Thread by @hmsnofun

bojack horseman season 6 review thread BEGINS. you can hop backwards through the previous threads here:

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oh this hurts

metaphor mountain

yes that's true

oh bojack

this is............... concerning

oh hey it's the spring breakers again

this show works SO hard for its alliterative jokes, i love it

now that's a dad

oh my god

this is art

this season's intro is SO GOOD

holy shit

OOOF

there's a lot going on here

this episode is very successfully anxiety-inducing

is that a preview

oh no

:(

what is this looney tunes shit

@JuniperTheory is that you

oh my god

patton's delivery on this line is so good

OOPS

i've wanted to write this exact gag in something for years

ruthie 😻

is this buffalo guy played by lakeith stanfield

smooth

oh cool

diane is SUCH a liberal

necky gals

"well it's unclear what role recycling will play in the future of this company" ahhhhhh i see what's going on here

we're doing a very special episode about capitalism i see

BIG COAT

DIDN'T NEED THAT BIT OF LORE

i love these mannequins

girl croosh -> content spew

oh god damn it

when i joked about this being a very special episode about capitalism, i had NO IDEA they were literally going there

this is genuinely horrific

FUADSLKHJFKHJL

well this is going to end poorly

GOD DAMN IT

that's a gatsby reference, read a book

oh wow we're REALLY going there huh

BRRRR?
try fur!

"see, when you put out stories about us being "evil" or "callous," people think our business is uncompromised by morality and our stock goes up"

wow wow wow

TOO REAL

PRANCY FILLOSI

sobbing

sow west

:(

SOBBING

i just want people to have happy relationships for like five minutes

oh good, social media

now that's an overlay

oh god this is gonna end terribly

WHY ARE PICKLES' PARENTS PRESENT AT THIS PARTY

oh no

OH NO

jd salinger in the background

lhkjadglhjk

didn't realize mister peanutbutter was married to a wolf, that's interesting

that's a healthy way to live, yeah

he's a snake... and a dog... he's a snakedog

I LOVE PRINCESS CAROLYN

lol

PICKLES

mister peanutbutter you IDIOT

it's true

her fucking high pitched supersonic scream

😭😭😭😭😭😭

weird al???

CAPTAIN peanutbutter, excuse me

https://twitter.com/hmsnofun/status/1304862810921267200?s=20

gross

GOD DAMN IT

i love this snake

😬

HAS THIS GUY BEEN STUCK FLOATING FOR YEARS????

i remember being a pa on a shoot where i had to block off traffic for a major intersection. that's one part of the gig i do not miss

it's a meme, for posting online

if only polyamory existed

fuck

it's a contagion

oh!

oof

oh diane

this space thing is really, really effective

HILARY SWANK???

i don't like this celebrity

the perils of business

oh shit is this the "todd has to actually grow up and face consequences" episode?

promoting the leaders of a strike is actually a classic union busting tactic. i'm impressed we're really going there

;_;

IT'S BECAUSE HE'S WHITE. THINGS JUST WORK OUT FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S WHITE. HOLY SHIT

oh my GOD

oh this RULES

WOW

holy shit that was a good episode

there was a lot going on in that one, that really floored me

oh wow we're really getting into it huh

the way this show plays with the temporality of spaces is really, really something

YES

this sober bojack arc is really well written

holy shit

kin

JUDAH

i see we're doing up in the air now

god remember when jason reitman made good movies

hah same

HANDS;JFGHJKLSDFGL😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

gonna photoshop me into this scene but i'm laughing

THIS IS INCREDIBLE

yeah maybe

the way they're handling depression here is really interesting

this is great

😭

GET EM

what the fuck this episode is making me cry lots

i LOVE that maude the cinnabunny is a recurring character

lol

he'S BEEN DYING HIS HAIR??

i saw previews of bojack with grey hair, i assumed it was from a time skip

omg

HE RECOMMENDED HER THE ACE DATING APP OMG

the fact that no one is wearing masks is giving me anxiety

oh my god he really is old

;lkasjdglkj

he's so excited!!!!!!

this is really charming actually

god damn it

;_;

YES

KIN

PICKLES HAS SLEPT WITH A MULTITUDE OF MEN

DIANE :D

this season is really doing something

this show REALLY knows how to end an episode

FUCK YES

are we doing his girl friday now?

i don't know who the hell this is but i love her

wuh oh

deep

:/

KELSEYYYYY

immersive product placement journey jfc

oh

DOGS

YOWZA

oh hollyhock

hm

oh

please yes let's dunk on superhero movies

god damn it

I LOVE HER

god i wish that were me

ohhhhh no

WOW WE'VE REALLY BEEN SITTING ON THE SETUP FOR THIS ONE HUH

lmao kelsey

OOOF

god we're REALLY going hard now huh

i'm losing it at this howard hawks shit

this is how i want to be

OH I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. OMG ARE GINA AND KELSEY GONNA BOND OVER HOW MUCH THEY WERE HURT BY BOJACK

