Coming up with something completely original is never easy, but this episode of BoJack Horseman is really unlike any other in the series or anything else I've seen for that matter, and it's brilliant! I won't dwell much on the specifics here because, had I read a description of it, I probably wouldn't have been interested in seeing it.
BoJack Horseman has always been a show where the creators have a lot of fun with the whole concept of a world where intelligent animals coexist with humans. This episode really makes the most of this environment as BoJack attends an underwater film festival where his movie "Secretariat" is being shown. The "Underwater Film Festival" naturally is in an underwater city in the pacific ocean and the underwater world is one aspect that really makes this episode special. There is so much going on in the background, it's even more impossible to get it all in on a first viewing than with other episodes. Little touches like cars driving on the left, alcohol patches, or how what seemed like an insignificant joke about the thumbs up gesture ends up hilarious by getting re-used in several different contexts.
The character of BoJack Horseman has really come into his own too. Initially through the first part of season 1 it seemed a bit like this was going to be yet another "I used to be famous" type of story, but the character has developed into so much more. This really shines through when he's attempting to return a lost baby and tries to make things right with Kelsey Jannings whom he got fired as director of Secretariat.
A truly beautiful episode that I had to watch again right away!
BoJack Horseman has always been a show where the creators have a lot of fun with the whole concept of a world where intelligent animals coexist with humans. This episode really makes the most of this environment as BoJack attends an underwater film festival where his movie "Secretariat" is being shown. The "Underwater Film Festival" naturally is in an underwater city in the pacific ocean and the underwater world is one aspect that really makes this episode special. There is so much going on in the background, it's even more impossible to get it all in on a first viewing than with other episodes. Little touches like cars driving on the left, alcohol patches, or how what seemed like an insignificant joke about the thumbs up gesture ends up hilarious by getting re-used in several different contexts.
The character of BoJack Horseman has really come into his own too. Initially through the first part of season 1 it seemed a bit like this was going to be yet another "I used to be famous" type of story, but the character has developed into so much more. This really shines through when he's attempting to return a lost baby and tries to make things right with Kelsey Jannings whom he got fired as director of Secretariat.
A truly beautiful episode that I had to watch again right away!