@@carlwheezer2766 even chickens as much as it was stupid it was still a fun and funny episode so I can't exactly hate it. Theres no episodes of Bojack that r actually bad by any means
The scariest bit of The Old Sugarman Place is when Honey says "I have half a mind" and then trails off. She said it earlier as well, creating excellent foreshadowing. And what's also scary to think about is Bojack's grandfather really isn't the villain. He's in total belief he's helping his wife and that's how it was done at the time. It doesn't make it right, but he's a product of the time period he grew up in
Yeah, I really love how the episode didn't pull any punches in its portrayal of the 1950s. And conservatives these days will still claim they were "the good old days." Ugh.
Joseph Sugarman reminds me a bit of Calvin Candie from Django Unchained. He’s another thoroughly despicable person, but he was created by the time and culture he lived in. It makes him less of a villain, and more a symptom of a society that is just broken in so many ways.
Personal Favorites: 1.) Escape From L.A 2.) The View from Halfway Down 3.) Free Churro 4.) Times Arrow 5.) The Old Sugarman Place 6.) Downer Ending 7.) Fish Out of Water 8.) The New Client 9.) Ruthie 10.)That’s Too Much Man
Some underrated episode are “ruthie” “the dog days are over” “surprise” “good damage” “head in the clouds” “thoughts in prayers” “it’s you” “the shot” and “the telescope”
I wouldn’t call Ruthie or Good damage underrated, I see those on top ten lists fairly frequently Also I’d say that New Couch and That Went Well also belong on the list
Agree with most of those, especially "Ruthie" and "Head in the Clouds." I personally think "Best Thing that Ever Happened" might be the most underrated.
The Pilot, “Yes And,” “The BoJack Horseman Show,” the one where BJ sabotages Todd’s rock opera (which I think is the first Wanda episode), and of course, “Let’s Find Out” are all dangerously underrated!
Yeah it seems like PC is a really underrated character even though she's probably one of the most developed of them outside Bojack. The framing device in Ruthie was especially effective I thought
I don't know if the final season has quite sunk in long enough to rank it yet, but that one with Diane's inner voice and her writing worries, I found similarly affecting as Stupid Piece of Shit. It didn't even feel like the similar vibe was disappointing, but rather a thought of "wow they did it again". Could be a sleeper.
Jane Ross yes!! “Good Damage” is actually my favorite episode of Season 6, and I feel like it got astronomically washed away by “The View From Halfway Down”. I thought it had amazing storytelling and animation and was gut-wrenching as someone who really relates.
A lot of Season 6B is outstanding episodes that are overshadowed by The View from Halfway Down, probably because it all moves so fast and they just sink into being "normal" episodes leading up to the climax.
@@danielle-jg3ee i felt identified with Diane in that episode, because I personally experiment this when I'm trying to do a story of whatever subject, it really stresses me out, that I can't figure out what I'm trying to write, I have the story in my mind, but I can't put it on paper and I end up not doing anything, that's why I don't write stories anymore. That feeling of stress by having a messy nonsensical story in paper, while I'm trying to conceive the story I have in mind is perfectly captured by the animation style, messy and bizarre, it's perfect. I'm glad Bojack still wanted to experiment with different animation styles even in its last season.
@@imorstrash8985 I thought it was also a really cool touch how they contrast that messy animation style with the bright colorful one as she starts writing her mall detective adventures. Oh and the way she was interrogating herself through the lens of that character was interesting. Like, Dianne knows how to write a fun popular character, so she asks herself, "why can't I *be* a fun popular character?"
@@martinaval7726 it's horrifying but so brilliant to introduce that small detail that so completely recontextualizes a huge event that directly affected the audience and not just the characters. It would be easy to chalk up Sarah Lynn's death to her own self-destruction (which Bojack aided, but he didn't FORCE her to relapse or take the heroin. Her choices were tragic and grounded in the failure of the adults around her, but they were still her choices to make.) Now however, we know that her death is literally and directly caused by Bojack's inaction. We all assumed he did everything he could to prevent her death, including immediately contacting the authorities. He did not. He waited to cover his own ass and even then, she hadn't died. She died at the hospital. This one revelation serves to fully pin just how despicable and selfish Bojack is to the audience, and further questions if he is redeemable. For a lot of us, this piece of information finally damned him as more than a tortured actor.
@@samanthastephens5285 Nope it was a shitty thing to do but it didnt damn him in my eyes. Just another thing to feel shitty about. Plus bojack was high on an epic bender, its not easy to think straight when youve been blackin out for the last week or more. Not an excuse, just a fact. What Bojack did was wrong, he knows it, and will always regret that night the most, out of all the shitty things he did.
@@somestuff7876 I mean he really was, you could tell by how dark the circles under his eyes were and just how he was acting. A month long bender would take a while to bounce back from and get clear headed
@@Jakew9810 It shows that his default is self preservation in confluence with knowing everything he does will be national news and a loss of the audience's love.
The Face of Depression. It's my favorite episode of the series, because it's a glorious snapshot of what could have been and the embodiment of the good changes BoJack has begun to make. And knowing where it all ends up going makes the peace and tranquility found at the end all the more tragic.
Weird as this may sound, that's the only time I actually cried when watching through the entire series. Maybe I'm more prone to happy cries than sad ones.
I love free Churro. Also, pure comedic gold is the episode where the spaghetti all spills and is going to crush the underwater town, but Mr. Peanutbutter has all the spaghetti strainers and he comes riding in like a scene from Mad Max. I love that episode.
Season 6 Episode 4 is also one of my favorites. I love how Mr. PBs surprise wedding party totally escalates and all the guests are hiding while he and Pickles are fighting. We also see major character development for Mr. PB in this episode. Also, it’s one of the few later episodes in which we see all the main characters are in the same place, interacting with one another. This episode was a great mixture of comedy, drama, and character development.
1. The view from halfway down 2. The dog days are over 3. Free Churro 4. Ancient History 5. Good Damage 6. Planned Obsolescence 7. Xerox of a Xerox 8. The light bulb scene 9. Hooray Todd Episode 10. The stopped show I fell in love with an asexual so I know how it feels, but she was the one that got me into this show. We’re not talking now but hope you enjoyed s6 ❤️ As you can see I love Todd. X
For me season 1 episode 8, "The Telescope", would be somewhere on the top 10. This is the episode that first shows off one of the major themes of the show, that you can't undo the mistakes of your past, in such a heartbreaking way. When Herb tells Bojack "I will never forgive you", and seeing Bojack get mad at Herb as if he is obligated to an apology, is what made me realize the show has the potential to be one of the greats, and it lived up to that expectation.
Agreed, if not the episode as a whole, those final scenes felt like the pinnacle of the series and is what firmly established Bojack Horseman as one of my all time favorite shows. It left impact that I haven't felt since.
Yeah no other scene in television consistently makes me just feel as much as that one does. Rest of the episode is quite good but it shoots far above other more consistent episodes just for that ending.
@@RP-mp4ow still within season 4 I prefer the ending to Time's Arrow even more, worth noting that that is the last time that beatrice is shown to be alive.. it's still very high up on my list
Mine is: 1. Time's Arrow: One of my favorite episodes of television ever; you've been four seasons hating a character, and suddenly you understand her. Gives you information about everything, and portraits memory in a really artistic way. 2. The Best Thing That Ever Happened: My favorite self-contained story, just one location, and a lot of character development, as well as comedy. You get to understand in 24 minutes all of BoJack and PC relationship and dynamics. 3. Free Churro: It's like entering the mind of BoJack himself, just by hearing him talk. Beautiful. 4. Escape from L.A.: The episode that really hooked me in to the series, and the hardest hit in the guts about how the series wasn't actually glorifying BoJack, but criticizing him as a destructive force. 5. Good While It Lasted: This episode was, for lack of better word, a poem, like if writers decided to end, not by narrative, but by poetry. It has a feeling of purgatory for BoJack, where he by interactions is tested between heaven and hell, but of course this is not a purgatory, this is real life, and for each interaction, seems BoJack is about to fall to hell, but he is a better BoJack, more mature, and by the end he proves himself to be a bit better than before, and he is rewarded by watching the stars with his best friend as a farewell. 6. The View From Halfway Down: Why so low? For me, what I'm invested in BoJack are characters, this was a spectacular, dense, filled of symbols and callbacks to moments episode, but the only new thing we learn about him is at the end, when he acts as a farewell. 7. Fish Out of Water: First time through the series that BoJack starts doing good things for selfless purposes, showing he has a good nature when he is isolated from his distractions/addictions. 8. The Old Sugarman Place: Aside from what Jhonny said, for me, this is the episode I use to introduce people to the series. It spoils a a bit of Sarah Lynn's death, but since people don't know her yet, they forget about that detail. 9. Ruthie: It hurted the first time we discovered Ruthie wasn't real. It hurts even more the second time when we watch it as a coping mechanism of PC. 10. Surprise!: BoJack is as much tragedy as it is comedy. And simply ignoring the best comedic episode would be to undermine the other side of the series. Blocking is amazing, dynamics are quirky and awesome. And it soots an arrow to Mr. PB future development as a character.
