Schitt's Creek
The Motel Guest
TV Flash files “The Motel Guest” as hour 24 of 79 in the TV Flash guide — Schitt's Creek (2015–2020) on CBC/Pop TV, season 2, episode 11, aired 2016-03-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E11: listed hour 24 of 79 in the Schitt's Creek guide, hour 11 of 13 in season 2. It aired 2016-03-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Ronnie's Party” (S02E10). Next is “Lawn Signs” (S02E12).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Johnny and Moira have a surprise guest, David and Alexis look for an apartment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Motel Guest sit in the Schitt's Creek guide?
S02E11 is listed hour 24 of 79 — hour 11 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 11.
When did Schitt's Creek S02E11 air?
The Motel Guest aired 2016-03-15 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
Noah Reid’s Patrick Brewer gave Schitt’s Creek its quiet afterglow — the small-town love interest who treated David Rose’s armor as a business plan worth keeping. Wigs and moths got the stills; Reid got the slow burn. TV Flash still files…