It's so easy for you... to love me when everything's good
[7.4/10] So here’s the big problem. BoJack is a show that revels in building things up just to tear them down. Sure, it has people making slow but steady progress, Todd in particular, but it’s also a show that relishes in gut punches. That makes you (or at least me) brace for them, and gives them less impact. Things were going too well for Princess Carolyn -- that means things had to predictably fall apart, and the parade of horribles that happen to her just starts to feel inevitable and almost indulgent in how things pile up.
It also doesn’t help that the shocking twist of the conceit is basically a repeat of something How I Met Your Mother pulled not that long ago. I still really enjoy the frame story, which has plenty of great riffs on “the future” and storytelling machinery that brings the comedy in an otherwise harrowing plot. And Amy Sedaris delivers her last lines about “what I do when I’m feeling down” so well. But again, the way this all felt telegraphed weakens the force of what could otherwise be a knife-twisting moment.
Still, Princess Carolyn losing her biggest client, her baby, her boyfriend, and even the sense of place and history that came from the necklace her mother gave her is genuinely harrowing. Her reasons for pushing Ralph away feel simultaneously a bit unfair but also understandable. It’s a scene that feels very real, even if it starts with a wild array of dentist clowns.
Overall, it’s a creative episode, but one whose misery seems too preordained to land as well as it needs to.
Princess Carolyn is probably the best developed character of the show and the episodes focused on her are always good.
That answering-the-phone gag is perfect.
Oh god, no. Princess Carolyn, no! I knew it was going to happen, but the "how" made me really sad. And to top it all off, she lost someone else as well, goddamn it!
BoJack and Diane's subplot is fun and works well to give moments of levity.
The intro and narration are very clever, and I hate how it works so well.
Well, to end this on a more positive note, I'll say two things: Diane gaining recognition—score! And Todd is doing some illegal stuff—wow.
TECHNICAL SCORE & ENJOYMENT SCORE: 8/10
There is something about Princess Carolyn that just keeps making me root for her.
Because how else could she tell people?
A day were absolutely everything goes wrong for Princess Carolyn, with a weird narration that makes it all so much worse in the end. Very sad episode, but fascinating. Well done. Hope Judah does not stay fired though.
Bonus points for the background jokes for Ralph's holidays on the whiteboard, including 'Halloween in January. Been done."
And I also hope Todd's clown thing won't stay as a long term storyline because that's the least interesting thing he's ever done.
A very depressive episode. It ruined my mood for the rest of the day.
PS. In real life, the PC would jump under the car or to the dog's pen.
Shout by DeletedBlockedParent2017-09-12T17:51:39Z
The last scene gave me chills and felt like a punch into the stomach, because I didn't see that coming. I was crying inside after that.