I watched through seasons 1-4 on my Roku for free. I hope we get season 5 at some point soon, I do not want to have to pay for Netflix or Hulu or the like to see it (though I’ll survive if I don’t. It’s not like season 4 ended on some sort of cliff-hanger).
So did I. After the first episode, I just assumed each episode would be them trying, and failing, to get back home. And now that I say it like that, it would have been similar to Gilligan’s Island.
It took 3 or 4 episodes to realize that they’re not going to keep trying to get home, they’re going to do their best to make this their new home. Though, I’m always surprised that David and Alexis don’t just move out. Either of them, I think, could find someway to live somewhere else. Be it New York, LA, Chicago etc. David’s talented, just bored with life, and Alexis can certainly find a way to live for free. I think we all have one or two friends like her.
When I finished the season I mentioned to my sister that I want to go and watch Cabaret again. I’ve only seen it once, probably 15 years ago.
Do you have cable with POP. It’ll probably air on there sooner or later otherwise I think you can stream it from their website or app (if you’re a cable subscriber).
I do not have cable. I really only watch what I can get for free. (Though I’m very tempted to break that rule for Disney+)
Just wanted to bump this and encourage others to watch.
It is not for every one. I would say about midway through season 1 they hit their stride. Season 2 is awesome, and we’re now into season 3.
The characters are getting more 3 dimensional, and “evolving”, and that is improving each show. There are still characters to cringe at, but that is part of what makes the show.
It reminds me a lot of watching “Arrested Development”. It was tough to handle some of the character’s quirks. But the laughs are certainly worth it.
I finished season 5 a month or so ago. I love it so much! It is similar to Arrested Development in that you have to really listen so you can pick up on the subtle lines that are so hilarious. David is my favorite followed by Moira.
A lot of people (by which I mean the AV club, mainly) mention this show as one of the very best comedies of recent years, up there with The Good Place and Bojack Horseman. And… I just don’t get it. It’s kind of fun. Has some laughs. But it doesn’t have either non-stop hilarity, or deep emotions (Bojack), or thought provoking anything (Good Place), or characters you just want to hang out with (Parks&Rec). I’m glad people enjoy it, but… a perfect example of different strokes.
(Also, it drove me up the wall that they never actually explained what, if anything, it meant that they “owned the town”. What do they own, precisely? Did that ownership ever matter or benefit them in any way?)
I’m about 4 episodes in from the start, and yes, I don’t get that. It seems like a throwaway excuse for them being there.
Also not a fan of the “own the town” thing, but love the show anyway. It’s a throwaway premise that serves the purpose of putting the characters together.
The show does take a few episodes to get into a groove, it starts off as almost being about punishing the ridiculous rich people by making them live with poor idiots. When it gets it stride, it’s more about the interactions between vastly different people who form relationships with each other. They’re all flawed, hilariously flawed, but find ways to genuinely connect anyway.
The bought the town as a joke birthday present for David long enough ago that I think they forgot about it.
The only real reason for them to ‘own’ it was to kick off the story because it gave them a place to land when the feds took everything else they owned. The first few episodes revolve around them trying to sell it to recover some money. It also served as a way to get Roland and Johnny to butt heads since Roland saw Johnny as a threat and Johnny couldn’t wrap his head around why (essentially acting as a straight man for Chris Elliot).
Humor is subjective. If you don’t think something like this is hilarious, then it isn’t going to be for you. That’s OK.
Full song, because they did that. And it’s amazing. Everybody has a horse.
Bump.
OK. I just started watching this, but jumped in in the second season. I absolutely love it.
I’ve got to rewind to the beginning now and binge watch. It’s really good, for a number of reasons.
They seem inconsistent in the “own the town” idea. Like in the third season, Stevie inherits the motel, and then later Johnny becomes a partner in it. Or a bit later in the third season, when David rents the former general store building for his own shop.
It does help the show to be appealing that the Rose family are not assholes, although they are a bit insufferable early on. Later, though, they adapt and are shown to be decent people.
…the fact that they made Roland’s character so loathsome made (spoilers for the second-to-last episode of the final season)
Roland’s hero moment as he defended Johny Rose (and ultimately saved the deal) all the more wonderful for me, and the moment had me in literal tears, sobbing.
And Roland also featured in my personal favourite Schitts Creek moment, the season two finale.
Roland wasn’t the hero here, but this was Johnny’s defining moment of the first two seasons. A simple, eloquent, defense of the town he now called home, again, I was in tears. And am in tears now just thinking about it. Shame 
Gawd, I love this show.
Wife and I just finished binging it. I had watched - and disliked - the 1st couple eps some time back, but after enough people we like and respect recommended it, we gave it another whirl. Glad we did.
The only off elements for me were Catherine O’Hara and Chris Elliott. I’ve never liked either actor. Not sure how much that contributed to my dislike of their characters. Of all the main characters, they seemed to show the least growth, and seemed to most frequently blurt out or take selfish or horribly inconsiderate statements/actions which directly hurt another character.
I found the issues inconsistent and confusing. Just where did they make enough to go over on the car purchase, or buy the dress/fly to Bosnia? How much salary did Stevie draw from a failing Motel, let alone hire Johnnie and Roland? That sorta thing. But didn’t really detract from my enjoyment.
REAL minor thing - kinda bugged me that they never showed Alexis’ replacement at the vet’s.
David and Stevie were my favorite characters. And Patrick. Bob is one weird dude! S5 sure ended on a down note, tho…
For anyone watching on Netflix, only the first five seasons are available there. There is a sixth season and a movie finale, both of which aired on Pop TV earlier this year but haven’t yet come to Netflix although I think they will in the autumn.
Good to know. Had meant to look that up. Eager to see them.
Yeah, I think we ended up paying to watch season 6 on Amazon Prime?
I’m too much of a cheapskate to do that. And, by the way, I found this weekend that the first five seasons are available on the CW Seed website, streamable for free. (So if you’re bored this summer like me, take a look at that site for free stuff.)
We were watching Boston Legal when they took it off Netflix. Then we were getting discs from our library before they shut down interlibrary loans. We ended up paying IIRC $10 for the last season. While it initially bugged us to have to do so, we quickly realized that $10 for 12 hrs of entertainment for 2 people in our financial situation wouldn’t exactly break us…