BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman
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Genre	Animated sitcom Adult animation Comedy-drama Satire Surreal humor Black comedy
Created by	Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Voices of	Will Arnett Amy Sedaris Alison Brie Paul F. Tompkins Aaron Paul
Theme music composer	Patrick Carney featuring Ralph Carney
Opening theme	"BoJack Horseman Theme"
Ending theme	"Back in the 90's (BoJack's Theme)" by Grouplove
Composer	Jesse Novak
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	24 + 1 Special (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Will Arnett Raphael Bob-Waksberg Aaron Paul Steven A. Cohen Noel Bright
Producer	Sampson
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	The Tornante Company ShadowMachine Films
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	August 22, 2014 (2014-08-22) – present

BoJack Horseman is an American animated comedy-drama created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The series stars Will Arnett as the eponymous character, BoJack Horseman. The supporting cast includes Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul. The series' first season premiered on August 22, 2014, on Netflix, with a Christmas special premiering on December 19. The show is designed by the cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt, who had previously worked with Bob-Waksberg on the webcomic Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out.

Despite debuting to mixed critical reviews, the show proved to be successful with viewers. Reception became more positive towards the second half of the first season, and less than a week after its initial release, Netflix renewed the series for a second season which premiered on July 17, 2015. The second season received critical acclaim. On July 28, 2015, the series was renewed for a third season, set to premiere in 2016.

Premise

In a world where humans and anthropomorphic animals live side by side, BoJack Horseman, the washed-up star of the 1990s sitcom Horsin' Around, plans his big return to celebrity relevance with a tell-all autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter Diane Nguyen. BoJack also has to contend with the demands of his agent and on-again-off-again girlfriend Princess Carolyn, the misguided antics of his freeloading roommate Todd Chavez, and his frenemy Mr. Peanutbutter, who is also Nguyen's boyfriend. The series satirizes Hollywood, celebrity culture, and the film industry.

Characters

Main characters

• BoJack Horseman (voiced by Will Arnett) – A horse who starred in the 1987–96 sitcom Horsin' Around, playing a character called "The Horse." Frequently overwhelmed by frustration and self-loathing, he has grown bitter and spiteful since the show ended and often hints at hating what he has become in his later years. Though usually petty and lacking self-control, BoJack has frequently shown himself to be intelligent and level-headed in certain situations, when not overwhelmed by self-loathing or alcoholism. For instance, he cites a number of intelligent and reasonable issues with widespread public praise of all uniformed military members during a televised apology to a soldier he had annoyed, and has devised numerous machiavellian schemes to benefit himself, such as his attempt to sabotage Diane's wedding. He believes that completing his memoir may be his last shot at getting the public to care about him again.

• Princess Carolyn (voiced by Amy Sedaris) – A pink Persian cat who is BoJack's agent/on-and-off girlfriend who works at the Vigor agency. Manipulative and aggressive, she prides herself on being able to separate her personal life from her professional life when dealing with BoJack. She begins to question her loyalty when she realizes that she's sacrificed several dreams for BoJack's sake. She turns 40 in "Say Anything." In "Out to Sea," Princess Carolyn leaves Vigor and establishes her own agency. Carolyn briefly had a relationship with the married Rutabaga Rabbitowitz before realizing he was manipulating her and had no intention of leaving his wife for her.

• Diane Nguyen (voiced by Alison Brie) – BoJack's Vietnamese-American ghostwriter, misunderstood intellectual, and third-wave feminist from Boston who lives with her rich and famous boyfriend (and later, husband), former sitcom star Mr. Peanutbutter. She and BoJack initially develop a strong friendship that becomes increasingly awkward and strained after BoJack develops romantic feelings for her. During her adventures in the fictional overseas Republic of Cordovia, she reaches a startling epiphany. Afterward, she eventually suffers a severe depression, during which she drinks heavily and sleeps disheveled on BoJack's patio furniture.

• Mr. Peanutbutter (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins) – A Yellow Labrador who is BoJack's former sitcom rival and also Diane's boyfriend (and later husband). Mr. Peanutbutter was the star of Mr. Peanutbutter's House, which, according to BoJack, "borrowed the premise" from Horsin' Around. He also had a stint at filming a celebrity reality show called Peanutbutter and Jelly. He is energetic and cheerful. Despite their rivalry, Mr. Peanutbutter cares a great deal about BoJack's opinion and admires him for his work on Horsin' Around. He has an especially good relationship with Todd, and his positive attitude and financial resources combined with Todd's outlandish schemes and plans often result in the two starting questionable business ventures, such as a Halloween store that is exclusively open in January. In the episode "Let's Find Out," Mr. Peanutbutter starts hosting his own televised game show after his film company enters bankruptcy due to his and Todd's extensive expenditures on useless products.

