MAJOR SPOILERS!!

The one thing I hate about the show BoJack Horseman is how its seasons always leave me emotionally drained, and I have trouble keeping track of everything that happened. It’s not a good show for binging. Yet, I binge it anyway.

This season I finished in like 2 days. It was a little different to be sure.

This season was different. Racently, it was announced that Season 6 would be the show’s final season, and it would be divided into two parts. Part 1 came out on Oct. 25. Part 2 will be out on Jan 31.

This wasn’t the creators’ decision apparently, which is never really cool but I think 6 seasons might be a good place to end it. I don’t know how much further BoJack could fall and everything is starting to wrap up; I can’t see how many of these plotlines could go on for another season.

Bojack spends most of the eight episodes in rehab; he’s trying to get better, and he’s figuring himself out. Diane spends most of it in Chicago with her job a GirlCroosh, and with her new cameraman/boyfriend Guy, a buffalo. Princess Carolyn is trying to have it all with her new baby, and Todd…is Todd.

I mean…we do get to meet his step-dad and that reveals more about him, but…he’s mostly doing Todd stuff.

We don’t see a lot of Hollyhock, unfortunately but it seems like she may play a very big role in the second half. And I’m so scared of what may happen, because this season has been so uncharacteristically uplifting.

All the characters have finally earned their keeps, and all are working towards improving themselves.

Spoilers, but…

Diane decides to take anti-depressants. Considering most media depicts them as unnecessary “happy pills,” this is a big deal, because the little we see of her afterwards, shows she’s actually, genuinely happy. Princess Carolyn names her child and starts to find a sense of happiness after a long period of adjustment and BoJack successfully completes rehab and decides to leave Hollywoo behind.

There’s a lot of other stuff too, but BoJack finally recognizing how toxic Hollywoo is, and that he needs to leave to continue being a good person.

Of course, the journey isn’t easy. Several episodes utilize a flashback or patchwork motif; starting out in the past and skipping to the present; cutting back and forth or starting out in the present, going to the past and showing how they ended up there. It’s nowhere near as disturbing as “Time’s Arrow,” but it’s still disorienting. I really like how it’s used since you never quite know how things are going to work out…or if they worked out already.

And it’s the title sequence that really emphasizes this. It’s completely changed, to emphasize the role Sarah Lynn’s death has played in the series and how its affecting BoJack. And of course, there’s a side plot with Mr. Peanutbutter and Pickles, and current day issues mentioned include women having it all and unionizing…There’s nothing really too awkward or cringey.

And it all comes to ahead in the final episode where two journalists set out to figure out the truth behind Sara Lynn’s death, namely the public doesn’t know BoJack or drugs were involved…So, they go on a cross-country journey that leads them to Penny. And even worse, one of the witnesses of that night reveals the truth to Hollyhock.We don’t get to see how this turns out though…

We just have to wait until next season.

And this has the potential to destroy all the progress BoJack has made. They’re not bad people, the journalists, but we as viewers know that BoJack has consistently tried to be a better person and this big problem he’s been hiding and feeling guilty over, coming out could absolutely ruin it.

Or conversely…It’s exactly what he needs.

If you want my thoughts on how this will all turn out…I think BoJack will beat them to the punch. He’s going to reveal his involvement, likely with the help of Diane. He’s going to own up and admit his involvement in Sarah Lynn’s death.

Even though he’s happier now, he needs this closure. In the ultimate irony, knowing how Hollywoo works he won’t be punished. We’ve seen it before.

Or conversely, he will be punished: he’ll lose his riches, his home, and any prospect at getting another job. But, he won’t lose his friends. For once, he won’t lose them. But he will lose Hollyhock.

I don’t think this whole show is a long overdrawn a horse walks into a bar joke…For this show to be effective, we need to show how hard it is to be a good person and how hard it is to do the right thing. And even when you do the right thing, you’ll be punished.

But to be fair, I am glad they are ending this series before the next presidential election kicks into gear. I don’t want to think about all the plots that could come with either way the election turns out. I get enough about politics at work….I don’t need all my entertainment to be focused on it.

And that’s the scoop.

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Score: 9/10

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Year of release: 2019

Length: 8 episodes, 25-27 minutes

Available: Netflix

Creators: Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Executive Producers: Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, Blair Fetter, Jane Wiseman, Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Andy Weil

Voice Actors: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, Aaron Paul

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