way i'm doing this ranking is

every episode worst to best rather than

episode by episode into a tear maker but

i will make sure to tell you what tier

we're in

and when we move from one tier to

another and also even show an updated

tier list every time we move up

i honestly do not believe that there are

any f-tier episodes of bojack horseman

not a single one so we're going to start

with the d tier most of this is just

going to be me gushing to various

degrees about a show that i really love

it's gonna be fun so let's jump in there

are 77 episodes of bojack horseman and

coming in dead last is ironically

the very first episode of the show

number 77 bojack horseman the bojack

horseman story chapter 1.

so yeah my least favorite episode is the

very first one first episodes are hard

but to me the first episode of bojack

horseman was trying way too hard to mold

itself to the formula that other adult

animated shows were known for

it's littered with cutaway gags which

obviously wasn't a habit they maintained

over the series but it did not leave the

best first impression

it also felt somewhat disjointed there's

like a really long flashback sequence in

the middle of the episode

and in that flashback sequence there's

cutaway gags by the time they cut back

from the flashback i had forgotten we

were in a flashback but despite my

issues with the comedy and pacing it did

establish the characters and premise

pretty effectively it also started off

basically telling us

not to expect your typical sitcom

through the charlie rose interview and

left off with what in retrospect was a

pretty insightful and subversive ending

where bojack actually opens up and is

honest for the first time in the episode

yeah well you're gonna throw away most

your adult life on some dumb sitcom you

might as well get a sweet house out of

the deal right so while there are no

episodes of bojack horseman that i

absolutely hate this is one that i do

not love

but they would quickly improve right

well maybe not quickly because

number 76 bojack hates the troops yep my

second least favorite episode is the

second episode of the show and

interestingly this episode was actually

written and produced

as the pilot when the show picked up the

series raphael boboxburg decided they

needed a different episode to introduce

the premise

overall i think this episode suffers

from similar issues with the first and

honestly

issues that continued but slowly faded

over the first half of the first season

it feels a bit like it's trying to

emulate already successful shows and not

leaning into what would ultimately make

the show unique

that being said the name neil mcbeal the

navy seal will make me laugh

every single time and similar to the

last one it ends on a really nice note

with bojack opening up to diane even

further

after being very guarded the entire

episode in fact the first time bojack

really opens up to diane they're sitting

on a roof together while they talk

a nice mirror to the eventual series

finale number 75

prickly muffin okay i know this is

getting silly but yes the third episode

of the series
is my third least favorite sorry i think

the show started off pretty weak this

episode at times felt like it was trying

to be a bit too edgy like with saralyn

stabbing herself and

i think the humor fell a bit flat but it

did introduce ceralyn and interestingly

this one does plant some seeds that

would be crucially important to our

understanding of both her development

and bojack's development over the course

of their lives

this don't stop dancing speech that

bojack gives sarah lynn in the cold open

would become the title of the musical

number that haunted him in the show

stopper and view from halfway down for

an episode that is so low on my list i

sure do refer to this clip a lot in my

episode breakdowns it also gave us the

devastating foreshadowing of cerelyn's

death through her own dialogue

i can constantly just surround myself

with sycophants and enablers until i die

tragically young

number 74 horse major another season one

episode i was never a huge fan of the

whole will they won't day aspect of

bojack and diane in season one though i

do think what's most interesting about

it is that it's all in bojack's head

i see what they were trying to do they

were subverting the sitcom tropes and

sort of laying out exactly why this show

is different than what we were used to

seeing i do think it succeeded in the

end when diane marries mr peanut butter

and bojack fails in his sitcom like

quest to win her over but even when

trying to subvert this concept felt

tired to me

overall an admirable attempt but one

that i think doesn't quite lean away

from the tropes enough and this is where

we're gonna move into the sea tier yep i

only think there are four d

tier episodes of the show and even those

i had some good things to say

so on to seatier number 73 sabrina's

christmas wish now this episode is an

outlier the christmas special

sort of a season one episode sort of not

honestly there's a chance that you

haven't seen this episode because for

some reason it's listed separately from

the rest of the series on netflix kind

of dumb now i know that this is low on

the list but the truth is i do like this

episode but just not for all the same

reasons that i like the rest of bojack

horseman

it's mostly an episode of horse and

around so it's basically a sitcom parody

which is tons of fun

and a blast to watch but it's also

relatively shallow and not really

representative of what we all fell in

love with about bojack horseman i do

enjoy the bonding scenes between todd

and bojack as they watch the christmas

special together and the premise of the

horse in a round episode is actually

really funny with sabrina's christmas

wish literally being for her real

parents to come back i really appreciate

the attention to detail too

if you listen carefully you can tell

that the horse's boss in the show is

voiced by stanley tucci who of course

voices herb kazaz the creator of the

show

this is a fun little nod to the way the

creators with cameo and sitcoms like

larry david voicing george's boss and

yankee's owner mr steinbrenner and

seinfeld

fun stuff honestly from here on out i

truly like every episode of bojack which

i know is wild but

damn the show is consistent number 72

the kidney stays in the picture

finally we get out of season one and

jump all the way to season six honestly

the truth about this episode is that

it's just a little bit forgettable

i appreciate that they finally decided

to start exploring todd and his familial

relationship but it did feel a bit late

in the game there are some really fun

sequences with todd and his stepdad

trying to steal todd's kidney back for

his mother and i do enjoy the

bittersweet ending where todd

successfully donates his kidney but

still doesn't reconnect with his mother

this also showcases bojack trying to

help dr champ after accidentally giving

him vodka

breaking a sobriety which has one of my

favorite ever drunk performances by sam

richardson as dr champ

check please and i do like the way that

drunken doctor champ really lays into

bojack and doesn't hold

back it's also got that very dark and

haunting ending when bojack leaves dr

champ in rehab

overall not an incredibly memorable

episode but it has some really great

stuff in it

number 71 the judge this is just your

good old-fashioned goofy ass episode

with bojack guest starring on felicity

huffman's booty academy los angeles this

is just a fun play-up of reality tv

slash competition shows and how wildly

convoluted they've become and it leads

to some funny scenes but the real

highlight of the episode is princess

carolyn's b

story as she visits the stilton estate

to meet ralph's family for the first

time ralph was such a lovely guy overall

so this one really hurt when you realize

that his family has some problematic

tendencies that really come at princess

caroline's expense it's an interesting

commentary on how people may let things

slide when it comes to family

things they otherwise wouldn't have it

does end on a really great note with

ralph publicly standing up for princess

caroline to his racist family which you

love to see

number 70 the horny unicorn this episode

is overall a bit of a bummer but it has

a lot of really interesting commentary

fresh off his public cancellation bojack

struggles to maintain his friendships

with his friends due to the stigma and

shame that follows him wherever he goes

he resorts to spending time with fellow

cancelled celebrity vance wagner

this episode definitely highlights an

interesting phenomenon when it comes to

this type of public shunning of

disgraced people when bojack can no

longer connect to or spend time with the

better people in his life

he turns to the less than good people

like vance wagner which sort of just

buries him deeper into this sleazier

more problematic lifestyle

it doesn't necessarily provide any sort

of solution but it does point out the

pattern the episode also ends with

another of the show's patented gut

punches as bojack reads hollyhock's

letter which clearly indicates that she

has cut ties with him after his

disastrous interviews

and unfortunately leads him back to the

bottle number 69

yesterday land the episode that

introduces the owl queen herself

wanda one of my favorite characters i

really love the blossoming romance

between bojack and wanda in this episode

and the ways it showcased how bojack's

insecurities sabotage his own happiness

and of course how in the end he totally

overcompensates by moving

way too fast with wanda this final shot

is absolutely

perfectly representative of what's to

come but we cannot forget todd's

ridiculous theme park one of the most

insane schemes he's ever gotten into the

highlight is

absolutely how todd gets out of his

lawsuit with disney by asking if it's

possible that they misspelled disney in

the trademarks document

to see if walt disney accidentally

trademarked the wrong

name i'm sure number 68 our a story is a

story ah the origin of hollywoo who can

forget this is another season one

episode that felt like it was a little

too standard with bojack and mr peanut

butter basically engaged in a major

pissing contest to

apparently win over diane i do think

this escalated in a really fun way with

the theft of the hollywood d

but overall it didn't bring that many

new ideas to the table and while i

appreciate the slow burn the show

executed and going from seemingly a

sitcom to a major sitcom subversion

this one was just a little too sitcom

for me but you have to love that they

destroyed the d

and just left it for the remainder of

the series at least until the finale

bojack horseman just wouldn't be the

same if it was set in hollywood

instead of hollywoo number 67 out to sea

the season 2 finale has some really nice

