Hey, everyone. This is a series where I will be sharing my thoughts as I go through a show everyone in my circle recommended for the first time. It won't be exactly a first impression as whatever episodes I talk about will be watched at least three times before sharing these thoughts
Episode 5 - Love And/Or Marriage
This episode has two main stories.
BoJack is overtly confident with his new status as a bonified superstar that he sees crashing a wedding to be almost as him gracing others with his presence. He makes his speech and things escalate mildly as we learn something new about Todd
On the other hand, we have Diane visiting the "Snatch Patch" which unexpectedly due to the name turns out to be quite intelligent people. A drug trip takes Diane into a fun action sequence.
A small C-plot with Princess Carolyn and her assistant setting her up on dates is also in the episode giving us a small insight.
My Rating: 7/10
It's a solid episode. Funny and fun to follow, it ends with a nice heart-to-heart from BoJack and a revelation for Diane with a wholesome moment from Princess Carolyn to tie the episode in a nice bow. It's not the greatest episode but it is a good time kind of episode.
Episode 6 - Brrap Brrap Pew Pew
The main space of this episode follows Diane accidentally tweeting "I'm having an abortion" from Sextina Aquafina's Twitter that she is handling. The episode is a big social commentary-type episode aiming to destigmatize abortion.
It explores some of the artistic choices artists often make when aiming to highlight an issue in a way I really like. Not much to say here. If you're pro-life, you're not going to like this episode and its messaging. If you're pro-choice, you're going to like this episode and its messaging.
My Rating: 5/10
It's very difficult to get into an episode satirizing a type of thinking while straw-manning and misrepresenting their argument. This episode even ignored one of the good counter-argument. So, it's not much of a discussion as much as it is just bashing. Even the character they oppose just show up to insult themselves.
You're not going to get persuaded by this episode, it won't change your mind. And even if you agree with its message of it, it still won't be providing you with a good argument.
Episode 7 - Stop The Presses
In a way, this episode is like a quick run of events. It skims through a few events and revelations. It also represents BoJack's first interaction with the word of therapy and actually speaking his mind and revealing and dealing with his insecurities.
The approach this episode takes to making this episode basically being a phone call between BoJack and "The Closer" at the L.A. Gazette is absolutely hilarious. Same thing with BoJack's "Consider us for the Oscars" mirror advertisement. All of that is done with a revelation of something that happened in episode 5.
My Rating: 7/10
Typical midseason BoJack episode. It seems to be there to fill episodes count. But, if that's their way of doing that, I am fine with it as the episode remained fun and easy to follow with hilarious jokes and concepts here and there.
In Conclusion
It seems like a continuous approach for the show to get preachy and messy in the midseason period with experimental ideas. Even episode 6 wasn't unenjoyable, although it did have some extremely uncomfortable moments.
It's the typical midseason time of BoJack Horseman. Fun episodes with just a little of the plot to keep you interested in the show. The show sometimes takes a social commentary approach which you can really tell the writers are unequipped to write and it shows in such an immature and frankly bullying manner.
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