Schitt's Creek
The Plant
TV Flash files “The Plant” as hour 54 of 79 in the TV Flash guide — Schitt's Creek (2015–2020) on CBC/Pop TV, season 5, episode 3, aired 2019-01-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E03: listed hour 54 of 79 in the Schitt's Creek guide, hour 3 of 14 in season 5. It aired 2019-01-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Love Letters” (S05E02). Next is “The Dress” (S05E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Alexis and Johnny hatch a plan to impress a motel reviewer, while David and Patrick search for a new apartment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Plant sit in the Schitt's Creek guide?
S05E03 is listed hour 54 of 79 — hour 3 of 14 in season 5, season 5 episode 3.
When did Schitt's Creek S05E03 air?
The Plant aired 2019-01-22 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
Eugene Levy's Johnny Rose learned humility — and family — on Schitt's Creek, crowning a career of dry Canadian comedy. Warmth that could negotiate a motel lobby. TV Flash loves him as proof a late-run sitcom can feel like a hug with…
- Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose
Catherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose turned wigs and vowels into Emmy-winning sitcom soft power on Schitt’s Creek — a matriarch treating a backwater as a failed booking until the town became the right party. “The Crows have eyes” still lives…
- Dan Levy as David Rose
Dan Levy co-created and starred as David Rose on Schitt’s Creek — sweater catalogs, “ew, David,” and Emmy-winning warmth that made a late-blooming family sitcom feel like a hug with jokes. Multi-hyphenate soft power. On TV Flash he’s the…
- Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose
Annie Murphy’s Alexis Rose turned “ew, David” into global sitcom soft power on Schitt’s Creek — valley-girl armor melting into actual growth. Emmy-winning comic timing made the Rose kids’ bond the show’s secret engine. TV Flash files her…
- Emily Hampshire as Stevie Budd
Emily Hampshire played Stevie Budd on Schitt's Creek — motel-town deadpan beside a family still dressed for the wrong party. Dry loyalty, slow-burn warmth, the Rose orbit's local weather. TV Flash files her as the Canadian sitcom's…
- 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…