moments and is particularly needed after

the heavy and brutal escape from la i

really like that bojack chose to save

todd and his speech about their

friendship as they escaped the

scientology

i mean improv cruise ship was very sweet

i think a lot of the concepts in the

improv cult are really fun

but other than the bojack and todd stuff

this episode isn't crazy memorable but i

think the ways it sort of releases the

tension after escape from la and brings

totten bojack together is really nice

and it also ends on one of those

all-time bojack quotes from the jogging

baboon

it gets easier but you have to do it

every day that's the hard part a decent

episode with a great ending

number 66 bojack kills okay this might

be a controversial lower ranking

overall i think this is a very solid

episode but nothing incredibly special

i like the ways that it tests bojack and

diane's friendship and especially how it

shows their bond can affect diane's life

and decision making but overall i just

wasn't all that engrossed in the ongoing

mystery aspect of the episode i think

the episode likely gets a lot of praise

from fans because of the excellent

ending with cuddly whiskers and that

incredibly wise and sage piece of advice

only after you give up everything can

you begin

to find a way to be happy a great ending

to a good episode number 65 higher love

ah the autoerotic asphyxiation episode

one that understandably makes people

uncomfortable

rest in peace corduroy jackson jackson

what really makes this episode work is

the bojack and wanda relationship aspect

bojack accidentally tells wanda he loves

her and then is so woefully unequipped

to actually talk about and unpack it

that he creates a series of elaborate

situations to try and prove that she

actually loves him back it shows that

bojack doesn't have the emotional

fortitude or the relationship skills to

operate in an adult relationship

he'd rather pretend to dangerously auto

erotic asphyxiate himself slowly to

force wanda to show concern for his

well-being than just

talk to her some wild insight into

bojack in this one number 64

hooray todd episode this is a fun one

that sort of plays with our perceptions

of todd up to this point while he's

definitely a main character the focus

isn't often on him specifically he sort

of supports our other main characters

most of the time so this episode sort of

brings that to the forefront by showing

off all the ways todd is constantly

helping those around him without much

concern for his own well-being there's a

really sweet scene with bojack and todd

having a heart to heart

bojack apologizing for some of the

things he did to todd and todd admitting

that he thinks he might be asexual

todd going to an asexual meetup and

finally doing something for himself is a

perfect ending and i love the bookended

orchestra bits good episode

number 63 live fast diane nguyen okay

honestly having this episode this high

might be considered controversial but i

think live fast diane nguyen is very

underrated this is the first real diane

focused episode and meeting her family

went a long way to give insight into her

childhood and insecurities i love the

boston accents and the fact that the

adopted black sheep of the family isn't

actually the black sheep the frank

sinatra parody song it's got some great

stuff

plus diane's freak out is amazing and

the ending with her in bojack is nice

and heartfelt it's honestly kind of the

beginning of their real actual

friendship rather than just their

working relationship if i had any

complaints it's that this was still

during that short period where the whole

thing felt a little too typical sitcom

but for this one i didn't quite mind

because it was actually a good episode

of a sitcom plus this episode has

boriana's house one of the funniest

subplots in the entire damn show

note the letters b h on all hand towels

and linens

that stands for boreana's house

underrated i tell ya number 62 commence

fracking this episode basically features

three simultaneous stories bojack and

hollyhock searching for hollyhock's

mother princess caroline and ralph

trying to conceive and diane and mr

peanut butter struggling in their

marriage because of the stresses of pb's

campaign for governor overall i really

like the bojack and hollyhock story of

season four but this episode was

particularly uncomfortable especially

with the marcy scenes the pc and ralph

storyline was actually similar now that

i think about it but i do love them

hooking up in the back of a cop car

i think the best part of this episode is

definitely the diana mr peanut butter

stuff with diane writing takedown and

anti-fracking articles against mr peanut

butter at girl cruise

creating a dramatic public feud pretty

interesting drama this is where we move

up from c

tier to b-tier so here's everything from

d and c so far

all right let's keep moving number 61

planned obsolescence this is a

very solid season 5 episode that pairs a

hilarious todd story with a pretty sad

and emotional bojack and gina story

the way they subverted the whole couple

staying with parents type of story was

brilliant with todd yolanda trying to

keep their asexuality a secret from

yolanda's absurdly sexual family just a

really smart and funny premise the

bojack and gina story is little

heartbreaking with bojack going to

extreme lengths to try and encourage

gina to follow her musical theater

dreams he gets her an opportunity to

sing in front of flip and pc to

hopefully be able to sing on the show

but he does it without her permission

and sadly she just isn't particularly

good at singing

bojack's heart was in the right place

but his head was not ultimately while

trying to help gina he just embarrassed

her

sometimes knowing your limitations is

important a sad but true message

number 60 zoes and zeldas this was the

first episode of bojack that really did

subvert my expectations albeit in not a

huge way

it didn't have as big of an impact as

later season 1 episodes like say

anything or the telescope but the end of

this episode when it's revealed that

bojack sabotage todd's rock opera with

character actress margot martindale

really made me say

huh that was a very interesting choice

the first drill hint that this show

might be willing to do some interesting

things

i also quite enjoy the rock opera

storyline itself and one of my only

disappointments in the series is that

todd never got an opportunity to finish

it and i mean

this one introduces character actress

margot martindale so it's automatically

good

number 59 love and or marriage this

episode has two stories i really like

bojack and todd wedding crashing thanks

to bojack's newfound confidence as a

bonafide movie star and diane getting

accidentally invited to movie star

alexi brosofino's house to hang out with

the snatch batch the diane story in

particular is really funny i like the

way that they played with our

expectations for a crew called the

snatch batch who actually ended up being

pretty smart and emotionally intelligent

the drug trip sequences were fun too but

the highlight of the episode is

definitely bojack's heart to heart with

the bride whose wedding he derailed

after his public speech at her wedding

gives her cold feet he gives her a more

personal and heartfelt speech that more

accurately conveys how he really feels

this is another good one

i also like how diane says mr paper

number mr paper number

number 58 the light bulb scene i really

like the season five premiere it sets

the tone for what i think was a really

interesting season of bojack the episode

really effectively sets up the new

characters like flip mcvicker and gina

casador and delivers a pretty

interesting conflict and dynamic for

bojack on the set of his new series

it also sets up a handful of the

season's ongoing stories like todd and

yolanda exploring their relationship

princess caroline trying to adopt a

child and diana mister peanut butter's

new post-divorce relationship

i love the explanation for why filbert's

house looks like bojack's house or

should i say david boreana's house and

they did a really nice job establishing

the ongoing idea that bojack's real life

and tv life are starting to blend a real

perfect blue vibe and probably the most

ambitious season of bojack

number 57 feel good story this is a

great diane story that gives us great

payoff to some of their more frustrating

tendencies over the series

diane and her new love interest guy

travel across the country together for

girl cruise and uncover a major

conspiracy with the white whale

corporation in chicago admittedly i grew

up around chicago so all the chicago

specific humor goes a really long way

for me guys excitement to show diane

portillos or i guess parmadillos was

really funny and i still cannot get over

that the chicago cubs are the chicago

baby humans in the bojack universe

good stuff but what works best about

this episode is how it moves diane

forward as a character in the final

season of the show

after years of being a victim to her own

expectations she finally takes a chance

on something good that is directly in

front of her

and decides to move to chicago to be

with guy i also really enjoyed the

narrative device of bojack's rehab

letters being read over

the episode overall a great diana number

56

see mr peanut butter run not unlike feel

good story this one has a similar

narrative device of diane's voicemail

messages for bojack acting as narration

this takes place while bojack was in

harper's landing in the events of the

following episode the old sugarman place

and i think what was really cool about

this one is that it showed the show can

function

and be really entertaining even without

bojack in the actual episode

this was mostly dumb fun with mr peanut

butter's campaign for governor becoming

increasingly ridiculous which culminates

in a literal ski race for the

governorship of california it also has a

really fun schoolhouse rock type

sequence that breakdowns how lobbyists

and businesses attach their own

interests to prospective bills in

exchange for their money and support

it's a sad and realistic look at the

state of some of our law making

i absolutely love the ending when todd

accidentally wins the gubernatorial ski

race and immediately resigns

ever since i first became governor i've

thought i don't want to be governor

and that's where i am now classic todd

this is your typical silly bojack

episode

really fun stuff number 55 yes and

this is another episode that pairs a

very fun and silly plot with a pretty

serious and introspective storyline on

one hand todd gets sucked into an improv

cult a great wacky premise and on the

other hand bojack and wanda's

relationship is tested over bojack's

friendship with diane and how they

enable each other in very negative ways

