BoJack Horseman is a series on Netflix about a lonely horse who hates himself and struggles with his life in general and can never seem to be happy. This show is dark, but it also is one of the realest shows connecting to our modern world, that life is not ideal and sometimes there will not be a happily ever after. Bojack personality and a strong supporting cast lead this show to some great moments. But how does the quirky randomness hurt or benefit the show
THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY: SPOILERS MAY HAPPEN
Season 1: This introduces the main characters and introduces them to their personalities and such things. This season focus on the book that Bojack plans to write to get his career back on track. The plot here is overall is basic and set and stone and nothing really happens. It sets up it's iconic moments and tells the reader that they have a choice of being funny and expand themselves. These comedic lines and verses with an introduction to the nitty gritty of Bojacks life make this season memorable. With all the iconic moments, this season is one that is memorable
8.8/10
Season 2: This season was hard to watch. With no real formation of the plot, which is Bojack Horseman playing his dream role, this seems like a filler season, a setup for the season that has the most action and Bojack start of his crazy downward spiral. This is the time Bojack is happiest, and is just not needed. It was a DRAG to get to Season 2 of this show, and sadly is just not to it's standard. While it is still a good, it get tedious to watch in some aspects, and is a prequel to the events that build up to Season 3
6.2/10
Season 3: This season focus a lot on Bojacks happiness and how he wants to feel happy in life. He starts to question himself and what he is worth after not being nominated for an Oscar from Sectretariat. This season is great in what it adds to Bojacks character. Bojack struggles with loving himself, which makes him cut ties with the ones he loves and causes him to go on a spiral downward. Bojack is someone who feels nothing and is lonely, and causes the audience to feel sympathy. With some witty side stories and overall good humor and its still life episode where there is no dialogue, the director really hit the nail on the head here. Its setup and overall flowing of a theme is sketchy, which dimminshes its ranking with its sloppy outlier that feels unstructured at some points. The cliffhanger leaves me dying to see the next scene
8.6/10
Season 4: Season 4 is my favorite and most important season on record. With an amazing amount of balance of dramatic sadness and comedy, this season is the great balance and the top of the rollercoaster in the plot of Bojack Horseman. As we see Bojack fall low and feel that he ruins everyone that he meets, we see the vulnerable side we all feel when a potential daughter comes to him to say that there DNA matched. With the crashing of Peanutbutter and Diane's relationship, we see real life in front of our eyes and for once we can feel good about ourselves. With every character life crashing down and the buildup being so strong, this makes me crave more from Season 5. This definitely delivered and overall caused Season 5 to be the most dramatic season by far. In life, you need to appreciate the build up.
9.7/10
Season 5: This season is real. The rollercoaster is coming down in this series and this DRASTICALLY changes the landscape of the show
SPOILERS BELOW
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-Diane and Peanutbutter are divorced
-Bojack cares more for a "girlfriend" than himself
-Princess Carolyn looks to adopt a child and fails a lot of times
-Bojack gets addicted to pain medication
-Peanutbutter finds a new girlfriend and cheats on her with Diane
-Bojacks mom dies
This show is the definition of life crashing down and hitting rock bottom and the tide shifting. Every character seems to hit a rock bottom in this show and has trouble getting up. This is the realest the show can get and surprisingly dark. I did not laugh during the show and was near crying at some points. Proof that life is not always a happy comedy that we all make it out to be. The theme here is prominent and everything comes into picture. We look at nearly every characters pass that built up and we learn the truths of Bojacks cruel parents. We all see it unfold and it ends in every character seeing a rock bottom, with one character going up, that being Princess Carolyn adopting a kid, a light in the tunnel for a dark series. While it is truly a work of art, it feels different than most of the show, and I enjoy it overall and is definetly one of the best seasons
9.7/10
Overall: 9.2/10
What to Expect in Season 6: A rollercoaster comes up when it hits the bottom and there is only one way to go from here, up. Expect some sort of revenge sequence or some hero returns moment for Bojack, were finally, there will be some sort of Nirvana that makes Bojack happy