There will be an episode, possibly the last, with a title based off of Diane's new book.
Much like how season one had episodes that were based off of her book about BoJack (namely "One Trick Pony," the book's final title). It would be amusing and somewhat fitting if one of the last episodes of the series was titled, "One Last Thing And Then I Swear To God I’ll Shut Up About This Forever" (or even just "One Last Thing" if they don't want the long title.) The title and theme of the book may change in the second part too, providing a different title.- Jossed. There is an episode about the memoir, the title of which is taken from a theme of the book, but she never even finishes the memoir, instead opting to write a series of middle-grade fiction novels.
Doctor Champ's daughter is Maddy.
He mentions that he promised his husband he'd stop drinking after something that happened to their daughter, and the cliffhanger of episode 8 has Pete Repeat recounting the incident with Maddy...it's much like this show to bring those puzzle pieces together for a big reveal.- A possible hole with this is Maddie's last name is Ginsberg
, not Champ; however, given that the show has shown couples that don't change their last names when married (ie. Diane still going by "Ngyuen" when married to Mr. Peanutbutter) it may be negligible.- Perhaps Champ married Maddy's father sometime after she was born already.
In all his guilt over Penny, BoJack doesn't even remember leaving behind Maddy and Pete, and this will come back to bite him.
Whenever BoJack recounts the events of New Mexico, he only talks about what he did to Charlotte and Penny. He had no connection to Pete or Maddy before hurting them, so his guilt is nowhere near as strong, and the pain he caused them was likely overshadowed in his brain by the pain he caused Penny and Charlotte. Now that Hollyhock is about to learn about Maddy's alcohol poisoning without also knowing what happened afterwards, BoJack will have to confront that, and that may get him in trouble more than the Penny thing, since while both actions are reprehensible, giving Maddy alcohol is definitely illegal.This will throw a wrench into BoJack's self-loathing right when he thought he could recover, as he realizes that the loved ones he's ruined aren't the extent of his toxic behavior just because losing them hurts him so much, but he's done real damage to people and completely forgotten about it, because he never craved their attention to begin with. And if he makes a connection between abandoning Maddy and abandoning Sarah Lynn (since his lying about where she got the heroin in her death and where she got alcohol as a child serves to parallel him telling Pete to lie about where Maddy got her bourbon), the full extent of everything he did that night will hit him where it hurts.
The finale credits will feature a new song by Grouplove.
And it will begin with "In 2014, I was in a somewhat famous TV show."- Jossed. It ends on a different song entirely.
If the Gina story comes out, BoJack won't get arrested...
...because he's rich, meaning he's legally allowed to get away with murder. Bojack's final Character Development will be learning how to not accept blame
Bojack's development throughout the series has been about learning about how Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse and that he's the one responsible for how he acts. The final bit of growth as a person he will have will be about learning to not let others blame him for things that aren't his responsibility. "A Quick One While He's Away" had several people that Bojack has traumatized, directly or otherwise, assigning blame entirely on something else while disregarding their own role in it (Sarah Lynn's mother seemed incapable of recognizing her own hand in how her daughter turned out, Pete Repeat is clearly putting the entirety of what happened on Bojack when he and his girlfriend had already been drinking, etc.) Other episodes in the season also showcased people refusing to accept their role in tragedies (Sarah Lynn's stepfather clearly believes he has no role in how she turned out, Doctor Champ blaming his relapse on Bojack for his role in it despite the latter doing everything possible to help him, Todd's parents are clearly reluctant to confront how they basically cut him out of their lives rather than the other way around). Once everything comes out and Bojack is forced to confront what he's done to other people he'll accept it because of his intense self-loathing but will eventually realize that the people lashing out at him are just using him as The Scapegoat so they don't have to confront their own failings and ultimately refuses to go along with it any longer. This will force those he has hurt to accept their own mistakes and either let go of their pain so they can move on or prove they're worse than Bojack by clinging to the notion that he's the only one responsible for their tragedies while denying the had any hand in them and wind up worse for it.- It seems a bit unlikely that BoJack rejecting blame entirely would be a positive direction for his character to go, considering that he already had moments of deflecting the blame or downplaying the hurt he caused others so he can wade in self-pity, most notably in his fight with Diane at season 5. For him to fully refuse his role in these cases (he did abuse Sarah Lynn and abandon Pete and Maddy at the hospital, for example) would be inaccurate and make him look worse than ever. However, there's something to the idea of him accepting he is not the only one to blame in these cases and being able to call out both his own faults and the faults of others. This would tie in nicely with the season 6 premiere in which he struggles to accept the many psychological factors of his alcoholism besides his own choices.