i think the improv stuff is mostly

really fun and a pretty effective

ribbing of improv in general i

especially loved

brian the self-serious and overconfident

improv actor played by ryan johnson of

all people
ultimately bojack and diane's

problematic friendship pushes wanda to

her limits which ends their relationship

in a pretty heartbreaking way

and i've talked about this line a lot

but wanda delivers one of the best and

most insightful lines in the entire

series

which is saying a lot since this show is

just filled with good advice

when you look at someone through

rose-colored glasses all the red flags

just look like flags

keep that one in your back pocket folks

that's good stuff number 54

sunk cost and all that and we've gotten

to a season six part two episode the

first realization for bojack that a

storm is ahead

most of the episode focuses on diane pc

and todd helping bojack try to figure

out what exactly the big expose on him

is about which i guess says a lot given

his incredibly problematic history

just look at these whiteboards filled

with the awful things he's done to

people i think what makes the episode so

heartbreaking is bojack's friends coming

to the slow realization that this really

might be it for bojack

all in different ways diane has major

issues with the way that bojack and pc

are treating the situation

likening it to trying to get back on a

plane after jumping out of it princess

caroline is there until the bitter end

giving off the impression that bojack's

cancellation would somehow be a major

indictment on her own history and sense

of self it's a really well done episode

but the best sequence is when bojack

leaves his office and gives a speech to

his theater class in the middle of the

crisis

the shot is framed so that we see bojack

through the door frame and as he gives

his heartfelt speech to the class he so

clearly loves we see the pain on diane

and princess caroline's faces as though

they're realizing just how great this

version of bojack really is and

grappling with the fact that though he

does need to be held accountable he

really has come a long way

number 53 old acquaintance this is one

of my favorite subversive episodes of

bojack horseman that plays with our

expectations of television

on one hand we've got mr peanut butter

and diane visiting labrador peninsula

which is really fun and heartfelt but

the real subversion comes with the

battle for the role of the pegasus in

the flight of the pegasus trilogy this

entire episode shows princess caroline

desperately trying to get bojack this

major blockbuster role while also

showing rutabaga and vanessa gecko doing

the same for one of their clients the

episode plays with our perceptions of

protagonists and antagonists by pointing

out that rutabaga and gekko

are both good people trying to do what's

best for their business and families

without landing this role for their

client their entire careers are in

jeopardy but we of course

are following bojack and princess

caroline in this show so we naturally

are trying to root for them the entire

time but if the show shifted

perspectives and was actually about

rutabaga and gekko we'd see pc and

bojack as the antagonists

it's a really brilliant way to tell the

story and in the end princess caroline's

overzealousness

actually loses bojack both the pegasus

trilogy and a small indie film he

promised to do with kelsey jennings a

heartbreaking but genius episode number

52

chickens drop the hate comments now i

like chickens

people really rag on this episode but i

think it's pretty fun and ambitious

in the grand scheme of the show it's

kind of inconsequential but i love that

they actually tried to explain how

eating animal meat works in the society

of anthropomorphic animals even though i

do still find the answer to be

ultimately problematic and an indictment

on the factory farming industry but

we don't need to get into that now it

takes guts to reckon with the fact that

in this world they've created eating any

mead is technically cannibalism

also all of the chicken noise jokes are

top-notch comedy

becca books back mcmahon fine you also

booked back

underrated episode number 51 loving that

cali lifestyle

ah the first set of brutal revelations

in the masterpiece that is season four

this is a rough episode with hollyhock

overdosing on amphetamines and the

reveal that beatrice had been drugging

her coffee with weight loss supplements

the entire season not a fun revelation

but a really engaging plot point while

this one is tough to watch i think it's

got some really insightful moments like

the sequence after bojack learns that

hollyhock overdosed and his subsequent

panic attack what makes this scene so

heartbreaking is that bojack is still

reeling from the death of cerelyn

as a sort of father figure in her life

he completely failed her and she

ultimately died of an overdose and he

feels deeply responsible for that

now just about a year later he once

again fails as a father figure to

hollyhock as she too overdosed on his

watch and this of course leads to one of

the alzheimer's time's arrow and when

bojack decides his relationship with his

mother

is over number 50 mr peanut butter's

booze

this was a really fun format breaking

episode that actually runs four

simultaneous stories from four different

time periods we see four separate

halloween
parties held at bojack's house in

different years all of which mr peanut

butter has a different date his first

wife katrina second wife jessica biel

third wife diane and new girlfriend

pickles even just the blocking of

working all four of these timelines into

one episode was really well done and

super entertaining but it also gives us

great insight into mr peanut butter as a

character

and some of his ongoing insecurities and

shortcomings as a partner i really like

the heart to heart that diane had with

pickles at the end of the episode and

the way that diane genuinely tries to

help and support mr peanut butter even

though they're no longer together

an ambitious and fun episode number 49

ancient history another bummer episode

featuring hollyhock but it's a great

story with hollyhock visiting in la to

see bojack she experiences a little bit

of ptsd from her time at the house the

year before which is perfectly

understandable but in her panic she

pours bojack's pain medication down the

drain though bojack was prescribed them

for his injury it's clear that he's

become addicted and is abusing them

which leads the pair on a wild goose

chase across

la to try and secure more drugs damn

what a bummer bojack wastes his day with

hollyhock tracking down drugs

it hurts to see as a big fan of

hollyhock and the most heartbreaking

moment is of course the end when

hollyhock tells bojack she loves him and

he can't bring himself to say it back

brutal number 48 underground this is

just your classic ridiculous bojack

episode after the fracking around mr and

peanut butter's house plunges his

benefit dinner underground the

celebrities in high society folks

quickly devolve into chaos

the absolute highlights of the episode

comedically are jessica biel and zac

braff and i cannot express how much i

love that they were so willing to play

ball with this show and portray these

ridiculous versions of themselves this

is full on lord of the flies in the

funniest way

there's also a pretty great scene where

bojack and diane get wasted together and

have a nice heart to heart about their

ongoing insecurities this season a

mostly fun and sometimes heartfelt

episode number 47

start spreading the news the season 3

premiere is another solid setup that

also delves into some of bojack's

biggest fears and insecurities in huge

ways the way they so quickly brought up

the events of escape from la showed how

much it was weighing on bojack and i

also appreciated the way that they

showcased bojack's inability to let go

of his connection to horsing around

since horse and round is the most

popular and successful thing he's ever

done he's very defensive and unwilling

to admit that the contents of the show

maybe weren't all that great

especially because people seem to be

knocking horsing around while they

simultaneously praise his performance as

secretariat which bojack knows is

actually a digital recreation and not

actually himself but by the end of the

episode he falls in line and embraces

secretariat that tv show

it wasn't me this movie is me

oh the irony number 46 hank after dark

this is a pretty heavy episode and one

that accurately portrays the sad

realities of powerful people in

hollywood diane publicly makes comments

about known allegations against hank

hippopolis which leads to a big

public tiff between diane and hank

there's plenty of damning commentary on

power dynamics in hollywood and the way

it affects diana mr peanut butter's

relationship is really interesting as

well

pb didn't want diane to push the issue

further since his show shares a network

with hank hippopolis's show

and of course in the end nothing changes

except diane leaves the country to get

away from the controversy

a great episode for both social

commentary and relationship development

number 45 the bojack horseman show a

full-on flashback episode and a good one

i love the insight this gives us into

all of our favorite characters lives in

the mid-2000s but the titular bojack

horseman show is definitely the most

interesting part i love the idea that

bojack had a failed return to television

after horsing around and seeing how much

of a personal project it was he really

had his hands all over it i also like

seeing how this launched princess

carolyn's career and how mr peanut

butter and diane met fun backstory

filling stuff

and who can forget that todd is

responsible for destroying the final

scene of the sopranos

tony marries dr melfi mamma mia

number 44 bojack the feminist this is

another episode

that is just top-notch social commentary

the entire idea that feminist talking

points are more palatable to the public

when coming from a popular man is just

way too depressing and true to life this

also talks more about quote unquote

cancelled celebrities through vance

wagner who is definitely a mel gibson

type i think the highlight of the

episode is bojack talking about filbert

on a ryan seacrest types podcast where

he has the epiphany that shows like

filbert which don't outright condemn the

character's behavior

ultimately still normalize that type of

behavior even if the intention

isn't for you to root for the character

i think this is actually most

interesting on a meta textual level

it's both bojack talking directly to the

audience of the show and saying don't

root for me as the writers reconcile

with the fact that they have to make

sure they're not normalizing bojack's

behavior it's really interesting stuff

number 43.

