I’m kind of curious as to who would come to his mother’s funeral. I could see Princess Carolyn and Diane as Bojack went with them when their dads died. I could also see the nurse bear coming to the funeral as Beatrice was one of her patients.
Though in added context... The last time we ever saw Boejack and Beatrice together, we had Boejack offer her that final bit of genuine kindness, offering her a fantasy that she's at the lake house eating ice cream. Beatrice never had any ice-cream at the lake house, so the illusion is shattered right at that moment... But she plays along anyway. And in her final moment with Boejack, she offers him a little bit of kindness too by playing along with his fantasy anyway. And Boejack doesn't even realize it. So much sadness :(
Didn't Bojack's mother have cataracts? I like to think that detail was mentioned on purpose, to leave it up in the air whether or not she could have even read that sign in the first place. Just like Bojack, we'll never get to know which one she meant, if either. My headcanon is that Bojack's initial interpretation was the right one. She saw him.
@@MoonPhantom She was completely delirious at that point, I don't think she's going to piece together what was happening from the words ice cream alone when she couldn't even tell what was happening in front of her Also the idea that she would play along just doesn't match the character.... If there was anything positive to say about her, it's that she was generally speaking a pretty honest person. We never saw her 'playing along' to anyone else, for any other reason, and I don't think she would suddenly have the empathy skills to understand what bojack was doing even if she did realize he was lying to her.
@@stephenkrahling1634 she had empathy, she just chose to ignore it. i think she decided to be nice to him back when he was nice to her, if only because this couldve been (and was) the last time they saw each other
So I feel an underrated part of the episode is the ending. Imagine sitting down to mourn a loved one, and someone you dont even know comes in and starts giving a speech about their mother who has also died. Now, normally, you might have the urge to stand up and correctly point out that they might be in the wrong room, but this group of thick, scaled, cold blooded reptiles didn't. As if they at least understood the pain Bojack was in and how important it was to just let him talk to work out his emotions. A small kindness that we never see Bojack apologize for. Turning someone else's day of mourning into something all about him.
I genuinely thought they didn't stop his train rant of an eulogy, not out of kindness, but really awkwardness and uncertainty abt what to do when someone suddenly trauma dumps on u. Had been on both sides of the coin. 😅
I always feel like the ending said so much about Bojack and Beatrice. Bojack walked into a room full of gecos and didn't question it, because he really had no clue who his mother was around in life. But also, he didn't question it AT ALL, not a little bit, because he's self centered and didn't really care to
Bojack also mentioned that Beatrice wanted an open casket funeral but this wasn't one. He tried to play it off as if no one cares what she thinks cause she's dead but it could also be foreshadowing the reveal
I'd like to point out that Bojack doesn't say that Sarah Lynn died. Not because he's still grieving, but because he knows that she died because of him. It's a very subtle hint that there are still secrets about Sarah Lynn's passing.
It could also definitely relate to the fact that he's embarrassed about the whole situation with Sarah Lynn, feeling guilty about what happened but not doing anything to better himself afterwards.
In highschool drama, there was a girl who said whole Butterscotch's monologue for an assignment. It's a good monologue but man, it really put me off Bojack Horseman because she did the monologue so good I didn't realize Butterscotch was supposed to be in the wrong
I actually think the end reveal that he’s in the wrong room hits deeper than you’re suggesting. It’s not just a fun gag to lighten the mood and make it just about bojack. It actually has this nihilistic undertone, that everything he just did didn’t matter. All his thoughts, his growth, his understanding of his mother, is once again completely unseen by his mother and anyone relating to her. It undercuts the entire episode, which was already undercut by the ICU realization.
Yea... my mom died in November and me and her had a horrid relationship. She kept criticizing me and never accepted me for who I was and saw me as a burden. And when she died after a year of no contact I still couldn't help but feel awful. I quoted bojack for the sake of me having no other words. "My mom is dead and everything is worse now" Because no I had to keep an eye on grandma now I had to carry all that responsibility of taking care of her and picking up what she wants to retire from. It's all this stress along with college and it was just a huge mess. I guess now that it's almost been a year I've looked at the bright side of it. I won't ever have a panic attack due to her. I won't have to run away from her anymore or be scared. But like you know.... I just wanted her to be better before she left. I don't miss her I only wanted her to be better. And I think that's what bojack wanted from both of his parents. He wanted them to be better
my mom died last november too, and her and i were also no contact for a year. we had an awful relationship. i can’t remember the exact line, but i remember bojack talking about how he always wanted her love and validation, and deep down hoped for it, but once she’s dead, that chance is gone. and that was so real. like u never realize how much ur holding on to the chance of love, even through all the hatred your feeling, until their gone. that’s it. it’ll never happen. you’ll never get the love and acceptance you’ve craved from this one person for the rest of ur life. it’s devastating. i’m here for u if u ever need anyone to talk to.
