Wife and I started Schitt’s Creek over the weekend. First episode was like a 7, so we had to kind of go out on a limb for the next few episodes. For the first couple episodes, we both agreed the characters were just a little too over the top to be relatable.
Sticking with it was worth it. The show really comes into its own as the series goes on. Somewhere around late season 1, it becomes a really solid show. And then in season 2, it becomes an excellent one.
Eugene Levy’s son is really good as the bitchy pansexual (???) son and Eugene Levy and Katherine O’ Hara have always been favorites of mine. Chris Elliot is fucking amazing in everything he’s in and this show is no exception. Eugene Levy’s daughter on the show is smoking hot even though her character is frustratingly idiotic. Katherine O’ Hara is basically her character from Beetlejuice. Stevie, who is kind of a cutie, is pretty much April from Parks and Rec.
For the first few episodes it’s a 7/10 but as it goes on it’s 8.5+. I was LOLing. It’s very much like Arrested Development. You just have to plod through the first few episodes.