BoJack will be arrested after everything he did comes to light
And he'll accept it philosophically. He'll go to jail willingly, accepting that he's done too much to just get away with things now. It'll probably be the final episode of Season 6, and possibly the series, since I don't see how they could continue after finally giving their main character the comeuppance he's had coming for so long.- Confirmed, but not specifically for his past crimes; it's because he broke into his old house to binge-drink.
BoJack's crimes will come up, but the public won't care, and this will upset him.
One issue BoJack brings up to Doctor Champ is that due to his fame and privilege, he never faces repercussions for his actions and ends up punishing himself. When everything about him comes out to the public, BoJack will brace for everybody cancelling him...only for everyone to quickly brush it off and keep enjoying his content. This may lead to him to go to jail on his own accord (similar to a certain plot point in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), or find some other way to get the punishment he would get if he were an average citizen and not a wealthy privileged celebrity.- Jossed. The public does turn on him. However they seem to forget after about a year.
Pickles will leave Mr. Peanutbutter, and he will fall into a depressive spell.
It's implied in episode 7 that Mr. Peanutbutter plans to have Pickles "cheat" on him with Joey Pogo, since Joey is similar to Mr. Peanutbutter. After meeting Joey, Pickles will realize he's everything she loves in Mr. Peanutbutter, but much better suited for her (such as being closer to her age). This will force Mr. Peanutbutter to finally confront his issues, something he's been avoiding for decades, and he will fall into an actual depressive episode. This will ruin his reputation as the "face of depression" as his lack of motivation and downbeat, irritable mood- as in, the actual symptoms of depression beyond just "feeling sad"- will damage his reputation and prevent him from doing any more speeches on the matter.Mr. Peanutbutter will die, if not by suicide, then from some impulsive grand gesture.
Following up on the "depressed Mr. Peanutbutter" theory, it may be interesting if Mr. Peanutbutter, after losing those in his personal life and with his public reputation souring, decides he has no reason to live because he can't make people happy anymore. Possible ways that he could die:- He waits outside Diane's apartment until she comes back, not realizing that she's moved to Chicago for good, in a reference to Hachikō.note Eventually his body gives out and he dies on the sidewalk. This could also work with wherever Pickles lived before moving in with him, if she decides to move away without Mr. Peanutbutter knowing.
- He will orchestrate a big suicide attempt, possibly in the hopes of somebody stopping him (similar to BoJack in "Higher Love"), but nobody will stop him and he will succeed.
- He will orchestrate one of his trademark grand gestures to win Pickles and/or the public back, but it will backfire and kill him.
- He will attempt to do an impressive stunt for his TV show and have a fatal or near-fatal accident, similar to BoJack in season 5. If he survives, he will refuse to take opioids after seeing what happened to BoJack and the pain will be too much to handle.
- He will actually get hit by a car.
- All of the above is jossed.
Characters that will return/cameo in the later half of Season 6.
Continuity Cavalcade is in full effect from what we've seen, so let's keep that train rolling.- Wanda. Her close relationship to Bojack was a huge part of Season 2 one of the things that all accumulated into him going to New Mexico, so it would be odd if someone so integral to the show at some point didn't at appear. If not a full appearance, a cameo of how she's doing in Detroit may suffice.
- Confirmed, as a very minor cameo showing that she woke up from another coma.
- Hollyhock's Dads. Especially if Bojack's crimes do end up going viral; the idea of their daughter being in close proximity to someone like Bojack will obviously cause problems for them.
- They only get some brief mentions during the ninth episode.
- Henry Winkler and Tina, inexplicably hanging out.
- Dr. Pig, who'll be seeing a main character at his office.
- Confirmed, though technically not a main character but Todd's mom.
- Secretariat, in a flashback.
- Confirmed, sort of. He appears in Bojack's Dying Dream in Ep 15, as both himself (in appearance, and his actions and how he died are both referenced) and as Butterscotch (in voice, so it's just Will Arnett again, and his actions as Butterscotch as also referenced).
- Flip, who'll be seen as a patient in an old timey insane asylum.
- Naomi Watts, also a patient in the asylum like Flip.
- Neal McBeal, receiving an award from...
- ...Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz
- Sebastien St. Claire, at Neal's ceremony, jealous that he didn't get an award for "saving" Cordovia.
- Kinko's ghost who angrily gives Sebastien the finger even though no one can see him.
- Joelle Clarke, literally dancing on Sarah Lynn's grave, just to get attention.
- Diane's brothers, acting like douchebags to Derek Jeter, who is just confused who the hell they even are.
- Jossed, though Diane's father shows up in illustrated form in "Good Damage."
- Cuddlywhiskers
Princess Carolyn in particular will turn against Bojack if the New Mexico incident becomes public.
