Comparing the 2017 version of One Day at a Time's Schneider to the character in the 70s and 80s Norman Lear original sitcom, he's very different. The wealthy landlord of the apartment building in which single mother Penelope and her family reside, he's a younger and seemingly much more layered character. Schneider is lonely and awkward and yet finds himself most comfortable when hanging out with the Alvarez family, even if he sometimes inserts himself into their business when he shouldn't. But he really has become a good friend to them.

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That said, while there's a lot to love (and miss) about this character now that the series has officially been canceled for a second time, there are a few things that are kind of puzzling about him.

He Bounced Back So Quickly After Falling Off The Wagon

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In that one gut-wrenching episode, Schneider fell off the wagon and it was revealed that he is an alcoholic. A teenage Alex encounters a drunk and depressed Schneider in the building's laundry room where they have a troubling encounter that terrifies the young boy.

While Schneider makes a commitment to get help and go back to his meetings, he seems to bounce back pretty quickly. Of course, the passage of time in the sitcom world is often unclear and viewers don't get to see everything happening in every character's life. Nonetheless, the storyline came and went very quickly with Schneider's drinking rarely ever mentioned again.

We Don't See Him In Meetings A Lot

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Not a lot of attention is paid to Schneider attending any types of meetings or support groups despite his multiple addictions, including alcohol, drugs, and gambling. Yet there's a sequence in most, if not every episode showing Penelope in her PTSD support group.

While Schneider was eight years sober prior to his slip-up, in what was considered one of the best episodes of the series, it seems the Alvarez family didn't even know of his addiction issues prior to that. It doesn't make any sense that there isn't as much time spent on showing Schneider's journey to healing as Penelope's.

Bursting In On The The Alvarez Family

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It's understandable given Schneider's own troubled childhood that he would gravitate to the close-knit Alvarez family as the type of family he wished he had. Even though he had all the money in the world growing up, and every material item he could possibly want, his parents were never there for him.

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That said, he constantly barges in without knocking, which could cause problems for someone in his position as a landlord who is not supposed to do things like that. Sure, he is close friends with the family, but it's not smart when he is also their landlord.

His Obsession With The Alvarez Family

Alvarez Family in the living room

Schneider takes his affection for the family to a creepy level. He collects memorabilia of the Alvarez's, like a snow globe and puzzle, and even manicures bonsai trees to look like members of the family.

He also has a clay model of the family in his living room, with a model of himself behind them. But it becomes too much when it is revealed that he even has a museum of the family in an abandoned apartment on the sixth floor that he calls the Alvarez Museum Norte! This adds a very weird undertone to the otherwise great family sitcom.

His Job

Avery and Schneider reading What To Expect When You're Expecting

It's noted that Schneider's wealthy father essentially gave him the apartment building to manage to give his entitled and, in his dad's eyes, incapable, son something to do since he apparently had no discernable skills. If this is true, how is Schneider able to manage the building so well?

It takes a lot to maintain a building with so many tenants, including upkeep, paying the bills, dealing with complaints or concerns, renewing leases, and so on. Yet Schneider appears to have plenty of time on his hands with no actual employees that help him. How does he do it all and is he actually smarter than he comes across?

His Father Pushing Him To Drink

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Even if his father Lawrence is a terrible father and wasn't there for Schneider when he was a child, it still doesn't make sense that he would try to encourage his son to drink, knowing full well that he was an alcoholic.

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In the episode when his father visits, he gifts Schneider a bottle of Don Julio Real and suggests they share a toast because he paid for his rehab, after all. His father can't possibly be that careless and ignorant.

The Clown Dummy

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Even Schneider, who is a totally nice guy, could not have been so desperate as to love the creepy, ugly clown dummy that Dr. Berkowitz claims was his best friend as a child. When Dr. Berkowitz gifts the life-sized plush to Schneider and his girlfriend Avery for their upcoming baby, she winces, but he seems to love it.

The clown, named Ruckus, would easily terrify any baby or small child, not to mention an adult. Given the fancy and stylish things Schneider has in his apartment, it's possible he just loved the sentiment, not the doll, but it makes no sense that he fought so hard with Avery to be able to keep it.

Not Proposing To Avery

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In the season finale (which turned out to be the series finale unless another network picks up the show), a romantic scene is set on the rooftop patio that is made to look like Schneider might propose to Avery, but it turns out it was all for Max and Penelope.

With Schneider being so lonely, and often clingy to those who give him attention, it makes little sense that with a baby on the way and madly in love, he wouldn’t be rushing to propose to Avery.

Losing His Canadian Citizenship

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Even if Schneider was born in Canada, as it was revealed, and was officially granted U.S. citizenship, he would not have had to give up his Canadian citizenship as well, unless he wanted to.

Many U.S. citizens who are from Canada hold dual citizenship, so it doesn't make sense that he would renounce his Canadian citizenship. And why bother if he could have both?

Not Falling For Penelope

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While it shouldn't be assumed that every young, single man would fall for a young, single woman, it seems odd that someone as lonely as Schneider would not have fallen for Penelope. A strong, independent single mother who put him in his place time and time again, she seems like exactly the type of woman he would like and need.

Yet their relationship was always more like a brother-sister one. It seems strange that he never had deeper feelings for her, especially before they became such good friends. And even stranger that Penelope's mother Lydia never tried to push Schneider to date her daughter, given that he's a sweet, kind, and wealthy young man with whom she gets along really well.

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