Schitt's Creek: Alexis's 5 Best Pieces Of Advice (& Her 5 Worst)
When the Rose family first ends up in Schitt's Creek, it's hard to imagine any of them giving good advice. After all, Johnny just lost his fortune, Moira is a washed up actress, David struggles with everything, and Alexis seems like a stereotypical dumb rich kid. But as fans fell in love with the stars of Schitt's Creek, it was easy to see how these first impressions were completely wrong. Alexis, especially, is anything but stupid - and is also incredibly kind and encouraging.
Throughout the show, she encourages everyone she meets, making real connections, and helping people with total enthusiasm. She might not always be the most self-aware character, but she always has a good heart, and most of the time, she's got some good advice to give, too.
10 Worst: Give A Fake Name At A Checkpoint
Alexis's stories of her various wild adventures are one of the best parts of the character, especially as she just drops them casually into conversation. Sometimes, though, these stories also come with a side-helping of terrible advice. When she, Johnny, and Roland are being pulled over while transporting illegal raw milk, for example, she gives them advice from her time in South Africa - that "it's just like a drive through, except everyone has a gun" and to "never give them your real name". Which, given that this just panics the others and leads to total confusion (and the milk being dumped out) was terrible advice.
9 Best: Telling Twyla Not To Write Mutt A Song
When Twyla and Mutt's relationship is coming to an end, Alexis doesn't want her friend to end up getting any more hurt than she has to. So when she hears Twyla talking about the big gesture she is planning to try and reignite the spark, she is quick to steer Twyla away from anything too big or romantic, to save her feelings. It's a great moment, and one of many times that Alexis is able to give Twyla some good advice and curb a little of her naivety.
8 Worst: Teaching David To Ride A Bike
"The pedals make it move more, David" may be a brilliantly funny line from Alexis (and it's not wrong) but in terms of practical advice for learning how to ride a bike, it's not exactly helpful!
Of course, it's sweet and caring of Alexis to try and teach David in the first place, and seeing her be so encouraging is absolutely adorable. Her advice may not be useful, but she probably can't remember a time she couldn't ride a bike, anyway!
7 Best: Telling David To Create Ground Rules
When David decides to send Patrick out on a date, Alexis asks him what the 'ground rules' are, and is shocked when David says that they don't have any. And she has a very good point. She's not judgemental about the idea of ethical non-monogamy (unsurprisingly, given some of her stories), but she does know that for it to work, there needs to be communication, and everyone needs to be on the same page. It ends up being advice that isn't needed, as it turns out that David and Patrick both felt too uncomfortable with the situation for it to continue, but if it had, Alexis's advice about talking out boundaries would have been excellent.
6 Worst: Breakup Advice
Alexis has a whole range of terrible breakup advice, including some from special extras from the show. She includes that it's ok to break up with a doctor right before surgery, and that comas are helpful, as well as some other gems throughout the series that include variations of ghosting, hiding, taking Instagram photos making out with someone else (like Mutt), and sleeping with other people. Her final breakup with Ted proves that she grows up, and figures out what a mature breakup looks like, but her early advice is pretty terrible.
5 Best: Warning David About Shoplifters
David and Patrick manage to run a successful business, but they aren't always the most business-savvy people. In fact, it takes Alexis to point out that a group of teenagers who enjoy hanging out around the store are actually shoplifting (something that she knows from her own experience as a shoplifter, as it happens).
Her advice about how they are doing it, and how to stop them, allowed David and Patrick to see what was happening and put a stop to it - saving some serious money.
4 Best: Helping Her Mother With Her Career
Admittedly, not everything that Alexis does turns out quite the way she expects, but a huge amount of her advice to her mother is incredible - no wonder Moira takes her on as representation. From helping her mother to promote her new movie and suggesting a mini red carpet, to being the one to figure out why she was written off Sunrise Bay - and making sure she got what she was worth when she returned - Alexis's advice essentially turned Moira's career around.
3 Best: You Can't Let Little Things Get In The Way Of Love
"If there’s one thing I’ve learned, when it comes to love, you can’t let the little things get in your way. Like I once dated this Sultan’s nephew who was forbidden to talk to me or even look at me, and we made it work for like, half a regime change." Surprising as it may be, Alexis's advice on love is often spot on. From her advice about not letting 'the little things' get in the way, to her speech at Single's Week about finding a key that might not look the way you expect, Alexis is actually impressively perceptive when it comes to matters of the heart.
2 Worst: Getting Ted To Start A Bunny Cam
This is somehow both terrible advice and wonderful advice at the same time. When Ted was dealing with a competitor, who was posting ads of himself shirtless holding puppies, Alexis had an idea for a new campaign for Ted: a bunny cam! A live stream of cute bunnies would help, which is good advice... but Alexis fails to tell him how the cam is set up, so Ted ends up accidentally stripping in front of it. That also actually ended up being great advertising, but maybe wasn't the best situation for Ted to find himself in.
1 Best: No-One Cares, David
When David is freaking out about a driving test, Alexis gives some of the best advice on the entire show. In a surprisingly encouraging (and extremely blunt) speech, she reminds him that 'other people aren't thinking about you the way you're thinking about you' and that worrying so much about everything in life is part of what is making life harder for him. The idea that 'no one cares' may seem harsh, but as David realizes, it's actually freeing.