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Now that you’ve had some time to process it, with the show ending Tuesday night, why do you think Schitt’s Creek resonated the way it did?

It was about the idea that loving each other and supporting each other and being accepting of each other is a really valuable thing. I do believe that’s been why people have responded so emotionally to it.

The show has been called groundbreaking in a lot of ways. Did you ever feel that happening?

We never intended for this show to have the kind of trajectory that it’s had. Our job from day one was: tell the best story we can. We really haven’t taken our eyes off that prize. I don’t think it’s necessarily a good thing to look to America as an example as having succeeded because, to me, we succeeded when this show was a hit in Canada and this show was a hit in Canada long before it was a hit in the States.

Series finales are a tricky thing. What can fans expect from Tuesday night’s episode?

This season has been the only time we’ve taken fan expectations into consideration. So, when we started, we looked at what fans might be expecting and tried to tick off as much as we could. We wanted to give them what they wanted, but also what they might not know that they need. I think that’s been the key to all the series finales that I’ve loved in the past.

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When did you know Season 6 would be it?

I’ve just been very cautious about not overstaying our welcome. So I was ready to potentially end after five and then our network came back and said they would happily allow us to do five and six. I thought that would give us 28 episodes to wrap this story up. It allowed me two seasons to sit down with our amazing team of writers and start plotting out the beginning of the end. That kind of runway allowed for us to cautiously and thoughtfully wrap everything up in ways that I hope have satisfied our audience and respected the journey for our characters.