This list is closer to what my own list would have been if I knew how to pick ten, Free Churro and Ruthie really deserve to be up there. I talked about one that got overshadowed in my own comment but I don't really think it deserves to be on a list even though it was memorable to me.
Wow! You just made me realize PC named her daughter Ruthie, also! So it's like she named her after the fake descendant she created to help her feel better. Beautiful. And now maybe she will have a descendant named Ruthie in honor of the daughter PC just adopted.
Some of my underrated favourites: The Telescope After the Party Let's Find Out! The Shot Stop the Presses It's You Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos Surprise! Good Damage Nice While It Lasted
Beatrice's mother's "Why I have half a mind..." is probably the most haunting sentence ever spoken on the show, destroys me every damn time. The first time it felt like a gut punch. Harrowing.
I think one of my favorite episodes was Ruthie. The plot twist at the end was heart breaking and even though Princess Carolyn had a happy ending, at the moment I was really sad for her. All turning out to be her imagination to make her feel better was just sad and melancholic, and one just expects her day to be better but it was an entirely awful day for her
When that fly dude got very upset and tried to kill him and Bojack I was genuinely feeling anxiety. That whole montage showcased their friendship growing as they built the house. When he was crying about how he didn’t want to live I expected Bojack to talk to him or help him but he left him there and I still don’t know what happened to that fly.
Hope you'll include "Best Thing That Ever Happened" in your underrated episodes video , one of my favorite episodes we get to see very closely the nature of the relationship between PC and Bojack and Pc constant need to help others i just think it's criminaly underrated
I'm sure this will be on Johnny's Underrated list. It's raw, intimate, personal. And as you say, we really get the feel for the texture of BoJack & PC's dysfunctional relationship.
Its not a first on my top 10 list, but i want to bring up „Dogs days are over” since you dont have it on your list. I think this episode is great, funny and deals with, maybe not so serious problem of breaking up. For me its a important topic and I love how they show us that break up is hard but you will be ok. You just have to accept some things and focus on yourself. sorry for my english😅
More excited about the underrated list as you've pretty much just listed the "canon" of deep and experimental episodes (with "The Telescope" being the unlucky one to hit outside your top 10). There are episodes that have some of the series strongest moments that get overlooked because they are "normal" episodes with B and C plots, like It's You, Head in the Clouds, The Face of Depression, Angela (most of 6B really). There are really strong Princess Carolyn and Diane episodes (like Ruthie and Good Damage) that could contend with the top 10 but get overshadowed by Bojack episodes. Episodes like Brand New Couch and A Horse Walks into Rehab as season premieres aren't well positioned to be "greats" since they have a job to do as season premieres, but they do that job and so much more. "Nice While it Lasted" is going to age very well as one of the best series finales of any show, it's just overshadowed by the episode before it (much like The Wire, or Breaking Bad which climaxes 2 episodes before the finale)
My absolute favorite episode is The Face of Depression. It’s where we finally get to see Bojack believe he can heal and move forward from the mistakes in his life, and the scene in the church one of the most powerful scenes in the entire show
I loved "A Quick One while He's Away" because it showed that the writers could make a brilliant episode with literally none of the series regulars playing a role.
Good Damage is by far my favorite episode. I relate strongly with Diane as someone who experienced a neglectful childhood and clung to the idea that one day I would write something that would make all my damage worthwhile. Her inner monologue is so similar to my own and I love the details - like her internal representation of herself being her teenage self. It’s the moment her trauma stunted her growth. She is forever making decisions to try and protect that young version’s idea of self - the fantasy of her being a successful writer who got out of her abusive family and changed the world with her writing. It’s a fantasy her younger self needed to survive - the same way horsin’ around provided her the fantasy of a supportive family. Her learning to let go of that exception of self over the rest of the series is so healing and it starts in Good Damage.
One of my favorite episodes that you did not have in your top 10 has to be the best thing that ever happened season 3 episode 9 where Bojack and Princess Carolyn have a fight in Elefante and we learn more about their relationship
view from halfway down was so spectacular the first time watching it. i remember being so blown away by the sheer genius of the writers.. but the episode It’s You is always overlooked as it’s one of the only times Bojack really gets put in his place and he clearly still feels guilt about Todd through the whole series. Xerox of a Xerox and New Client are both memorable as well
My favorite has to be "Ruthie" , "The Amelia Earhart Story", "Feel Good Story" or and I can't remember the title but the episode BoJack goes with Diane to meet her family and turns out they're shitty to her
My list: 10: Escape From La 9: The Telescope 8: What Time Is It Right Now? 7: The Light Bulb Scene 6: Free Churro 5: The Showstopper 4: Nice While It Lasted 3: The Old Sugarman Place 2: The View From Halfway Down 1: Xerox Of A Xerox
Good Damage was the episode that was the most relatable to me and has to be one of my favorites. Diane's storyline about her new meds and how conflicted she is about them and her fears on maybe needing them forever are so real and things I have struggled with when I first got my meds. It was so comforting and has to be one of my favorites
Free churro is amazing. One of the best written monologues of all time. Despite only being one character and one shot, I was captivated the entire time and wasn’t able to look away.
I like your list. Very solid choices. I have to say that, personally, the episode that had the biggest effect on me (though I'm not sure it's my favorite, it was difficult for me) was Stupid Piece of S**t. It finally convinced me to talk to my doctor about the unhealthy thoughts I was having. I'd really have to think about a top 10 and the order, but I'd also have Fish Out of Water, Free Churro, Time's Arrow, and Downer Ending.
I would love to see a video focusing on the penultimate episodes! what they have in common, how they differ, themes, etc. just a super in-depth break down.
Thanks for your content, Johnny. Especially the Bojack videos, these videos make me feel like I'm discussing Bojack Horseman with a friend because none of my friends watch the series 😭😂
I think my favorite episode is Ruthie. Even though the twist at the end is heartbreaking, I think it’s a great look into Princess Carolyn’s character. I love it more now knowing that PC named her daughter Ruthie, it makes the episode a little less sad. :-) I have always rooted for PC and I’m so glad she’s happy at the end of the series.
The view from half way down but I can never watch it again because it’s so personal and I start crying as soon as it starts. That episode is truly a masterpiece
I would personally put "The View from Halfway Down" as #1 in my list, but I probably agree completely with your picks for the top 3. Those two episodes of season 4 (Time's Arrow and The Old Sugarman Place) were the ones that made me truly realize that what I was watching was easily one of the best TV series of all time
My favourite episode is “the view from halfway down” because i guess im a sadist and i want to be devastated from a tv show. Also because that was an insane poem about suicide that could stand as its own literature because it was so beautifully-written.
It was a devastating episode. I was ruined for months after. The pandemic came along soon after and all those people started dying and I was still more upset over The View From Halfway Down."
Hooray! Todd Episode! is a super important episode in the show. Whilst I don't think it's number 1 it would say maybe 6 or 5. It shows the importance of Todd in the characters lives and highlights how little they appreciate him. It shows themes of joy, sadness, confusion and overcoming obstacles. Whilst the episode is nowhere near as dark as episodes like ''View from halfway down', it shows that the show has so many stories to tell. And the idea of Todd not showing up to the final performance to ding the triangle is perfect in showing his character development. Many write Todd off as a silly character but he has so much character development and shows more sadness than most characters in the show. He came far from the screw up on Bojack sofa.
