After my father died in March 2020, I was alone in my apartment for months with just my grief for company. I found myself drawn to re-watch all the seasons of “Schitt’s Creek” as a way to calm down and feel included in something that felt idyllic and was not the confusion of my dad dying from a virus that no one had heard of a few months before. And, he had loved the show too.

The final episode of Schitt’s aired in April 2020. I remember watching, very clearly sobbing at the sight of Moira Rose in her crazy ass white ice princess costume. Now, I see all the video clips folks are posting of Catherine O’Hara and my mourning feels renewed. For me, some of the most intense days of the pandemic’s darkness were made lighter due to her brilliant comedic portrayal of Moira. How awful that she is gone.