• Todd Chavez (voiced by Aaron Paul) – An unemployed, 24-year-old human slacker who ended up at BoJack's house for a party five years before the beginning of the series and never left. Although BoJack constantly voices disdain for him, he secretly cares about Todd, continuing to financially support him and sabotage his attempts to gain independence. Todd has been shown to possess a plethora of skills including an understanding of Japanese; entrepreneurial know-how, having allied with Mr. Peanutbutter for various business ideas; and writing and composing his own rock opera, but his overall laziness and video game addictions often hinder him from success.

Recurring characters

• Pinky Penguin (voiced by Patton Oswalt) – An Emperor penguin who works at a publishing house and depends on BoJack's book to save his job and company. In "Yesterdayland," Pinky started working at MBN.

• Sarah Lynn (voiced by Kristen Schaal) – An actress who played Horse's precocious adoptive youngest daughter Sabrina on Horsin' Around, and who looked up to BoJack off-screen as a father figure. After the show went off the air, she became a successful pop singer in the early 2000s before drug addiction and alcoholism ended her career. Flashbacks indicate that Sarah Lynn's self-destructive behavior is in part the result of BoJack (who she idolized) having neglected her as a child. Around the end of "Later," she was seen visiting Andrew Garfield (with whom she was mentioned as having an on-again, off-again relationship) at the hospital. In "Still Broken," it is revealed that Sarah Lynn's stepfather was a bear. It is heavily implied that she was sexually abused in her youth by her mother's boyfriend.

• Herb Kazzaz (voiced by Stanley Tucci) – BoJack's former comedy partner, who created and wrote Horsin' Around. The pair had a falling out at the apex of the show's success when Herb was blackballed by the network for being gay and BoJack did not stand up for Herb for fear of losing his own job. At the beginning of the series, they have not spoken for nearly 18 years. BoJack attempts to reconnect with him after learning Herb has been diagnosed with terminal rectal cancer and is being watched over by Tina. Though Herb reveals he lived a full life in spite of losing "Horsin' Around," he has not forgiven Bojack for not having been a supportive friend. Despite his cancer going into remission, he instantly passes away due to an allergic reaction to the peanuts on a peanut truck in a car crash when his brakes gave out during a ride home from the hospital. It was also revealed that Herb's office was under the room where Savion Glover kept a studio. Following his death, Henry Winkler and Tina stole manuscript for his poorly written novel, to keep it from being published and tainting his legacy. In "Out to Sea," Herb's ashes are donated to the Jerb Kazzaz Memorial Orphanage (misspelled due to BoJack's email and the hedgehog owner's stubbornness to pay for its replacement).

• Tina – A brown bear who is the nurse of Herb Kazzaz. In "Still Broken," Tina was in collaboration with Henry Winkler to keep Herb's terrible manuscript for a novel from being posthumously published and harming his legacy. Unlike the other anthropomorphic characters on the show, Tina only speaks in growls.

• Charlotte Moore (voiced by Olivia Wilde) – A deer who was Herb Kazzaz's old girlfriend with whom BoJack was once in love. During a drug and alcohol induced stupor in "Downer Ending", Bojack imagines an alternate life where instead of becoming a television star he moves to Maine with Charlotte. In this fantasy, the couple get married, have a daughter named Harper, and lead a quiet rustic lifestyle. In "Still Broken," Charlotte attended Herb Kazzaz's funeral. In a discussion with BoJack, she mentioned that she visited Herb and read the part in BoJack's book on how he and Herb fought over a telescope. She tells him she only lived in Maine for a month and later moved to Tesuque, New Mexico. In "Escape from LA," BoJack drives to Charlotte's home in There to find she is married to Kyle and has two teenage children named Trip and Penny. During his time in New Mexico, BoJack bonds with the 17-year-old Penny by becoming her "date" for prom. When Charlotte catches BoJack and her daughter in a compromising position in his yacht, she demands he leave and threatens to kill him if he ever contacts her or her family again.