another great piece of social commentary

on the stigmas surrounding abortion

how can you not love sixteen aquafina's

ridiculous song this episode also puts a

big focus on publicity and public image

for celebrities it was funny to see how

the initial reaction to diane

accidentally tweeting i'm getting an

abortion for sextina was major concern

but the more positive reactions they get

to the accidental tweet the more they

decided to lean into it until of course

the absolutely ridiculous

live television event which they faked

entirely funny stuff

number 42 thoughts and prayers hey a

third primarily social commentary

episode in a row i really like this one

in the way it highlights the hypocrisy

of hollywood producers who care more

about how mass shootings will affect

their movie release than they do about

the shooting itself i also really enjoy

the way diane embraces guns and explains

how it feels like it levels the playing

field in terms of power dynamics for

women in the world and also drops one of

my favorite lines in the series

i can't believe this country hates women

more than it loves guns

too true diane number 41 the stopped

show

oof this one sure is a bummer the

aftermath of the showstopper and

bojack's drug fueled assault on gina

hits

hard this is the first time we meet

biscuits braxby who helps smooth over

the bojack slash gina incident this also

delivers some hard-hitting insight into

hollywood abuse i really appreciated the

way they portrayed

gina's attempts to cope with what had

happened to her many would just expect

that it's better if the truth about what

bojack did just came to light but gina

understandably didn't want to be known

as the woman who was choked by bojack

horseman she also didn't want her big

break with filbert to come to

an end because of what happened to her

it's a complicated situation and they

pretty effectively convey the nuances

that gina had to navigate through the

trauma

i'm also a huge fan of the end of this

episode when diane brings bojack to

rehab bojack finally admitting he truly

needs help was an important step for the

show to take

i also appreciated the ways it showed

how difficult this was for diane who is

still here to take bojack to rehab and

try to help set him on a better path

despite all that he'd done and how angry

she was at him this final shot is one of

my favorite endings in any season of

bojack

number 40 intermediate scene study with

bojack horseman the first episode in

season 6 part 2 the final stretch

even though this isn't technically a

season premiere it feels like a season

premiere this episode is very much a

calm before the storm situation and our

last real look at bojack living his best

life it's actually really exciting to

see him excel as a teacher

see him living a non-toxic lifestyle and

actually helping people but on the flip

side there's the hollyhock storyline

which is understandably very painful

hollyhock's discomfort with her brother

is incredibly understandable given what

she learned at the end of season six

part

one and sucks to both see bojack try so

hard to get close to his sister and

hollyhock really struggle with what the

right thing to do is

this would also be the final time we see

hollyhock in the series honestly if we

ever got any sort of continuation of

bojack horseman i would love a

mini-series on hollyhock exploring her

own struggles going through this wildly

difficult situation

i think there's a lot you could explore

with it number 39 what time is it right

now

this episode had to follow up time's

arrow which is a tall order but there's

a lot to love about what time is it

right now

this is by far one of the happiest

season endings for bojack horseman both

the show and character

i love the lengths bojack goes to make

sure that hollyhock knows the truth

about butterscotch and her mother

before season six this is bojack at his

best absolutely selfless in his mission

to help hollyhock he understands if he

never gets to see her again and that

isn't his priority

he just wants her to know the truth

because he really cares about her a

really lovely way to end what i think is

the best season of bojack horseman

especially this final sequence with

hollyhock where she tells him she could

really use a brother that's just too

sweet

and we finally reached a tier and there

are a lot here's what we've got so far

in the tear maker

let's move on to a number 38 angela

another really brutal episode but in a

really effective and haunting way

i think that overall the b story with

todd and his family and margot

martindale was pretty fun and i really

liked seeing him finally connect with

his mother but the real highlight is

definitely the titular angela storyline

seeing that angela diaz is still as

manipulative and intimidating even her

old age was kind of scary

and the way she goaded bojack into

signing away his royalties on horsing

around was just grade a manipulation

even the box of unsellable horses around

blu-rays was kind of haunting bojack

drunkenly doing the bojack dance as

angela washed and laughed was definitely

a low point especially after seeing how

much he had improved over the course of

season 6 part 1 and of course that

ending sequence that leads directly into

the view from halfway down

rough ep but really well done number 37

a little uneven is all

the further down the list we go the more

we get into the sad revelatory episodes

this one finally gives us the answers to

what happened with sharona back in

horsing around

and the answer sadly involved cyrillin

before this we hadn't really seen much

of this timeline surrounding the end of

horse and around after herb had been

fired and bojack's attitude is pretty

unbearable it sucked to see how little

he cared about or paid attention to sara

lynn and her cries for help and the

revelation

that he threw sirona under the bus was

an incredible bummer i also appreciate

the way they paired bojack's story of

accidentally getting sarahlyn drunk with

him also accidentally getting dr champ

drunk at pesticides i also think the way

this episode showcases bojack's fear is

about his life after pastis and his

inability to leave

is really well done bojack wants to stay

clean and he doesn't know if he can do

it on his own

number 36 one trick pony back to season

one

this episode is a great combo of goofy

bojack universe hijinks and some

in-depth character work for bojack i

think the production of mr peanut

butter's hollywood heist was one of the

funniest fictional productions in bojack

which is saying a lot and it kills me

that the movie turned into a bi-monthly

curated box of snacks in the end but

obviously the bulk of substance comes

from bojack reading diane's book about

him for the first time and becoming

incredibly insecure and angry about how

it portrays him i think in the end

bojack expected this book to make

himself feel better about his life and

he ultimately was just faced with his

own shortcomings and insecurities he

obviously didn't realize that these were

the things that would make him relatable

but it all says way more about bojack

than anything

in the end where he fires diane is

another brutal moment number 35

later this is a great end to season one

we get our first look at secretariat on

the dick cavett show as he answers young

bojack's question and also see his

depressing end as he was banned from

racing shortly after

it was really interesting to see the way

bojack was enjoying his success from one

trick pony despite initially hating it

it was an interesting feeling to see

bojack succeed in this episode after the

entire journey of the first season and

sort of feeling as though he didn't

deserve or earn it he even lands his

dream role of secretariat i particularly

love the scene where bojack and diane

once again sit on a rooftop and diane

tells bojack something i've always loved

and found to be pretty profound

i don't think i believe in deep down i

kind of think all you are is just the

things that you do

and the final scene where bojack goes

back to the griffith observatory the

same place where he learned his life was

about to change when he landed horsing

around
and of course where his life would later

change with sarah lynn he stares over la

with his golden globe in hand

a great end to the first season number

34 that went well

the aftermath of that's too much man

this one hurts the opening scene is one

of the best in the show when we see the

dark place sara lynne was in at the

height of her stardom and how happy she

was to see bojack an old friend who she

thought she could trust of course her

perceptions came crashing down on her

the moment he asked her to be in the

bojack horseman show the news report of

her death hurts so much every damn time

too

i also really loved bojack helping

bradley hitler smith on ethan around and

really teaching him and directing him on

how to do a sitcom it was a good hint

towards his eventual job as the theater

teacher and director at wesleyan one of

the most haunting moments of the episode

is when bojack asks one of the young

girls on ethan around what she wants to

be when she grows up she tells him that

she wants to be famous like him the

panic attack bojack has is so

understandable and painful to watch as

he immediately realizes he might be in

the process of creating another cerulean

situation

the end of this episode is one of my

favorite moments in the whole series too

bojack letting go of the steering wheel

as he drives basically tempting fate and

the final shot as he watches those wild

horses run across the desert envious of

their freedom

number 33 after the party this was a

really cool format breaking episode that

shows three different pairings evenings

after diane's surprise party goes

horribly wrong i love the experimental

formatting a lot and who can forget

wanda's great mulch joke

or meeting vincent adultman's son kevin

but what works best for me is the way it

brings the problems with diane and mr

peanut butter's marriage to the

forefront of the show

and highlights mr peanut butter's weird

obsession with huge gestures that don't

necessarily line up with his partner's

needs or wants their fight leading into

their heart to heart was really engaging

and this was sort of the first real dive

into mr peanut butter as a more nuanced

and complex character

number 32 head in the clouds another

episode where diane gets in a big fight

this primarily takes place during the

filbert premiere which was a great

setting for diane's tensions with bojack

to reach a boiling point

bojack's codependence was on full

display here as he effectively loses his

best friend and immediately latches on

to gina making their relationship public

there's lots to like in this one even

though you know he's doing it for the

wrong reasons it's easy to love bojack

and gina's relationship

until of course it comes crumbling down

in the following episode

number 31 surprise this is one of the

absolute funniest concepts ever

conceived for television

the idea of a surprise wedding is

obviously ridiculous but the idea that

the entire guest list has tied in plain

sight because the bride and groom get in

a massive and personal fight

genius the blocking alone for this

episode must have been so elaborate it's

hard to wrap my head around all of it

so many of our favorite guest stars and

side characters make appearances and we

even get a really great conversation

between diane and bojack as she tells

him she's going to move to chicago with

guy

i don't have much else to say about this

episode other than i am infinitely

impressed

that they even conceived of it let alone

pulled it off number 30

interior sub this is a stressful episode

the most fun part about it is the fact

that it's being relayed by diane and

bojack's therapist so the names of the

characters are slightly changed for most

of the episode so really this is just an

episode of bobo the angsty zebra i loved