The thing about Princess Carolyn is that she has spent the first half of the season becoming much more empathetic and family oriented; learning how to love Ruthie as much as her career, at least somewhat sympathizing with the Hollywoo assists, and so on. This is all leading up to a moment where PC doesn't see the New Mexico incident as just "another" one of Bojack's screwups, or some PR disaster she can help people through like with Vance Waggoner or Ms. Taken, but through the lens of a mother whose ex and confidant attempted to sleep with the daughter of a romantic interest and close friend.- Jossed! She tries to stay by his side the whole time.
The last Precision F-Strike will go to...
- Hollyhock. After learning about what happened with Maddy and Penny should it go viral, Bojack ruining his relationship with Holly will be his upmost and final reality check, destroying any chance of Bojack ever falling that far again and spur him to begin making amends again.
- Diane. Similar to the above, in the sense of Diane has been one of Bojack's longest cornerstones in his life.
- Princess Carolyn. See above WMG.
- Nobody; an actor already said it in the first half.
- Confirmed.
In leu of a Precision F-Strike, Bojack will have to endure a Cluster F-Bomb from everyone he's ever wronged.
Everyone has a reason to think he's the most evil person in the world right now, so everyone will have some variation of the word to say to him.- Jossed.
The series finale will be a Distant Finale.
There are multiple ways this could play out. Firstly, BoJack could reconnect with his friends years later (possibly after spending years in prison, going off of the above WMGs) and learn how they've moved on without him, and he finally finds his peace. Alternatively, it could take place when BoJack is out of everybody's lives (or possibly dead), and we see what remains of his legacy.- Confirmed, but it's only a flash forward of a year after BoJack goes to prison.
Bojack won't get in trouble for almost sleeping with Penny.
Penny will confirm that Bojack got her and her friends drunk, then left one of them for dead at the hospital, but either she'll confess that she was the one who made a move on Bojack and he resisted, rather than the other way around, and everyone will believe her, or this Ambiguous Situation that only ever came close to happening is seen as trivial when compared to his many confirmed instances of getting minors intoxicated or being indirectly responsible for deaths. The consensus will be "who cares what he might have done, look at what he DID!"- Sort of confirmed. The Sarah Lynn story is what really gets him into hot water, but Biscuits does grill him about Penny as well as numerous other women with whom he's been involved, and legally the only thing that gets him in trouble is breaking into his old house.
There will be an episode about cancel culture.
It'll take a Both Sides Have a Point approach to the matter: on the one hand, Bojack did commit crimes which either endangered or indirectly killed several people, including children, so the general public has every reason to find him abhorrent and want to see him brought to justice. On the other hand, the audience knows that, as terrible as Bojack's misdeeds are, they're not entirely his fault, something he's coming to terms with himself, and approaching the situation with Black-and-White Morality that he's just a bad man who did a bad thing doesn't serve any justice, just a smug, sadistic sense of vengeance. More importantly, Bojack finally has something to lose, and the scandal will undoubtably cost him his new teaching job.- Another likely take on cancel culture will be that people focus on something very minor he did and completely ignore his major crimes, such as his insensitivity towards fish people. It's unlikely for the show to argue that society is too hard on men who have done awful crimes given the nature of episodes like "Hank After Dark" and "BoJack the Feminist" but the show very often points out the Skewed Priorities of the public, so if BoJack gets cancelled, there's a chance it'll be for something fairly ridiculous that overshadows all the actual criminal things he's done.
- The controversy over "canceling" celebrities is that the people who do it are less concerned with actually bringing them to justice and more with making bad people go away without actually focusing on the root causes of their misdeeds. If the show was going to take a negative or even just critical approach to cancel culture, it'll show it's proprietors as being well intentioned extremists who are Right for the Wrong Reasons at best and Dramatically Missing the Point at worst.
- One idea is that once he's faced with his crimes, it will culminate in him reaching his Rage Breaking Point, telling everyone as a result of his Character Development how his actions may have been wrong, but that doesn't mean he meant for the resulting consequences to happen, that he shouldn't owe up to them at this point, or that he cares about what will happen to him anymore. Basically, Bojack sets it straight once and for all that for everything he did, no one hates him more than himself. No matter what people still think of him afterwards, they can never truly argue with that.
- Except that Bojack has finally learned not to hate himself, or is at least in the process of unlearning it. This could tie in with an earlier theory that, even if he does become public enemy number one, he'll accept that there's nothing he can do about it at this point.
- Alternatively, it could lead to a different conflict, as Bojack has finally learned to forgive himself... at the exact moment he gets in serious trouble for the worst things he's ever done and ends up defending himself at a time when he has no defense to speak of.
- Not so much an episode; there's an arc about BoJack getting cancelled after the Sarah Lynn story comes out that spans from Episodes 11 to 14. Additionally, him defending himself is confirmed after a disastrous interview where Biscuits grills him about abusing his power and he lashes out, ruining his reputation.
