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

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.

i think it would be ok to observe that the best episodes of this one were towards the middle of the season

I think that's true, but I'm not sure we should be saying so until it's agreed it's ok to.

fair. well, as it is a subjective thing, 'best' and so forth, i don't think i've ruined anything yet. so i'll shut up.

Ep5 was great. Another in the series of Princess Carolyn emotional gut punches.

I was hoping for more Character Actress Margo Martindale.

i mean, the payoff on that one though

i don't think this is a spoiler really but low key my favorite part of this show is girl croosh's send-up of media

also i just discovered Character Actress Margo Martindale is voiced by Character Actress Margo Martindale!

everyone real is played by themselves i think? or close to it

jessica biel really did cook and eat zach braff

Shows too depressing

Don’t need to see this shit like drug
Benders when I’ve lived it and others I know have. Enjoy everyone else

Mr horse is better anyway

Did character actress Margo Martindale voice Princess Caroline’s Mum?

If i watch this will i be emotionally destroyed?

A plea to please hold off on too many big spoilers also, not all of us have the time luxury of bingeing a whole season in one day/week/weekend (fuckin Netflix). I'm only up to ep2 of new season so far!

not really a spoiler - did this season have its customary single use of "fuck"? if so i missed it and will have to rewatch the whole thing to find it haha

cosign, I'm on ep #4 I think

I did not catch the single-use gag!

(that 1st part was xp)

This is what about a single fuck?!

Did character actress Margo Martindale voice Princess Caroline’s Mum?

That was David Sedaris!

not really a spoiler - did this season have its customary single use of "fuck"? if so i missed it and will have to rewatch the whole thing to find it haha

Gina says it in ep 11.

Thermo, it's a thing that the word fuck only ever gets used once a season.

Season 1, Herb in ep 8.
Season 2, Charlotte in ep 11.
Season 3, Todd in ep 10
Season 4, Bojack in ep 4.

ohhhhhhhhh of course. it had to be her, and now i think about it she says it when you'd more or less expect someone to

the word 'cunt' has been used once ever in the show's entire history, albeit in a british accent

That was David Sedaris!

― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 3:45 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I am v bad at recognising voices