;KJLASDFGLHJKGDFAHJKL; FUCK IT'S HIM

OH NOOOO

this was an episode of everyone being happy and in so doing slowly drawing the noose tighter around bojack's neck

WOW this season is good!!

oh good, here we go

we gonna hear from brecht next

god damn it I KNEW bojack had the trajectory of becoming a director

okay i absolutely would watch this version

AND NOT JUST BECAUSE I'M A GOAT

THIS PUN WAS MADE JUST FOR ME

i love it when people who make shows about film & film-making throw people like me a bone so we can pretend the years and tens of thousands of dollars spent on our film degrees were actually worth something

anyway hollyhock's far too powerful

OOF

hollyhock is a lesbian

owo what's this?

i'm sure this won't backfire at all

this is so much

what is this a todd episode

oh god i feel VERY called out here

f u c k

the impossible lesson

😳

MAUDE AND TODD

2020 mood

WHAT

i want what he's on

:(

god damn it

OH FUCK

oh god oh god ohhh god

i'm getting secondhand anxiety from this fuck

oh fuck OFF

a good man wraps his cables

holy shit this show

omg

DIANNNNNNNNNNNNNE

I LOVE HER SO MUCH

i want to be katharine hepburn when i grow up

lol

rad dad not bad

PENNY

this show really has my writing process's number

ouch

i love when she snorts

fuck i really need to get back on my mood stabilizers

:(

harsh

god when this show experiments with style it goes HARD

no.

every fucking day

this is what dissociating feels like

oh this is so painful

fuck

☹️

wow this is. really personal. fuck.

diane gaining weight reminds me of i think season 2 of battlestar galactica, when lee adama gains a ton of weight and they put him in a fat suit and had his dad get mad at him for being lazy. i would say bojack has handled diane's situation with a TON more grace

a lot of details about that episode, like diane mostly writing from her bed, feel really genuine. this was clearly written from a place of experience and it's. really good? like between diane gaining weight and bojack having grey hair... idk. i like what this show is doing.

i like it when characters change over time. it's almost like this show is a commentary on the impossibility of the sitcom dream life

oh god damn it

hm

yeah

O O O O O O O O F

i think they took off the voice modulator that i SWEAR they had on pickles' voice up until now

yeah the personality he's exhibiting this episode is alarming

I LOVE PAIGE SINCLAIR

paige sinclair is a trans woman no i'm not taking questions

MISTER PEANUTBUTTER L;AJKDFGJKLAHKJLSDGLK

WHAT A FRAME

exactly like dim sum, but with white people food so it's more accessible

i'm so floored by the brilliance of these two. literally any other reporter stereotype would have been ABYSMAL to focus on. like i'm rooting against myself with these two, it REALLY helps you see both sides of this

like the reporter's side following the breadcrumbs, which we naturally want to root on, but it also recontextualizes bojack's behavior to someone who is bereft of context. would you really apologize for bojack if you read the highlights?

SHE'S SO GOOD

i can hear the cracks in his voice

the national face of depression

wow this is really painful

PRINCESS CAROLYN 😭😭😭😭😭😭

lol

oh my god her sister. i love paige sinclair. i am probably going to write fanfic about her because oh my god. oh my god. she's just too good

the fact that her sister talks so normally just shows how much the transatlantic accent is an affectation, which really syncs up with my personal belief that she's a trans woman

I'M ON TO SOMETHING HERE FELLAS

i love the casual disdain todd has for bojack

:(

god damn it bojack, you get one taste of fame again

oh no

😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

oh you piece of shit

this is a tragic love story

this was just an excuse to make celebrity fursonas

these two are so cute

god we're just going straight to louis ck aren't we

omg her face the animation in this show is SO GOOD

WOAH

omg there he is there's the boy

goD TDAMN IT

oh good, vance wagoner's back

oh my god samantha bee, they didn't even have to change her name

fuck

OH HOW THE TURNS HAVE TABLED

JUDAH THINKS IN DIAGRAMS

😭😭😭😭😭

lol

😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬 oh god this is too real

god damn it mister peanutbutter

NO

it's her

wow we're REALLY going there

oh so he's. he's really doing this.