all the weird alternate versions of our

main characters but the real substance

in the episode is personal

diane's continued frustrations that

bojack has been less than honest with

her about things in his past

caused her to start to lash out through

the scripts for philbert what cracks me

up most about this is that flip was

basically bailed out by diane who writes

an incredible episode of the show just

by airing her frustrations and punishing

pojack the way that the little hints

throughout the episode sting bojack at

every turn is brutal watch and of course

his own realization that diane must have

heard his confession tape about what

happened in new mexico really good

suspense

number 29 a horse walks into a rehab

season six was so great and this was a

really strong way to start it off this

episode simultaneously gives us hope and

shows bojack's own progress and growth

while highlighting how deep his history

with alcohol runs i loved seeing bojack

make that progress through his time at

pastiches and even though it was a bit

stressful his attempts to try and

prevent jameson from relapsing come

across as really genuine the revelation

at the end of the episode that her

father has been taking care of her child

while she's at rehab was a big gut punch

and even

more of a gut punch were the flashbacks

that showcased how alcohol slowly seeped

into bojack's life each flashback shows

him drinking at a younger and younger

age until he's just a small child and

takes a swig of vodka curling up in his

passed out mother's arms a sad but still

optimistic episode

number 28 stop the presses this episode

is great and in a way it showcases

bojack's first real steps into the world

of therapy the idea that there's one

incredible closer who is the only real

thing keeping the la gazette operating

is a really funny concept and the

lengths she goes to keep bojack on as a

subscriber are really fun like i said

she basically acts as his therapist

something bojack obviously greatly needs

this one also has the subplot about

bojack choosing his four-year

consideration advertising and he takes a

stand and forces them to go with an

experimental mirror ad which is cool

conceptually but

hilariously dangerous in reality great

episode number 27 still broken

this is a really insightful episode that

brings the cast of horse and around

together for the first time in years

sadly it's for herb's funeral though the

idea that the people closest to her were

trying to keep the book he wanted to be

published a secret so that it didn't

taint his legacy was a really fun twist

and also pretty sad i really enjoyed

seeing the interaction between the horse

and around crew all these years later as

they're riddled with various types of

baggage and not particularly fond of

each other the juxtaposition with the

flashbacks to the pilot of horsing

around made it hit pretty hard

the way they were all there for each

other and supported each other was

really sweet and obviously that wasn't

the case anymore

almost as though herb was the glue that

kept that family together when he left

the show it fell apart and now that he's

gone from the world they're barely

holding it together without him

the final line always gets me when herb

and bojack celebrated the studio looking

off onto a fake painted sunset herb

tells bojack that the future is bright

but of course that future is fake it has

no substance maybe a metaphor for

bojack's actual future

number 26 it's you this episode is where

bojack's behavior and actions in season

3 really reach a breaking point he's

slowly alienated everyone close to him

and after being nominated for an oscar

he pretty much completes that cycle with

the way he treats diane the animation

and staging for the party scenes are

really cool and the chase sequence when

todd and mr peanut butter lose the oscar

nominees is a ton of fun

when bojack finds out he wasn't actually

nominated for an oscar he just comes off

as pathetic as he desperately tries to

cling to the people he's already

alienated the way todd stands up for

himself here is so satisfying and i

think what everyone remembers most is

the titular speech that he gives bojack

it's not the alcohol

or the drugs or any of the shitty things

that happened to you in your career

or when you were a kid it's you brutal

honesty from our man todd chavez

number 25 brand new couch this is an

excellent season premiere that really

sets the tone for season two i love how

desperately bojack tries to completely

overhaul his life the brand new couch is

a metaphor for his brand new attitude

but this episode really showcases that

you can't just metaphorically redecorate

and expect it to fix your problems

bojack's new attitude was superficial

and it wasn't addressing his problems in

any meaningful way i think it was really

clever to show that these superficial

changes

actually impeded his ability to draw

from a genuine place in his secretariat

performance

and that call from beatrice at the end

of the episode cuts like a knife your

bojack horseman there's no cure for that

number 24 the dog days are over i really

like this episode one of my favorite

diane focus stories the aftermath of her

divorce with mr peanut butter absolutely

gutted diane and i think it was really

smart to showcase her working through

her own grief in the form of a girl

crucialistical a really fun way to

format the episode the episode expertly

jumps between diane's major struggles in

the immediate aftermath of the divorce

and the time she spends in vietnam in

her attempts to distract herself from

the pain the end of the episode is

pretty heartbreaking as mr peanut butter

still picks diana from the airport

complete with a sign that says blarn the

name that was on her starbucks name tag

when they first met

and this shot at the end of the episode

is honestly one of the coolest in the

entire series
this is a great diane episode number 23

the new client this is an excellent

princess caroline episode and there are

a lot of these coming up in the home

stretch of this ranking this episode

brilliantly showcases pc's struggle to

adapt to life as a single mother while

maintaining her professional obligations

these sort of echo animations show off

the countless things that pc has to do

in her day

all at once giving a truly chaotic and

stressful tone to the episode one of my

favorite scenes is when vanessa gekko

who has sort of been pc's perceived

arch-rival the entire series gives her

some genuine heart-to-heart advice

one mom to another but of course the

highlight of the episode is the very end

when pc makes ruthie laugh with her

trademark tongue twisters i love the way

that they used what was previously just

a fun riding gag and turned it into a

genuine heartfelt moment and major win

for princess caroline and of course she

actually names her ruthie at the end of

the episode a nice call back to the

devastating season 4 episode about pc's

non-existent descendant this one is

great number 22
the telescope this is one of the most

subversive episodes in the entire first

season

and one of the three episodes from that

season that i think really set the stage

for the types of stories bojack horseman

could tell

the flashbacks to bojack's rise to

stardom focusing on his relationship

with herb kazaz were incredibly

insightful and honestly a bit depressing

showing what bojack was like before the

weight of celebrity changed him into a

nearly unrecognizable person

i think what this episode does expertly

is lull you into a false sense of

security bojack's time with herb outside

of the flashback who is now dying of

cancer feels

genuinely good they still have that

chemistry they're laughing and making

jokes together it seems like old friends

catching up but when bojack tries to

apologize is where the show really makes

the audience realize this isn't just a

funny show about a horse this absolutely

devastating and raw conversation breaks

down exactly how bojack's actions hurt

her
and that despite his current situation

herb did not intend on forgiving bojack

but what i needed then

was a friend and you abandoned me

and i will never forgive you for that

bojack was seeking the type of closure

you would find in a show like horsing

around but this is real life and he

doesn't get to swoop in at the last

minute to get closure after being an

awful friend for 25 years

like i said this was one episode that

really showed what this series was

capable of and

after season one they never looked back

not just a great episode but an

important formative episode number 21

the shot this is another episode that

combines a fun hijink with some pretty

brutal emotional depth the entire

concept of trying to heist the nixon

library cracks me up and the team

assembled is legendary how can you not

love the fact that character actress

marco martindale gets in a shootout with

the police which leads her on a

multi-season run from the law

the sequence where princess caroline

imagines a life inside this serene

painting was not only some great insight

into pc but

absolutely stunningly animated i would

like more cartoons that look

like this please but of course the

titular shot is what makes this episode

really stand out kelsey tries to work

bojack through the scene where

secretariat cries after losing his

brother in the war but bojack can't cry

despite this bojack apparently delivers

the performance kelsey needs and she

tells him she knew he had it in him all

along

a really nice moment in what has

otherwise been a pretty contentious

professional relationship

after getting the shot bojack smokes a

cigarette and cries which was honestly a

really difficult thing to see

this is first and maybe only time we see

bojack cry in the entire series

definitely the only time we saw him cry

quite like this and then the episode

ends on another gut punch as we learned

that kelsey was fired from secretariat

for getting that shot with bojack some

hardcore emotional whiplash

number 20 a quick one while he's away

alright listen up i'm not going to

tolerate any page sinclair hate in the

comments here she is a hilarious

character and the performance by paget

brewster is

absolutely stellar but ultimately this

episode is just an absolute master class

in suspense paige and max slowly get

closer and closer to the skeletons in

bojack's closet

while also putting a huge pit in your

stomach and while their investigation

pushes your anxiety to a peak

it also beats you down emotionally by

relentlessly reminding you of the awful

things bojack has done back to back to

back

one of the most interesting details in

this episode is that this season's

f-bomb was delivered by gina's co-star

as the trauma from gina's experience

with bojack prevents her from performing

on set

the way her costar says what the f is

wrong with you is exactly the way she

said it to bojack one season prior

showcasing how bojack's actions continue

to have a ripple effect even long after

the event itself but the real

jaw-dropping moment in this episode is

the very very end as you slowly start to

realize that hollyhock while at a party

in new york is actually talking to pete

repeat from escape from la and the

traumatic story he's telling her is

actually the events of that episode and

about bojack the way hollyhock asks pete

to tell her who the celebrity was

two times before the credits roll will

haunt me forever

an incredible episode and you might be

shocked about this but yes we are now

moving into

s tier you heard that right i think that

there are 19

s-tier episodes of bojack horsemen

should i have adjusted my tier system so

that only the absolute best of the best

were in the s tier

who's to say but the truth is i love all

19 of these episodes deeply i think they

all bring something really special to

the table you can let the ranking itself

tell the rest of the story

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tier number 19 the amelia earhart story