My personal favorites with 1 being the best are: 1. The Old Sugarman Place 2. The Telescope 3. Escape From LA 4. Hank After Dark 5. Best Thing That Ever Happened 6. Stupid Piece of Sh*t 7. Ruthie 8. Xerox of a Xerox 9. Mr. Peanutbutter’s Boos 10. The Dog Days Are Over
10. the dog days are over 9. a horse walks into a rehab 8. ruthie 7. escape from LA 6. the old sugarman place 5. times arrow 4. the showstopper 3. thats too much, man 2. the view from halfway down 1. fish out of water
I was so excited to see "The Old Sugarman Place" as number one. It's by far my favorite episode but it's so often over shadowed by episodes like Free Churo and Fish out of Water
“Well That Went Well” is such a good moment in the show in my opinion. At the point I had watched it, I was pretty much at one of my lowest points in my life, and this episode gave me so much clarity and catharsis. The idea of “life goes on” is so clear in the episode, and it’s reinforced in the next episode when it just shows peoples lives going on without bojack. Also, the ending with Nina Simone singing “stars” made me actually cry the first time I watched it, and I rarely am affected that much by film/television. Still gives me chills every time I watched it
Is it weird that I find it weird that I still haven't seen anyone have "Face of Depression" in their list? Idk I thought people would have that there cause as much as Bojack doesn't deserve forgiveness for the most part, it's so refreshing to finally see him change and to see all the other characters happy. Mr PB finally getting his crossover episode, Diane being content with Guy and choosing antidepressants over Good Damage, Princess Carolyn having Ruthie, and Todd not being Bojack's shadow and not having disappointed parents. It's also really fitting how the episode is called "The Face of Depression", a label that was given to Mr Peanutbutter. For a show about a self absorbed narcissist, it's fitting that the title is simultaneously about him but not about him either.
I'll go with a top 5 because it's easier 1. Free churro: The episode is amazing, I thought I will be bored as hell during a 24 minutes monologue but it blew my mind. Such a deep episode about loss, I love it 2. The view from halfway down: Just an amazing episode with so much tension, the ending made me tear up, it's really beautiful 3. Good damage: An episode I can relate too, the animation style is very effective in the story telling and there is a very good message: you don't have to fetichize on your own sadness and you can choose to let your shitty past behind and be happy. I think a lot of people needeed to hear that. 4. Ruthie: I really like PC and it was hard to see her at her lowest but she's such a strong woman! The ending always get me. 5. Hooray! Todd episode: I never really liked Todd, I hate the "funny and dumb sidekick who's here for comic relief" trope no matter in what show you put it. But I think Todd manage to remain likable and he's always doing so much to help everyone, I'm glad this time he choosed to focus on himself. I was really happy for him at the end because he could finally explore and understand his (lack of) sexuality and it was really nice to have some ace representation. I'm not ace but I think it's always nice to represent some lesser known sexualities because it's always nice to see a character go to the same things as you and it help other people understanding it better
I don’t have a top 10 rn, I need rematch it all, however “Stop the Presses” is CRIMINALLY underrated. Was easily my favourite until the 3-6 seasons developed
The Old Sugarman Place is also my favourite episode! And you mentioned it was your favourite in one of your previous videos, which I thought it was great! This is an excellent Top 10 list.
I agree 100% about the Old Sugarman Place. I love how the two narratives bleed into each other over the course of the episode. Particularly the barn dance/weather-vane caper sequence.
I really liked this list, and i actually have candidate for the most underrated episodes: S2E10 Yes And I really liked the toxic dynamic that developed between Bojack and Diane. And Bojack's Breakup with Wanda kinda foreshadows the loss of another friend. The improv storyline of Todd is hillarious. I guess that maybe the episode got a little overshadowed by what happened in Escape from LA. Plus the outro song is beautiful :)
I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles.
The View from Halfway Down and Free Churro hit me the hardest that's why I have them as my absolute favorites and get surprised when they don't make it on someone's top 5.
Ugh, that guitar sting at 4:55 gets me every time! 1. Escape from LA 2. The View from Halfway Down 3. Free Churro 4. That’s Too Much, Man! 5. Stupid Piece of Sh*t 6. The Old Sugarman Place 7. The Showstopper 8. Time’s Arrow 9. The Telescope 10. Let’s Find Out
The Old Sugarman Place is my top favorite episode too!! I agree that the duet across time is my favorite scene. It struck me so deeply the first time I saw it. It seemed like something that could work on a Broadway stage but seeing something like that in a cartoon left me in awe.
love all of these but some of my favorites you didn’t mention are underground, best thing that ever happened, good damage, and the amelia earhart story
my top 10: 1. The View From Halfway Down 2. Free Churro 3. That's Too Much, Man! 4. Stupid Piece of Shit 5. The Showstopper 6. Nice While it Lasted 7. Time's Arrow 8. The Old Sugarman Place 9. Downer Ending 10. Angela (I was rly struggling to pick between Angela, Escape From LA, and Xerox of a Xerox for my 10th place)
a lot of reviewer channels feel really stale and almost medical in how they do top 10s and breakdowns, but what i like about your videos is that you never take anything at face value. you can take a concept as simple as a top ten and still provide thought-provoking commentary that moves me on a deeper level. thanks for making videos, you're one of the things that's getting me through my last semester of college right now.
YES. I love "The Old Sugarman Place" - I showed it to a friend of mine who had never seen Bojack, and it works perfectly as a depiction of everything the show is. It has amazing humor, deep meaning, and for those who have watched Bojack, it begins to untangle the mess that is Beatrice Horseman.
fish out of water is personally my favourite. i love how it diverges from the normal hyper dialogue and the pacific ocean works perfectly as a setting. my favourite of the many 10/10 episodes
I love this shows commentary on mental illness while still being a good time to watch. It's thought provoking but not in a way that so in your face like most of the shows I've seen Netflix make trying to do so. I have always loved this show and always will. I've rewatched it more times than I can even count. Its like the office for me. You can watch it over and over and not get bored.
1) The view from halfway down 2) The old sugarman place 3) The showstopper 4) Time's arrow 5) Ruthie 6) Free churro 7) The amelia earhart story 8) Escaping from LA 9) Best thing that ever happened 10) Surprise! 11 cause i can't not mention this) Good damage
Hard to narrow the ones I love to a top 10; each of the episodes are above and beyond what I could ever hope for in a TV show. Easily one of my favorite shows of all time. 10. Good Damage 9. Escape From LA 7. Braap, Braap, Pew Pew (tied with Surprise!) 6. Free Churro 5. That's Too Much Man 4. It Was Nice While It Lasted 3. Ruthie 2. The Dog Days Are Over 1. The View From Halfway Down
It’s the best tv show I’ve ever watched. Love your videos and the critical thinking you put into every one of these is thought provoking. I keep trying to get my friends to watch Bojack but they get put off by the (in my own opinion) muddled first season but I can’t wait to have some discussions with people about the masterpiece the series becomes. Thanks for the great content.
The episode Faces of Depression is my favorite because it’s the best ending to the show and really could’ve been the ending to the show especially considering that Bojack is able to change and heal
I have to say that my favorite episode of Bojack Horseman is "The View From Halfway Down" As someone who was just recovering after a suicide attempt, I cannot relate to this episode more. I had a similar fever BoJ where I took a train to a mansion and got to eat dinner with people in my life who had died. Mind you it had less witty banter and instead was just this painful reminder that those people are gone forever and one day I'll join them. The poem by Secretariat/Butterscotch is also the best suicide prevention PSA I've ever seen. Whenever I get down now I repeat the words "I wish I could have thought about the view from halfway down" or "It's all okay, it would be-" and it brings me back to reality. I think this episode sort of saved me. I really loved this list however and I 100% agree with you...well 90%... I like going back and listening to your reviews. It helps keep the show alive!