@@Salembanana girl same... absolutely the same with you two, my mom died last november too (its gonna be a year in two days) become responsable of my little brother and we didnt had an AWFUL relationship but i always wanted her validation and a more showy? love, and a better relationship. At the final months we had togetehr we kind of get along since i was taking care of her...but idk i always wanted to hear her say "i love you" and now ill never get to hear it :c
I honestly love the end of this episode. It’s about BoJack’s ego and his catharsis, yes, but it also subtly reveals his addiction. Often, people with opiate addictions will ramble about their feelings and all the personal slights they ever felt, then they’ll kind of come around and realize where they are. BoJack is already in so deep that he doesn’t realize where he is. It’s honestly really sad and kind of scary.
I can't tell you how deeply that Becker similie was. Especially children of childhood trauma yearn for that. That their parents will get therapy and be better and be the parents that all the other happy kids at school had. Constantly hoping one day it'll all be better. Seeing that there is so much room for improvement and hoping one day they'll get the love and care they need. And that never happening. Seeing everyone else talk about how great their relationship is with their parents and how their parents are their best friends. How they can tell them anything and they'll always be there to support you no matter what. Growing up with childhood trauma, you're alone and unseen. All the time. Hoping one day you'll get the family you wanted. And that hope you're clinging onto that maybe it'll get better, that hope dies when either your parents die or you accept "You're never going to be the parent I need." And all you're left with is the grief. That you were robbed of that and it's not hard to be a decent parent. You're left with the grief of "I needed you and you were never there for me." The childlike hope that they'll get better dies. And you're left with the reality that this sucks and that's all just damage. With no kiss to make it all better.
The connection to “life is a never ending show my friend” went over my head and actually blew my mind- im so glad you pointed that out. The layers there is crazy
You forgot that the Dolls House is written by Ibsen. "Well, it's no Ibsen" is something Beatrice would say about Horsin' Around, which Bojack then internalised, and has been a thing since the pilot!
One thing I've yet to see anyone mention is that twice Bojack says the only thing his mother wanted at her funeral was an open casket, i.e. she just wanted to be seen.
Really should have won an emmy or some kind of award just for this episode alone. I really loved how they pushed the envelope on this show with episodes like fish out of water where there was barely any dialog or talking the whole episode but the scenery told the story and this episode where it was literally just Bojack talking the whole time and it told such an amazing story its so fantastic and so sad at the same time.
bojack also smokes a cigarette in one long inhale! its happens when he's explaining to hollyhocks dads how he found her mother :) i think its cool they both do it, and it's referenced multiple times. shows just how much thought and effort is put into the writing.
I love that he talks about how he says flawed people don’t make up for it with grand gestures and he gives his mom as an example but then he still clings to the interpretation of “I see you”
see I didn't even make the connection back to live fast diane nguyen, I thought he was talking about the funeral he attended for PC's father. interesting that he did was there for both of them
When Butterscotch says “You can't depend on women. You can't depend on anyone. Sooner or later, you need to learn that no one else is gonna take care of you.” He is referencing his own mom’s death (mentioned in Time’s Arrow).
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your bojack analysis - it satisfies my craving for bojack content without making myself miserable by watching it all again ;; amazing video as always! ❤
10:06 this. this scene literally gives me chills everytime i watch it it’s sooo haunting and beautiful like him saying “when you suddenly remember..you can swim.” almost as if it’s an epiphany then the music fading in and the quick change of the camera angle ughhh its so brilliant
I don't think my father spoke to his mother in my lifetime. So when we got the news of her passing, I was surprised by how much it affected him. Curious what he would think of this episode.
I get why some people might not like the ending gag, but I think it’s funnier and entirely plausible and in-character for Bojack to just go find where his mother’s funeral actually is and just give this whole speech again.
I think Butterscotch's death was more sad than funny. The fact he died directly asking for validation, mirroring when Bojack called Diane when he was OD'ing in his pool. Both of them just needed an "atta boy"
You sadly missed the part where Butterscotch says to Bojack that he "had this SENTENCE that kept going for pages and pages" kinda low key letting us know just how awful his writing was. But I guess there's too much goodness in Free Churro for a single video ;)
the best moment of the episode is definitely the "my mother is dead, and everything is worse now, because now I know i will never have a mother who will look across the say and say "bojack horseman, i see you"" because it's like, the conclusion of everything the episode built up to and the delivery is incredible
I remember someone saying that around the time this episode takes place Jack in the Box ran promo for a free churro with every meal you ordered. If that's true it wasn't even kindness or empathy. Everyone got a free churro. Makes the realization a lot sadder.