There will some absolutely sadistic Biting-the-Hand Humor against Netflix.
After canceling Tuca & Bertie and ending this show just as the studio unionized, and there don't seem to be any future collaborations planned, this will be a way for the crew to get the last laugh on the way out.- There is some Biting-the-Hand Humor at the expense of Michael Eisner, who founded The Tornante Company that distributes the show (or possibly an inversion, since Angela praises Eisner for being "compassionate and progressive), and a reference to how streaming services don't allow the credits to play to the end and show off the vanity plates. There's also a brief gag in a newspaper about a show on "Nextflix" having too many giraffe puns.
Whatever is in that letter Hollyhock sent Bojack is going to make him cry in front of other people again.
His hands are trembling when he sees it. It's obvious that losing Hollyhock's trust (which is absolutely going to happen) is going to hurt him more than anything else, and his inability to accept it will be so emotionally overbearing that he won't care whether or not anyone sees him breaking down over it.- He doesn't cry in front of anyone, but it very clearly breaks him, even though we never get to see what's written. He then relapses and breaks his sobriety.
Bojack is going to end up alone, hated, but not unhappy
The theme of Bojack Horseman is that life doesn't work according to scripts. The show's creator talks about how life is a never ending cycle of good or bad. The best day of your life and the worse can be consecutive.
Perhaps Bojack loses his last close relationships. Perhaps his reputation has been permanently scarred, and he can never work in show business again. Perhaps even his closest friends finally push him away for good.
However, just before Bojack dives back into despair, a small of kindness from some stranger pulls him away. Despite losing everything meaningful in his life, this small gesture reminds him that not all is lost.
The show ends with this moral: as long as you can live, you can still be happy.
- This also ties in perfectly with Raphael Bob-Weskerberg's thesis for the show, that your self-worth isn't determined by how much other people love you and that the belief that your life is only meaningful if you have love is actually somewhat damaging. And it would be an appropriate book-end for the show: in the first episode, Bojack has a decent circle of friends, yet is miserable and has to actually ask if people like him or not. By the end, he'll have nobody and he'll know for a fact that people don't like him, and he'll have made peace with that because at least he doesn't hate himself any longer.
- Pretty much confirmed. After his brief release from prison, he makes peace with most of his friends, but it's implied he might not keep in touch with them, particularly Diane.
The cold open for Part 2's first episode will focus on Charlotte and/or her family.
Season 6 Part 1 started with a flashback to the immediate aftermath of Sarah Lynn's death. It would create a good parallel for Part 2 to open with a flashback to what happened to the Moore-Carsons after BoJack left their house, seeing as the Sarah Lynn death and the New Mexico incidents both got prominent focus in episode 8. This could lead into the reporters approaching Charlotte's house...and then the opening credits roll. It also may be a flashback to BoJack and Charlotte in the days before Horsin' Around as the trailer confirmed there will be flashbacks to that time period.- Jossed, though the episode does end with a phone call from Charlotte.
There will be an episode that shows the perspectives of BoJack's fans.
We've spent most of the series looking at BoJack through his eyes or the eyes of his friends and coworkers, but we've never really been able to see him as the public does, an old celebrity who was present in a lot of people's formative years but now constantly gets into controversy. With BoJack so obsessed with his legacy, it would provide some very juicy Dramatic Irony to see how people with only a parasocial relationship towards BoJack react to his crimes- those who cancel him, those who don't (or refuse to) believe his crimes, those who know he's a bad person but are attached to his work, and those who never liked him or his work to begin with.- Jossed.
Hank Hippopopolis died sometime after Season 2.
He's an old hippo, so it's not too farfetched. His allegations never came up after that season, even during Season 5 which centered around famous celebrity men getting away with horrible acts, is due to Never Speak Ill of the Dead.The f-bomb rule will be broken.
Going off of earlier WMGs, seeing as the f-word is meant to hold a significant amount of weight for whenever Bojack permanently ruins a relationship (and in variations thereof, it's shown that he can't inflict this on other people, but other people can inflict it on one another) and Bojack is finally learning to let go of his self-hatred, this could be symbolized by either him or other characters casually using it, such as going "Ow, fuck!" if they stub their toe or something like that.- Partly confirmed, in that there's no usage of the F-bomb at all in Part 2.
META: There's going to be a lot of discourse over the last episode.
Let's face it: this show is VERY popular and respected. Everyone has their theories about how it could possibly have a satisfactory ending, especially considering that Raphael Bob-Weskerberg has outright stated that he doesn't like endings. Expectations are going to be neigh-insurmountable, so expect a ton of back-and-forth on social media over whether or not the ending was any good.- Several reviews have indeed expressed issues with the ending for shifting from such a dark episode to a low-key hopeful finale.
