![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Schitt's Creek
Feb. 9th, 2021 09:27 pmI finished season two tonight. Honestly, I'm not sure what I think of it: it's bringing me moments of joy, but it's also so grating that I'd probably have long since given up on it if I were watching alone. Since I'm not watching alone, and since peer pressure keeps picking up where my tolerance for whiny rich people leaves off, I'll probably finish the whole thing. People keep telling me I'll come to love the characters. It hasn't happened yet.
Actually, no, that's not completely true. Stevie, Jocelyn and Ronnie are DELIGHTFUL, and their screentime is the highlight of every episode it graces. Of the main cast, David is the closest to winning me over - I actually did quite like him for a while, but then he broke Stevie's heart and I've been having trouble forgiving him for it. Alexis has her lovable moments but there's just, god, there's just SO MUCH bullshit to put up with in between. I can't think of a redeeming feature for Moira but at least her ridiculous wigs make me laugh. The one I'm most stuck on is Johnny: he's the most understated and least in-your-face family member, but he's callous and emotionally detached in a way that I suspect the writers think is less disturbing than I'm personally finding it.
I completely get what it's all building towards - out-of-touch former one percenters learn to empathise with the other ninety-nine - but I'm still waiting for the moment where it clicks into place and I start believing in the Rose family's character growth. Hopefully in another season's time I'll be able to look back at this post and shake my head at my past self's lack of taste. For now, though ... I don't know. I'm enjoying it, but I don't like it, if that makes sense.
Actually, no, that's not completely true. Stevie, Jocelyn and Ronnie are DELIGHTFUL, and their screentime is the highlight of every episode it graces. Of the main cast, David is the closest to winning me over - I actually did quite like him for a while, but then he broke Stevie's heart and I've been having trouble forgiving him for it. Alexis has her lovable moments but there's just, god, there's just SO MUCH bullshit to put up with in between. I can't think of a redeeming feature for Moira but at least her ridiculous wigs make me laugh. The one I'm most stuck on is Johnny: he's the most understated and least in-your-face family member, but he's callous and emotionally detached in a way that I suspect the writers think is less disturbing than I'm personally finding it.
I completely get what it's all building towards - out-of-touch former one percenters learn to empathise with the other ninety-nine - but I'm still waiting for the moment where it clicks into place and I start believing in the Rose family's character growth. Hopefully in another season's time I'll be able to look back at this post and shake my head at my past self's lack of taste. For now, though ... I don't know. I'm enjoying it, but I don't like it, if that makes sense.
