“Bojack Horseman” Season 6

By Kylie Heider

There are few shows more pleasantly surprising than the adult animated comedy “Bojack Horseman.” Its six-season arc came to an end as the final episodes streamed on Netflix in late January, and with it concluded the stories of Bojack, Diane, Todd, Princess Caroline, and Mr. Peanut Butter. 

In those six seasons, “Bojack Horseman” has evolved from a silly comedy about show business, animals, and people into one of the most compassionate and emotional portrayals of humanity in recent television. Perhaps the show feels so refreshing because it doesn’t run from the failings, lies, broken promises, and immorality of its characters. 

In fact, the morality game is at the heart of the show, the inhabitants of “Hollywoo” constantly trapped between their own vices and virtues. In this final season, Bojack is fresh out of rehab and off to a new job as an acting teacher at Wesleyan University, wondering how he will move on from the wrongdoings of his past. The season brings forth everything built up from the previous seasons, as Bojack tries to reconcile his mistakes and create his future.

From a technical perspective, the showrunners have demonstrated a mastery of the development of character and the relationships between characters. Despite the tremendous lows that Bojack has seen, a show about loneliness, addiction, and depression manages to offer the catharsis of optimism. 

Frankly, I cannot recommend “Bojack Horseman” enough. There will be something in the show you will connect to, some epiphany to be gleaned. So if you haven’t started it, start it. And if you haven’t finished it, finish it.