Schitt’s Creek is about a family that goes from fancy to floundering. They lose everything and end up in a small town. It’s like a reality check wrapped in comedy. Family, love, acceptance and personal growth? Check, check, check and check! These Roses learn to live in their new world. With a killer cast and sharp writing, this show racked up awards. It’s comedy gold, if you like your laughs with a side of feels.

Meet the characters from Schitt’s Creek

Twyla Sands

Twyla is basically sunshine in a diner apron — soft, kind, somehow wonderfully oblivious and also low-key wise, which is a weird combo that you can’t help but adore. She remembers everyone’s order and everyone’s name but sometimes forgets her own birthday, or maybe she throws parties for it, I can never keep track. She’s quietly ambitious? Or maybe she’s content, like she lives in that comfortable middle ground where you know she’d help you move at 7 a.m. even if she’s half-asleep. Also she once had a poem about raccoons? I think. Either way, she’s endlessly sweet and surprisingly steady.

Johnny Rose

Johnny Rose is the dad energy of the town — steady, eternally optimistic, slightly bewildered by small-town chaos but somehow always trying to fix it with spreadsheets and polite smiles. He’s unflappably classy in an off-brand suit, and yes he does use phrases like “strategic pivot” unironically, but he’s genuinely sincere, not smug. He’s got that businessman backbone but also a soft, swoony romantic who will make awkward attempts at romance like a rom-com dad. Also he’ll cry at a dog video and then calculate mortgage rates — it’s confusing but kind of perfect.

Jocelyn Schitt

Jocelyn is pure pastel warmth, full of PTA energy and the kind of optimism that makes people either roll their eyes or feel comforted, no in-between. She’s a little ditzy sometimes — like forgets names, misplaces a casserole dish — but also an unshakable town cheerleader who shows up for everything with casseroles and smiles. There’s a surprising steeliness when it matters (don’t mess with her kids or her cake table), and she’s embarrassingly proud of her scrapbook prowess, which she’ll show you whether you want to see it or not. Also she’s friends with literally everyone, even though she can’t remember what day it is half the time.

Ted Mullens

Ted is the veterinarian with a sweet awkward smile who loves animals and also loves Jocelyn in the way that’s gentle and very, very sincere. He’s the kind of guy who’ll nerd out about a raccoon’s dental hygiene and then get flustered ordering coffee like a generated rom-com scene. He’s quietly competent, loves plants (or is it fossils? — he likes interesting things, okay), and has an adorably nerdy streak that makes him instantly trustable. Also he laughs at his own jokes, which is endearing unless you’re trying to be mad at him, then it’s impossible.

Moira Rose

Moira is theatrical chaos wrapped in couture wigs and invented words — the most gloriously extra presence you can imagine, always speaking like she’s narrating her own life. She’s a former soap star who treats everything as performance art: dinner, grief, grocery shopping — all elevated, darling. She can be mercilessly dramatic one moment and heartbreakingly vulnerable the next, which makes her impossible to predict and impossible not to love. Also she hoards wigs, has made up half her resume (probably true), and will absolutely critique your posture in a tone that suggests opera.

Roland Schitt

Roland is loud, unapologetic, and somehow both the town’s worst mayor and its most honest menace — a walking headline. He’ll say something wildly inappropriate and then give you a cookie like nothing happened; it’s his charm, or his defense mechanism, I’m not sure. He’s petty, small-minded in the funniest ways, but occasionally you see sparks of actual loyalty, which is confusing and kind of touching. Also he thinks he’s a ladies’ man (he’s not) and has very specific opinions about lawn care that he will share at length.

Stevie Budd

Stevie is the deadpan manager who sneaks up on you with her competence and zero enthusiasm for most human interactions, which basically makes her the show’s backbone. She’s sarcastic, tired, and deeply moral in a quiet way — will protect you if you’re in trouble but will also tell you when you’re being ridiculous. Loves cigarettes? Maybe. Loves comfort food and terrible rom-coms? Definitely. Oh and she’s mysteriously good at paperwork and secretly sentimental about old receipts, but don’t ask her to admit it.

Patrick Brewer

Patrick is soft-spoken, impeccably organized, and the kind of relentlessly patient person who makes chaos feel manageable — his calm is almost suspicious, in a good way. He’s tidy and tidy in a human way: color-coded and also probably knows your dog’s name. He has a cheeky sense of humor that sneaks out when he’s comfortable, and his loyalty is like a warm blanket that sometimes makes you blush. Also he bakes? Or at least he makes very precise sandwiches, which is basically the same thing.

Alexis Rose

Alexis is part-travel blogger, part chaotic socialite, and 100% heart — loud, endlessly talkative, and surprisingly deep if you let her get to the second paragraph. She will tell you a story that starts in Ibiza and ends in therapy, and you’ll be riveted the whole way; she’s dazzling and a little flighty, but she actually learns stuff and grows, which is annoying in the best way. She’s dramatic and self-centered sometimes, but her loyalty to family is unexpectedly fierce and real. Also on Wednesdays she drinks a questionable smoothie and does a gratitude list that she half-forgets but means it anyway.

David Rose

David is allergic to boring things and allergic to people-coping mechanisms that don’t involve aesthetic cohesion — sarcastic, neurotic, and exquisitely dressed. He’s snark-first, feelings-second, but has the softest core when it comes to family and friends, which he will deny while clutching a designer sweater. He obsesses over tiny details (like the exact shade of pale gray) and then does the most generous thing you can imagine, usually with a sigh and a side-eye. Also he hates camping and loves puns, and will lose a fight with a mood board in about five seconds flat.