Love this list! We actually share 8 of the same 10 episodes! 10. Escape from L.A. (2-11) 9. The Dog Days Are Over (5-2) 8. Nice While It Lasted (6-16) 7. The Showstopper (5-11) 6. Stupid Piece of Sh*t (4-6) 5. That's Too Much, Man (3-11) 4. Time's Arrow (4-11) 3. Fish Out of Water (3-4) 2. Free Churro (5-6) 1. The View from Halfway Down (6-15)
I think your list is spot on. I do have a couple of episodes I would want to honor as really good, but I'm not great at ordering things in a list. One that I think belongs on a list somewhere is What Time Is It Right Now. That one just got overshadowed by Time's Arrow, which is deservedly your top ten list. What Time Is It Right Now starts with Princess Carolyn being heartfelt for a split second, then immediately jumps into a pitch. For a fleeting moment, something was there, then it it was instantly destroyed as the camera zooms out and the character falls right back into work mode. I don't want to write a whole essay as a comment but beyond doing a great job following up Time's Arrow, it had one of the best lines in the series for me, which was when Diane finally gave up on her relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter by uttering in a broken voice "I'm so tired of squinting." This episode was personally important to me because it shows how a relationship can go oh so wrong even when both sides like the idea of it. It really struck a chord with me watching two people who both have a fairy tale idea of a relationship. One of them tries to make it a reality, and the other one sees in stark detail exactly how false the whole thing rings, and it becomes the death knell for the whole partnership.
There's too many great episodes to just put them into a top 10, but I think you've got a pretty agreeable list. My favourite is probably Time's Arrow for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. I also like some of more lighthearted episodes when I just wanna have a laugh, so Let's Find Out is always a great one to rewatch, along with other PB centric episodes like Mr Peanutbutter's Boos and Surprise!. I'd probably have Ruthie and/or Nice While It Lasted in my top 10, but I agree with yours a lot. It's tough, so I'm won't put myself through the trouble of trying to rank them all.
My personal list would be 10. Season 2 episode 9 - The shot 9. Season 2 episode 3 - Still Broken 8. Season 1 episode 11 - Downer Ending 7. Season 5 episode 5 - The Amelia Earheart Story 6. Season 5 episode 11 - The Showstopper 5. Season 4 episode 2 - The Old Sugarman Place 4. Season 3 episode 4 - Fish Out Of Water 3. Season 5 episode 6 - Free Churro 2. Season 6 episode 11 - The View From Halfway Down 1.Season 3 episode 11 - That’s Too Much, Man! Thanks for another wonderful video! I’m excited for all the BoJack videos to come!
10. Escape From L.A. 9. Ruthie I loved the spin on this trope of the audience being shown a clip from the future letting us know things will work out in the end. I didn't see the twist coming and her imagining a perfect future for herself on a really awful day is pretty relatable. 8. Downer Ending You pretty much summed it up yourself in this video why this episode is so good. 7. The New Client I loved seeing Princess Carolyn finally being able to have that life she's always wanted but struggle to manage everything at once. I thought the animation was absolutely incredible in this episode. 6. Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos This episode was very creative and funny and created a more nuanced view of his life. I feel like a lot of people think Mr. Peanutbutter's life is perfect because he seems so happy all the time but an episode like this one shows us that he goes through these kinds of struggles too 5. Nice While It Lasted I know there are a lot of people who don't even like this episode at all but I think this episode is perfect. It represents everything the show has been about since day 1. You can't just run away from your problems, you have to face the consequences of your actions. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be a better person because life goes on. And there is really no such thing as an ending or closure because there's always the day after the big dramatic event. I think this episode was the perfect way for the show to end (although I do admit it would have been nice to see a little more of Gina in season 6) 4.Good Damage I loved the message of this episode. I loved seeing Diane finally coming to a place in life where she could be comfortable and happy. And it's just an important moral that 1st of all sometimes damage is just damage and we shouldn't encourage people to 'damage' others as a motivational tool. I see so many people use tough love as an excuse to be terrible. And 2nd of all that you don't need to chase happiness and live the exact life you thought you always wanted but rather find happiness in what you currently have. 3. Stupid Piece of Sh*t Very relatable episode, funny, I feel like everyone has already said what can be said about this episode at this point lol 2. That's Too Much Man 1. The View From Halfway Down That's Too Much Man and The View From Halfway Down were two of the most heart wrenching episodes. I could watch these episodes again and again and never get bored. I still cry every time I watch That's Too Much Man. I've only watched The View From Halfway Down once so far but that's because season 6 just came out in Jan but I'm sure I'll cry every time I watch it again in the future.
Nice choice. 10)That Went Well. 9)See Mr. Peanutbutter Run. 8)Downer Ending. 7)Fish Out of Water. 6)Escape From L.A. 5)The Stopped Show. 4)It's You. 3)That's Too Much, Man! 2)A Horse Walks into a Rehab. 1)The Light Bulb Scene.
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kateyepawtch except chickens
@@carlwheezer2766 even chickens as much as it was stupid it was still a fun and funny episode so I can't exactly hate it. Theres no episodes of Bojack that r actually bad by any means
Agreed
CarlWheezer honestly I thought chickens was the funniest episode in the series. I know the show’s not really a comedy but it cracked me up
@@deadpanduke19 it is a comedy drama, and it especially started as a comedy with drama elements and transitioned into a drama with comedy elements
The scariest bit of The Old Sugarman Place is when Honey says "I have half a mind" and then trails off. She said it earlier as well, creating excellent foreshadowing. And what's also scary to think about is Bojack's grandfather really isn't the villain. He's in total belief he's helping his wife and that's how it was done at the time. It doesn't make it right, but he's a product of the time period he grew up in
Yeah, I really love how the episode didn't pull any punches in its portrayal of the 1950s. And conservatives these days will still claim they were "the good old days." Ugh.
The thing that kinda made him a villain was how he held it over his daughter later if she didn't comply
itsaUSBline just try to hate on conservatives. Real mature
Yes! This is exactly why it is also my #1
Joseph Sugarman reminds me a bit of Calvin Candie from Django Unchained. He’s another thoroughly despicable person, but he was created by the time and culture he lived in. It makes him less of a villain, and more a symptom of a society that is just broken in so many ways.
Personal Favorites:
1.) Escape From L.A
2.) The View from Halfway Down
3.) Free Churro
4.) Times Arrow
5.) The Old Sugarman Place
6.) Downer Ending
7.) Fish Out of Water
8.) The New Client
9.) Ruthie
10.)That’s Too Much Man
I love every single episode on your list! I’m glad you shared, because it’s a lot similar to my favorites.
The New Client and Ruthie are underrated bc PC is underrated lol
My personal top 2 are old Sugarman place and the best episode imo, Times arrow.
Why is Escape From LA your favorite? (No hate, it's one of my favorites, I'm just curious)
Some underrated episode are “ruthie” “the dog days are over” “surprise” “good damage” “head in the clouds” “thoughts in prayers” “it’s you” “the shot” and “the telescope”
To those I would add "Stop the Presses"!
I wouldn’t call Ruthie or Good damage underrated, I see those on top ten lists fairly frequently
Also I’d say that New Couch and That Went Well also belong on the list
Agree with most of those, especially "Ruthie" and "Head in the Clouds." I personally think "Best Thing that Ever Happened" might be the most underrated.
The Pilot, “Yes And,” “The BoJack Horseman Show,” the one where BJ sabotages Todd’s rock opera (which I think is the first Wanda episode), and of course, “Let’s Find Out” are all dangerously underrated!
@@TheNeoParody Stop The Presses is so good!!
i would have included/honorably mentioned Ruthie, best thing that ever happened and the amelia airheart story
I wonder who you favorite character is
Weird that he didn't include any princess caroline episodes tbh
@@itdoesntgetbetter1408 she had a really good character arc ; _ ;
Yeah it seems like PC is a really underrated character even though she's probably one of the most developed of them outside Bojack.
The framing device in Ruthie was especially effective I thought
"But it's fake" followed by "yeah well it makes me feel better" gets me everytime 😥
I don't know if the final season has quite sunk in long enough to rank it yet, but that one with Diane's inner voice and her writing worries, I found similarly affecting as Stupid Piece of Shit. It didn't even feel like the similar vibe was disappointing, but rather a thought of "wow they did it again". Could be a sleeper.
Jane Ross yes!! “Good Damage” is actually my favorite episode of Season 6, and I feel like it got astronomically washed away by “The View From Halfway Down”. I thought it had amazing storytelling and animation and was gut-wrenching as someone who really relates.
