‘Schitt’s Creek’ — When Everything Is A Plot Hole, Nothing Is

Schitt’s Creek was an incredibly successful comedy with compelling characters and humorous storylines. The characters had true arcs via premises that were both entertaining and created progress in the overall plot line. But from a strict storytelling perspective, there’s a lot to criticize. Certain developments just don’t make sense when analyzed and broken down. And yet, the show was still largely a success not in spite of these hiccups but because of them; it embraced the stories’ surrealist nature and hyper-existence of reality.

In essence, the series has a lot of plot holes. For one, the over-arching premise that someone can physically own a town, which is not actually possible. People can certainly own land, and they can even own a huge swath of land that the town is incorporated into. But the logistics of what that means for income and government do not necessarily translate into what was going on in the show. Also, the question of the ownership of the motel in which they live and the election logistics for the town council don’t necessarily follow any guidelines of logic. If realism was the ultimate goal of the series then things would take place a lot differently.

But still, these points aren’t flaws in the show’s design. The program’s tone fits perfectly in line with weird quirks and situations that might not perfectly adhere to logic. It embraces its own plot holes rather than view them as contradictions that can tear the story down. In the end, the series is a lighthearted comedy about characters rather than plot. Right from the beginning, everything that happens in the show is out of the realm of reality, so ignoring flaws in its plot points just simply comes with the territory.

Schitt’s Creek is now streaming on Netflix.