BoJack Horseman

It looks like we're getting some Princess Carolyn backstory this season, if the latest "This Month on Netflix" video is any indication.

The most important takeaway from that trailer: Diane has new hair.

Well that and HOLLYHOCK'S BACK

Edited by Pachylad on Sep 5th 2018 at 12:20:52 AM

Was there ever any doubt?

The "YOU DID A BAD THING" letter is about something totally(or at least relatively) innocuous, but BoJack is going to flip his shit and reveal something much worse than the letter's creator knew about.

Edited by Prowler on Sep 4th 2018 at 10:31:37 AM

I only have one thing to say: groans existentially.

Funny story, "I'm not someone therapy works on, I might be too smart" is a line I've said to myself sometimes before.

Also, yay Hollyhock!

Edited by KylerThatch on Sep 5th 2018 at 2:44:14 AM

Excellent timing ! I’m JUST getting over my last depressive episode.

Will this help ? Will it hurt ? Who knows ?! Let’s find out !

I mean, season 4 left on such a high note for BoJack (and Todd). I don't know... Is anyone else getting cold feet about watching it?

By the way, "You say you want to get better and you don't know how." That line is going to be very significant this season, won't it?

Perhaps it's a Bait-and-Switch trailer and BoJack is actually doing ok (or at least not catastrophically bad) but everyone else is going down the crapper.

Now that you brought it up, did anyone else think it was morbidly intriguing how even though BoJack largely took himself out of the equation (more or less) in season 4, his supporting cast still found ways to cause trouble for themselves without him influencing them?

Assuming they're not misleading us, it looks like Hollyhock might get arrested while hanging out with Bojack.

The brilliant thing about this trailer is there is so much room for deception since so many scenes have Bojack in-costume as Philbert. It's hard to tell what scenes are merely part of the Show Within a Show and what's just Bojack up to real hijinks while still in costume.

Diane seems to be getting more in touch with her Vietnamese roots.

Mr. Peanutbutter grabs a shotgun and threatens somebody! (Okay, most likely he's just doing that for an acting role.)

Well, I certainly would like to see Bojack's behind-the-scenes hijinks during the production of Philbert.

A little less Ghost World, a little more Miss Saigon. Everyone's life gets a little better each season except Diane's, it seems. Granted, she's younger than everyone except Todd.

Reverse Old Yeller?

I notice that the city is in ruins in some shots along with the palm trees as Bojack's house, and he's on the run from choppers with searchlights with Hollyhock, so that's... probably real, right? Or a dream sequence. I do like how you can never really tell with this show.

I wonder who that lizard woman is. Dunno if her threatening Bojack with a pistol is part of Philbert or not.

Reviews are coming out for season 5 and they're all as good as every other season since 2.

Well, Season 5 is coming out tomorrow.

YAY! I can get home from work and then feel like shit!

I'm not sure if I should binge this Saturday or all night Friday . . . Saturday. I should focus my all night Friday plans drawing shit on Gimp and posting them on Deviant Art.

Episode 6 is some damn real quality stuff.

Well, that was definitely a new season. Might need a little while to process it all.

I really like Pickles, and because I like her, I'm already dreading how badly things are gonna go for her and Mr Peanutbutter next season.

I'm surprised that Bojack has never gone to drug rehab before.

The way this season portrayed addiction and mental illness was fantastic, and I loved how episode 11 was almost a straight homage to Inland Empire and Paprika among other reality warping films. As a bunch of parts, it's a relatively weak season with some definite low points (Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos specifically). However, at the same time you get some of the most experimental, daring material the show has ever reached to thus far: the 25 minute rambling monologue by Bojack in Free Churro, the storytelling device in INT. SUB, and the downer ending in The Stopped Show where absolutely nobody wins.

As a sum of parts though, this season is fantastic. On first watch, I found myself getting worried about the quality of the first half (as much as I love the show exploring Todd's asexuality, the episode itself seemed a bit pointless outside of the very ending), but once I reached the season finale I realized that everything managed to wrap up beautifully. The open ended nature of the season lend itself to some genuinely heartwrenching moments of reality. Of the five seasons we have so far of Bojack Horseman, this is the first one that I feel truly captures Raphael Bob-Waksberg's philosophy: The happy ending is not the conclusion of the story. There's the day afterwards. A sensational season of television indeed.

Also, seeing Flip McVicker pretend to be Princess Carolyn may be the highlight of my year.

Edited by golgothasArisen on Sep 14th 2018 at 11:37:02 AM

Agreed regarding Episode 6 - "Free Churro". I really hope Arnett gets some Emmy recognition for that one, since the entire episode was a monologue, and he delivered it beautifully.

I haven't made it past that episode yet (paused to update some of the Crowner entries), but I really like how they decided to address Bojack's own Me Too moment - Ana passes the audio of his confession to the journalist off to Diane, allowing her, on a personal level, to struggle with what to do with that bombshell. It fits the personalities perfectly, and I look forward to seeing how that develops.

Edited by ironballs16 on Sep 15th 2018 at 3:21:57 AM

... Holy shit, Bojack.

Seriously, has Bojack ever been outright violent before this?