Nothing succeeds more in turning my good mood - stemming from putting a new episode of BoJack on - into tears and depression.
A solid episode.
The BoJack, Hollyhock, and Beatrice segments are really bittersweet. Although I'm not entirely sure what her sudden reaction was all about, I still felt the distress in that situation.
Diane's segment was amusing, if not terrifying. I'm scared of how happy she felt after firing that gun, but I can understand her justification for having one. Although, when she interacted with Mr. Peanutbutter, they weirded me out again.
PC and Lenny Turteltaub handled a very sensitive topic. Yet, I think it works because it pokes fun at the movies that glorify gun violence while somebody promotes gun ownership simultaneously in a serious/non-serious way. The outcome of it all made me smile.
It's great. Most of it works for me, and it's pretty funny.
TECHNICAL SCORE: 7.5/10
ENJOYMENT SCORE: 8/10
It already says something that a show like this one had to wait so long before even taking on the subjects of guns. Well, seen from the outside the relationship of US with guns is just clinically insane, so the criticism here seemed kinda mild (but mostly because it barely felt parodic seeing how much the reality of the situation is stupid). Though I guess it was violent enough for some boycotting there.
Crazy also how just the term "Thoughts and prayers" is enough now to evoke so much disbelief/defeatism/sarcasm/bigotry.
The visits to Bojack's mother are interesting. Hollyhock only sees a sick old woman,but Bojack still sees the monster that ruined a lot of his life. Being sick does not erase a lifetime of abuse, even if it seems like she actually watched his show.
Best Bojack Horseman episode so far
It's Bridget Jones with just slightly more bloody murdering.
soo meta episode about guns, feminism
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-09-19T22:22:22Z
[8.5/10] Best of the season so far. I really enjoyed the A-story, of BoJack and Hollyhock visiting BoJack’s mom in her nursing home. There’s some real complex emotional stuff going on here, without the show laying it on too thick like it does on occasion. The fact that BoJack has such tremendous resentment for his mom, while Hollyhock just sees a sad old lady riddled with dementia, creates interesting inflection points between the two.
Plus, the fact that Mrs. Horseman can’t recognize her own son in the flesh (mistaking him for her maid, Henrietta) but sees him and even laughs at his antics on Horsin’ Around creates a really interesting conflict for BoJack, with hints that beneath her acerbic passive aggression, maybe she cares about him or at least notices him in some small way. On top of that, her distress at BoJack trying to do an episode as a stage play was gripping and uncomfortable in just the right way. Plus, I love the Hot Rod-esque reversal that BoJack wishes his mom was still mentally with it, not so that he could tell her loves her, but so he could tell her off.
The B-story is great too. There’s tremendous social satire in Diane’s story, which finds the intersection of feminism and the gun control debate. The notion of a traditionally left-wing issue like women feeling unsafe around and a traditionally right-wing issue like gun rights being blended together to halfway solve both problems creates some amusing and incisive social commentary. The twist that California only outlaws guns when a woman is responsible for a mass shooting is an amusing resolution.
To the same end, the recurring bit about the movie industry people getting constant google alerts about mass shootings and responding with the same monotone “thoughts and prayers” language is a very dark but also hilarious strain of humor. It’s always nice to have J.K. Simmons back in the fold, and their schtick about repurposing a gun violence movie as a female empowerment movie is another nice bit of satire, this time aimed at Hollywoo.
Overall, this is the first episode of the season where every facet of the show has been firing on all cylinders. Nice to see!