Schitt’s Creek Review: A Whisper of Desire (Season 5 Episode 7)
The great thing about Schitt’s Creek is that there’s no such thing as a bad episode.
The characters are delightful in whatever circumstance they’re thrown into and the writing is laugh-out-loud funny week after week. Some episodes bring on more stomach butterflies than others, but even the ones without the flutters still provide maximum enjoyment for a 21-minute period.
Schitt’s Creek Season 5 Episode 7, “A Whisper of Desire,” checks all the boxes that make this show wonderful, even without any overwhelming moments of emotion.
Awkward parent-child encounters – check.
David navigating a situation that makes him uncomfortable – check.
Moira sharing her theatre expertise – check.
The condescending way Alexis speaks to her father like he’s the cutest but also the dumbest member of society is hilarious, and Annie Murphy’s delivery is a joy. However, it seems important to note that Johnny was NOT losing his mind and Ted’s mom was totally flirting with him.
Also, Ted’s excitement at his mom’s dating life seems a bit over-the-top, but you do you, Ted.
The big setup of this episode is Patrick auditioning for Jocelyn’s local production of Cabaret. It doesn’t take long for Jocelyn to realize that she has bitten off more than she can chew. She happily passes the baton to Moira which means that in the weeks to come we’ll be granted more Catherine O’Hara/Noah Reid screen time which can only be a good thing.
Big props are in order for the hair team who followed up last week’s Jocelyn-hair-debacle with a magnificent wig that gave me flashbacks to horrible haircuts I sustained in the 90s.
Schitt’s Creek has, for the last four and a half seasons, been following the growth of the Rose family. This episode feels like we are settling into a world with these newly evolved people.
Nothing major happened this week, but we witnessed both David and Alexis existing undramatically in their successful adult relationships. The simple normalcy is a big deal.
It’s less about the growing now and more about just being these better versions of themselves. However, both Alexis and David are still holding on to pieces of their old selves which comes through strongly in this episode.
Alexis’s relentless needling of her father and David’s intense discomfort in the presence of Roland’s baby (and then his full one-eighty when he recognizes the baby could benefit him) speak to who these two have always been.
Similarly, Moira’s willingness to volunteer for Cabaret seems at least slightly less self-involved than previous choices Moira has made. Yes, her words are still dripping with her Moira Rose judgments, but she also genuinely cares about these people and wants to see a good production.
And, most astonishingly, she actually does know what she’s doing. In thirty seconds she coaxes a deeper performance out of Patrick in his audition.
Patrick’s already landed himself a part, and it looks like Alexis is about to throw her hat in the ring. How will David handle his boyfriend spending so much time with his family? Only time will tell.
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Schitt’s Creek airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on Pop TV.
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Tamar Barbash
Tamar Barbash is a TV-loving mother of three. She hosts the Shipping Room podcast where she has the opportunity to take advantage of her social work degree and dive deep into relationships portrayed on television. Tamar loves nothing more than to overanalyze the lives and experiences of fictional characters and she's so excited to be able to do that as part of the Tell-Tale TV community.