I also love how Butterscotch describes his flowstate because it also foreshadows that the book would probably not turn out great, the extremely long sentence going on for pages and pages would be unbearable, but Butterscotch seems to have convinced himself he's James Joyce
at the end of the day he couldn't give her mother what she may have wanted neither, he didn't "see her", he was at the wrong funeral, and gave the speech to the wrong person in the casket
The lizards sitting down and listening to a man’s grief while they also go through their own, shows more empathy to bojack than Beatrice and butterscotch ever did
I like to think she did see Bojack and when she said I see You, she didn't mean ICU (Intensive care unit) and at the last minute Bojack assumed the worst of his mom again. Showing how their relationship is so broken, even that once act of acknowledgment/kindness has to be overlooked by Bojack.
8:45 is how i felt about my mom's death. I spent so long waiting for her to get her shit together and be a real mother to me, and when she died i realized i would just never get to have a good mother. I didn't mourn her, i mourned my hope for a better relationship, now lying in the dirt with her. They say to let go of the hope for a better past, and only then can you be free.
One thing that I always found so cool about this episode is how visually interesting it manages to be despite only having about six camera angles. When I was first watching Bojack Horseman I tended to open a second computer tab because I felt the need to occupy my hands. Not with this episode though. I was captivated by this one the whole way through.
This is without any doubt the best episode of any Netflix show that ever aired. And, after a rough start, BH is by far the best series Netflix ever produced. Amazing stuff. Phenomenal.
This was such a fun episode to get to blind. I watched Bojack well after it ended but hadn’t really heard about it beforehand beyond “it’s good.” Got about 10 minutes in before my husband and I realized “wait a minute this has been going for a /while/… is this what the entrie episode’s going to be?” We were so completely engrossed in it it took us that long to even question it and it wasnt a complaint bc by that point it clearly hadnt worn out its welcome. It’s one of the genuinely strangest TV writing choices pulled off perfectly
i would actually argue that the funeral parlor not being the correct one shows how separated from bojacks mother he feels. everyone in her life is a stranger to him because he doesn't truly know her. they both kept distance from each other to the point that neither of them knew who would show up to the others' funeral. even if he had been in the correct room, it would still be a group of strangers
I also just realized that A Doll's house is written by Ibsen who Beatrice compared Horsing Around too saying "Well it's not Ibsen." I wonder how long she thought about the play and how it effected her and Butterscotch's marriage after BoJack was out of the home.
I hated this episode when it first came out because him just talking an empty room felt super boring, but after a rewatch of this show I felt like this was important for his character.
You know the more I think about this episode the more I feel like Bojack went to the funeral alone. Like, I don’t think any of the other cast members would let him give the speech at wrong funeral. So either 1.) he didn’t tell anyone about the funeral or 2.) he’s burned so many bridges nobody wanted to come with him. Which I kind of find hard to believe that at Princess Carolyn wouldn’t go considering Bojack went to her dads funeral. And also I feel like Mr. Peanutbutter would go too.
Could you do a video about sometimes apologizing isn’t always the best and sometimes it’s better to just leave the past in the past example BoJack and Penny
Great video! I always figured the friend whose dad died was Princess Carolyn though; she references Bojack attending the funeral and holding her hand in one of the episodes.
7:55 I don’t think there’s any way bojack could’ve known why butterscotch turned around bc butterscotch dies immediately after. and when bojack says that butterscotch turned around to get an honest review there is a slight positivity or reverence in the tone he says it. It’s like he’s subconsciously editorializing his own father’s death to make it slightly more sympathetic.
I mean, we could probably say that the guy who showed up for the duel most likely told them what happened, especially if he had to call for the authorities to get Butterscotch taken away after he died.
I love that there are so many moments during this monologue that, in a regular episode, would be where they cut away but they don’t. The first time I watched this episode I didn’t even realize it was the length of a normal episode I was captivated. Still one of my favorite episodes ever
How funny you uploading this today, when just last night i was looking up interviews from the show's creators, specifically *about* this episode 😂 it's been on my mind lately. Which honestly I'd say speaks a lot about its quality as an episode, considering i still think about this *entire episode* pretty frequently even years after its release
oo i have another idea for a video. the evolution, similarities/differences, however you wanna spin it on each of the relationships todd had with the people he lived with!
