A Schitt’s Creek Star’s New Comedy Just Landed on Netflix — Binge All 8 Episodes Now

If you were holding out hope for a Schitt's Creek reunion, that is not happening right now. The good news: Dan Levy is back on TV with a brand-new Netflix comedy, and you can stream the whole thing today.

The quick download

• What: Big Mistakes, an 8-episode comedic crime thriller
• Where: Netflix (all episodes are up now)
• When: Premiered April 9
• Who: Co-created by Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott; starring Levy and Taylor Ortega
• Premise: Two not-exactly-competent siblings botch a theft meant to help their dying grandmother, get blackmailed, and tumble into organized crime
• Runtime: Roughly 30 minutes per episode (a very doable binge)

So, what is it?

Big Mistakes is Levy’s first big TV swing since Schitt's Creek wrapped its six-season run in 2015–2020 and went from scrappy Canadian sitcom to full-on modern classic. Fans know him best as David Rose, the pampered son of Johnny and Moira. Here, he is not David. At all.

Levy co-created the show with Rachel Sennott, and he co-stars with Taylor Ortega as siblings who constantly step on rakes. One very bad idea snowballs into blackmail, and suddenly they are neck-deep in the mob with zero skill set to survive it. The vibe is messy, tense, and funny in that 'oh no oh no oh no' way.

This is not Schitt's Creek 2.0 (and that is the point)

There is some shared DNA: a spiky-but-loyal sibling bond, plenty of family dysfunction, and a specific eye for how people love each other badly and then try to fix it. But the tone here is a 180: where Schitt's Creek was warm and cozy, Big Mistakes is chaotic, fast, and dark. It leans into high-stakes fallout and digs into generational trauma with a pretty unhinged sense of humor. Call it the stressed-out cousin rather than a sequel.

How is it landing so far?

Early days. As of now, Big Mistakes has not cracked Netflix’s Top 10, and there are no critic or audience scores posted on Rotten Tomatoes yet. The first wave of reviews is mixed. Variety summed it up like this:

"A wild ride," with "a cumbersome plot" that "dulls the comedic beats that would otherwise be razor-sharp."

Translation: the energy is there, the jokes are there, but the story may be juggling too many plates at once. That said, it has clear cult-favorite potential, and with eight half-hour episodes, it is easy to knock out in a night.

Season 2? TBD.

Netflix has not announced a renewal or a cancellation yet. That will come down to viewership and how the general audience vibes with it over the next couple weeks. Without getting into spoilers, the Season 1 finale definitely tees up more story if they get the green light.

Bottom line: No Schitt’s Creek revival right now, but if you want Dan Levy back in your queue, Big Mistakes is a brisk, chaotic detour with enough family fireworks to keep you pressing Next Episode.