Schitt's Creek
Surprise Party
TV Flash files “Surprise Party” as hour 12 of 79 in the TV Flash guide — Schitt's Creek (2015–2020) on CBC/Pop TV, season 1, episode 12, aired 2015-03-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E12: listed hour 12 of 79 in the Schitt's Creek guide, hour 12 of 13 in season 1. It aired 2015-03-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Little Sister” (S01E11). Next is “Town for Sale” (S01E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Johnny tries to arrange a surprise birthday party for Moira. Things backfire when Moira, unwittingly, takes over the planning of her own party.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Surprise Party sit in the Schitt's Creek guide?
S01E12 is listed hour 12 of 79 — hour 12 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 12.
When did Schitt's Creek S01E12 air?
Surprise Party aired 2015-03-24 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The first episode. The Roses have to lose the room before they can earn it. Skipping to the sweet seasons cheats the glow-up.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it for the afterglow that took years: a family still dressed for the wrong party, a town that becomes the right one, and an Emmy-night seating chart nobody predicted from the motel ice machine. Wigs, moths, a cover song that behaved like a leak. Kindness as the last look, not the first pitch.
The first look is the wrong motel and the right jewelry. Schitt’s Creek opens on a family that still dresses like the after-party even after the accounts freeze — Eugene Levy’s Johnny trying to negotiate reality, Catherine O’Hara’s Moira treating a backwater as a failed booking, Dan Levy’s David already over the room, Annie Murphy’s Alexis still performing a version of herself for a camera that is not there. CBC, then Pop, then the streaming afterglow. The heat-check is simple: **they were never going to dress…
Filed against
- Eugene Levy as Johnny Rose
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- Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose
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- Dan Levy as David Rose
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- Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose
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- Emily Hampshire as Stevie Budd
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- Noah Reid as Patrick Brewer
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