Bojack Horseman (Netflix) TV Show • Page 16

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Finished last night. Now its time to reflect and dive deeper into these feelings, and come up with excuses for spontaneously crying in public.

 

Great write up.

BoJack Horseman has given TV the most honest, brutal and necessary episode about depression

 

Just finished. It is amazing how consistently good this show is. I love it. I need to do a few more rewatches to see where it ranks but it was definitely an A+ season.

Nothing has been able to touch 'Higher Love' for me. That was a perfect episode, in my opinion.

 

I've been thinking about those last two episodes all day.

 

The ending of the Princess Carolyn episode just killed me.

 

Yup I cried. If she wasn't already, that solidified her as my favorite character on this show

 

Starting season 2. The first episode was better than anything in the 1st season, so maybe this is when it gets good

 

@OhTheWater what didn't you like about season 1? Because IMO this show was pretty settled into its formula from the get go and just gets better over time at being what it already is -- they try different things here and there but I'd say if you didn't even think season 1 was "good" then Bojack probably just isn't for you

Just my two cents though, this is coming from a place of having watched too much of shows that I don't like at all because super fans of it tell me to "keep going" even though the only things changing in the show are the plots, and not the characters/humor/dialogue that I don't like

 

The biggest bummer for me this season was that there seemed to be a lot less Keith Olberman. That character is a gem.

 

What a stunning season of television.

 

"It's the worst part of everything it's in. It's the Jared Leto of fruit."

 

Film Crit Hulk did great writeups of each episode for Vulture.

http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/bojack-horseman-recap-season-4-episode-11.html

 

It was too cutesy for me. I didn't watch immediately because I found the first ep pretty lame, but as more and more people started talking about the seasons delving into issues like depression and heavier topics I figured I'd give it a try. The entire first season was rather bland. Some funny jokes, decent characterization but nothing that I would choose to keep watching if people I respected weren't always talking about how great it was.

 

Those last two episodes

 

I forced myself to watch the last two episodes today and I'm so glad I did. I teared up at that last minute of ep 12. This show is unstoppable.

 

the ending of this season is very powerful because season three ends with Bojack losing a family member of sorts and this one ends with him gaining one. AND he holds onto his relationship with her for the entire season, which is a big step. AND while season three ends with him basically losing all of the people in his life (or leaving them behind), this season ends with him in the midst of actually working on rebuilding all of those friendships. it's very powerful to me when I think about the contrast.

 

It was a little aimless at first, and not as good as seasons two and three, but another really good season. Diane's final monologue is among the show's strongest.

 

The Terrence Malick joke was almost enough to stop watching, but they managed to make fun of Zach Braff, Jared Leto, and the second season of Friday Night Lights so it works out.

 

I hear ya. Yeah the show definitely dips deep into themes of anxiety and depression, and if the idea of that alone interests you to keep watching then I'd say go for it because it knows how to hit hard and definitely handles those themes expertly imo. But the "cutesy" stuff, the silliness/zany side plots, the constant animal puns and meta jokes, etc. all never really go away haha. So, if any of that stuff is the source of your distaste then you may want to buckle in for a bumpy ride!

 

Episode 11 straight up broke my heart

 

The animal puns are one of the best parts.

I also love the things like all of the Courtney portnoy word play, everyone wearing Todd's clothes at the end, the woodchuck hand jokes, etc

 

The Courtney Portnoy word play from Princess Caroline was one of my favorite jokes this season

 

I think the overt and intended stupidity of the animal puns and obvious jokes kind of makes the show even better. It plays really nicely on the meaninglessness and self-importance of Hollywood culture.