the amelia earhart story i think is a

vastly underrated episode that acts

almost as a sequel to ruthie it gives

incredible insight into pc's past and

history of miscarriages

the tragedies that princess caroline has

endured honestly make her success and

perseverance that much more impressive

the way pc's mother manipulated and

shamed her was heartbreaking to watch

she was truly holding her back because

of her own fears and insecurities but

this actually pairs really well with the

fact that this episode also draws

attention to the ways that pc herself

uses manipulation in her career

sadie calls her out for manipulating

people into buying her clothes at the

flea market she gives diane advice on

how to make flip think that her ideas

were actually his ideas and pc even lies

and tries to tell sadie what she wants

to hear so that she can hopefully adopt

her child this all comes back to haunt

her when sadie tells her she doesn't

want to give her the kid i love this

final flashback sequence too when pc

refuses her mother's final attempts to

get her to stay in north carolina before

boarding the plane to la

the final shot mirror is the shot from

pc's favorite movie the amelia earhart

story

not unlike amelia earhart the princess

caroline that boarded this plane would

never return

number 18 ruthie this is one of my most

requested episodes to cover

and for very good reason framed around

princess caroline's descendant ruthie

giving a school presentation in the

distant future this episode recounts one

of the worst days of princess caroline's

life pc is one of my favorite characters

in the show

cats always land on their feet but this

is probably her most trying episode in

the whole series

and sadly i think people can relate

sometimes the world just beats up on you

and there's no rhyme or reason as to why

but it isn't just the way that the

events of this episode test her it's how

they actually break down her perceptions

of her past present and future

things like learning that her necklace

isn't actually a family heirloom

completely shatters her perception of

her mother and family history

the fact that she learns that judah

never told her about charlie

witherspoon's offer to merge their

companies shatters her perception

of her perfect assistant and the present

and of course learning that she's had a

miscarriage the fifth in her life

shatters her own expectations and vision

for her future

and that reveal at the end of the

episode is the biggest heartbreaker

ruthie isn't real she's a device that

princess caroline uses to make herself

feel better on her worst days

damn okay y'all were right i'll cover

this episode and break down soon this

one's just incredible

number 17 stupid piece of [ __ ] this is

another episode people constantly

request for me to cover and it is a

damn near masterpiece i think what makes

this episode so loved is that it's so

relatable

so many of us have that nagging voice in

the back of our heads that criticizes us

worse than the world ever could that

constant insecurity that everything

we're doing is wrong that every choice

we've made was a mistake that we'll

never accomplish our dreams or be loved

that our successes will eventually come

crashing down around us

well i expect many of us because i

certainly do the episode is highlighted

by these incredibly animated sequences

that showcase bojack's inner monologue

and they really help put the episode

over the top this final moment with

hollyhock is incredibly touching for a

few reasons

one it shows that hollyhock struggles

with that same nagging voice that bojack

does allowing him to relate on a deeper

level

though i think i gotta steal a line from

shady durags who brought this up on our

bojack finale anniversary stream this is

also one of the few times that we see

bojack lie for someone else's benefit

not his own he tells hollyhock that the

voice will eventually stop

even though we know it doesn't and he

does this to help hollyhock's peace of

mind

not his own an incredibly well-written

episode number 16

good damage this episode is actually a

perfect pair to stupid piece of [ __ ] but

this one just barely edges it out for me

maybe it's because of how i relate to

diane as a creative this episode also

features some really unique animated

sequences showcasing diane's struggle to

write her memoirs the crude sketches

actually illustrate the lack of

substance and inspiration in her memoirs

which are then juxtaposed by these vivid

bright brilliant illustrations that

reveal themselves when diane is inspired

to start writing the mall mysteries of

ivy tran

i can absolutely relate to diane not

actually wanting to write this ivy trans

story even though she's clearly got a

story to tell there

as a writer sometimes the ideas or

stories i really want to tell are a

genuine struggle to put on the page and

sometimes the ideas that come out of

nowhere just flow right out of you and

into the world fully realized but i

think the best part of this episode is

diane's own reckoning with why she's so

reluctant to give up on her memoir

and how that ties into the ideas of

season six as a whole she's afraid that

if she can't make something good and

productive out of her trauma and damage

from throughout her life that it will

make all of that trauma and damage

meaningless she wants the bad things

that happened to her to have happened to

her for a good reason

and that by putting her experiences on

the page maybe she could help

other people who have gone through the

same thing but this ultimately ties to

her realizations that she says really

eloquently in the series finale

we are a culmination of all of our

experiences good and bad

and in the end ivy trans still exists

because of everything that diane has

gone through

even if it isn't the story she expected

to tell this is another top tier episode

number 15 say anything this is the first

episode of the series that is not

focused specifically on bojack but

princess caroline instead

and it's another of these early episodes

that showcased the major potential of

the series

after bojack's insecurity surface in the

wake of diane's engagement he woos

princess caroline again with some of

pc's bigger projects falling apart

thanks to her company merging with

another she decides to bask in the warm

feeling of companionship against her

better judgment but the episode really

excels when bojack once again shoves pc

to the side and we see first hand what

kind of a resilient and remarkable woman

she is this episode features the get

your [ __ ] together speech

first pc giving it to bojack and later

to herself it's honestly inspiring to

see her climb out of her spiral so

effectively and i love seeing the ways

that she's able to maneuver and

manipulate aspects of the entertainment

industry to get back on top she not only

gets her lost project back from vanessa

gekko but also creates an additional

project for bojack to star in but the

real reason this episode resonates is

because after all that

after doing everything right and

climbing back on top the episode ends on

a somber and subversive note

bojack tells pc he does not care about

the movie or any of the work that she

put in that day and princess caroline

stares out her office window at the

ocean as she reflects on the lack of

recognition and appreciation she's given

her phone wishes her a happy 40th

birthday i think this episode is so

great and completely underrated i cannot

say enough about how hard that final

moment hit me and instantly made me

connect with princess caroline who to

this day is my favorite character

this was the first of many pc centric

episodes and almost all of them are

incredible

number 14 downer ending while episodes

like say anything in the telescope gave

us a really good indication of the story

potential for bojack horsemen downer

endings showcased that potential this

episode explores the depths of bojack's

regrets and insecurities in a way i'd

never seen done in animation before

and it was what convinced me the show

might end up being a masterpiece the

experimental animation through bojack's

drug trip

is obviously really engaging but the

details in those sequences are what

really make this episode work for me

we see all the specific things that

shaped bojack and many that still haunt

him

we get one of our first real looks at

beatrice in this incredibly formative

memory where she forces bojack to

perform and sing the lollipop song for

her guests even though he doesn't want

to and of course the devastating false

reality that bojack lives through where

he grows old and has a child with

charlotte in maine

through this failure to write his own

story this episode challenges bojack's

own perception of himself which

culminates in the haunting final moments

bojack ends up telling diane that she

was right all along and that they should

publish her book and then begs her to

tell him that deep down he's a good

person

she's gotten to know him better than

anyone else over the course of season

one and he desperately needs the

validation that deep down he isn't all

bad

and the fact that she doesn't answer him

showcases exactly why this show is

special number 13

best thing that ever happened this

episode gets massively overlooked it's

one of the best of the series in the

aftermath of one of her most major

failures in her professional career

bojack has dinner with princess caroline

with the intention of firing her