the funniest thing is that after watching this, i fell asleep and had a relatively disturbing dream that ended with my mother trying to lighten the mood by buying a tub/box of churros the dream itself had absolutely nothing to do with bojack horseman, just a typical trippy mess with one of my old primary teachers i just find it funny that this episode is all about bojack working through the fact that his now dead mother never ever loved him, and to stop clinging onto that hope because now it will never happen, only receiving a single god damn churro despite all of the shit that he has to now deal with (on that episode alone specifically) yet my dream was about my own mother, doing her best to aid me and be there for me despite anything else going on, the dream itself ending with at least 10 churros im not sure if the universe is trying to tell me something lol, but i had been having slight doubts about the extent of my mother's love due to events in the past but now its just made me think about it all again, and im gonna try and let go of what happened now. never thought bojack horseman would actually help me besides comfort, but here we are, and i sure as hell appreciate it.
@@towhee3400 Doesn't BoJack flee to Michigan very briefly after Sarah Lynn dies? Also, "Free Churro" is the first or at least an early episode of season 5.
About the "i see you", I'm spanish but I watched bojack in English, so I was curious about the translation of the icu thing. They ended up using Cuidado (be careful) instead of I see you since icu is Cuidados Intensivos. Just wanted to point that out, sutch a perfect translation.
if bojack was ranting about meaningless crap this episode would suck but he talks about his mom, his family, fake stories about his family btw portrait in the scene where butterscotch talks with beatrice is changing constantly also 'outdated" views? lack of parental figures and daddy issues doesn't turn children into degenerates who groom minors? because we have 2% of polulation and another 1% of pretenders because it's the new popular thing to do that proves otherwise
I also find it distasteful how the show inherently portrays conservative views as a bad thing. Even worse how the fanbase seems to actually agree with that shitty mindset.
The views expressed are outdated. That's literally the point of the scene and those lines. It's up to you to figure it out and grow as a person, or you'll always be the gross sad guy making these types of comments.
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I feel like the reveal of the lizards at the end also shows that Bojack doesn’t even know who would show up to his mothers funeral
I’m kind of curious as to who would come to his mother’s funeral. I could see Princess Carolyn and Diane as Bojack went with them when their dads died. I could also see the nurse bear coming to the funeral as Beatrice was one of her patients.
@@StarViewer68Hollyhock, Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter would have gone too.
i feel like hollyhock would have gone, even though she was drugged by beatrice she seems like a very forgiving person
The "I see you" realization is one of the hardest hitting moments in the show.
Though in added context... The last time we ever saw Boejack and Beatrice together, we had Boejack offer her that final bit of genuine kindness, offering her a fantasy that she's at the lake house eating ice cream.
Beatrice never had any ice-cream at the lake house, so the illusion is shattered right at that moment... But she plays along anyway. And in her final moment with Boejack, she offers him a little bit of kindness too by playing along with his fantasy anyway.
And Boejack doesn't even realize it.
So much sadness :(
I C U :(
Didn't Bojack's mother have cataracts? I like to think that detail was mentioned on purpose, to leave it up in the air whether or not she could have even read that sign in the first place. Just like Bojack, we'll never get to know which one she meant, if either. My headcanon is that Bojack's initial interpretation was the right one. She saw him.
@@MoonPhantom She was completely delirious at that point, I don't think she's going to piece together what was happening from the words ice cream alone when she couldn't even tell what was happening in front of her
Also the idea that she would play along just doesn't match the character.... If there was anything positive to say about her, it's that she was generally speaking a pretty honest person. We never saw her 'playing along' to anyone else, for any other reason, and I don't think she would suddenly have the empathy skills to understand what bojack was doing even if she did realize he was lying to her.
@@stephenkrahling1634 she had empathy, she just chose to ignore it. i think she decided to be nice to him back when he was nice to her, if only because this couldve been (and was) the last time they saw each other
So I feel an underrated part of the episode is the ending.
Imagine sitting down to mourn a loved one, and someone you dont even know comes in and starts giving a speech about their mother who has also died. Now, normally, you might have the urge to stand up and correctly point out that they might be in the wrong room, but this group of thick, scaled, cold blooded reptiles didn't. As if they at least understood the pain Bojack was in and how important it was to just let him talk to work out his emotions.
A small kindness that we never see Bojack apologize for. Turning someone else's day of mourning into something all about him.