A lot of Season 6B is outstanding episodes that are overshadowed by The View from Halfway Down, probably because it all moves so fast and they just sink into being "normal" episodes leading up to the climax.
@@danielle-jg3ee i felt identified with Diane in that episode, because I personally experiment this when I'm trying to do a story of whatever subject, it really stresses me out, that I can't figure out what I'm trying to write, I have the story in my mind, but I can't put it on paper and I end up not doing anything, that's why I don't write stories anymore. That feeling of stress by having a messy nonsensical story in paper, while I'm trying to conceive the story I have in mind is perfectly captured by the animation style, messy and bizarre, it's perfect. I'm glad Bojack still wanted to experiment with different animation styles even in its last season.
@@imorstrash8985 I thought it was also a really cool touch how they contrast that messy animation style with the bright colorful one as she starts writing her mall detective adventures.
Oh and the way she was interrogating herself through the lens of that character was interesting. Like, Dianne knows how to write a fun popular character, so she asks herself, "why can't I *be* a fun popular character?"
How about the Princess Carolyn montage of her daily struggles raising Ruthie? That was stellar.
I'm happy to hear I'm not the only one who sings "I will always think of you" constantly.
Personally, I sing "Don't Stop Dancin'" constantly
@@alexnacud25 i sing dont stop dancin all the time omg
I learned it on guitar
I will always, think of you
KEEP IN MIND SARAH LYNN WASNT DEAD AT THE END OF THAT EPISODE
it was so triggering for me to listen that he had been waiting for 17 minutes
@@martinaval7726 it's horrifying but so brilliant to introduce that small detail that so completely recontextualizes a huge event that directly affected the audience and not just the characters.
It would be easy to chalk up Sarah Lynn's death to her own self-destruction (which Bojack aided, but he didn't FORCE her to relapse or take the heroin. Her choices were tragic and grounded in the failure of the adults around her, but they were still her choices to make.)
Now however, we know that her death is literally and directly caused by Bojack's inaction. We all assumed he did everything he could to prevent her death, including immediately contacting the authorities. He did not. He waited to cover his own ass and even then, she hadn't died. She died at the hospital. This one revelation serves to fully pin just how despicable and selfish Bojack is to the audience, and further questions if he is redeemable. For a lot of us, this piece of information finally damned him as more than a tortured actor.
@@samanthastephens5285 Nope it was a shitty thing to do but it didnt damn him in my eyes. Just another thing to feel shitty about. Plus bojack was high on an epic bender, its not easy to think straight when youve been blackin out for the last week or more. Not an excuse, just a fact. What Bojack did was wrong, he knows it, and will always regret that night the most, out of all the shitty things he did.
@@somestuff7876 I mean he really was, you could tell by how dark the circles under his eyes were and just how he was acting. A month long bender would take a while to bounce back from and get clear headed
@@Jakew9810 It shows that his default is self preservation in confluence with knowing everything he does will be national news and a loss of the audience's love.
I also really like the episode where he gives Mr. PeanutButter his crossover episode. I could watch that scene countless times and still love it
me too, It just shows that Bojacks tiny good deed meant the world to Mr Peanut Butter
sad dog
The Face of Depression. It's my favorite episode of the series, because it's a glorious snapshot of what could have been and the embodiment of the good changes BoJack has begun to make. And knowing where it all ends up going makes the peace and tranquility found at the end all the more tragic.
Zelkiiro same here. When the song kicks in and he’s saying “peace be with you” in the church I can’t help but to tear up.
Weird as this may sound, that's the only time I actually cried when watching through the entire series. Maybe I'm more prone to happy cries than sad ones.
I love free Churro. Also, pure comedic gold is the episode where the spaghetti all spills and is going to crush the underwater town, but Mr. Peanutbutter has all the spaghetti strainers and he comes riding in like a scene from Mad Max. I love that episode.
Caeden I ageee
Definitely the episode of PRINCESS CAROLYN childhood back in North Carolina
Season 6 Episode 4 is also one of my favorites. I love how Mr. PBs surprise wedding party totally escalates and all the guests are hiding while he and Pickles are fighting. We also see major character development for Mr. PB in this episode. Also, it’s one of the few later episodes in which we see all the main characters are in the same place, interacting with one another. This episode was a great mixture of comedy, drama, and character development.
I hope Pickles hired the Predator to kill most of Mr. PBs friends to win him back. "Identity Crisis" anyone?
I loved that episode so much
I thought that was one of the funniest episodes
1. The view from halfway down
2. The dog days are over
3. Free Churro
4. Ancient History
5. Good Damage
6. Planned Obsolescence
7. Xerox of a Xerox
8. The light bulb scene
9. Hooray Todd Episode
10. The stopped show
I fell in love with an asexual so I know how it feels, but she was the one that got me into this show. We’re not talking now but hope you enjoyed s6 ❤️
As you can see I love Todd. X
For me season 1 episode 8, "The Telescope", would be somewhere on the top 10. This is the episode that first shows off one of the major themes of the show, that you can't undo the mistakes of your past, in such a heartbreaking way. When Herb tells Bojack "I will never forgive you", and seeing Bojack get mad at Herb as if he is obligated to an apology, is what made me realize the show has the potential to be one of the greats, and it lived up to that expectation.
Ouch.
How is no one talking about “That Went Well”? The last two minutes of that episode were genuinely one of the most beautiful moments of the entire show
Agreed, if not the episode as a whole, those final scenes felt like the pinnacle of the series and is what firmly established Bojack Horseman as one of my all time favorite shows. It left impact that I haven't felt since.
Cody McGuire Could not agree more.
Yeah no other scene in television consistently makes me just feel as much as that one does. Rest of the episode is quite good but it shoots far above other more consistent episodes just for that ending.
Time for a top 10 moments video
@Vaggod1 S3 EP12, right after Sarah Lynn's dies
The Old Sugarman Place, probably
..ah, I see I'm not alone in that
The ending is life-saving
It’s such a great episode, easy to get lost in the glitz and glamor of the penultimate episodes of each season
yess, my people :D
@@RP-mp4ow still within season 4 I prefer the ending to Time's Arrow even more, worth noting that that is the last time that beatrice is shown to be alive.. it's still very high up on my list
Bro I love this fucking show.
Mine is:
1. Time's Arrow: One of my favorite episodes of television ever; you've been four seasons hating a character, and suddenly you understand her. Gives you information about everything, and portraits memory in a really artistic way.
2. The Best Thing That Ever Happened: My favorite self-contained story, just one location, and a lot of character development, as well as comedy. You get to understand in 24 minutes all of BoJack and PC relationship and dynamics.
3. Free Churro: It's like entering the mind of BoJack himself, just by hearing him talk. Beautiful.
4. Escape from L.A.: The episode that really hooked me in to the series, and the hardest hit in the guts about how the series wasn't actually glorifying BoJack, but criticizing him as a destructive force.
5. Good While It Lasted: This episode was, for lack of better word, a poem, like if writers decided to end, not by narrative, but by poetry. It has a feeling of purgatory for BoJack, where he by interactions is tested between heaven and hell, but of course this is not a purgatory, this is real life, and for each interaction, seems BoJack is about to fall to hell, but he is a better BoJack, more mature, and by the end he proves himself to be a bit better than before, and he is rewarded by watching the stars with his best friend as a farewell.
6. The View From Halfway Down: Why so low? For me, what I'm invested in BoJack are characters, this was a spectacular, dense, filled of symbols and callbacks to moments episode, but the only new thing we learn about him is at the end, when he acts as a farewell.
7. Fish Out of Water: First time through the series that BoJack starts doing good things for selfless purposes, showing he has a good nature when he is isolated from his distractions/addictions.
8. The Old Sugarman Place: Aside from what Jhonny said, for me, this is the episode I use to introduce people to the series. It spoils a a bit of Sarah Lynn's death, but since people don't know her yet, they forget about that detail.
9. Ruthie: It hurted the first time we discovered Ruthie wasn't real. It hurts even more the second time when we watch it as a coping mechanism of PC.
10. Surprise!: BoJack is as much tragedy as it is comedy. And simply ignoring the best comedic episode would be to undermine the other side of the series. Blocking is amazing, dynamics are quirky and awesome. And it soots an arrow to Mr. PB future development as a character.
