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<em>Schitt’s Creek </em>Has Been Building to This Point About Love

On the feel-good sitcom, now in its final season, romances signal a more surprising attachment: to home.
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This story contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Schitt’s Creek Season 6.

Even without the Kardashian-esque budget he’d been accustomed to before his family’s bankruptcy, ’s David Rose (played by Dan Levy) loves to throw a good soiree. Toward the end of the sitcom’s fifth season last year, a minor calamity ensued when David planned a surprise birthday party for his boyfriend, Patrick (Noah Reid), with whom he also manages the store Rose Apothecary. When Patrick’s parents arrived for the festivities, they were shocked to discover that David was more than a business partner. The show deftly navigated , and the pair ended the season with something else

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