‘BoJack Horseman’ Has Become So Great It’s Beyond Reproach — So Season 5 Critiques Itself

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “BoJack Horseman” Season 5, including the ending.]BoJack Horseman is holding himself accountable, and so is “BoJack Horseman.” By the end of another remarkable season, the eponymous horse on two feet walks himself into a rehabilitation facility with the help of his friend, Diane (voiced by Alison Brie).

BoJack (Will Arnett) spends Season 5 trying to get better, but his best efforts are undermined by unavoidable circumstances (his mom dies) and past mistakes (nearly sleeping with a teenage girl).

Near the end of the new episodes, he snaps and chokes his female co-star, Gina (Stephanie Beatriz).

So he’s lucky to have a friend remaining who can usher him toward getting help.In a way, Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s series didn’t have such a friend.

Of course, it never committed any narrative sin as heinous as what BoJack has done, but it only received encouragement despite traversing rocky terrain.

The Netflix original

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