![]() Peanutbutter and have to explain why she abandoned the project before her trip was done. Diane feels like a fraud and is afraid to come back home to Mr. From the very first episode of Season 2, her role as an adviser on the Secretariat film set is not appreciated, she struggles with her purpose, and when she finally goes off to do something she thinks is meaningful, it’s a project as vain and useless as anything she’s doing in LA. We actually got to see Diane fail this season. Of all the story lines, Diane’s is the best. Kudos to Amy Sedaris for pulling off that role so well. It also makes her resolution in the season finale oh so very satisfying, especially when he tries to use her age against her. When a rabbit coworker (played by Jean Ralphio himself, Ben Schwartz) starts to schmooze her, it’s clear she’s being manipulated and set up for a fall. She’s ruthless, but she’s also incredibly vulnerable and cares about doing a good job. Princess Carolyn is a character archetype (the take-no-prisoner older female Hollywood agent) who would easily be written one dimensionally by lesser writers. The writers steered away from that, to my great relief, and this allowed for both women to have fuller character arcs. One of the ways I was worried the show would repeat itself in Season 2 was if BoJack once again turned to these two women as potential (but fruitless) love interests, putting either woman back into that awkward position again. Last season, their arcs were intrinsically tied to BoJack’s. A surprise and delight of this season was getting to see the storylines of both Princess Carolyn and Diane unfold. When BoJack falls from the small amount of grace he had built up, he falls hard. There’s no ambiguity to BoJack’s flaws, there’s no “boys will be boys” hand waving. One of the show’s biggest strengths is being able to show its protagonist do horrible, selfish things and not frame those choices as excusable. BoJack, no.” during the last third of the episode. ![]() It’s supposed to be because BoJack is making terrible choices. I’ll avoid getting into the particulars for those avoiding spoilers, but it is … cringe-worthy. I say “less self-sabotaging” because, well, there’s the “Escape from LA” episode. There’s less self-sabotaging on his part and looking back after watching the whole season it’s clear he’s had some progress. Oh sure, he’s still selfish and makes huge mistakes towards the end of the season, but his relationship with live-in girlfriend (Lisa Kudrow in one of the stronger new roles) endures through more than one fight. While his hyper-positivity only lasts for the first episode (in part thanks to a visit from his soul-crushing mother), there is a sense that BoJack has matured since the first season. He has an award-winning biography, he’s been cast in his dream role, and he has a better understanding of his own issues. ![]() ![]() Continuing the themes in Season 1’s finale, BoJack himself starts off this season wanting to change. What works about BoJack Horseman: Season 2 is that the writers clearly went in wanting to build off the story they had already created. After all, BoJack made some big strides as a character last season and that could easily be undone if the show didn’t know what to do with him now that he has more self-awareness. The trap a lot of second seasons find themselves in is trying to recreate all the beats that made Season 1 work. Like in Season 1, part of the fun of rewatching is figuring out the guest voice you didn’t recognize the first time through. Henry Winkler, Paul McCartney, Sarah Koenig, and Daniel Radcliffe actually guest as themselves. Salinger would do, right? Speaking of voices, the huge list of guest stars sprinkled throughout the show includes Ron Funches, Tatiana Maslany, Keegan-Michael Key, Ilana Glazer, while Joel McHale. Salinger (voiced by Alan Arkin) produce a celebrity trivia show because of course that’s what J.D. Several running jokes came back: the banner background gag, the various animal pun names, the Vincent Adultman shtick, and Character Actress Margo Martindale’s panache for crime, etc. Before jumping into the actual plot and character arcs, let’s get it out now - Having completed binging the whole thing since it went live last week, Season 2 is just as sharp with the jokes as it was last season. ![]()
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