This is why you should be watching Schitt's Creek

This is why you should be watching Schitt’s Creek

By DEMETRIUS HARRISON

News Editor

If you are a fan of The Office’s innocent, dry humor, you will die for “Schitt’s Creek.” Canadian television icons Eugene Levy, his son Dan Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy team up for television’s most underrated, hidden gem.

You may recognize Catherine O’Hara from her roles in “Beetlejuice” and the “Home Alone“series, as well as Eugene Levy from his role as Mr. Levenstein in the “American Pie” franchise.

“Schitt’s Creek” was created by Dan and Eugene Levy, they then transformed it into a Pop TV original. In the script, the four act as the Roses – an extremely wealthy, hilariously out-of-touch family who owns the second-largest DVD rental company in America.

Catherine O’Hara essentially plays the role of herself: one of the world’s most famous actresses, renamed Moira Rose. Eugene Levy is Johnny Rose, while their nearly 30-year-old children are David and Alex.

In the pilot episode, all of the family’s assets are seized by the government due to their accountant not paying their taxes, stealing their money and running off to the Cayman Islands.

The only asset the government leaves the family with is a town Johnny bought for David and Alexis as a joke during their childhood: Schitt’s Creek.

The town is laughably small, spanning a few blocks wide, run by a city council of five-people, one diner and a ratty motel the overly-sexual, disgusting town mayor allows the family to stay in for free.

The funny part of the show is that although all of the family’s possessions have been taken from them, they still own all of their expensive, runway clothing and have the same stuck-up, rich mentality they had in New York City.

They move into the town, certain they won’t live there long as Johnny has plans to sell the town, but he soon finds out the town was on the market for 20-years until he purchased it.

This is why the government saw no value in it when seizing the rest of their assets.

Throughout the storyline, Alexis introduces us to her innocently hilarious, valley girl personality, Moira projects her selfishness, aiming to show the town she is better than them, David shines political light on his pansexuality, and Johnny questions daily how he got himself stuck in a family where he is the only practical being.

Schitt’s Creek is the perfect blend of The Office and scripted reality television.

The storyline features realistic, funny sibling feuds and a genuine depiction of the Kardashians if they were stripped of their pride and possessions.

At just 20-minutes per episode, I highly suggest you choose Schitt’s Creek as your next Netflix binge! This description doesn’t do the show justice.