7.4/10. Again, I'm appreciating this show delving into some more complex emotional material here rather than writing it all on the screen. I particularly liked the subtext here that BoJack engages in a certain amount of self-sabotage, that as much as he dislikes being defined by Horsin' Around, he's worried about anything that redefines him for fear that it will leave him in a lesser light, or worse than that, expose him as a failure or empty as both. It also gives shading to his Oscar efforts in the present, where he's torn between doing the awards junket and doing a bold play with Jill Pill with how his attempt to do something bold and avant garde previously, something he put his name on no less, completely crashed and burned and scared him off from trying anything like that again. It's an interesting emotional story, and his pair up with Mr. Curly Whiskers led to some good places.
The other stories were good, but not as good, in this prequel-esque ep. The story of how Princess Carolyn got to where she is now is an interesting one, and of course the BoJack relationship part of it gives shading to the both of them (BoJack is unbelievably ugly to PC here). There's a quiet tragedy to PC's statement that she wants to have more in her life by the time she's forty given the events we saw last season.
The other stories are a bit weaker. Todd's unease with his girlfriend is funny enough because the characters are (as are the Sopranos riffs), but it's pretty minor stuff. Mr. Peanutbutter being married to Jessica Biel and then meeting Diane was a little convenient in a "small universe" sort of way, but the "Biel with it" humor were enough to keep me going. And Dianne's writer pals hating on everything was well-observed but also felt kind of slight.
But for the most part, the episode was kept humming with all the great 2007 fad-based humor. It's funny how references to a time that recent can still seem to amusingly dated, but damn if it didn't work really well. (I also liked that the show kept up the running gag of year-based music.) Plus the self-referential time jump humor was clever as well. (I especially enjoyed the Radio DJ who said "two months later" and then thought he might be having a stroke.)
Overall, it's not quite at the heights of the last episode, but still very solid.
"Homeslice" hahaha
(5 words smh)
wassup b*tches. what an a** of a horse.
Interesting to see Princess Carolyn before, whereas Bojack is just a lighter version of his future self, she is very different, like, not that damaged by life yet ?
Again the city + song view of a different decade is great, callback to first episodes.
And so Mr Peanutbutter's second wife was Jessica Biel, sure. And he just meets Diane the second she leaves him. A little easy. Funny to see Diane comment on his body, because despite the first time we see them together being a long confirmation that his penis has been into her vagina, yes, lots of times, sexually, yes, we never see this side of their relationship.
Nice touch on the different credits song.
This episode was interesting.
It was interesting to see how Princess Carolyn got to where she is today. And to hear how she "wants more" in her life was kind of depressing seeing where she is right now. She does have more, but probably not as much as she imagined.
Then there's BoJack. His self-sabotage is on display very clearly, and it again makes me so disappointed. I love how the episode ended and continued with the different outro. That stuff was hilarious.
It was interesting to see where Todd was at this point in his life as well as Mr Peanutbutter and Diane. I forgot about Diane's writer friends, and I forgot that Mr Peanutbutter was in a couple of marriages before she was with Diane.
TECHNICAL SCORE: 7.5/10
ENJOYMENT SCORE: 8/10
Shout by CarolinaBlockedParent2018-08-21T15:51:55Z
What's that, you say? There's a panic? At the Disco?