Unlikely. There's exactly one "fuck" per season, and none of the content is any worse than an average South Park.
I believe Netflix didn't lock down the syndication rights when they first ordered the show, allowing Tornante to shop it around.
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Bojack Horseman Season 5 |OT| A Sensational Season of Television
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Unlikely. There's exactly one "fuck" per season, and none of the content is any worse than an average South Park.
I believe Netflix didn't lock down the syndication rights when they first ordered the show, allowing Tornante to shop it around.
I agree 100% with this, and it's what makes this show so haunting.
And, like the last few episodes
Diane correctly points out that Philbert isn't supposed to be some show that justifies or romanticizes the character's bad behavior, much like this show does for real life.
Can i just say, i am so sick of shows where these rich sad men keep fucking up their lives and whining about it like im supposed to feel bad for them. Also they really pushed the asexual thing hard af. It felt like it had no weight and they were using it to define this character that had little depth.
To be fair i love the character exploration w most of the other characters like i actually care about them. And as someone that works in the film industry as an associate producer the stuff w dianne and the fake feminism shit was GREAT.
To be fair i love the character exploration w most of the other characters like i actually care about them. And as someone that works in the film industry as an associate producer the stuff w dianne and the fake feminism shit was GREAT.
Agreed. The show goes to very dark places but it does so in a way that cable TV at 10:30 isn't going to edit. My only concern would be some of the visual gags, mostly in one particular episode this season, but even then it'll probably air just fine.
Man, the sex robot gag.
At first it's just a funny little Todd thing.
Then he becomes CEO and you're all "he's the new Vincent Adultman!".
Then the final episode happens and you realize that this stupid sex robot was really just a set-up for one of the best metaphors for Hollywood Sexism.
At first it's just a funny little Todd thing.
Then he becomes CEO and you're all "he's the new Vincent Adultman!".
Then the final episode happens and you realize that this stupid sex robot was really just a set-up for one of the best metaphors for Hollywood Sexism.
You don't see anything different in the opening credits of that episode?
Oh! You mean the opening credits. I was watching the closing credits.You don't see anything different in the opening credits of that episode?
Yeah, the interesting thing about the sex robot and how nobody seems to care about the fact that's he's constantly sexually harassing people is that it could point out how sexual harassment is so common that nobody seems to think it's NOT a normal behavior
Bojack in syndication may not get content cut for being too extreme for tv, but it will definitely get stuff cut because it has to fit in 22 minutes. Really curious what they feel they can cut without effecting the story or the setup for future jokes.
Oh god, what if for the next season
they have Diane die as alluded to and have Bojack not find out about it until long after the fact because she might be the only one who knows he's in rehab and as part of being there they restrict phone and social media use. That's the appropriate level of fucked up I might expect from this series.
Just finished the season and as always what an amazing show.
Episode 6 and 11 were amazing, especially 6.
Bojack really is one of the best shows on TV, funny, silly but amazingly well written and tackles the darkest subjects with probably the most authentic and honest results you will see.
Bojack is such a special show, it makes you laugh but leaves you feeling terrible but wanting more. Also creates a lot of self reflection too, as someone who identifies with a lot of the self hatred that bojack has and how hard it is to make those changes with everything else going on but importantly it emphasises how important it is to actually change.
Episode 6 and 11 were amazing, especially 6.
Bojack really is one of the best shows on TV, funny, silly but amazingly well written and tackles the darkest subjects with probably the most authentic and honest results you will see.
Bojack is such a special show, it makes you laugh but leaves you feeling terrible but wanting more. Also creates a lot of self reflection too, as someone who identifies with a lot of the self hatred that bojack has and how hard it is to make those changes with everything else going on but importantly it emphasises how important it is to actually change.
Yup.
That was the whole point of the instigating scene where all of the overtly sexual stuff he was saying was handwaved, but "I need my batteries changed" was the breaking point.
I'm sort of expecting this to not happen. They haven't done something like this before and I'm pretty sure this doing better than that particular actor's other Netflix show so there's a cushy paycheck involved.
The only reason why they would kill off Diane is that there's some unfortunate circumstances in a white woman playing an Vietnamese woman and it's particular awkward in the episode where she actually goes to Vietnam.
Nah, Netflix sold the rights themself. Brings money and doesnt hurt them, so win-win.
Comedy Central already truncates the closing credits of every show by having them run as the next episode starts.
They will likely chop out the opening credits sequence as well, which sucks but is better than cutting out actual scenes from the episode.
Those two fixes alone will probably get them 2-3 minutes back.
Todd's storylines are often kind of irrelevant, so I suspect that many cuts will come from his material.
People here believe so but probably not specifically us at least not all of us just certain fans and you could lump in shows like Rick and Morty, Sherlock and House
They're not referring to Bojack Horseman exclusively, but yes. The show is far better than most at owning the terribleness of its protagonist, but it *is* in its fifth season, and we've been "enjoying" watching Bojack fail upward this whole time.
