Let's talk about BoJack Horseman, the new Netflix animated series (starring Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, Aaron Paul, etc)

I still find it a bit weird that Diane is voiced by Alison Brie

but anyway this might have been the most consistently good season yet, and the most brutal

It's a seriously good show, is the thing. Like a comedy that merits the attention of a drama or something, I dunno.

I've found its very easy to zone out and miss a lot of the jokes AND important plot points in this, it requires an amount of focus when I'm used to letting shows like this kind of wash over me. You sort of have to retrain yourself to pay attention vs most tv, I also found myself rewinding not just to catch jokes but also moments where a character inadvertently says something profound about depression or bj's psychology etc

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:04 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This. I typically watch TV while doing random shit on my phone, but I went back and rewatched BoJack season three and got so much more out of it. Who knew that I should pay attention to what I'm watching.

Lots of variations on the phrase "the inimitable side butt" have been popping into my head this week.

watched the last two episodes last night and i'm devastated

renewed!

the future child episode was the one that wrecked me this season

that episode was almost too brutal

still not sure that the second episode wasn't the most intense. amazing move to throw that one in after the beyond-zany opener

I totally missed the framing of the future child episode the first time I watched it. But also wrecked when I got it the second time through.

That penultimate episode with his mother reliving all her memories was an absolute gut punch. Beatrice has been such a horrible character but this season has really recontextualized her.

I just watched the "stupid piece of shit" ep last night and was in tears at the end, it was way too close to home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqxjHHuvLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9kNIEC-ipY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkfxlE9_mFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ju4Pc__CU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Hsj9co6Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXi-_2xisMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqTOhi7AnQ

season 1 finale hit close to home for me..find this show hard to continue to watch for that reason, some of this is so raw and familiar - not sure I need to be reminded

MPB OTM re: universe

oh my god this season is fucking incredible

― maura

Ready for season 5.

‘Future child’ was a definite gut punch episode for me.

Series 3 got pretty dark, so I wasn’t sure where things would go with this one, but it was pretty strong.

of course it went deeper into the family. probably the smartest depiction of the psychoanalytic process this side of In Treatment? one of the best series of television i can recall really. what the hell have they got in store for us

tt made the point to me that the newspaper subscription episode in either series 2 or 3 is literally a therapy session and an extremely truthful depiction to boot

Starring Candice Bergen!

This thread is amusing, needed some kinda giggle on a day like this

wooowwww congratulations you are the 10000000 person to ask that question your prize is the answer sept 14th now please stop asking me https://t.co/YlMPphjRdq

— BoJack Horseman (@BoJackHorseman) June 27, 2018

nice way of doing it

can't watch this cuz the coke stuff is deeply triggering (5 weeks clean)

congrats ross <3

i watched like 5 episodes during spring break (or winter break? i forgot) and then binged the rest of the episodes over the last week. holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiitt i love this show. comedy highs are todd and mr peanutbutter on terrible idea development jags ("what if there was a WEST dakota?" "i dunno, isn't that up to the state department?"

i have a strained relationship with my mom PLUS my grandma (and greatgrandma) spent their final years with dementia, guess which episode fucked me upppppppppp

Bojack is absolutely brilliant
Never thought I'd be almost crying to a Nina Simone song on a snarky cartoon horse show

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, August 25, 2017 12:58 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

GIRL, SAME

tt made the point to me that the newspaper subscription episode in either series 2 or 3 is literally a therapy session and an extremely truthful depiction to boot

― imago, Friday, November 10, 2017 6:56 AM (eight months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tt otm

Season 5 available on 9/14.

This letter. Apparently BoJack has gotten the lead in a show called Philbert. And now we know how it ends.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmb0j2mUcAAGWih.jpg

I like how that letter simultaneously takes the piss out of Nic Pizzolatto and Matt Weiner.

Where's that letter from?

I don't know how it makes fun of True Detective or Mad Men. I only recognize the "detective chasing himself" from Donald Kaufman's script in Adaptation.

Not making fun of the shows themselves per se - the attitude feels copped from Pizzolatto's TD S1-era interviews and photo spreads, and every season of MM would be preceded by Weiner sending a letter to publications telling them what they "weren't allowed" to spoil (eg the date range of the new episodes, etc). Which was, AFAIK, pretty specifically his deal

Out today?

Yes. Watched the first ep at lunch. Good start.

Watched the first two. Very strong start, the second in particular is one of the best first half eps thus far (he says knowing he's forgotten some better and knows underwater was ep 3 or something).

looking fwd to watching this weekend

watched the first 4 (nearly 5 but tt fell asleep) - it's brilliant of course

the last two seasons have had amazing early episodes. S4 E2 was jawdropping

no spoilers itt plz

(other than THIS WAS GOOD, or YEAH I LIKED THIS TOO above)

Episode 6 is amazing.

Yeah I was totally wrong about other early episodes. Even just episode 2s - Neil McBeal The Navy Seal, Todd builds Disneyland, Mr Peanutbutter meets Blarn, hut on the lake.

I love this show.

me too, it did nothing at all for me until right at the start of series 3

todd builds disneyland is still one of the funniest things ive ever seen. todd is my favorite.

oh my god Diane's monologue at the end of the second ep made me choke up

Holy shit at 'Kernel of Truth'. What even was that?

OMFG the eulogy.

yes

and episode 7 to follow i mean where's this going

ok

first season that isn't better than the one before it; still great

Yes. Parts of it were really great - and once we lift the embargo we can talk about what they were - it never managed to hit the absolute highs of previous seasons and didn't have that real standout moment.