you know it's happening the entire time

but princess caroline as she does

continues to do everything she can to

maneuver her way out of it

the episode takes place entirely at

bojack's restaurant elefante and the

surrounding premise really makes the

entire episode special

bojack accidentally fires the head chef

instead of pc which leads to most of the

staff walking out while an important

food critic is waiting for her meal so

while bojack is trying to fire princess

caroline the restaurant drama starts to

overshadow the task at hand

there are so many funny moments in

regards to the situational humor here

but it's also a perfect situation to

highlight pc's inability to let

go of bojack she's almost addicted to

putting out bojack's fires and being

there for him she feels needed when

bojack is reliant on her skills and

capabilities so when she leaves the

restaurant

yet still turns around to go help bojack

make a meal for the restaurant critic it

really says a lot about her own

insecurities the final scene is

heartbreaking as the two have a real

heart to heart about their history and

relationship but despite everything pc

has done for bojack throughout his

career he still fires her

another incredible princess caroline

episode number 12 xerox of a xerox

this was an episode i think i overlooked

until i covered it for my episode

breakdowns but it is honestly a

masterpiece it's really hard to watch

because of the subject matter but what's

great about it is the way it

simultaneously breakdowns bojack's

problematic history and patterns while

showcasing issues with the way hollywood

and the media handles celebrity

controversy it also brilliantly

showcases bojack's relapse into his

addictions to fame and attention

as the first interview basically

skyrockets him back into stardom

it makes so much sense that the fact

that he cannot quit his don't stop

dancing attitude would ultimately be his

downfall

i also love the ways this episode

showcases the difficulty bojack's

friends have moving on from him and how

that decision

ultimately is the right one for each of

them this episode also gives us the

damning revelation that bojack waited 17

minutes before calling the ambulance to

help sara lynn which i think left much

of the audience shell-shocked it was

scary to realize that there were things

even we the audience didn't know about

bojack and i think it helps us relate to

the general public who know even less

than we did this is an incredible

episode and if you want to hear me talk

about it more make sure to check out my

episode breakdown

number 11 let's find out i love let's

find out which of course asks the

important question hollywood stars and

celebrities what do they know do they

know things

let's find out the entire episode is

super fast-paced since it takes place

during a live production which makes the

drama and suspense really palpable

obviously tv is designed to create drama

but the fact that bojack and mr peanut

butter's real life drama leaks out into

the production

is such smart writing they are literally

on live television and bojack has to own

up to the shitty thing he did to diana

mr peanut butter it's just a really

smart framing device for these

confrontations between bojack and pb to

finally take place

overall this is just the perfect example

of a fun wacky premise that both

parodies the goofier aspects of

hollywood

and brings great interpersonal character

conflict to the forefront of the story

don't let anyone tell you jd salinger

isn't a genius number 10 the showstopper

another penultimate episode which

obviously tends to be the biggest and

most experimental

this episode is the culmination of

bojack's inability to distinguish his

real life from tv life in philbert the

way this episode plays with reality and

your own perception of which world he's

living in in any given scene is

brilliant and like i said before it

gives off some real perfect blue vibes i

particularly love that bojack's paranoia

that somebody is out to get him turns

out to be an entire misunderstanding

that his paranoia perpetuated it really

hammers home the idea that bojack is his

own worst enemy and that the only real

person coming after him is himself the

musical don't stop dancing sequence is

one of the best in the series and

showcases so many great callbacks and

references to the series as a whole

as well as the mistakes bojack has made

throughout his life it's an incredible

sequence the climax of the episode is

obviously one of the most difficult

things in the entire series to watch

bojack's addiction and inability to

distinguish his tv life from reality

leads to this horrendous choking

incident one of the worst things bojack

has ever done for sure and in the end of

the episode

bojack is only left with himself and his

own mind this is another one i talk

about in great detail in an episode

breakdown so if you want more analysis

on it that's a good place to start

number nine the face of depression this

is the absolute most cathartic episode

in the entire series and it honestly

makes me feel

so good despite the fact that the common

serenity that bojack finds in this

episode was fleeting and that a storm

was brewing in the distance it's still

pretty wonderful to see the way bojack's

growth have not only improved his own

life but the lives of those he cares

about

in a different show this could have been

the series finale but obviously that was

never going to happen in this series my

heart completely fills up seeing bojack

take interest in todd and ultimately

help him actually meet his future

girlfriend maud

same when he finally gives mr peanut

butter that crossover episode

and spends probably his last drama-free

moments with hollyhock

i particularly love the way he supported

diane and her struggles in chicago and

was just there for her like a good

friend

he cleaned up her entire apartment and

left before she could even see what he

had done

a true sign of growth is the old bojack

needed credit for every good thing he

did the end of this episode

is perfect as bojack spends time in an

old timey horse village while a

beautiful song

take me down easy by james henry jr

plays over bojack's time with the other

horses the lyrics and tone of the song

perfectly encapsulate that moment while

forecasting what's to come

but now i see storm clouds off in the

distance a terrible omen

a beautiful show so take me down easy

number eight that's too much man

this is an episode some people skip on

rewatch for incredibly understandable

reasons

saralin's final days are absolutely

brutal to watch especially when you know

what's coming

i think what's most heartbreaking about

this episode is all of the obvious cries

for help from cerulean over the events

of the story

every single time she opens up to bojack

about her life regrets and pain

he changes the subject and ushers them

along further into their bender it's so

painful to see his neglect

in real time the blackout structure is

really creative and makes for some major

suspense

especially when bojack decides to go see

penny again the final sequence of the

episode is really painful to watch

everything in the motel room is really

insightful into saralyn's state of mind

and life and regrets

even as she wins an oscar it's hard not

to tear up while watching the

planetarium scene the final conversation

bojack and saralyn would ever have and

the final word saralyn would ever say

and they still represent the pain she

feels over that life she was forced into

i want to be an architect i'm going to

be a broken record for this final

stretch of episodes but i have a more

thorough breakdown of this episode too

so make sure to check it out if you're

interested

number 7 escape from la this is another

tough one to watch

and honestly this is kind of the case

for most of these top episodes this was

one that moved up on my ranking list the

more and more i watched it and

understood it what makes this episode so

smart is the way it places bojack in a

much more sitcom like scenario than his

real life in la and it even highlights

this with a fun silly sitcom theme for

the show kyle and the kids and bojack

starts to find himself in more and more

sitcom-like scenarios like teaching

penny how to drive and even being the

celebrity that takes her to prom but of

course the reality is is that this

isn't a sitcom it's real life and his

actions catch up with him

leading to penny's friend maddie getting

alcohol poisoning and bojack leaving her

and pete repeat at the hospital

the conversation with charlotte is

probably the most insightful part of the

episode showcasing the ways that

charlotte has grown and evolved since

their time together in la while bojack

has largely stayed the same

and while he sheds his fears about his

own cowardice and asks charlotte to run

away with him

he completely neglects to understand how

selfish that is of him to ask

he doesn't care about charlotte's family

or kids he only cares about himself

which is confirmed shortly thereafter by

the validation he ultimately seeks from

penny another of the worst things bojack

has ever done

and yes i have a video about this one

too check it out number six fish out of

water this episode is amazing for very

obvious reasons telling an incredible

beautiful story with nearly no dialogue

while also doing wonders for the world

building of the series but i think what

interests me most about this episode is

the ways that bojack's lifetime of guilt

