Schitt's Creek gave each of its central characters a happy ending with a bright future, which perfectly sets the series up for a well-timed revival. This would, of course, require caution and care so as not to diminish the satisfying close of the original series. The popularity of reboots and spin-offs in recent years has proven that there are right and wrong ways to return to a story, especially one with such an emotionally impactful end. It would have to be timed right and set up in a way that doesn't contradict the trajectory of each character's happy ending.
The Rose family made it through six seasons of comedic hardship in Schitt's Creek. They grew closer to each other and, in the most surprising ways, found happiness more genuine than before coming to the small town that became their reluctant home. Schitt's Creek's ending saw Johnny become the proud owner of Rosebud Motel Group, Moira set to star in the reboot of Sunrise Bay, Alexis head off to New York to work as a Publicist, and David married to Patrick and establishing a cozy home in the town he had grown to love. While they went their separate ways with love in their hearts, they could still return for a reboot.
A Schitt's Creek Revival Would Need The Right Moment
Schitt's Creek season 6 in 2020, concluding the show, but its bittersweet ending perfectly showed how different each character was from the person they started as. This gives the series excellent rewatchability—so in the years since David and Patrick's wedding finale, audiences have only fallen even more in love. This is often the perfect recipe for a reboot since fans are eager to see what happens next in the story that they have watched again and again. However, this also means that there is a lot at stake. Some of the most beloved shows have been ruined by revivals, and no one wants to see this repeated.
Returning too soon to the Rose family in Schitt's Creek risks ruining the perfect ending by introducing conflict too soon into their happily-ever-afters. The best part of Schitt's Creek's finale is the implication that the Rose family is finally going to catch a break. They worked hard, they learned their lessons, and they could finally reap their rewards. They had come so close several times before, only to have it taken away. So, it would be better to reboot the series after enough time has ed for the family to each enter into new stages of their lives. That way, they wouldn't be giving up their satisfying resolutions.
Schitt's Creek Could Return With The Right Story
Since Schitt's Creek ended with the individual of the Rose family achieving their goals, a reboot story would need to center around exploring new destinations. Perhaps after a decade or so, Johnny Rose decides it is time for him to step away from the (assumedly massively successful) Rosebud Hotel Group. Maybe, in the case of Moira, she found more satisfaction in ending her career after the successful Sunrise Bay reboot, and she wants to move on to focus on the next stage of her life. Alexis and David are still young—so it can be assumed that they would transition through several more life changes.
Regardless of what is next for each character, it wouldn't be enough to center a reboot on this alone. Every good series needs a conflict. In Schitt's Creek, this was the deterioration of the Roses' fortune and social status. Repeating this would ruin the conclusion of their previous story arc, so that would be out of the question. So, instead, the new story may need to resolve around a conflict in another family's life. This would mean that the Rose family could use all the lessons they learned in the parent series to help someone else—back in the town of Schitt's Creek, of course.
What Challenge Could Bring The Family Together
In the Schitt's Creek series finale, Johnny mentioned to Roland Schitt that since David still lived in town, he would undoubtedly be around from time to time. However, it would take more than a typical visit back to Schitt's Creek to warrant a reboot. With everyone off doing their own thing, there would likely have to be some kind of disaster to bring everyone back all at once. So, what type of conflict would give Schitt's Creek's the Rose family an opportunity to use their newly earned selflessness and humanitarianism to help someone out, allow them to start new chapters in their lives, and, most importantly, bring them back to Schitt's Creek?
The most obvious line of action here would be some kind of town disaster. At the end of Schitt's Creek, Johnny Rose still owns the town. Some unexpected financial difficulty could strike the town and force Johnny to interfere (and the rest of the family by extension). Or, since David and Patrick still live in Schitt's Creek, it could be a disaster within their lives that inspires everyone to come back and lend a helping hand. Still, both these options would require the deterioration of their happy endings. So, instead, a tragedy would need to befall someone outside the family—preferably in the most comical way possible.
This would certainly have to include the Schitt family, who have a history of being the center of the chaos in Schitt's Creek. If, for example, Roland Schitt himself were to have ed away, Johnny Rose would return to Schitt's Creek to assist with the hilariously ridiculous last requests of his business partner and town mayor. The family would be brought together to attend the funeral, receive any bizarre inheritance from the eccentric man, and work together to his family and determine the next steps for the town. Perhaps one of the family would step in as mayor instead— bringing about a whole new generation of hilarious disasters.