This list is closer to what my own list would have been if I knew how to pick ten, Free Churro and Ruthie really deserve to be up there. I talked about one that got overshadowed in my own comment but I don't really think it deserves to be on a list even though it was memorable to me.
Wow! You just made me realize PC named her daughter Ruthie, also! So it's like she named her after the fake descendant she created to help her feel better. Beautiful. And now maybe she will have a descendant named Ruthie in honor of the daughter PC just adopted.
I also like the view from halfway down a lot less than most people because it forces me to think about the autoerotic asphyxiation episode.
Some of my underrated favourites:
The Telescope
After the Party
Let's Find Out!
The Shot
Stop the Presses
It's You
Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos
Surprise!
Good Damage
Nice While It Lasted
Let's Find Out is probably the funniest episode of the whole series. I just rewatched it the other day. Dude this is for charity lol
Loved Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos. It hit hard for me because I felt for Pickles. I've been in her position before and it sucks.
Surprise is a god tier episode
Wait, The Telescope, Let’s find out and Nice while it lasted are underrated? I thought people loved them
Beatrice's mother's "Why I have half a mind..." is probably the most haunting sentence ever spoken on the show, destroys me every damn time. The first time it felt like a gut punch. Harrowing.
The cover for “A horse with no name” was *SUCH* a good choice for the introduction to “The Old Sugarman Place”.
I think one of my favorite episodes was Ruthie. The plot twist at the end was heart breaking and even though Princess Carolyn had a happy ending, at the moment I was really sad for her. All turning out to be her imagination to make her feel better was just sad and melancholic, and one just expects her day to be better but it was an entirely awful day for her
In the second to last episode of season 5, the silence that took place when Bojack stood looking up at his giant balloon self, was breathtaking
That was my favorite episode. I hope he breaks down this episode because it's the most darkest episode ever.
When that fly dude got very upset and tried to kill him and Bojack I was genuinely feeling anxiety. That whole montage showcased their friendship growing as they built the house. When he was crying about how he didn’t want to live I expected Bojack to talk to him or help him but he left him there and I still don’t know what happened to that fly.
Season 1:ha horseman get drunk 😂😂😂😂season 6: Oh no horseman get drunk 😱
You need to do the top 10 funniest episodes. These were all deeply emotional and powerful episodes, but we need to get some Todd episodes on the list
Hope you'll include "Best Thing That Ever Happened" in your underrated episodes video , one of my favorite episodes we get to see very closely the nature of the relationship between PC and Bojack and Pc constant need to help others i just think it's criminaly underrated
Princess Carolyn, what are we doing?
That episode hits harder every time I watch it.
"I do love you by the way, as much as i'm capable of loving anyone, which is never enough"
I'm sure this will be on Johnny's Underrated list. It's raw, intimate, personal. And as you say, we really get the feel for the texture of BoJack & PC's dysfunctional relationship.
Its not a first on my top 10 list, but i want to bring up „Dogs days are over” since you dont have it on your list. I think this episode is great, funny and deals with, maybe not so serious problem of breaking up. For me its a important topic and I love how they show us that break up is hard but you will be ok. You just have to accept some things and focus on yourself.
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I didn't really warm up to Diane til this episode, it's so crazy good
I love Diane's monologue at the end of the episode.
More excited about the underrated list as you've pretty much just listed the "canon" of deep and experimental episodes (with "The Telescope" being the unlucky one to hit outside your top 10).
There are episodes that have some of the series strongest moments that get overlooked because they are "normal" episodes with B and C plots, like It's You, Head in the Clouds, The Face of Depression, Angela (most of 6B really). There are really strong Princess Carolyn and Diane episodes (like Ruthie and Good Damage) that could contend with the top 10 but get overshadowed by Bojack episodes. Episodes like Brand New Couch and A Horse Walks into Rehab as season premieres aren't well positioned to be "greats" since they have a job to do as season premieres, but they do that job and so much more.
"Nice While it Lasted" is going to age very well as one of the best series finales of any show, it's just overshadowed by the episode before it (much like The Wire, or Breaking Bad which climaxes 2 episodes before the finale)
can you do character analysis on bojack characters? i think it would be great to hear your opinion on them and the main characters development
My absolute favorite episode is The Face of Depression. It’s where we finally get to see Bojack believe he can heal and move forward from the mistakes in his life, and the scene in the church one of the most powerful scenes in the entire show
I loved "A Quick One while He's Away" because it showed that the writers could make a brilliant episode with literally none of the series regulars playing a role.
Good Damage is by far my favorite episode. I relate strongly with Diane as someone who experienced a neglectful childhood and clung to the idea that one day I would write something that would make all my damage worthwhile. Her inner monologue is so similar to my own and I love the details - like her internal representation of herself being her teenage self. It’s the moment her trauma stunted her growth. She is forever making decisions to try and protect that young version’s idea of self - the fantasy of her being a successful writer who got out of her abusive family and changed the world with her writing. It’s a fantasy her younger self needed to survive - the same way horsin’ around provided her the fantasy of a supportive family. Her learning to let go of that exception of self over the rest of the series is so healing and it starts in Good Damage.
Fish out of water is honestly my favorite episode. It’s clever, beautiful and encompasses the main themes with such ease, making it a masterpiece imo.
the ending of the old sugarman place is so great
"I have half a mind..."
Guts me every time
One of my favorite episodes that you did not have in your top 10 has to be the best thing that ever happened season 3 episode 9 where Bojack and Princess Carolyn have a fight in Elefante and we learn more about their relationship
The final 3 episode of season 3 where things went from bad to a hell of a lot worse...
view from halfway down was so spectacular the first time watching it. i remember being so blown away by the sheer genius of the writers.. but the episode It’s You is always overlooked as it’s one of the only times Bojack really gets put in his place and he clearly still feels guilt about Todd through the whole series. Xerox of a Xerox and New Client are both memorable as well
My favorite has to be "Ruthie" , "The Amelia Earhart Story", "Feel Good Story" or and I can't remember the title but the episode BoJack goes with Diane to meet her family and turns out they're shitty to her
Live fast, Diane Nguyen. 1x05
Mr. Peanutbutter Boos is underrated. It's one of the lighter episodes, but all of the jokes and references are really funny. Also Jessica Biel.
Biel with it, jackass!
Actually call me crazy but Ruthie is my absolute favorite. Watching it kinda lifted me up during very hard times
My list:
10: Escape From La
9: The Telescope
8: What Time Is It Right Now?
7: The Light Bulb Scene
6: Free Churro
5: The Showstopper
4: Nice While It Lasted
3: The Old Sugarman Place
2: The View From Halfway Down
1: Xerox Of A Xerox
Good Damage was the episode that was the most relatable to me and has to be one of my favorites. Diane's storyline about her new meds and how conflicted she is about them and her fears on maybe needing them forever are so real and things I have struggled with when I first got my meds. It was so comforting and has to be one of my favorites
Free churro is amazing. One of the best written monologues of all time. Despite only being one character and one shot, I was captivated the entire time and wasn’t able to look away.
yes!! the old sugar man place is also my favorite episode but i couldn’t really articulate why. i hope you do decide to do an analysis of the ep!!
I definitely will!
Love your vids man, still can't let go. This show was too good for us
I like your list. Very solid choices. I have to say that, personally, the episode that had the biggest effect on me (though I'm not sure it's my favorite, it was difficult for me) was Stupid Piece of S**t. It finally convinced me to talk to my doctor about the unhealthy thoughts I was having. I'd really have to think about a top 10 and the order, but I'd also have Fish Out of Water, Free Churro, Time's Arrow, and Downer Ending.
Love your videos soooo much 😁and a reminder:don't forget the video you promised about top 10 underrated episodes!
Yes let’s see a breakdown of the old sugarman place!!
I would love to see a video focusing on the penultimate episodes! what they have in common, how they differ, themes, etc. just a super in-depth break down.
Most underrated episode- Dog days are over. How precisely they portray the aftermath of a break up was mind-blowingly relatable.
