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BoJack Horsemans spectacular fourth season was also, somehow, its darkest.
Which leaves us only with one question: Where can it all go from here?
Navigating a characters evolution in a long-running television show is incredibly tricky.
And here, for the first time, he is genuinely trying to do better.
Hes really trying to do it, but its still so damn hard.
He even wants his co-star to hang around after sex and even listens to her (kind of).
Hes desperate for the people around him to be close so that he does not feel alone.
(Remember last seasons episode where we actually saw how much of his inner thoughts were self-hate?)
So we usually make negative choices because they are easier.
They numb the pain or make us feel like were somehow right in our battles against the world.
So often, you just find new things to try and displace.
As Flip tells BoJack, everyones fine with it but you.
There are a lot of people just trying to be fine in this episode.
But the things that are really bothering us always have a way of erupting.
Its everything hes trying to be more than right now.
So, no, he doesnt want to be fine with it.
Instead, he has to just keep it together for ten weeks and finish the show.
So BoJack tries to be fine.
He sucks it up and does the nude scene.
He even makes jokes and invites the whole crew over for a party at his house.
Flip then comes to him with a mea culpa, saying thanks for doing the work today.
Its always going to be him.
And while BoJacks ready to grow, hes realizing the world never really wants you to grow.
It wants you to be who they think you are.
It wants you to say your line.
It wants you to just be fine with everything happening.
No matter what burns around you, or deep inside.
I brought my own spinning chair and everything!
But thats a great note about the lighting.
Ill take a look at that.
Best Bit-Part Animals: Snake operating the boom and mantis-hooker seasoning her john.
This Weeks Actual Mean-Joke Target: David Boreanaz and his design sense.
