly having playful banter with each other. Each character has their own unique personality that one could fall in love with immediately. Some other main characters are Stevie, who runs the motel and maintains a great friendship with David throughout the whole show. Then, there’s Roland and his wife Jocelyn, Roland is the mayor of the town and most of the time is completely oblivious to what is going on. These characters are all very loveable, and easy to gain an emotional attachment to. 

 Throughout the show, the family has to overcome different troubles that a rich family wouldn’t usually have. For example, in one episode, David goes to the store and tries to steal some toilet paper, since they no longer have the money to afford it. Jocelyn catches him and tells him to get a different brand. They also don’t like many of the people in town, as they do not have the same “fancy” tendencies that the family’s old friends had. For them, everything was top quality, and now, they have to get the lowest quality products to be able to survive in their new lives. They also have to try and socialize with people that they have no interest in. This creates a wonderful conflict that remains entertaining for the whole show. You also get to watch them overcome these problems, and start to make friends with the townspeople, and grow to live with what they have. For example, David and Stevie have a wonderful friendship maintained through basically the whole show, and in the beginning of the show, you wouldn’t expect David to be able to be friends with someone like Stevie, but their relationship ends up being one of the most wholesome parts of the show.

Each character has their own bit of development that you get to watch, and by the end of the show it’s great to think back to how the characters started out, how they’ve learned basic life skills and lessons by being in this dirty town for a few years of their life. By losing everything, they gained a lot more than they had before: trustworthy friends that almost seem like family, new views on how people outside of the upper class live, new information and new perspectives that they wouldn’t have learned if they didn’t move to this town in the first place. One of my personal favorite character arcs of the show is how much Alexis grows. She grew up being someone who would just go anywhere, and do anything, and not really think about the consequences or dangers of her actions. However, in the end of the show, Alexis began to think before she did certain things; gained a sense of morality over her actions. I found this to be very impressive considering how she started off.

Schitt’s Creek is a wonderful and heartwarming show that represents good healthy relationships between friends and family. It’s truly a great show that I suggest to anyone who enjoys heartfelt comedy series.

Score 8/10