The times BoJack Horseman got too real

Season 6 of BoJack Horseman is approaching us fast. The show has been on since 2014 and this October, Netflix will release the first part of the season finale after canceling it. The show has dealt with a lot of heavy topics other shows don’t dare to: coming out, abortion, infertility, depression, child trauma, death, addiction, and yet still remains as one of the most clever, funny and entertaining shows of this decade. And for a show with that amount of controversial topics, here’s a list of some of the moments (not all, contains spoilers, and definitely not in order) that made us say “oh shit, that got too real.”

BoJack can’t be truly happy

During season 2, BoJack gets the role of his life, to play Secretariat, his childhood idol, while season 3 deals with the promotion and his road to get an Oscar nomination. But one of BoJack’s recurring themes is the search of a happiness he’s not even sure he can actually get (or deserves). During this time, a lot of the other characters tell him that if he is not happy now, maybe he’ll never be. Ultimately, BoJack understands that a nomination, the movie, anything, will only make him happy for a moment and that happiness never lasts or impacts him enough.

Blaming everything to mental health

Princess Carolyn’s bad day

Sarah Lynn

Diane gets an abortion

Todd is asexual

Red flags and squinting

Beatrice Sugarman

Bojack’s childhood and Secretariat

Hank Hippopopulus/Vance Waggoner and Me Too

In both season 2 (“Hank After Dark”, which came years before the #metoo movement) and season 5 (“BoJack the Feminist”), the show deals with cases of sexual misconduct allegations. During the first one, Diane gets backlash for mentioning that beloved actor Hank Hippopopulus was accused by multiple of his workers, while the second deals with BoJack as a feminist hero who speaks for women everywhere, thus exposing the different behavior against women and men, and the lack of repercussion of powerful people (in this case men) when they do anything: Hank doesn’t get a job and Diane gets death threats for speaking up, and Vance gets multiple job offers.

We just want to be seen

Gun violence

Hollyhock’s tiny voice

The true meaning of Philbert

Perhaps one of the most self-reflective moments in the show comes hand in hand with the premiere of BoJack’s new show Philbert (“Head in the Clouds”, season 5). It puts a big mirror in front of the viewer to realize that BoJack is not someone to look up to, excuse or relate. His new show is about a self-destructive detective who drinks too much and gets away with a lot. During the premiere, BoJack uses the show to justify his behavior, much like a lot of viewers. Diane confronts him, telling him that his actions have consequences and that Philbert is going to make others do the same, position themselves in the role of a victim because it’s easy. This is a hard slap on the audience who hopefully, will get the message.

And finally, this moment

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