• Beatrice Horseman (voiced by Wendie Malick) – A horse who is BoJack's neglectful, verbally abusive mother. Heiress to a sugar cube company, she primarily appears in flashbacks to BoJack's childhood. In "Brand New Couch," Beatrice calls up BoJack to tell him she read the book about him, and concedes that he was born "broken."

• Butterscotch Horseman (voiced by Will Arnett) – A horse who is BoHack's neglectful, verbally abusive father. He appears in flashbacks to BoJack's childhood. Butterscotch, who hailed from a working-class background, was an alcoholic failed novelist; he resented his wife's financial independence and took out his insecurities on BoJack. In flashbacks, Butterscotch is often seen yelling nonsensical conservative hyperbole such as claiming that the Panama Canal is for "Democrats". A flashback in "Brand New Couch" revealed that Butterscotch left Beatrice.

• Lenny Turteltaub (voiced by J.K. Simmons) – A turtle and big-shot film producer. He worked with Ed Begley Sr., Lionel Barrymore, Buster Keaton, and Edwin S. Porter during their youth, suggesting that he is extremely old.

• Sextina Aquafina (voiced by Aisha Tyler) - A dolphin who is a pop-music sensation. In "Out to Sea," Diane, hired as her social-media ghost writer, meets with Sextina at Elefante to discuss tweeting about her. According to creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, she is based on a girl who was in his and Lisa Hanawalt's English class as a senior in high school.

• Kelsey Jannings (voiced by Maria Bamford) – A human who was hired to direct the "Secretariat" movie. A divorced, lesbian, independent filmmaker, she sees the Secretariat project as her last chance to break into the big time and make enough money to get her daughter Irving into an Ivy League school (as opposed to Vassar.) Cynical and initially dismissive of BoJack's talents, she and BoJack grow closer over the course of filming. She has a special fondness for Todd because she likes his face. She is later fired by Lenny Turtletaub in "The Shot" for filming a scene that involved Secretariat's encounter with Richard Nixon.

• A Ryan Seacrest Type (voiced by Adam Conover) – A human character who hosts "Excess Hollywood" (later renamed "Excess Hollywoo" after BoJack steals the D in the Hollywood Sign and the D is accidentally destroyed in a helicopter crash) and interviews celebrities. He also hosts "Morning Time, Hollywoo" with a female human called Some Lady.

• Tom Jumbo-Grumbo (voiced by Keith Olbermann) – A blue whale who is a newsman and pundit on MSNBSea. Tom often reports on BoJack's misdeeds and other happenings in Hollywood (later renamed Hollywoo).

• Wayne (voiced by Wyatt Cenac) – Diane's ex-boyfriend who is a hipster and a BuzzFeed writer.

• Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface (voiced by Cedric Yarbrough) – A cat who works as a police officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's 12th Precinct. He takes his duties very seriously, although there is intense disagreement within the police force over whether he us a "reckless renegade," a "loose cannon," or just a "cop on the edge with nothing to lose."

• Charley Witherspoon (voiced by Raphael Bob-Waksberg) – A tree frog and the son of Mr. Witherspoon. He works at the Vigor agency, where his hand keeps sticking to things. Charley was briefly Princess Carolyn's assistant, but was later made an agent.

• "Vincent Adultman" (voiced by Alison Brie) – Princess Carolyn's boyfriend. Everyone except BoJack appears oblivious to the fact that he appears to be three children standing atop each other underneath a trench coat. Though he speaks in a child's voice and has awkward syntax, he also occasionally exhibits strangely keen insight prompting others to ignore BoJack's observations.

• Dr. Allen Hu (voiced by Ken Jeong) – A physician who sells drugs to Sarah Lynn. An unseen character throughout most of the first season, he is the subject of a recurring joke based on the phonetic similarity of his name to "who" with BoJack and others believing that Sarah's drug connection is a man who simply calls himself "Doctor Who" rather than an actual physician. He made his first onscreen appearance in "Downer Ending."

• Sebastian St. Clair (voiced by Keegan-Michael Key) – A snow leopard billionaire bachelor who wants Diane to accompany him to a third world country, Cordovia. Though Diane initially looks up to him because she wants to change the world in a positive way, she quickly becomes disillusioned when it becomes clear he is more concerned with making a legacy for himself than with actually helping people.

