Introduction
About the show
Schitt’s Creek is a Canadian television comedy series created by father-and-son duo Eugene and Daniel Levy. Originally airing only in Canada and the USA, it came to wider global attention in 2017 when it was picked up by the streaming platform Netflix.
The premise of the show is a deceptively simple one: a wealthy family find they have lost everything and are forced to move to a small town in the middle of nowhere. Despite the impression created by the early episodes that this is basically a snarky and rather broad culture-clash comedy, the tone gradually becomes warmer as the Roses (parents Johnny and Moira and their adult children David and Alexis) discover that not everything has a monetary value, and that kindness, community and friendship bring their own rewards. The later seasons attracted a progressively more favourable critical response; the sixth and final season swept the board at the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming the first ever series to win all seven comedy categories.
About me
As you may have guessed from the title of this site, my name’s Phil. I live in Warwickshire in the heart of England with my husband Michael.
During the first COVID lockdown of 2020 we were looking around for things to binge-watch on TV. I read an interview with the actor David Tennant saying that he and his wife were enjoying something called Schitt’s Creek; apparently it was sweet and funny, and the episodes were short enough that you could watch several of them in an evening. (The show was made to fill a half-hour slot with commercial breaks; when viewed on an ad-free platform, the episodes run at around 21 minutes each.) We decided to give it a go – and the rest is history. In the unlikely event that I ever meet David Tennant, I owe him a pint.
It’s putting it mildly to say that Schitt’s Creek made a big impression on me. Dan Levy has said that the show is about the transformational power of love and acceptance; and this applies not only to the entitled, self-centred Roses learning to accept and even love the people of a small backwoods town (and vice versa), but also to their growing realisation that – to paraphrase RuPaul – you can’t love someone else until you first learn to love yourself. Without giving too much away if you haven’t yet seen the entire series, a primary story arc from mid-season 3 onwards involves what is, for me, simply one of the most affecting love stories ever portrayed on screen.
Having watched all six seasons once, a few months later we sat down
to watch them all again. Before pressing the play button I took a
photo of our TV set showing the Netflix title card for season 1,
episode 1, and posted it on Facebook with the caption:
“We’ve set out on this journey before; but this time the
destination is familiar, and old friends are waiting there to
welcome us back.”
At the time of writing (July 2026), we’ve just embarked on yet another complete rewatch – and this time I’m taking notes...
About this site
In June 2026 Michael and I went on holiday to Canada, including a week based in Toronto. When we were planning our trip I realised that we would be within easy driving distance of all of Schitt’s Creek’s main filming locations, which seemed too good an opportunity to miss. We ended up devoting an entire day to a Schitt’s Creek mini-tour. It was a joyous experience, which you can read about in more detail in my account of our pilgrimage (to be published shortly); for now I’ll just say that standing behind the counter at the real “Rose Apothecary” was one of the highlights of our holiday.
In what still seems a bizarre commercial decision, the show was unceremoniously dropped from UK Netflix in late 2025. Fortunately, in June 2026 the good old BBC stepped into the breach, and all six seasons are now available to stream in the UK via the BBC iPlayer. When we returned from our Canadian adventure I already knew that a third complete viewing of the series was a no-brainer. Meanwhile, though, the germ of another idea was forming in my mind...
Many of my favourite TV shows have fan sites devoted to detailed critiques of each episode, and it struck me that there must be something similar for Schitt’s Creek. However, a quick Google search drew a blank. To be sure, there are plenty of sites providing episode summaries, cast lists, and production trivia; I did find a couple containing reviews, but both seemed to have been abandoned before they were complete – and one of them was behind a paywall. Plus, most of these sites were almost unreadable, being plagued by the usual modern-day curses of cluttered design, ads, pop-ups, cookies and so on. I had a very strong feeling that there was a need for a clean, lightweight site that just focused on Schitt’s Creek episode reviews – and maybe I could be the one to fill that need?
The result of all this musing is the site you now see before you. If you’ve found your way here, I hope you love Schitt’s Creek as much as I do and will enjoy reading about it on these pages.
About the reviews
Each review on this site is my own very personal, subjective response to an episode of Schitt’s Creek. It’s a TV show that I love, and so being critical about elements of the plot, writing, performance and direction is tough, but I’ll do my best. The “problem” is particularly noticeable in the later seasons, when the show becomes as near to a perfect sitcom as it’s possible to imagine. For a TV comedy to sustain itself over 80 episodes without resorting to any of the standard tricks such as “bottle” episodes, clip shows and the like is a near miracle.
I’ve assigned a star rating (one to five stars) to each episode, because, well why not? It’s an easy way for me to compare episodes against each other and gives you an instant indication of which ones I think are the stand-outs.
I’ve credited the writer and director of each episode, but I haven’t got bogged down in production trivia. You can find that sort of information elsewhere. Likewise, I haven’t provided detailed plot descriptions. Each review assumes you’ve watched the episode under discussion, so you already know what happens. And yes, that does mean that spoilers abound – but only for that episode, or previous ones. I may occasionally make oblique references to events in later episodes, but never (I hope) in a way that spoils your enjoyment if you haven’t seen them yet.
About time...
...to stop reading this page and go and read some reviews. Or go and watch some Schitt’s Creek and then come back here and read the reviews of the episodes you’ve just watched, whichever you prefer. Either way, I hope you enjoy this site.
Best wishes, warmest regards,
Phil