Quit complaining that the early episodes of Schitt's Creek aren't any good!

The Big Lead

"Ever since Schitt's Creek won all of the Emmys last week, a new wave of people have discovered the show," says Stephen Douglas. "And with that came a second, smaller, more annoying wave of people proclaiming that it isn't funny" based on the first few episodes. To which Douglas responds: "This complaint about a great show starting slow is just a version of 'why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box?' Some of them are just bad start to finish. Why aren't all shows just great immediately and in perpetuity? Seems like a problem with the system itself to be quite honest. Speaking of Seinfeld, you ever watch the first season of Seinfeld? It's not very good! Same for Parks & Recreation and The Office. I watched the first episode of Arrested Development the night it premiered. I thought it was horrible. I have since seen the original three seasons approximately 20 times. These are a handful of the best comedies ever. Even they needed time. The Wire is another show that people love to tell you they just couldn't get into. On rewatch it certainly isn't the show it became as the first season progressed or during its peak...With Schitt's Creek, I think the problem is that it's not American. It looks American. It won a bunch of Emmys in America. But it just showed up on Netflix one day and that's where most people saw it. And many enjoyed it. And some people who vote for awards agreed and thought it was worthy of those awards. Sorry if you don't find the first few episodes hilarious. Guess what? Five years later the show was one of the best on television. And I'm sorry if you're sick of the gifs with random words in yellow. They are wonderful in the show and can be applied to anything."