• Corduroy Jackson-Jackson (voiced by Brandon T. Jackson) – BoJack's co-star in the Secretariat movie. He dies from erotic asphyxiation and the movie is dedicated in memory of him.

• Wanda Pierce (voiced by Lisa Kudrow) – An owl who is a network-television executive at MBN. She recently woke up from a 30-year coma and began a relationship with BoJack. Because she had missed the last 30 years of pop culture, she is initially unfamiliar with BoJack's history and fame, and must learn what transpired in the world while she was in a coma.

• Rutabaga Rabbitowitz (voiced by Ben Schwartz) – A rabbit agent at the Vigor agency who works one floor belie Princess Carolyn. He later informed her of J.D. Salinger still being alive. Rutabaga cheats on his wife with Princess Carolyn, claiming he plans to obtain a divorce. He later persuades Princess Carolyn to join him in founding their own agency. After revealing his reluctance to divorce yet wishing to continue the affair, Princess Carolyn abandons him.

• J.D. Salinger (voiced by Alan Arkin) – In this show, J.D. Salinger did not die but faked his death and opened a bicycle shop. He was a client of the late Ronnie Bonito. After learning he is alive, Princess Carolyn convinces him to work in television, where he creates a game show that Mr. Peanutbutter hosts.

• Hank Hippopopalous (voiced by Philip Baker Hall) – A hippopotamus who is a beloved former host of a late-night talk show, Hank After Dark. At the 1994 Animal's Choice Awards, he won the award for Male Animal in a Comedy, Drama or Variety Show, for which BoJack Horseman and Mr. Peanutbutter were also nominated. Mr. Peanutbutter idolizes him and treasures having met him at the awards after-party. He is currently the host of a TV dance competition, "Hey, I Think You Can Dance." Hippopopalous is known in the TV industry as Uncle Hankie. In the episode "Hank After Dark", Diane inadvertently causes a controversy by including the beloved entertainer in a mention of celebrities who have done worse things than has BoJack. The controversy is involved unspecified allegations made against him by all eight of his female former assistants.

Minor characters

• Laura (voiced by Rachel Bloom) – Princess Carolyn's secretary in season one. She is replaced by a male assistant named Stuart in season two, but makes a brief non-speaking cameo appearance in "Higher Love".

• Neal McBeal (voiced by Patton Oswalt) – A seal who is also a Navy SEAL. BoJack gets into a tiff with him because McBeal called "dibs" on a box of muffins at a grocery store which BoJack later bought and ate out of spite.

• Quentin Tarantulino (voiced by Kevin Bigley) – A tarantula who is a film director. He is a parody of Quentin Tarantino.

• Mr. Witherspoon (voiced by Stephen Colbert) – A bullfrog who heads the Vigor agency. He is Princess Carolyn's boss and the father of Charley Witherspoon.

• Angela Diaz (voiced by Anjelica Huston) – A human woman in a position of authority at the studio that produces Horsin' Around. She gives BoJack a speech about how the entertainment business works, persuading him to leave Herb behind to preserve BoJack's own career.

• Bradley Hitler-Smith (voiced by Adam Conover) – An actor who played the Horse's adopted son Ethan on Horsin' Around. A running joke in Horsin' Around was that he had a catchphrase to which the studio audience responded with an awkward silence. In "Still Broken," it is revealed that Bradley is living in Olympia, Washington, and that his parents divorced after BoJack had sex with Bradley's mother.

• Joelle Clarke (voiced by Alison Brie) – An actress who played the Horse's eldest adopted daughter Olivia on Horsin' Around. In "Still Broken," it is revealed Joelle is living in England and developed a British accent.

• Mr. Libertore (voiced by Stanley Tucci) – The unseen boss in Horsin' Around, who runs the law firm where attorney the Horse works.

• Tracy (voiced by Nicole Sullivan) – A character in Horsin' Around who works as Libertire's secretary.

• Goober (voiced by Fred Savage) – A character in Horsin' Around who always shows up to the Horse's house unannounced, leading everyone to say "Go home, Goober!"

• Abe (voiced by Garry Marshall) – A catfish. The director who replaces Kelsey Jannings after Lennie Turtletaub fires her.

• Kyle (voiced by Ed Helms) – Charlotte's human husband, and the father of their children Trip and Penny.

