It took several glorious seasons of Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek, the brainchild of Daniel and Eugene Levy, for US audiences to fully catch on to the show’s brilliance. And just as soon as America re-upped its love affair with Catherine O’Hara thanks to her absolutely genius run as “Moira,” the wig-loving matriarch of the Rose family, the show is leaving the airwaves, or streamwaves, or however you crazy kids watch TV now.
But the news isn’t entirely bad.
In a written statement, the show announced it would come back for a sixth season (yay!), but that it would be the series’ final one (aww).
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Throughout its five seasons, the often-zany series helmed by breakout star Daniel Levy has taken on some frank and unconventional queer storylines. Daniel’s character, “David,” has been celebrated as one of TV’s first and most visible pansexual characters.
And despite being a screwball fish out of water comedy, the show has handled its more earnest endeavors with total class.
A particularly emotional moment came in a season 4 episode in which David’s boyfriend, “Patrick,” serenades him with an acoustic cover of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best.” We’re not crying, you’re crying:
Notably, none of those storylines have involved homophobia, a point Levy clarified to an audience at the Vulture Festival last year:
“I have no patience for homophobia,” he explained. “As a result, it’s been amazing to take that into the show. We show love and tolerance. If you put something like that out of the equation, you’re saying that doesn’t exist and shouldn’t exist.”
Read the statement from series creators (and real-life father and son duo) Dan and Eugene Levy below:
“We are so grateful to have been given the time and creative freedom to tell this story in its totality, concluding with a final chapter that we had envisioned from the very beginning. It’s not lost on us what a rare privilege it is in this industry to get to decide when your show should take its final bow. We could never have dreamed that our fans would grow to love and care about these characters in the ways that you have.
We are all so excited to begin shooting these last fourteen episodes and can’t thank you enough for the overwhelming love and generosity you’ve shown us. We hope you continue to enjoy the rest of our fifth season as we prepare to shoot our sixth!”
Seasons 1-4 of Schitt’s Creek are available to stream on Netflix.
We’ll leave you with this iconic moment from season 1, which finds Moira having booked a wine commercial at “Herb Ertlinger Fruit Wines”:
Charlie in Charge
A fantastic show. I’ve watched and re-watched the David / Patrick romance arcs over and over again.
And I like the decision to keep homophobia out of the show – David sometimes gets criticized for being overly fussy but mostly just in the same way all the other characters do.
GorgeousNotGeorge
Fun show. Yes Patrick serenading David is cool and wonderful. David’s character is kind of like Kimmy’s roommate Titus with a different over the top reactions. And Patrick is cute.
seaprime
So sad to see the series end – but they are ending “on top” no pun intended. Enjoyed the series so very much and looking forward to the final season 6. Thank you Schitt’s creek and all the wonderful actors – you have made me very happy – I respect and LOVE YOU ALL
Gouly Julie Annie
One of Carol Burnett’s favorite shows.
BGinBigD
Such a well written and equally acted show. Congratulations to Dan and Eugene Levy and to the entire cast. You made me laugh and smile.
Toofie
While sad it’s ending, at least we’re getting a definite 6th season. Great ensemble!
Sammy Schlipshit
So glad I found this outstanding show early on.
Daniel, thank you very much for how you’ve approached our people…and, do it while keeping me fascinated, mesmerized, laughing and crying.
Who knew seeing an adorable, confident(?), aggressive gay boy first, actually hit the ball then proceed to ‘not so prissy’ run the bases. David was even up for getting his suit dirty by sliding into home in spite of his dad hitting him in the back with the ball.
This episode is on Replay.
Thank you, thank you.
Now I have another reason to live.
Gay in Soulard
Eugene and Daniel Levy’s onscreen relationship provides healing joy: a nurturing straight Dad embrace of a scarred/scared-by-experience gay son’s relationship is nothing short of therapeutic. Daniel Levy’s face manifesting unexpected bliss hearing Patrick sing a ballad publically devoted to him in a small town setting sends hope to many young “ew, David[s]”.