When filthy-rich Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy), his wife Moira (Catherine O'Hara), and their two kids- son David (Daniel Levy) and daughter Alexis (Annie Murphy) - suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to live in a town they once bought as a joke. They must confront their newfound poverty and discover what it means to be a family, all within the rural city limits of Schitt's Creek, their new home.