• Penny (voiced by Ilana Glazer) – A deer who is Charlotte and Kyle's 17-year-old daughter, and Trip's sister. She bonds with BoJack while he stays at their home during "Escape from L.A." where he acts as her surrogate date from prom. After dropping her off she propositions him to have sex, which BoJack rejects despite her saying she is of consent age in her state. Charlotte later finds her and BoJack in a compromising position.

• Copernicus (voiced by Liev Schreiber) - A Persian cat who founded the improv theater troupe/cult, Shenanigags. He takes a liking to Todd and knows dozens of jokes related to the butt.

Celebrities

The following celebrities appear either as themselves or anthropomorphic animal versions of themselves.

• Character Actress Margo Martindale (voiced by her) – An exaggerated version of actress Margo Martindale who willingly goes along with BoJack's schemes no matter how convoluted or dangerous. BoJack and others consistently refer to her as "Character Actress Margo Martindale". She is arrested helping BoJack in one of his antics. In "The Shot," Margo is later released from prison and helps BoJack film a crucial scene for "Secretariat." She had a shootouts with police when they recognize her face but do not know her name.

• Beyoncé (voiced by Yvette Nicole Brown) - Beyoncé appears in "Our A-Story Is A 'D' Story", where she trips and falls on dollar bills that BoJack threw off a roof.

• Naomi Watts (voiced by her)– An exaggerated version who plays Diane in Mr. Peanutbutter's film. While in character as Diane she engages in a fast-paced sexual relationship with Bojack, only to lose interest in him when her character is ultimately written out of the movie and replaced with a ball on a stick.

• Wallace Shawn (voiced by him) – An exaggerated version who plays BoJack in Mr. Peanutbutter's film.

• Secretariat (voiced by John Krasinski) – A racehorse and BoJack's hero. He was banned for life from racing when there were allegations that he had been betting on his own races. After being disgraced, Secretariat committed suicide by jumping off the Kennedy Bridge into the Ohio River.

• Andrew Garfield (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins) – Sarah Lynn's celebrity boyfriend with whom she has an on-again off-again relationship.

• Henry Winkler (voiced by him) – Best known for his guest spot on Law & Order: SVU, he gives the eulogy at Herb Kazzaz's funeral. During a discussion with Princess Carolyn, he says he knew Kazzaz when they worked for Habitat for Humanity. He and Herb's caretaker, Tina, kept Kazzaz's terrible manuscript for a novel from being posthumously published and tainting Kazzaz's legacy.

• Paul McCartney (voiced by him) – He was to appear out of a cake Mr. Peanutbutter made for Diane's surprise party.

• Scott Wolf (voiced by him) – Depicted as a red fox in a flashback, he is a presenter at the 1994 Animal's Choice Awards.

• Matthew Fox - Depicted as a gray wolf in a flashback, he is a presenter at the 1994 Animal's Choice Awards.

• Daniel Radcliffe (voiced by hims) – The surprise celebrity guest of the first episode of Mr. Peanutbutter's game show.

• Lance Bass (voiced by him) – Depicted as a bass fish, he is a celebrity guest on Mr. Peanutbutter's game show.

Guest characters

• Vanessa Gekko (voiced by Kristin Chenoweth) – A human Hollywoo agent at FME who is Princess Carolyn's rival. She temporarily shares her office when their agencies merge. In "The Shot," Vanessa appears in a fantasy when Princess Carolyn envisions herself in a serene painting.

• Irving Jannings (voiced by Amy Schumer) – Kelsey's daughter.

• Amanda Hannity (voiced by Christine Baranski) – A manatee who is editor-in-chief of Manatee Fair magazine.

• Mia McKibbin (voiced by Tatiana Maslany) – A mouse who works at the game show. She is trying to earn the respect of J.D. Salinger and finds Todd extremely immature.

• Ana Spanikopita (voiced by Angela Bassett) - A human Hollywoo agent who specializes in getting celebrities Oscars, hence her title "The Oscar Whisperer."

Music

The main title theme was composed by Patrick Carney, one half of the blues-rock duo The Black Keys, while the ending credits theme "Back in the 90s (Bojack's Theme)" was performed by the indie-pop act Grouplove. Jesse Novak composed the incidental music.