manifests itself in his actions under

the sea

the entire episode bojack tries to

figure out a way to properly speak and

apologize to kelsey jannings for his

role in getting her fired from

secretariat

which is brilliantly escalated by the

fact that he literally cannot speak

under the ocean

the adventure bojack goes on with this

baby seahorse as both heartwarming and

incredibly representative of how that

guilt he feels is guiding his actions

he doesn't have to help the seahorse but

he does because he's already riddled

with guilt and over the course of the

adventure they form a genuine bond

the end of the episode where bojack's

final attempt to apologize to kelsey

fails and he learns that he could have

spoken the entire time

never fails to hit hard and it's a

pretty great capper to an incredibly

conceived and executed episode make sure

to check out my episode breakdown on

this one because i think it's the best

one i've ever done

number five nice while it lasted hey

this might be a controversial choice the

more i've sat with the series finale the

more profound it's become

i'm so impressed with raphael bob

waxburg capper this incredible series

and the ways that it remained optimistic

and true to the message of the show

while also holding bojack accountable

for his actions lots of people don't

like that bojack survived the events of

the view from halfway down but i can't

disagree more

to end the series with your main

character truly taking responsibility

and dealing with the true repercussions

of his actions without the promise of

redemption in the eyes of the public or

his friends was ambitious and effective

each of the four conversations in this

episode are perfect ways to end our time

with bojack and our main characters

they're all bittersweet

filled with wonderful moments of

connection while also implying that

these relationships as we've known them

will not continue

the fact that the finale only gives the

audience as much closure as bojack

himself gets is perfectly fitting it's

impossible not to watch this final

sequence with bojack and diane without

tearing up

and it perfectly bookends the series as

the first time bojack truly willingly

opened up to diane was also sitting on a

roof and in the very first episode that

had ever been written no less if you

want to hear a great conversation about

this finale make sure to check out the

finaleversary live stream i did with

some of my friends a few weeks back

everyone had great insight into the

episode

i haven't covered this on an episode

breakdown yet but i definitely plan to

though i think that might be the last

one i ever do once i get to it oh and

good luck hearing mr blue without crying

ever again

number four free churro this is a lot of

people's favorite episode of the series

and they are absolutely justified in

feeling that way

this thing is an absolute master class

in writing probably raphael bob

waxburg's magnum opus and honestly it's

a genuine travesty that it didn't win

the emmy it was nominated for

the entire thing is framed around

bojack's eulogy for his mother as he

reflects on their relationship and her

life

i think what i love most about this

episode is how dense with detail and

information it is

we learn so much about bojack his

parents their relationship to him into

each other

his childhood and it's also thoroughly

engaging despite taking place in a

single location

and while the monologue is dense it's

never boring there's honestly

too much to unpack in this episode and

tons of people have written about it

already

it's by far my most requested episode to

cover in an episode breakdown and i

promise i'll actually cover it but i

want to do it justice because an episode

this ambitious deserves a proper

celebration but i don't need to convince

anybody that this thing is a masterpiece

it's one of the most celebrated episodes

of the show and it absolutely

deserves that distinction a complete

triumph number three

time zero this episode is so special

that perfect cross-section of

experimental storytelling and astounding

character work i still can't believe

this episode managed to give us such

incredible insight into beatrice's life

and personality

through the experimental time-bending

lens of beatrice's dementia

and revealed the most effective twist

the series had to offer it's a perfect

sequel to the old sugarman place without

repeating a single beat

even the tiny details in the episode are

so satisfying to dig through the tiny

references to beatrice's childhood the

fact that in this scene as beatrice's

mood improves the world literally gets

brighter around her

or even the way that the faces of the

people in the background of the story

are literally blank in beatrice's mind

it just works on every single level that

final sequence as we see bojack's birth

alongside hollyhock's birth is

so well executed all accented by the

devastating and haunting scene in which

joseph sugarman burns young beatrice's

horse doll after she's recovered from

scarlet fever

i can't say enough about how great this

episode is and as you might have guessed

i did an episode breakdown on this one

too so feel free to check that one out

if you want to hear more

number two the view from halfway down

now this is obviously many people's

favorite episode and that is

absolutely understandable this thing is

another triumphant success and the

culmination of six seasons of incredible

storytelling the concept alone

is absolutely brilliant but literally

every single beat serves a narrative

purpose and provides the perfect level

of intrigue and mystery

but the fact that the entire episode

takes place within bojack's mind as he

copes with the fact that his life may be

ending

also provides incredible insights into

the character himself every single thing

within the episode is a hint into his

history insecurities and psyche the

conversation at the dinner table is

incredible as all of the characters who

have died over the course of the show

discuss what makes a meaningful life

and the diversity of perspectives

provides a truly thought-provoking

discussion

the big show itself is filled with

beautiful connections to the series as a

whole

every single performance provides a ton

of detail to dig into and dissect and

all the while it provides a haunting

thought-provoking and beautiful

experience

this episode only could have worked at

the end of the series and it cannot be

fully appreciated without having gone on

the entire journey of the show

an absolutely fantastic episode and like

the others i've broken this one down in

excruciating detail in another video now

i have to admit i think i probably went

a bit too far in some places like my

hydrangea and redbird analyses

and i probably would do it differently

if i did it over again but there's still

plenty of other analysis in that one i'm

super proud of so

check it out and number one the old

sugarman place

honestly these top four or five could

have all been toss-ups for the series

best episode but the old sugarman place

is

absolutely my favorite this is another

that sort of bends time by showing

bojack's time at harper's landing

alongside parts of beatrice's childhood

spent there as well

to me the most effective part of the

episode is the ways that it explores

grief within honey sugarman bojack

himself

and his neighbor eddie they're all

dealing with different aspects of grief

but grief is definitely the through line

as honey loses her son crackerjack

bojack has lost sarah lynn and eddie

lost his wife

i love the way bojack's own healing

process is showcased alongside his

literal fixing of the old sugarman place

itself the more repairs they accomplish

on the house the more bojack's own heart

seems to be repaired as well

addy and honey's duet across time is 100

my favorite scene in

all of bojack horsemen and i will always

think of you is a song that i sing to

myself nearly daily

and then of course you add the shocking

and heartbreaking twist for honey

sugarman which acted as an incredibly

effective story point

and a huge piece of contextual character

development for beatrice and you've got

yourself one special episode of bojack

horseman the fact that they were able to

make you instantly empathize with a

character like beatrice who up until

this episode has been nothing but

completely detestable

is a true testament to the character and

story work this show is capable of

and yes i have an episode breakdown for

this one as well though i have to admit

i wish i had covered the stages of grief

differently in that video but regardless

it was super rewarding to break down

thoroughly i think this episode

represents exactly how incredible this

series is on every single level the

perfect cross section of

every special aspect of the show 15 out

of 10. so there it is folks every

episode of bojack horseman

ranked holy crap what a journey here's a

final look at the tier list

77 episodes ranked damn pause on these

screens here if you want to look through

them more thoroughly

thanks so much for joining me on this

journey and let me know if you like this

kind of content i'm thinking about doing

the same for futurama which would be

twice as many episodes and an even

bigger challenge but i'll do it if you

guys want me to

i dare you to ask me to do it thanks for

tuning in to the biggest video i've ever

done and stay tuned for more

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