It’s the beginning of the end forSchitt’s Creek.
After five seasons of dysfunction for the hilarious and beloved Rose family, the Canadian sitcom kicks off its sixth and final season on Tuesday night. The show starsEugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara,Dan Levyand Annie Murphy as a wealthy family forced to start over in a rural town after losing nearly all of their assets.
Dan, 36, created the sitcom with his real-life and on-screen father, Eugene, a 73-yea-old comedy veteran best known for films likeWaiting for Guffman, Best in ShowandAmerican Pie.(Dan’s sister Sarah Levy, 33, also stars inSchitt’s Creekas diner waitress Twyla.)
Hot off the cast’sScreen Actors Guild nominationand ahead of the season 6 premiere, Dan admits he felt “nervous” about fans seeing the Schitts’ last acts.
“I think the fans will be very pleased with how this story ends,” he says. “I have known how I have wanted to end the show for quite some time now, and so for me it was really about how do I go about thoughtfully and carefully laying the groundwork for the end of the show in a way that feels easy and not just like we are backloading a ton of info on people.”
“A lot of that came from me looking at all the shows I really love and all the series finales that I really love and analyzing what made me love them and why they worked,” he adds. “And the common thread was always the season had built to an inevitable conclusion, and that conclusion gave the fans what they wanted but also gave them something they didn’t know they wanted. I don’t want anything to be expected, and I think this last season is a love letter to our fans. And it’s a love letter to our characters.”
Dan also opens up about his intense emotions when finishing production on the show. “I don’t think I’ve ever cried more than shooting the last day of the show,” he says.
“I think we’ve sort of been able to capture some magic, and that happens very rarely,” he concludes.
source: people.com