Other shows like Rescue Me and Mad Men felt far less self-critical of their "antihero" leads. I bailed on both shows near the end because I got sick of watching Denis Leary go on benders and hate-fuck his ex-wife, or suffer through yet another one of successful-businessman-but-dead-inside Don Draper's doomed relationships.
I read somewhere that the creators of the show were disturbed to learn that Harvey Weinstein was a fan of BoJack which is what lead them to make him act worse in Season 5.
Fantastic season. Sex robot was incredible.
I was worried that the season would feel too samey, and the last few episodes did veer back towards well trodded ground but managed to do it and come back from it in a distinct way.
I do have to wonder what the end game is. We can't watch bojack suffer indefinitely. It's already getting a bit stale, but was saved by some fantastic writing, scenario design and direction.
I was worried that the season would feel too samey, and the last few episodes did veer back towards well trodded ground but managed to do it and come back from it in a distinct way.
I do have to wonder what the end game is. We can't watch bojack suffer indefinitely. It's already getting a bit stale, but was saved by some fantastic writing, scenario design and direction.
This is honestly one of the best written shows of all time. It's crazy how emotionally deep it can be while also being totally silly funny.
This season was dark in such a different way. It felt significantly more hopeless and made you feel like a fool for ever believing that Bojack could become a better person without serious, massive intervention. Even with that, I don't think he will be.
I also found myself liking everyone besides Todd significantly less. Diane's a pretty shitty person at this point, with her only redeeming quality being that she's willing to stick around her shitty friends. Mr. PB used to be a good person who was just shitty with relationships, but now he's clearly shitty towards those women as well. The way PC just used Bojack also didn't sit well with me.
At least Todd's story this season was pretty entertaining and tied into the main plot a little more.
Also, while episode 11 of damn near every season has given me End of Evangelion vibes, this one really pushed those vibes farther.
I also found myself liking everyone besides Todd significantly less. Diane's a pretty shitty person at this point, with her only redeeming quality being that she's willing to stick around her shitty friends. Mr. PB used to be a good person who was just shitty with relationships, but now he's clearly shitty towards those women as well. The way PC just used Bojack also didn't sit well with me.
At least Todd's story this season was pretty entertaining and tied into the main plot a little more.
Also, while episode 11 of damn near every season has given me End of Evangelion vibes, this one really pushed those vibes farther.
Just wrapped up.
What's sticking with me so far are the missed embraces with Hollyhock (who I love as a character for being Bojack's best connection to decency, and single strongest lifeline towards redemption. Yes I am a sucker). Those moments brought a very corporeal sense of loss and longing ...
... And the dark bass note struck at the end of the interview with Bojack and Gina, as he's left alone with all the artifice and pretence of the interview, and the protective veneer of Gina's ulterior motives, suddenly vaporised. The stark realisation of what he's done echoing in the pit of the stomach.
I miss it already.
What's sticking with me so far are the missed embraces with Hollyhock (who I love as a character for being Bojack's best connection to decency, and single strongest lifeline towards redemption. Yes I am a sucker). Those moments brought a very corporeal sense of loss and longing ...
... And the dark bass note struck at the end of the interview with Bojack and Gina, as he's left alone with all the artifice and pretence of the interview, and the protective veneer of Gina's ulterior motives, suddenly vaporised. The stark realisation of what he's done echoing in the pit of the stomach.
I miss it already.
Episode 11 wasn't as emotionally brutal as previous seasons, partially because by now we expect it, but it had that little extra sting because at the outset of the episode, underneath the drugs, he had finally found some semblance of happiness, and actually cared about someone on a non-superficial level. But his self destructive ways got the best of him again.
Also interesting in episode 10 was the revelation that he truly believes that he's the actual victim of all his mistakes.
Also interesting in episode 10 was the revelation that he truly believes that he's the actual victim of all his mistakes.
Diane already got there last season, with her unforgiving freak-out over the library.
I had this idea because of the Princess Diana thing and the fact that her car is entering a tunnel in the ending.
Do the math.
Do the math.
This show is so good
Aaron Paul's delivery with the "if we let him down he said he would quote eat my ass"
And then alter talking about how he's a sex robot and shouldn't be the CEO of anything
The show is steeped in references. But like early Simpsons, they're so well written-in that you don't even know you're missing a reference if you don't catch it.
Season 4 spoiler
Princess Carolyn forged BoJack's signature for Philberth. BoJack at some point early on 5 mentions that went along with it as a friend
Frankly, I don't think you do. If he didn't get interrupted, she'd be dead.
Fuck Bojack.
He was literally completely out of it on drugs. He had 0 control over his own body or mind, he didn't even know what he was doing.
This is why he's finally gone to rehab to get help.
I don't feel like being drugged out really excuses what he did. He's done a lot of shitty things in this show, and has always sort of squeaked by. But this was nearly murder. Like I don't know how you can redeem a character like this.
Him preying on a minor and not going through with it along with instigating a sober person into binging herself to death is horrible but I don't really feel like it's on the same level as nearly actually killing someone with his own hands.
I keep saying this to myself as well but I can't help but enjoy Bojack's character every season despite his actions.