I never thought about their perspective but that makes BJ’s horseshit even more hilarious. Added another room full of victims in one speech
I genuinely thought they didn't stop his train rant of an eulogy, not out of kindness, but really awkwardness and uncertainty abt what to do when someone suddenly trauma dumps on u. Had been on both sides of the coin. 😅
@@ChristmasCarolynI always thought it was both? Like, yes, uncertainty and awkwardness, but also they do let him finish
@@rosesweetcharlotteyeah cus they let him do his shit for 20 mins, I guess cold blooded creatures know a thing or two
I always feel like the ending said so much about Bojack and Beatrice. Bojack walked into a room full of gecos and didn't question it, because he really had no clue who his mother was around in life. But also, he didn't question it AT ALL, not a little bit, because he's self centered and didn't really care to
Huh. Never saw it that way😧
Bojack also mentioned that Beatrice wanted an open casket funeral but this wasn't one. He tried to play it off as if no one cares what she thinks cause she's dead but it could also be foreshadowing the reveal
and the fact that his father talks uninterrupted for the whole cold open like he would for the whole episode. will arnett 🐐🔥
Second best monologue of the episode
Also a Doll’s House is written by Ibsen
Recontexualizing “It’s not Ibsen”
Aaand iirc, the last episode has him doing a prison community theater production of Hedda Gabler, also an Ibsen play.
I'd like to point out that Bojack doesn't say that Sarah Lynn died. Not because he's still grieving, but because he knows that she died because of him. It's a very subtle hint that there are still secrets about Sarah Lynn's passing.
It could also definitely relate to the fact that he's embarrassed about the whole situation with Sarah Lynn, feeling guilty about what happened but not doing anything to better himself afterwards.
In highschool drama, there was a girl who said whole Butterscotch's monologue for an assignment. It's a good monologue but man, it really put me off Bojack Horseman because she did the monologue so good I didn't realize Butterscotch was supposed to be in the wrong
I actually think the end reveal that he’s in the wrong room hits deeper than you’re suggesting. It’s not just a fun gag to lighten the mood and make it just about bojack. It actually has this nihilistic undertone, that everything he just did didn’t matter. All his thoughts, his growth, his understanding of his mother, is once again completely unseen by his mother and anyone relating to her. It undercuts the entire episode, which was already undercut by the ICU realization.
i like how the lizards don't even stop him because they're like..."who tf?? okay but he's got an interesting life leave him be"
Yea... my mom died in November and me and her had a horrid relationship. She kept criticizing me and never accepted me for who I was and saw me as a burden. And when she died after a year of no contact I still couldn't help but feel awful. I quoted bojack for the sake of me having no other words.
"My mom is dead and everything is worse now"
Because no I had to keep an eye on grandma now I had to carry all that responsibility of taking care of her and picking up what she wants to retire from. It's all this stress along with college and it was just a huge mess.
I guess now that it's almost been a year I've looked at the bright side of it. I won't ever have a panic attack due to her. I won't have to run away from her anymore or be scared. But like you know.... I just wanted her to be better before she left. I don't miss her I only wanted her to be better. And I think that's what bojack wanted from both of his parents. He wanted them to be better
my mom died last november too, and her and i were also no contact for a year. we had an awful relationship. i can’t remember the exact line, but i remember bojack talking about how he always wanted her love and validation, and deep down hoped for it, but once she’s dead, that chance is gone. and that was so real. like u never realize how much ur holding on to the chance of love, even through all the hatred your feeling, until their gone. that’s it. it’ll never happen. you’ll never get the love and acceptance you’ve craved from this one person for the rest of ur life. it’s devastating. i’m here for u if u ever need anyone to talk to.
First you mourn the person you want them to be
Then you mourn the person
@@Salembanana girl same... absolutely the same with you two, my mom died last november too (its gonna be a year in two days) become responsable of my little brother and we didnt had an AWFUL relationship but i always wanted her validation and a more showy? love, and a better relationship. At the final months we had togetehr we kind of get along since i was taking care of her...but idk i always wanted to hear her say "i love you" and now ill never get to hear it :c
I hope you at least got your free churro.
I honestly love the end of this episode. It’s about BoJack’s ego and his catharsis, yes, but it also subtly reveals his addiction. Often, people with opiate addictions will ramble about their feelings and all the personal slights they ever felt, then they’ll kind of come around and realize where they are. BoJack is already in so deep that he doesn’t realize where he is. It’s honestly really sad and kind of scary.
I can't tell you how deeply that Becker similie was. Especially children of childhood trauma yearn for that. That their parents will get therapy and be better and be the parents that all the other happy kids at school had. Constantly hoping one day it'll all be better. Seeing that there is so much room for improvement and hoping one day they'll get the love and care they need. And that never happening. Seeing everyone else talk about how great their relationship is with their parents and how their parents are their best friends. How they can tell them anything and they'll always be there to support you no matter what. Growing up with childhood trauma, you're alone and unseen. All the time. Hoping one day you'll get the family you wanted. And that hope you're clinging onto that maybe it'll get better, that hope dies when either your parents die or you accept "You're never going to be the parent I need." And all you're left with is the grief. That you were robbed of that and it's not hard to be a decent parent. You're left with the grief of "I needed you and you were never there for me." The childlike hope that they'll get better dies. And you're left with the reality that this sucks and that's all just damage. With no kiss to make it all better.