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date
1	1	"BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One"	Joel Moser	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	August 22, 2014
Bojack is a 40-something former sitcom star trying to write a memoir. After his publisher insists he hire a ghostwriter, he contacts Diane Nguyen. Meanwhile, his relationship with his agent Princess Carolyn ends, and his freeloading roommate Todd convinces him to throw a party to settle his own debts. At the party, Bojack meets Diane, who is also a girlfriend to his former sitcom rival Mr. Peanutbutter.
2	2	"BoJack Hates the Troops"	JC Gonzalez	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	August 22, 2014
BoJack finds himself the subject of national media attention after an altercation with a Navy SEAL at a supermarket.
3	3	"Prickly-Muffin"	Martin Cendreda	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	August 22, 2014
BoJack reconnects with his troubled former co-star Sarah-Lynn, who moves into his house and creates pandemonium.
4	4	"Zoës and Zeldas"	Amy Winfrey	Peter A. Knight	August 22, 2014
BoJack decides to mentor Todd when he makes plans for a rock opera. Diane's ex-boyfriend Wayne writes an article about Mr. Peanutbutter.
5	5	"Live Fast, Diane Nguyen"	Joel Moser	Caroline Williams	August 22, 2014
BoJack accompanies Diane to Boston when she returns home for her father's funeral and befriends Diane's mom, her three brothers, and the adoptive brother who is the "black sheep of the family." Meanwhile, Todd and Princess Carolyn monopolize in a scam when people mistakenly believe Bojack's home is the home of David Boreanaz, which gets quickly out of hand.
6	6	"Our A-Story is a "D" Story"	JC Gonzalez	Scott Marder	August 22, 2014
Upon returning from Boston, a drunken BoJack steals the "D" from the Hollywood sign in an attempt to impress Diane. Now BoJack and Mr. Peanutbutter must find a way to get the D back to the Hollywood sign. Following the David Boreanaz scam, Todd is in prison where he is invited to join two prison gangs: the Aryans and the Latin Kings. Guest starring: Yvette Nicole Brown as Beyoncé, Chris Parnell as Aryans Gang Member, Horatio Sanz as Latin Kings Leader.
7	7	"Say Anything"	Martin Cendreda	Joe Lawson	August 22, 2014
BoJack sabotages himself with an epic bender. Meanwhile, Princess Carolyn experiences a day of personal and professional failure after the agency Vigor merges with the agency FME which is led by her former rival Vanessa Gekko. At the same time, she realizes she has sacrificed many of her dreams pursuing BoJack who she finds is unattainable to her personally: a realization she comes to on her 40th birthday.
8	8	"The Telescope"	Amy Winfrey	Mehar Sethi	August 22, 2014
When he learns that Herb Kazzaz is dying from terminal rectal cancer, BoJack tries to mend fences with Diane accompanying him. Meanwhile, Todd meets two masked girls who try to carjack him. BoJack unexpectedly kisses Diane, putting a strain on their friendship.
9	9	"Horse Majeure"	Joel Moser	Peter A. Knight	August 22, 2014
A lovestruck BoJack tries to sabotage the wedding of Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter in Nantucket. Meanwhile, Todd accepts a surprising new professional role as a driver for Mr. Peanutbutter after he loses his driver's license following an incident with the mailman.
10	10	"One Trick Pony"	JC Gonzalez	Laura Gutin Peterson	August 22, 2014
BoJack shoots a movie at Mr. Peanutbutter's house called "Mr. Peanutbutter's Hollywoo Heist" (which is a movie adaption of the incident in "Our A-Story is a "D" Story") which is directed by Quentin Tarantulino as Todd comes up with ideas to improve the movie. Diane finishes her book and sends the prototype copy to Pinky Pinkerton. Guest starring: Wallace Shawn as Himself, Naomi Watts as Herself
11	11	"Downer Ending"	Amy Winfrey	Kate Purdy	August 22, 2014
Bojack, Sarah-Lynn and Todd go on a drug-infused frenzy to rewrite Bojack's memoir. Bojack has a revelation on his life when he hallucinates a life with his former friend Charlotte in which they have a daughter and live happily into old age. He decides to apologize to Diane and give his blessing to publish her copy of his book.
12	12	"Later"	Martin Cendreda	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	August 22, 2014
Three months after his memoir is released, BoJack is being considered for a role that is his lifelong dream. BoJack discovers that while the book may have resurrected his career, it also might have ended all of his personal relationships. Meanwhile, Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter make plans for different businesses.

