Alexis Rose, similar to the rest of her family, begins Schitt's Creek as pretty self-centered and doesn't understand how the real world works and especially how the town of Schitt's Creek works. Alexis tended to rely on her romantic partners or her family to take care of her until she's forced to become independent and thrives.
Alexis comes into her own as she works hard in her studies to become successful in the public relations field and helps her family, new romantic partners, and new friends from Schitt's Creek along with way.
Freeloader: Her Past Relationships Before Schitt's Creek
Although Alexis is growing as she begins new romantic relationships in Schitt's Creek, she still talks about her past relationships often, and it always seems that she freeloads off of whoever she was with at the time.
She thought her boyfriend Stavros would save her from her Schitt's Creek fate and every time she mentions a previous relationship it usually involves her being financially dependent on the person she's with at the time.
Generous: Handling Moira's Movie Premiere
Alexis begins her public relations career after she graduates and after a few successes, she helps plan a Crows movie premiere in Schitt's Creek when Moira's movie is released.
It's a caring gesture from a daughter as she puts together the premiere for her mother. Although at first, the premiere seems to be a disaster when a group of crows is set loose on the crowd, but later the accident is viewed as a successful publicity stunt.
Freeloader: Expecting Mutt To Get Her A Car
Mutt gives Alexis a bicycle because she complained that she needed a better way to get around town and she said she missed her old spin class so he thought a bike was a good idea. Both David and Alexis are appalled at the gift even though it's pretty thoughtful and shows that Mutt was listening to her.
Alexis jokes that she meant that she'd want something like a car and even though it's a joke there's a tinge of honesty where she almost expected him to get her a car.
Generous: Putting Together Singles Week
Alexis has a great idea to put together a singles event to bring in money for the town and while Moira takes credit for the idea at the beginning when it turns out that the city council loves the idea, Alexis is the one to truly pull off the event.
Even when everything goes wrong, Alexis keeps a level head and the event is a great success for the town and for her confidence right after graduating with a focus in public relations.
Freeloader: Asking Ted To Double Up The Christmas Cookies
In the Christmas special, Ted is excited to bring Alexis to meet his friends at a holiday party and he painstakingly makes beautifully decorated cookies because he's worried they may not like her after their failed engagement.
Alexis tells him that they should stop by her father's party that he's been putting together at the last minute and she asks him to just double up the recipe without thinking about how much work that's going to be for him.
Generous: Comforting David With His Anxiety
David becomes incredibly anxious when he's about to take his driver's exam and thinks that the instructor will judge him for not having his license to drive at his age.
Alexis helps by talking her brother down and tells him that no one else is thinking about him in the same way that he's thinking about himself. She says that the instructor really won't care and it prompts David to actually talk to the instructor and realizes that his sister was right and that he was making himself anxious.
Freeloader: Working For Ted
Ted gives Alexis a job without any experience and even though Alexis says she wants to be interviewed like any other candidate, the two stop when it's clear that she wouldn't be getting the job if she had to go through the interview process.
Although Alexis does help in other ways around the office, like talking with and helping pet owners cope with loss, she's not good with the phones or filing and she tends to not come back to work after long lunches.
Generous: Not Accepting Twyla's Money
By the end of the series, Twyla has won a great amount of money and she tries to give Alexis some of it to show her appreciation of their friendship and to help Alexis with her ambitions in the public relations field.
Alexis doesn't accept the money, instead, wanting to succeed independently, and tells Twyla that she should get something that makes her happy and maybe she can come to visit Alexis too.
Freeloader: The Milk Incident
Although Alexis's gesture is well-intentioned, she still causes her father a lot of trouble. Johnny ends up owing Bob money for raw milk he drank without knowing how much it costs and he thinks maybe he should try to buy and sell some raw milk for money and Alexis tries to help Johnny.
Johnny asks Alexis to get 3 pints of the milk and she instead gets an insane amount of milk that costs him hundreds of dollars and doesn't understand why he's so upset.
Generous: Not Asking Ted To Stay
Although it's clear that both Ted and Alexis still care about each other, the couple decides to split amicably in the last season. Ted has his dream job in the Galapagos and Alexis has been planning to visit him, but it never happens because she's busy building up her public relations portfolio and the two can't seem to connect.
Ted surprises her by coming home and the two agree to break up so they can both pursue their career dreams.