The connection to “life is a never ending show my friend” went over my head and actually blew my mind- im so glad you pointed that out. The layers there is crazy
You forgot that the Dolls House is written by Ibsen. "Well, it's no Ibsen" is something Beatrice would say about Horsin' Around, which Bojack then internalised, and has been a thing since the pilot!
One thing I've yet to see anyone mention is that twice Bojack says the only thing his mother wanted at her funeral was an open casket, i.e. she just wanted to be seen.
Really should have won an emmy or some kind of award just for this episode alone. I really loved how they pushed the envelope on this show with episodes like fish out of water where there was barely any dialog or talking the whole episode but the scenery told the story and this episode where it was literally just Bojack talking the whole time and it told such an amazing story its so fantastic and so sad at the same time.
bojack also smokes a cigarette in one long inhale! its happens when he's explaining to hollyhocks dads how he found her mother :) i think its cool they both do it, and it's referenced multiple times. shows just how much thought and effort is put into the writing.
And when he's in rehab too!
How can two lines, as sad as "I C U" and as funny "Is this funeral parlor b" be in the same episode and not ruin it hahaha
I always loved when he said “the show…. has to keep going” instead of “must go on” like it bothered me but in a good way.
I love that he talks about how he says flawed people don’t make up for it with grand gestures and he gives his mom as an example but then he still clings to the interpretation of “I see you”
It‘s really insane that I cant hear „don‘t stop dancing“ without tearing up. It‘s such an incredible show!
see I didn't even make the connection back to live fast diane nguyen, I thought he was talking about the funeral he attended for PC's father. interesting that he did was there for both of them
I think people love this episode because of how relatable it is especially if you came from an abusive home.
When Butterscotch says “You can't depend on women. You can't depend on anyone. Sooner or later, you need to learn that no one else is gonna take care of you.” He is referencing his own mom’s death (mentioned in Time’s Arrow).
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your bojack analysis - it satisfies my craving for bojack content without making myself miserable by watching it all again ;; amazing video as always! ❤
10:06 this. this scene literally gives me chills everytime i watch it it’s sooo haunting and beautiful like him saying “when you suddenly remember..you can swim.” almost as if it’s an epiphany then the music fading in and the quick change of the camera angle ughhh its so brilliant
Does the song have a name? I kinda wanna hear It in full
@@piorouvintedovaldir it’s picnic for two by frank tapp 🫶🏻🫶🏻
@@piorouvintedovaldir it’s picnic for two by frank tapp 🫶🏻
@@piorouvintedovaldir it’s picnic for two by frank tapp🫶🏻🫶🏻
@@piorouvintedovaldir yeah it’s called picnic for two by frank tapp
I don't think my father spoke to his mother in my lifetime.
So when we got the news of her passing, I was surprised by how much it affected him.
Curious what he would think of this episode.
sudden realization that all trauma and suffering had no meaning and any potential to actually try to fix relations was gone
I get why some people might not like the ending gag, but I think it’s funnier and entirely plausible and in-character for Bojack to just go find where his mother’s funeral actually is and just give this whole speech again.
I think Butterscotch's death was more sad than funny. The fact he died directly asking for validation, mirroring when Bojack called Diane when he was OD'ing in his pool. Both of them just needed an "atta boy"
Also similar to when Bojack found out his mom watched all of "Horsing Around" after she had alzheimers
You sadly missed the part where Butterscotch says to Bojack that he "had this SENTENCE that kept going for pages and pages" kinda low key letting us know just how awful his writing was. But I guess there's too much goodness in Free Churro for a single video ;)
the best moment of the episode is definitely the "my mother is dead, and everything is worse now, because now I know i will never have a mother who will look across the say and say "bojack horseman, i see you"" because it's like, the conclusion of everything the episode built up to and the delivery is incredible
I remember someone saying that around the time this episode takes place Jack in the Box ran promo for a free churro with every meal you ordered. If that's true it wasn't even kindness or empathy. Everyone got a free churro. Makes the realization a lot sadder.
0:57 I didn't know who Will Arnett is before this show so whenever I hear his voice in any other show, my mind places BoJack in that scene.
Same thing happened to me with John Leguizamo... His voice is just gonna be "Sid" forever.
