Summary

• David was approximately 31 years old at the beginning of Schitt's Creek and 35 years old at the end.
• Alexis was around 27 years old at the start of Schitt's Creek and around 31 years old at the end.
• The show's unique approach to family dynamics, with adult children learning to be part of a family later in life, is what makes Schitt's Creek charming and unique.

David and Alexis Rose experience their late 20s to early 30s in Schitt’s Creek, but exactly how old were they at the beginning and end? The series has a messy timeline, as Schitt's Creek takes place over six seasons from 2015-2020, but only about three years pass within the show from the premiere to the finale. Dan and Eugene Levy have both stated that Schitt’s Creek’s events occurred over 3.5 years. This makes it a little easier to surmise the characters’ ages at the end, considering the years in the show don’t correspond with its real-world length.

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David is continually referenced to be older than Alexis, but their exact ages in any given season are less clear due to Schitt’s Creek’s fuzzy timeline. Considering Alexis’ birthday is never revealed, it’s unclear what the exact age difference is between David and Alexis in Schitt's Creek, but their varying ages in different seasons seem to suggest he’s about 4 to 5 years older. Moira celebrates her birthday once, while Johnny's is never revealed. Their actual ages are never once confirmed, but David and Alexis are a different story.

David and Alexis's Ages In Schitt's Creek Explained

David notably celebrates his birthday in the Schitt’s Creek’s season 3 finale, which is the same night Alexis has her high school graduation. If season 3’s finale is the halfway mark of the series, which runs about 3 years, it can be surmised that David was turning 33 years old at this point. In the Schitt’s Creek season 2 premiere, “Finding David,” his missing person poster lists his age at 31 years old, suggesting this is how old he was at the very beginning of Schitt’s Creek.

David later reveals his birth date to be July 2, 1983, in the season 2 episode “Moira’s Nudes." Since the show premiered in January 2015, it can be concluded he was 31 at the beginning of the series. Since the timeline gets fairly messy after the premiere, his birth date isn’t too helpful by the end. Schitt’s Creek’s finale takes place in September, three and a half years after the premiere, meaning David would be 35 at the end of the series.

Alexis’ birthday, on the other hand, is never celebrated in Schitt’s Creek, but her age is referenced occasionally throughout the series. In Schitt’s Creek season 1, episode 4, Alexis tells the Rose family about bribing a drug lord with sex 10 years ago, to which Johnny, aghast, questions why she was in Thailand at age 17. This suggests that in 2015, at the very beginning of Schitt’s Creek, Alexis was 27 years old.

In Schitt’s Creek’s season 3 episode “Stop Saying Lice,” Johnny mentions to a few hotel guests that his daughter is 28 years old, which aligns with only a year and a half or so passing in the first three seasons. If three and a half years have gone by since Schitt’s Creek’s premiere, and Alexis is about 4-5 years younger than David, she’s around 31 years old at the end, but could still be finishing up her 30th year.

David and Alexis Are Learning To Be Part Of A Family Later In Life

David and Alexis’s ages are part of what makes the Roses' journey in the Schitt’s Creek town so charming. Often in family sitcoms, children start the series fairly young, progressing into young adulthood and going off to college by the end. But Schitt's Creek very intentionally takes quite a different approach while still having all the heartwarming messages that family comedies usually do.

The idea of two parents in their sixties and two children in their late twenties and early thirties finally learning how to be a family is part of the optimistic approach to life that Schitt’s Creek preaches, and it's a key part of what makes the show unique and interesting. Alexis and David are fully-grown adults still sharing a bedroom with two twin beds while bickering like children. This is part of Schitt's Creek's comedy routine, to be sure, but it also has a more meaningful purpose.

While most of their lives were spent independent of their family and any real responsibility, David and Alexis's character growth is clear after spending these few key years in their lives truly maturing and appreciating those around them. With David and Alexis both in their thirties by the end of Schitt’s Creek and just finally discovering who they are and what they want to do, the series proves that it’s never too late to find oneself and become who one is meant to be.

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  Schitt's Creek

  Summary:

  Schitt's Creek is a sitcom series created by and starring Dan and Eugene Levy. When the Rose family's business manager embezzles funds from their fortune, they discover that all of their money is gone except for one last piece of property - a small town called Schitt's Creek that they purchased for fun years ago. Now forced to acclimate to an average, borderline impoverished life, the Rose family will attempt to make due with what they have while trying to revitalize the town.

  Release Date:

  2015-01-13

  Cast:

  Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Noah Reid, Emily Hampshire, Tim Rozon, Dustin Milligan, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Robertson, Chris Elliott, Annie Murphy

  Genres:

  Comedy

  Rating:

  TV-14

  Seasons:

  6

  Writers:

  Dan Levy, Eugene Levy, David West Read

  Streaming Service(s):

  Netflix

  Showrunner:

  Dan Levy, Eugene Levy