Season 2 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release Date
13	1	"Brand New Couch"	Amy Winfrey	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	July 17, 2015
After listening to a motivational tape, BoJack comes to believe that an upbeat attitude will lead to a better life, but his new outlook hurts his performance on the set of the Secretariat movie. Meanwhile, Mr. Peanutbutter wears a dog cone on his neck to keep him from biting the stitches off his hand after he drunkenly punched a mirror. Guest starring: George Takei as Audiobook Narrator
14	2	"Yesterdayland"	J.C. Gonzalez	Peter A. Knight	July 17, 2015
BoJack meets a female owl named Wanda Pierce who just woke up after having been in a coma for thirty years, but almost sabotages his relationship with her when he discovers that another 30-year coma victim named Alex is actually a KGB operative. Todd opens his own version of Disneyland which he built with the help of some worker bees and almost ruins his relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter (who had just gotten his dog cone off) when it comes to a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company.
15	3	"Still Broken"	Amy Winfrey	Mehar Sethi	July 17, 2015
Herb Kazzaz's cancer has gone into remission only for him to die from an allergic reaction to a peanut truck during a car crash. His funeral is attended by BoJack Horseman, Princess Carolyn, Mr. Peanutbutter, Todd, Sarah Lynn, Bradley Hitler-Smith, Joelle Clarke, Henry Winkler, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggot Gyllenhaal, and "that Pakistani girl that keeps winning Nobel Prizes". BoJack, Sarah Lynn, Bradley, and Joelle reunites for a treasure hunt that was left on a disk that was given to them by Herb's blind bat executor. Meanwhile, Princess Carolyn accidentally finds herself shmoozing with the funeral attendants about how she knew Herb as Mr. Peanutbutter takes advantage of it.
16	4	"After the Party"	J.C. Gonzalez	Joe Lawson	July 17, 2015
In a three-part story of the aftermath of Diane's surprise birthday party, Princess Carolyn gets in a relationship slump with "Vincent" upon getting suspicious that BoJack might be right about him, Todd's phone operating system falls in love with Princess Carolyn's phone operating system, BoJack and Wanda hit a deer as Wanda heads into the woods to see if he's alright, and Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter get in a huge argument over if Tony Curtis is dead.
17	5	"Chickens"	Mike Roberts	Joanna Calo	July 17, 2015
BoJack attempts to bond with Kelsey Janning. Todd, Diane, and Kelsey's daughter Irving help a genetically modified chicken (who escaped from a "Chicken 4 Dayz" truck following a car accident) to cross the road in order to keep her from being made into a "Food Chicken," but get in trouble with the Los Angeles Police Department. Guest starring: Ron Funches as Gentle Chickens Farmer
18	6	"Higher Love"	J.C. Gonzalez	Vera Santamaria	July 17, 2015
PB Living goes bankrupt due to Mr. Peanutbutter and Todd's accountant telling them that their dumb ideas are responsible for their bankruptcy. Mr. Peanutbutter's agent Ronnie Bonito is found dead from auto-erotic asphyxiation, so he gets a job at Lady Foot Locker. BoJack gets awkward when he says "I love you" to Wanda. Princess Carolyn gets an opportunity when she discovers a not-so-dead author named J.D. Salinger (who is not dead, but is reclusive).
19	7	"Hank After Dark"	Amy Winfrey	Kelly Galuska	July 17, 2015
Diane finds herself in hot water when she accuses a beloved personality named Hank Hippopopalous for having sexual relations with his assistants during Princess Carolyn's book promotion of BoJack's autobiography in paperback form. While Mr. Peanutbutter begins the production of his new game show, Todd switches places with the prince of the war-torn country Cordovia. Guest starring: Scott Wolf as Scott Wolf (fox caricature)
20	8	"Let's Find Out"	Matt Mariska	Alison Flierl & Scott Chernoff	July 17, 2015
The taping of the new pilot of Mr. Peanutbutter's new game show with BoJack as its first celebrity guest does not go smoothly. Meanwhile, Todd tries to be mature in order to earn the respect of J.D. Salinger while competing against Mia McKibbin. Guest starring: Daniel Radcliffe as Himself
21	9	"The Shot"	Matt Mariska	Elijah Aron & Jordan Young	July 17, 2015
BoJack, Kelsey, Todd, Princess Carolyn, Mr. Peanutbutter, and Margo Martindale (who was just released from prison) attempt to shoot a crucial scene in the Secretariat movie that was not in the script which involved Richard Nixon not having Secretariat sent over to help in the Vietnam War. Princess Carolyn contemplates her career as Rutabaga Rabbitowitz plans to secede from Vigor. In Cordovia, Diane contemplates following Sebastian St. Clair.
22	10	"Yes And"	J.C. Gonzalez	Mehar Sethi	July 17, 2015
Diane crashes at BoJack's place after quitting her job following Sebastian St. Clair which puts a strain on BoJack and Wanda's relationship where Wanda thinks that Diane is a bad influence on BoJack. Following Kelsey's firing, she has been replaced by another director named Abe who does various reshoots for the film. Todd joins an improv comedy troupe led by Copernicus which turns out to be a cult. Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga Rabbitowitz continue their plans of secession from Vigor.
23	11	"Escape From L.A."	Ali Winfrey	Joe Lawson	July 17, 2015
While taking a break from his Hollywoo life, BoJack heads to Tesuque, New Mexico to visit his old friend Charlotte for a few months where he discovers that she has a family.
24	12	"Out to Sea"	Mike Roberts	Elijah Aron & Jordan Young	July 17, 2015
Returning to Hollywoo, BoJack learns from Princess Carolyn the Secretariat film was finished without him where Lenny Turtletaub had used a computerized BoJack to fill in his roles. He manages to make enough money for the establishment of "The BoJack Horseman Orphanage" as part of a promise at Herb Kazzaz's funeral. Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga Rabbitowitz are close to opening their own agency firm. After moving out of BoJack's house, Todd finds himself trapped in the improv comedy cult. Guest starring: Ricky Gervais as Hedgehog at Orphanage, Sarah Koenig as Diane's Ringtone