I also love how Butterscotch describes his flowstate because it also foreshadows that the book would probably not turn out great, the extremely long sentence going on for pages and pages would be unbearable, but Butterscotch seems to have convinced himself he's James Joyce
at the end of the day he couldn't give her mother what she may have wanted neither, he didn't "see her", he was at the wrong funeral, and gave the speech to the wrong person in the casket
Another point in the beginning for Will Arnett voicing both bojack and butterscotch
The lizards sitting down and listening to a man’s grief while they also go through their own, shows more empathy to bojack than Beatrice and butterscotch ever did
I like to think she did see Bojack and when she said I see You, she didn't mean ICU (Intensive care unit) and at the last minute Bojack assumed the worst of his mom again. Showing how their relationship is so broken, even that once act of acknowledgment/kindness has to be overlooked by Bojack.
8:45 is how i felt about my mom's death. I spent so long waiting for her to get her shit together and be a real mother to me, and when she died i realized i would just never get to have a good mother. I didn't mourn her, i mourned my hope for a better relationship, now lying in the dirt with her. They say to let go of the hope for a better past, and only then can you be free.
Oh my god I love this episode, I was sooo waiting for your analysis !
One thing that I always found so cool about this episode is how visually interesting it manages to be despite only having about six camera angles. When I was first watching Bojack Horseman I tended to open a second computer tab because I felt the need to occupy my hands. Not with this episode though. I was captivated by this one the whole way through.
This is without any doubt the best episode of any Netflix show that ever aired. And, after a rough start, BH is by far the best series Netflix ever produced. Amazing stuff. Phenomenal.
This was such a fun episode to get to blind. I watched Bojack well after it ended but hadn’t really heard about it beforehand beyond “it’s good.” Got about 10 minutes in before my husband and I realized “wait a minute this has been going for a /while/… is this what the entrie episode’s going to be?” We were so completely engrossed in it it took us that long to even question it and it wasnt a complaint bc by that point it clearly hadnt worn out its welcome. It’s one of the genuinely strangest TV writing choices pulled off perfectly
i would actually argue that the funeral parlor not being the correct one shows how separated from bojacks mother he feels. everyone in her life is a stranger to him because he doesn't truly know her. they both kept distance from each other to the point that neither of them knew who would show up to the others' funeral. even if he had been in the correct room, it would still be a group of strangers
I also just realized that A Doll's house is written by Ibsen who Beatrice compared Horsing Around too saying "Well it's not Ibsen." I wonder how long she thought about the play and how it effected her and Butterscotch's marriage after BoJack was out of the home.
I hated this episode when it first came out because him just talking an empty room felt super boring, but after a rewatch of this show I felt like this was important for his character.
For me was the opposite, i loved hear him
I got excited when I realized 10 minutes in that I was drawn into an episode that would be a monologue.
You know the more I think about this episode the more I feel like Bojack went to the funeral alone. Like, I don’t think any of the other cast members would let him give the speech at wrong funeral. So either 1.) he didn’t tell anyone about the funeral or 2.) he’s burned so many bridges nobody wanted to come with him. Which I kind of find hard to believe that at Princess Carolyn wouldn’t go considering Bojack went to her dads funeral. And also I feel like Mr. Peanutbutter would go too.
Could you do a video about sometimes apologizing isn’t always the best and sometimes it’s better to just leave the past in the past example BoJack and Penny
I'd love to see you make a video on Tuca and Bertie!
Great video! I always figured the friend whose dad died was Princess Carolyn though; she references Bojack attending the funeral and holding her hand in one of the episodes.
7:55 I don’t think there’s any way bojack could’ve known why butterscotch turned around bc butterscotch dies immediately after. and when bojack says that butterscotch turned around to get an honest review there is a slight positivity or reverence in the tone he says it. It’s like he’s subconsciously editorializing his own father’s death to make it slightly more sympathetic.
I mean, we could probably say that the guy who showed up for the duel most likely told them what happened, especially if he had to call for the authorities to get Butterscotch taken away after he died.
You remind me of the guy over analyzing the coffee cup in Horsin’ Around
Beatrice Horseman is my roman empire tbh …
I love that there are so many moments during this monologue that, in a regular episode, would be where they cut away but they don’t. The first time I watched this episode I didn’t even realize it was the length of a normal episode I was captivated. Still one of my favorite episodes ever
The Lizard reveal also has another layer, they’re reptiles… cold blooded
This episode is the most memorable and gut wrenching one in the entire show and something I will always remember
How funny you uploading this today, when just last night i was looking up interviews from the show's creators, specifically *about* this episode 😂 it's been on my mind lately. Which honestly I'd say speaks a lot about its quality as an episode, considering i still think about this *entire episode* pretty frequently even years after its release
I will never skip a “free churro” video.