Thanks for your content, Johnny. Especially the Bojack videos, these videos make me feel like I'm discussing Bojack Horseman with a friend because none of my friends watch the series 😭😂
I think my favorite episode is Ruthie. Even though the twist at the end is heartbreaking, I think it’s a great look into Princess Carolyn’s character. I love it more now knowing that PC named her daughter Ruthie, it makes the episode a little less sad. :-) I have always rooted for PC and I’m so glad she’s happy at the end of the series.
The view from half way down but I can never watch it again because it’s so personal and I start crying as soon as it starts. That episode is truly a masterpiece
I would personally put "The View from Halfway Down" as #1 in my list, but I probably agree completely with your picks for the top 3. Those two episodes of season 4 (Time's Arrow and The Old Sugarman Place) were the ones that made me truly realize that what I was watching was easily one of the best TV series of all time
I'm super glad to have found your channel. Your Bojack content is **chef's kiss**
Thanks Allison! Glad to have ya here :)
Idk about top 10 but my top 5 are:
5: The Showstopper
4: Time’s Arrow
3: That’s Too Much, Man!
2: Free Churro
1: The View From Halfway Down
My favourite episode is “the view from halfway down” because i guess im a sadist and i want to be devastated from a tv show. Also because that was an insane poem about suicide that could stand as its own literature because it was so beautifully-written.
It's also the darkest episode ever and The Fiend's favorite, it's also disturbing.
#LetMeIn
It was a devastating episode. I was ruined for months after. The pandemic came along soon after and all those people started dying and I was still more upset over The View From Halfway Down."
Hooray! Todd Episode! is a super important episode in the show. Whilst I don't think it's number 1 it would say maybe 6 or 5. It shows the importance of Todd in the characters lives and highlights how little they appreciate him. It shows themes of joy, sadness, confusion and overcoming obstacles. Whilst the episode is nowhere near as dark as episodes like ''View from halfway down', it shows that the show has so many stories to tell. And the idea of Todd not showing up to the final performance to ding the triangle is perfect in showing his character development. Many write Todd off as a silly character but he has so much character development and shows more sadness than most characters in the show. He came far from the screw up on Bojack sofa.
"That's too much man" is my all time favorite. Love all the episodes from your list though, good job!
My personal favorites with 1 being the best are:
1. The Old Sugarman Place
2. The Telescope
3. Escape From LA
4. Hank After Dark
5. Best Thing That Ever Happened
6. Stupid Piece of Sh*t
7. Ruthie
8. Xerox of a Xerox
9. Mr. Peanutbutter’s Boos
10. The Dog Days Are Over
I feel like we don’t talk enough about how well animated this look on Bojack’s face is when he strangles Gina 2:32. It’s scary and so well done.
10. the dog days are over
9. a horse walks into a rehab
8. ruthie
7. escape from LA
6. the old sugarman place
5. times arrow
4. the showstopper
3. thats too much, man
2. the view from halfway down
1. fish out of water
I was so excited to see "The Old Sugarman Place" as number one. It's by far my favorite episode but it's so often over shadowed by episodes like Free Churo and Fish out of Water
I was honestly surprised you didn't put Ruthie on this list 🤔
“Well That Went Well” is such a good moment in the show in my opinion. At the point I had watched it, I was pretty much at one of my lowest points in my life, and this episode gave me so much clarity and catharsis. The idea of “life goes on” is so clear in the episode, and it’s reinforced in the next episode when it just shows peoples lives going on without bojack. Also, the ending with Nina Simone singing “stars” made me actually cry the first time I watched it, and I rarely am affected that much by film/television. Still gives me chills every time I watched it
In my opinion I agree 100% with the entire list and your points. Great video Johnny!
Is it weird that I find it weird that I still haven't seen anyone have "Face of Depression" in their list?
Idk I thought people would have that there cause as much as Bojack doesn't deserve forgiveness for the most part, it's so refreshing to finally see him change and to see all the other characters happy.
Mr PB finally getting his crossover episode, Diane being content with Guy and choosing antidepressants over Good Damage, Princess Carolyn having Ruthie, and Todd not being Bojack's shadow and not having disappointed parents.
It's also really fitting how the episode is called "The Face of Depression", a label that was given to Mr Peanutbutter. For a show about a self absorbed narcissist, it's fitting that the title is simultaneously about him but not about him either.
I'll go with a top 5 because it's easier
1. Free churro: The episode is amazing, I thought I will be bored as hell during a 24 minutes monologue but it blew my mind. Such a deep episode about loss, I love it
2. The view from halfway down: Just an amazing episode with so much tension, the ending made me tear up, it's really beautiful
3. Good damage: An episode I can relate too, the animation style is very effective in the story telling and there is a very good message: you don't have to fetichize on your own sadness and you can choose to let your shitty past behind and be happy. I think a lot of people needeed to hear that.
4. Ruthie: I really like PC and it was hard to see her at her lowest but she's such a strong woman! The ending always get me.
5. Hooray! Todd episode: I never really liked Todd, I hate the "funny and dumb sidekick who's here for comic relief" trope no matter in what show you put it. But I think Todd manage to remain likable and he's always doing so much to help everyone, I'm glad this time he choosed to focus on himself. I was really happy for him at the end because he could finally explore and understand his (lack of) sexuality and it was really nice to have some ace representation. I'm not ace but I think it's always nice to represent some lesser known sexualities because it's always nice to see a character go to the same things as you and it help other people understanding it better
I don’t have a top 10 rn, I need rematch it all, however “Stop the Presses” is CRIMINALLY underrated. Was easily my favourite until the 3-6 seasons developed
Free Churro is a magnificent feat. The form, the delivery, the effectiveness, etc are of world class caliber.
The Old Sugarman Place is also my favourite episode! And you mentioned it was your favourite in one of your previous videos, which I thought it was great! This is an excellent Top 10 list.
I agree 100% about the Old Sugarman Place. I love how the two narratives bleed into each other over the course of the episode. Particularly the barn dance/weather-vane caper sequence.
The most underrated episode is the Seasons 2 premiere and is my favourite by far
"Brand New Couch." Yeah. Incredibly good. And this, to me, was the point where BoJack Horseman declared it's greatness in no uncertain terms.
What are YOU doing here?!
I really liked this list, and i actually have candidate for the most underrated episodes:
S2E10 Yes And
I really liked the toxic dynamic that developed between Bojack and Diane. And Bojack's Breakup with Wanda kinda foreshadows the loss of another friend. The improv storyline of Todd is hillarious. I guess that maybe the episode got a little overshadowed by what happened in Escape from LA. Plus the outro song is beautiful :)
I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles. I'm tired of running in circles.
Yes, I'd love to watch your take on Sugarman Place after Escape from LA
Great list! 🐎👍 Your #1 pick is one of my favorite episodes as well!
The View from Halfway Down
and Free Churro hit me the hardest that's why I have them as my absolute favorites and get surprised when they don't make it on someone's top 5.
Ugh, that guitar sting at 4:55 gets me every time!
1. Escape from LA
2. The View from Halfway Down
3. Free Churro
4. That’s Too Much, Man!
5. Stupid Piece of Sh*t
6. The Old Sugarman Place
7. The Showstopper
8. Time’s Arrow
9. The Telescope
10. Let’s Find Out
The Old Sugarman Place is my top favorite episode too!! I agree that the duet across time is my favorite scene. It struck me so deeply the first time I saw it. It seemed like something that could work on a Broadway stage but seeing something like that in a cartoon left me in awe.
love all of these but some of my favorites you didn’t mention are underground, best thing that ever happened, good damage, and the amelia earhart story
Am I the only one who thinks that "Hooray! Todd Episode!" is a massively underrated episode? It's one of my favorite episodes of all time.
my top 10:
1. The View From Halfway Down
2. Free Churro
3. That's Too Much, Man!
4. Stupid Piece of Shit
5. The Showstopper
6. Nice While it Lasted
7. Time's Arrow
8. The Old Sugarman Place
9. Downer Ending
10. Angela
(I was rly struggling to pick between Angela, Escape From LA, and Xerox of a Xerox for my 10th place)
a lot of reviewer channels feel really stale and almost medical in how they do top 10s and breakdowns, but what i like about your videos is that you never take anything at face value. you can take a concept as simple as a top ten and still provide thought-provoking commentary that moves me on a deeper level. thanks for making videos, you're one of the things that's getting me through my last semester of college right now.
