Schitt's Creek: 10 Best Standalone Episodes

10. Milk Money - S2E8

Schitt's Creek's character development is so drastic in some cases that getting plopped back in an earlier episode reminds you just how far the Rose family came in the six seasons.

Alexis Rose starts out as a ditzy, self-centred, name-dropping brat who considers herself above everyone and everything, who spends most of her time waiting to be rescued from the dire straits she sees herself in. Her transformation from this to the future business mogul she aspires to be by the series finale is one of the most dramatic instances of personal growth on any sitcom, and we see the first hints of it in Milk Money.

Johnny’s scheme to make a quick buck encounters its first hurdle when Alexis, tasked with purchasing the raw milk via vet-boyfriend Ted, forgets the correct units. Behold, 12 gallons of raw milk show up instead of the much more manageable 12 pints.

The father-daughter duo's struggle to shift such a vast quantity of illicit dairy produce begins to show Alexis' true potential. Sure, she might lose Johnny hundreds of dollars in wasted raw milk stock, but she also starts to demonstrate the quick-thinking arbitration skills learned through a lifetime of getting out of risky situations that later become the foundation of Alexis Rose Publicity.