Glad I stumbled across your account👍🏻 really cool Bojack videos
9:43 but.... she's not....human..
this episode perfectly articulated so many feelings i had after my mom passing.
Always love a good Bojack episode breakdown
ive rewatched this episode five times in the last year 😭😭
0:40 also its literally Ibsen
The one you gave 5 for visual storytelling is also a visual callback to the opening theme
hey man, could you perhaps make a playlist with all of your bojack videos so they're easier to watch? thanks for the good stuff!
All done! Let me know if there's anything missing! And thanks for the suggestion!
@@PosiTVty. thanks man I appreciate it
keep it up homie and making videos on the other things you enjoy too
I saw from last year somewhere in this episode BoJack went throu The 5 Stages of Grief,what makes this episode even more interesting
my favorite episode in the whole show tbh
HOW CAN IT BE HIS FAULT WHO HIS MOTHER IS, BUTTERSCOTCH?! HE DIDNT TIME TRAVEL 😂
One of the best episodes of media of ALL FUCKING TIME
oo i have another idea for a video. the evolution, similarities/differences, however you wanna spin it on each of the relationships todd had with the people he lived with!
The only "fuck you" this episode gets from me:
Becker **ruled**
4:12 I think this is also a nod to the Picasso painting "Guernica" that contains a horse with a quite similar expression. So +1 for artsy reference.
God I love this episode
Bojack's dad's rant is really similar to how bojack goes on rant. Guess it's genetic
the funniest thing is that after watching this, i fell asleep and had a relatively disturbing dream that ended with my mother trying to lighten the mood by buying a tub/box of churros
the dream itself had absolutely nothing to do with bojack horseman, just a typical trippy mess with one of my old primary teachers
i just find it funny that this episode is all about bojack working through the fact that his now dead mother never ever loved him, and to stop clinging onto that hope because now it will never happen, only receiving a single god damn churro despite all of the shit that he has to now deal with (on that episode alone specifically)
yet my dream was about my own mother, doing her best to aid me and be there for me despite anything else going on, the dream itself ending with at least 10 churros
im not sure if the universe is trying to tell me something lol, but i had been having slight doubts about the extent of my mother's love due to events in the past
but now its just made me think about it all again, and im gonna try and let go of what happened now. never thought bojack horseman would actually help me besides comfort, but here we are, and i sure as hell appreciate it.
isnt it third episode beatrice centrict episode (the old sugarman place, time's arrow, free churro)
I believe Time's Arrow came out after Free Churro, so "second beatrice-centric episode *at the time* " is likely what was meant /info
Tho if I'm mistaken, apologies. It's been a while since I've watched the show 😂
@@towhee3400 Doesn't BoJack flee to Michigan very briefly after Sarah Lynn dies? Also, "Free Churro" is the first or at least an early episode of season 5.
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OH MY GOD YOU DID FREE CHURRO I LOVE YOU THANK YOU!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!
the ending
Great channel new subscriber here. Love your work❤ bojack and southpark are goated
BOJACK.
cinemasins but good congrats
you get me. you analyze episodes like me.
Simple answer: who doesnt like free stuff
what about an video on the relationship/dynamic between Princess Carolyn and Todd?
Love your videos! :)
About the "i see you", I'm spanish but I watched bojack in English, so I was curious about the translation of the icu thing. They ended up using Cuidado (be careful) instead of I see you since icu is Cuidados Intensivos. Just wanted to point that out, sutch a perfect translation.
I see you
I think that the ending of this episode ruined the entire episode. they should've just made it his mom's actual funeral
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Quick sidenote: I thought Becker was good.
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I personally hate this episode, whenever i rewatch it it reminds me of when my mom passed away and my own flaws
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Seen better break downs on this
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if bojack was ranting about meaningless crap this episode would suck
but he talks about his mom, his family, fake stories about his family
btw portrait in the scene where butterscotch talks with beatrice is changing constantly
also 'outdated" views? lack of parental figures and daddy issues doesn't turn children into degenerates who groom minors?
because we have 2% of polulation and another 1% of pretenders because it's the new popular thing to do that proves otherwise
Source?
I also find it distasteful how the show inherently portrays conservative views as a bad thing.
Even worse how the fanbase seems to actually agree with that shitty mindset.
aww who rejected you? 🥺
@@LFanimes333 The rest of us have figured it out.
The views expressed are outdated. That's literally the point of the scene and those lines.
It's up to you to figure it out and grow as a person, or you'll always be the gross sad guy making these types of comments.