Aw, dude, thanks so much! I really appreciate that. Good luck with your last semester, YOU’RE SO CLOSE!
YES.
I love "The Old Sugarman Place" - I showed it to a friend of mine who had never seen Bojack, and it works perfectly as a depiction of everything the show is. It has amazing humor, deep meaning, and for those who have watched Bojack, it begins to untangle the mess that is Beatrice Horseman.
I hate her!
fish out of water is personally my favourite. i love how it diverges from the normal hyper dialogue and the pacific ocean works perfectly as a setting. my favourite of the many 10/10 episodes
I love this shows commentary on mental illness while still being a good time to watch. It's thought provoking but not in a way that so in your face like most of the shows I've seen Netflix make trying to do so. I have always loved this show and always will. I've rewatched it more times than I can even count. Its like the office for me. You can watch it over and over and not get bored.
1) The view from halfway down
2) The old sugarman place
3) The showstopper
4) Time's arrow
5) Ruthie
6) Free churro
7) The amelia earhart story
8) Escaping from LA
9) Best thing that ever happened
10) Surprise!
11 cause i can't not mention this) Good damage
Hard to narrow the ones I love to a top 10; each of the episodes are above and beyond what I could ever hope for in a TV show. Easily one of my favorite shows of all time.
10. Good Damage
9. Escape From LA
7. Braap, Braap, Pew Pew (tied with Surprise!)
6. Free Churro
5. That's Too Much Man
4. It Was Nice While It Lasted
3. Ruthie
2. The Dog Days Are Over
1. The View From Halfway Down
It’s the best tv show I’ve ever watched. Love your videos and the critical thinking you put into every one of these is thought provoking. I keep trying to get my friends to watch Bojack but they get put off by the (in my own opinion) muddled first season but I can’t wait to have some discussions with people about the masterpiece the series becomes. Thanks for the great content.
How do you only have 30k subs?!! Your channel is awesome 👏🏼 👏🏼
Thank you! I've gained a lot recently so hopefully it keeps moving up :)
The episode Faces of Depression is my favorite because it’s the best ending to the show and really could’ve been the ending to the show especially considering that Bojack is able to change and heal
I have to say that my favorite episode of Bojack Horseman is "The View From Halfway Down"
As someone who was just recovering after a suicide attempt, I cannot relate to this episode more. I had a similar fever BoJ where I took a train to a mansion and got to eat dinner with people in my life who had died. Mind you it had less witty banter and instead was just this painful reminder that those people are gone forever and one day I'll join them.
The poem by Secretariat/Butterscotch is also the best suicide prevention PSA I've ever seen. Whenever I get down now I repeat the words "I wish I could have thought about the view from halfway down" or "It's all okay, it would be-" and it brings me back to reality. I think this episode sort of saved me.
I really loved this list however and I 100% agree with you...well 90%...
I like going back and listening to your reviews. It helps keep the show alive!
I just watched Undone today. Really great mini-series.
Love this list! We actually share 8 of the same 10 episodes!
10. Escape from L.A. (2-11)
9. The Dog Days Are Over (5-2)
8. Nice While It Lasted (6-16)
7. The Showstopper (5-11)
6. Stupid Piece of Sh*t (4-6)
5. That's Too Much, Man (3-11)
4. Time's Arrow (4-11)
3. Fish Out of Water (3-4)
2. Free Churro (5-6)
1. The View from Halfway Down (6-15)
The old sugarman place is so phenomenal. It gave me absolute chills
"Underground" is one of my favourite most mindblowing things I have watched on the show.
I think your list is spot on. I do have a couple of episodes I would want to honor as really good, but I'm not great at ordering things in a list. One that I think belongs on a list somewhere is What Time Is It Right Now. That one just got overshadowed by Time's Arrow, which is deservedly your top ten list. What Time Is It Right Now starts with Princess Carolyn being heartfelt for a split second, then immediately jumps into a pitch. For a fleeting moment, something was there, then it it was instantly destroyed as the camera zooms out and the character falls right back into work mode. I don't want to write a whole essay as a comment but beyond doing a great job following up Time's Arrow, it had one of the best lines in the series for me, which was when Diane finally gave up on her relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter by uttering in a broken voice "I'm so tired of squinting." This episode was personally important to me because it shows how a relationship can go oh so wrong even when both sides like the idea of it. It really struck a chord with me watching two people who both have a fairy tale idea of a relationship. One of them tries to make it a reality, and the other one sees in stark detail exactly how false the whole thing rings, and it becomes the death knell for the whole partnership.
There's too many great episodes to just put them into a top 10, but I think you've got a pretty agreeable list. My favourite is probably Time's Arrow for a lot of the reasons you mentioned. I also like some of more lighthearted episodes when I just wanna have a laugh, so Let's Find Out is always a great one to rewatch, along with other PB centric episodes like Mr Peanutbutter's Boos and Surprise!. I'd probably have Ruthie and/or Nice While It Lasted in my top 10, but I agree with yours a lot. It's tough, so I'm won't put myself through the trouble of trying to rank them all.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING OLD SUGARMAN PLACE AS YOUR FIRST. ITS MIIIIINEEEEE!!!!!
My personal list would be
10. Season 2 episode 9 - The shot
9. Season 2 episode 3 - Still Broken
8. Season 1 episode 11 - Downer Ending
7. Season 5 episode 5 - The Amelia Earheart Story
6. Season 5 episode 11 - The Showstopper
5. Season 4 episode 2 - The Old Sugarman Place
4. Season 3 episode 4 - Fish Out Of Water
3. Season 5 episode 6 - Free Churro
2. Season 6 episode 11 - The View From Halfway Down
1.Season 3 episode 11 - That’s Too Much, Man!
Thanks for another wonderful video! I’m excited for all the BoJack videos to come!
The Viev From Halfway Down-15 episode.
10. Escape From L.A.
9. Ruthie
I loved the spin on this trope of the audience being shown a clip from the future letting us know things will work out in the end. I didn't see the twist coming and her imagining a perfect future for herself on a really awful day is pretty relatable.
8. Downer Ending
You pretty much summed it up yourself in this video why this episode is so good.
7. The New Client
I loved seeing Princess Carolyn finally being able to have that life she's always wanted but struggle to manage everything at once. I thought the animation was absolutely incredible in this episode.
6. Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos
This episode was very creative and funny and created a more nuanced view of his life. I feel like a lot of people think Mr. Peanutbutter's life is perfect because he seems so happy all the time but an episode like this one shows us that he goes through these kinds of struggles too
5. Nice While It Lasted
I know there are a lot of people who don't even like this episode at all but I think this episode is perfect. It represents everything the show has been about since day 1. You can't just run away from your problems, you have to face the consequences of your actions. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be a better person because life goes on. And there is really no such thing as an ending or closure because there's always the day after the big dramatic event. I think this episode was the perfect way for the show to end (although I do admit it would have been nice to see a little more of Gina in season 6)
4.Good Damage
I loved the message of this episode. I loved seeing Diane finally coming to a place in life where she could be comfortable and happy. And it's just an important moral that 1st of all sometimes damage is just damage and we shouldn't encourage people to 'damage' others as a motivational tool. I see so many people use tough love as an excuse to be terrible. And 2nd of all that you don't need to chase happiness and live the exact life you thought you always wanted but rather find happiness in what you currently have.
3. Stupid Piece of Sh*t
Very relatable episode, funny, I feel like everyone has already said what can be said about this episode at this point lol
2. That's Too Much Man
1. The View From Halfway Down
That's Too Much Man and The View From Halfway Down were two of the most heart wrenching episodes. I could watch these episodes again and again and never get bored. I still cry every time I watch That's Too Much Man. I've only watched The View From Halfway Down once so far but that's because season 6 just came out in Jan but I'm sure I'll cry every time I watch it again in the future.
Nice choice.
10)That Went Well.
9)See Mr. Peanutbutter Run.
8)Downer Ending.
7)Fish Out of Water.
6)Escape From L.A.
5)The Stopped Show.
4)It's You.
3)That's Too Much, Man!
2)A Horse Walks into a Rehab.
1)The Light Bulb Scene.