Heart-Wrenching Schitt's Creek Scene That Changed How Fans View Roland Forever

When Johnny Rose and his family lost all their money and had to move to Schitt's Creek in the show of the same name, they had to deal with the kind of people they had never dealt with before: clingy, straightforward, sometimes even rude and tactless. That's what Roland Schitt, the town's mayor, seems to be at first glance. However, the show slowly reveals the softer side of his personality over the course of the later seasons, only to have us fall in love with him completely in the end.

Remember when Johnny, Stevie and Roland, a newly formed business trio, went to the big city to pitch the Rosebud Motel Group and get the funding they so desperately needed?

This happened in season 6 episode 12, titled The Pitch, and pretty much everything went wrong. The trio had technical problems and the audience was pretty tough. However, the pitch still went well... or so the trio thought. When Roland came back to get his briefcase, he heard the investors mocking the project. He could have just left, but instead he gave his own speech in defense of Johnny and the Rosebud Motel Group.

"Of all the times Roland pisses me off, that scene where he goes back for the briefcase is at the bottom of the list. Very proud of what he says and his backbone," Redditor Go_Bias said.

Although the "big fish" did not end up funding the project, Ruth and her business partner, who left the company to start their own, did. And fans believe it was thanks to Roland and his little speech.

"I feel like Ruth and her business partner were still on the fence when the trio left the room but when Roland stood up for Johnny in that room of condescending a**holes—Ruth saw the grit, courage, and unrelenting bond and determination the three had for each other and a solid business proposal," Redditor Outside-Aspect2681 noted.

Schitt's Creek aired on CBC from 2015 to 2020, ending after six seasons.