It’s the finale, so we face the fallout, the crisis, and the transitions. Princess Carolyn is in full damage-control mode after the choking video gets out. She sets up a softball interview for BoJack and Gina to brush off the whole “i...
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Given what BoJack was after at the end of last episode, we start in the state of “okay.” Maybe a little better than okay. The show’s a hit. They’re filming season two of Philbert. Gina’s getting fame, but as BoJack tells us, “I’m not ...
We begin with a cryptic tease, a parable of faith between two nuns who are discussing the woman who has washed on their shore and not said a word for two years. One of the nuns is still shaken by the lack of an answer, but the other i...
What’s real? BoJack asks himself this as the lines between his real life and his life as Philbert begin to blur. But through the haze, the last day of shooting suddenly arrives not with a bang, but with an whimper. The sudden stop lea...
Mr. Peanutbutter seems simple on the surface. He’s a good boy. Happy-go-lucky. He loves everything and everyone. And because he never gets too deep to really examine himself, nothing really bothers him. When things go wrong he just fi...
A lot of TV shows will attempt zany conceits, from format shake-ups, to exotic locations, to live episodes. But if we’re being honest, there often isn’t a lot of meaning behind those choices. They’re often conceits for conceits’ sake....
Why do our parents matter so much?For a long time, I’ll admit that I thought the concept was overstated. I was an independent kid, but that just means I had transcended the limitations of my ****** childhood! Yeah, no. That’s not how ...
“You know what ‘from’ means? It means you don’t have to be there anymore.” With these terse words, BoJack puts the notion of escaping your hometown into plain English. For all those coming to Hollywoo, it makes sense. They’re coming t...
Episodes of BoJack Horseman have taken on social issues before. Last season’s gun control episode stands out as a shining example, and the show has always had the ability to cut to the bone. Like most good satire, the show will often ...
In this tremendously funny and “traditional” episode of BoJack Horseman, it would be easy to look at its multiple zany plots and see them as disparate threads. But part of what makes the show so remarkable is its knack for tying its t...