Specials

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"Sabrina's Christmas Wish"	Joel Moser	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	December 19, 2014
BoJack and Todd watch a very special Christmas episode of "Horsin' Around" titled "Sabrina's Christmas Wish" in which his youngest adopted daughter Sabrina, upon discovering Santa's existence decides to wish for her parents to be alive again. The ending brings much confusion to Todd. An initially skeptical BoJack suggests they watch the series' eight other Christmas specials.

Reception

Critical reception

Season 1

The first half of the first season received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season a rating of 53% based on 15 reviews, with the site's critical consensus reading, "It's intermittently funny, but in most respects, BoJack Horseman pales in comparison to similar comedies." On Metacritic, the season received a rating of 59 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Erik Adams' review of the first six episodes gave the series a C+ grade; in the review, Adams wrote that the show "spoofs the emptiness of celebrity, but does so without any novelty or true insight." At Slate, Willa Paskin was more enthused. "[It] is perhaps a little more clever than it is uproariously funny, but it is often very clever, and, moreover, well-tuned to the ludicrousness of the sort of low-level fame that surrounds BoJack." She likened it to 30 Rock in its ability to "[present] big ideas without having to commit to them."

Chris Mitchell from Popzara was equally optimistic about the show's future, saying that "Fans of FX's Archer or Fox's Bob's Burgers will definitely want to check this one out, as its rapid-fire delivery is always consciously spot-on." The New York Times described the show as "hilarious and ribald". Margaret Lyons of Vulture have a positive review, describing it as "radically sad. I love it".

However, the second half of the season received much more positive reviews. Ben Travers of Indiewire implied that one possible reason for mixed reviews of the show was critics reviewing only the first half of the season, with the second half changing drastically in tone and developing a darker and deeper meaning. This change was so drastic that it resulted in Indiewire changing its policy to only review entire seasons of shows on Netflix, instead of just the first six episodes, which would have boosted BoJack Horseman's C+ grade.

Season 2

The second season received widespread critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 100%, based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 8.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "BoJack Horseman truly comes into its own during season two, maturing into an ambitious comedy that sensitively blends wackiness with dark, nuanced drama." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 90 out of 100, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Critics collectively agreed that the second season was a vast improvement over the first season, especially the first half of the first season, as the show had finally found its footing and knew what it wanted to be. Entertainment Weekly critic Marc Snetiker said, "BoJack has become one of TV's best meta-skewers of Hollywood."

Croatian television critics from Serijala.com have described the show as "the most depressing comedy of the year" with the rating of 9/10. They assert that BoJack Horseman became the new Arrested Development in its second season and that the show remains fresh even during re-watching.

External links

• BoJack Horseman at Netflix
• BoJack Horseman at IMDb
• BoJack Horseman