fuckin citizen kane fireplace

oh fuck you

omg diane

i really love maude

i think the trend is if you make there be a girl i will simply say "thank you"

the show

SHE'S A THOUSAND YEARS OLD AND STILL CUTTING THROATS

:'(

god damn it

2020

i really don't like seeing drunk bojack :(

holy shit this is so close to stuff i wrote in godfeels

i only note that because the mixed up jigsaws metaphor is really personal to me, and it's interesting seeing how it's used differently in other contexts. similar ideas exploring different territory

anyway this is happening

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

your life is about to start

oh no

ARE WE FINALLY GONNA LEARN THE CONTEXT FOR THE HELL BOJACK WAS PRESENT FOR A WOMAN PUSHING HER CHILD OUT A WINDOW

because that seems like a relevant detail to the current arc of the story

everyone eating the thing that killed them is not a good sign

WE'RE ENDING WITH BOJACK IN THE POOL TO FULFILL THE OPENING CREDITS WE'RE GONNA DO A SUNSET BOULEVARD THING

so we're doing sunset boulevard by way of all that jazz

wow this is just a survey of ethics

bojack distrustful of the up

HE SEES SECRETARIAT AS HIS DAD

and herb kazzaz basically just recapped matt fraction's reasons for not killing yourself

ACTUAL JUMP SCARE

this is a tragic love story

i hate being right

F U C K

here we go

stop saying smart things zach braff

oh god this is my nightmare

😭😭😭😭😭😭

oh god oh fuck this is so much

SCREAMING

. . . . .

goD DAMN IT

oh my god

lkjhasdfhgljk THE WHOLE THING WAS JUST A SETUP FOR THAT JOKE

YES GINA GET IT

get his ass

you can't be serious

HOLLYWOOB

rude dude and smug boy

god damn it todd

that's the todd experience

ouch

princess carolyn :'(

THE DELIVERY OF THIS LINE

wow

yayyyyy

that's. the only way to make it work.

yes

i'm having a hard time not screencapping every dialog exchange

[standing ovation]

wow, that did not end where i expected it to end.

it's gonna take me a while to process my thoughts, and maybe getting some sleep (it's 6am right now), but uh. yeah. easily one of the best shows i've seen, certainly among the best examinations of what fame does to people. their several all that jazz references are well earned.

bojack horseman is basically these two lines from homestuck explored over six seasons

it's really fascinating how the show starts as a parody of a sitcom and then slowly transforms into a pastiche of what the genre would look like if it showed how relationships work out in real life. if it showed the cycles of abuse and the specter of trauma

i'm so happy we didn't get some bullshit ending where bojack and diane get together. there's always this pressure in finales like, we gotta get all our ships in a row! but everyone went off and married other people. it shows how we just wander through each others' lives.

arguably the only one that feels a little forced is princess carolyn and judah. otherwise it's a very natural conclusion in that, like steven universe future, bojack horseman wants us to remember that life doesn't end til it ends. people make mistakes and either grow or don't.

yeah there's a lot to mull over. idk if i'm gonna do anything with it.

i love paige sinclair

THAT WAS THE VOICE OF BIRDGIRL FROM HARVEY BIRDMAN

holy shit they're ordering a birdgirl spin-off? did anyone even watch the revival?

oh hell the revival i totally forgot that was happening / already happened

i had very sad dreams about bojack horseman

i dreamed i was at a party with friends but my organs fell out into a river, like i collapsed into a million pieces lego-style. as i drifted away i heard my friends talking about their regrets, and i knew there was nothing i could do that would finish the open question of my life

i was a landmine for everyone i loved because i loved them, and as much as i tried i couldn't finish anything or fix anyone. people get to know me and they realize i'm faking it and then they drift away. and i'll never pick up all the pieces.

anyway. this show has given me a lot to think about

for those who haven't seen it, all that jazz is the best musical ever made and it's a HUGE influence on bojack horseman

so yeah, season 6 review: i'm glad i waited until now to finally finish this show, because there's so much that wouldn't have landed quite the same at any other point in my life. watching it all in such a short time was... perhaps not the best choice, but i don't regret it.

diane and bojack are so well-written. their arc together is such a realistic toxic friendship, with how they circle around each other warily. magnetically drawn to the chaos and comfort of another human as broken as you. someone you can love and hate equally.

as a series, i don't think the front end meshes perfectly with the back end. they do a REALLY good job of turning over the wacky hijinks and seeing their material repercussions, particularly after sarah lynn's death, and the weakest parts are where they walk back on that.

if i were still an academic i'd rave about how bojack horseman is a masterpiece of metamodern synthesis. instead i'll say it fucked me up and i'm not sure how it did what it did and i'm gonna be sorting through the debris in my brain for a while to come

i feel like the evolution of this show is very much a reaction to what was going on in politics between each season. in the future (assuming such a thing exists), folks will need a year-by-year history lessons to really get the full picture.

i bet there are already tons of undergrad essays doing exactly that