History Recap / BojackHorsemanS5E12TheStoppedShow

* AnAesop: Two.
** As Diane says, [[HumansAreFlawed no one is perfect]]. Everyone does their share of good and bad things, and the best we can hope to do is do more good than bad.
** Sometimes our problems are too big for us to handle on our own, and admitting that you need professional help is perfectly reasonable.

** Mr. Peanutbutter compares cheating on Pickles with Diane to Creator/RobSchneider's surprise party, only to backtrack and decide his situation is "way less sad and involves way more people".

* TakeThat: After whattimeisitrightnow.com decides to leave streaming, Flip proposes pitching ''Philbert'' to "that site where you pay your parking tickets. Or if we're ''really'' desperate, {{Creator/TNT}}."

* BittersweetEnding: Bojack has ruined yet another friendship, ''Philbert'' is canceled despite all efforts to keep it afloat after the scandal due to a ''completely'' unrelated scandal, and Todd loses his job in the fallout and is forced to destroy [[SexBot Henry Fondle]] so he can't hurt anyone else again as a result. Meanwhile, Mr. Peanutbutter can't own up to his infidelity and ropes Pickles into what will most likely be yet another failed marriage and Diane is forced to come to terms with her own {{pride}} after she becomes his "other woman". However, this newfound humility convinces her not to write an expose about Bojack and Penny, despite him remorsefully begging her to, and instead convinces him to go to rehab, which will ultimately help him more. And Princess Carolyn finally becomes the mother she's always dreamed of being when she adopts Sadie's porcupine baby.

** Bojack accepting that Gina has washed her hands of him with dignity further shows how much Herb's RejectedApology was the only lesson that stuck with him.
** Back in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E07IntSub Int. Sub]], Bojack mocks the idea of therapy in order to make himself a better person. After he watches the video of him strangling Gina while strung out on painkillers, Bojack [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is so shaken up by it]] ''and'' the fact that he was too high to even remember doing it that he finally realizes he does need professional help and checks himself into a rehab center.

* HypocrisyNod: Diane is forced to acknowledge she has less of a moral high ground than she thought, and destroying Bojack would do no good, even if he wants that. She instead convinces Bojack that they both need to look inward.

* KarmaHoudini: Deconstructed. The ''Philbert'' team manage to successfully cover up Bojack's drug-induced assault, with even Gina herself going along with it to prevent being known as "The Girl Who Got Choked By Bojack Horseman," though Bojack himself wallows in guilt and wants desperately to be held accountable for his actions. This leads [=BoJack=] to visit Diane and beg her to expose what happened between him and Penny in New Mexico. When she refuses to do so, partially because she's done writing anything for or about him and partially because it won't do anything to help him, Bojack decides to enter rehab to get help for fighting his addictions.
* LaserGuidedKarma: For the crew at least, they suffer this by virtue of being ApatheticCitizens. Due to some being stupid enough to film Bojack strangling Gina, the footage gets leaked online. They spend so much time trying to cover it up that they completely fail to stop the Henry Fondle scandal, which cancels the show anyway. Gina's the only one who gets anything positive out of the traumatic experience: a revived career.

* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, Bojack considers his drug-induced assault on Gina as his ultimate low point.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A sobered up Bojack is blindly led through the plans to cover up his "accident". He finally convinces Princess Carolyn to show him the footage, and is horrified to see himself strangling Gina in his drug-induced state.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: {{Defied|Trope}}. Gina willingly goes along with the cover-up of Bojack's drug-induced assault, even when a remorseful Bojack offers to willing publically confess about what happened, because ''Philbert'' finally kicked off her acting career. If word of the incident was confirmed, she knows that it will not only cancel the show, but she will become known as "The Girl Who Got Choked By [=BoJack=] Horseman".

* {{Pride}}: Diane accepts that this is a problem of her's once she realizes that, while she doesn't have the ''same'' flaws as Bojack, she can't tell herself that she's better than him after sleeping with her ex-husband again.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Both Bojack and Diane note that rehab won't be a cure-all for solving all of his problems. However, as Diane points out, Bojack finally admitting he needs help is a good first step.

* ThisIsReality: Gina cites this as why she doesn't want to go public with Bojack strangling her: she points out that everyone would be more focused on the sensationalism of it rather than her trauma, career or desires. She would be forever labeled as "the woman that Bojack Horseman choked". Thus, there would be no way for her to move on and it would shape her image forever.

** Played straight with Gina and Bojack, whose relationship is destroyed after the latter's drug-induced assault.
** PlayedWith between Bojack and Diane. After their altercation [[Recap/BoJackhorsemanS5E10HeadInTheClouds a couple of episodes back]], [=BoJack=] and Diane are on thin ice, even if they clearly talk to each other with the same honesty and concern, and BJ will have to work hard to ever repair that relationship, if it happens at all. However, BJ's clear desperation and care for Diane's opinion as well as Diane's speech implies not all is lost: [=BoJack=] wants to get better, even if he's miles from admitting it and Diane wants to believe he can, even if right now she wants to see to believe.

--> '''Gina:''' I don't want you to be the most notable thing that ever happened to me. I don't want you to be the question I get asked in interviews for the rest of my life.

* AwesomeMusic: The song that plays over the final scene is Music/TheWarOnDrug's "Under the Pressure."

* * JerkassHasAPoint: Stefani tells Diane upfront that the human holds everyone, including ''herself'', at an impossible standard. Perfect for blogging purposes, but toxic for her own personal life.

* RealityEnsues: Both Bojack and Diane note that rehab won't be a cure-all for solving all of his problems. However, as Diane points out, Bojack finally admitting he needs help is a good first step.