You want me to be honest? I didn’t think you’d actually do it.

Bojack dying would have been too easy. He wouldn’t have actually been redeemed, he would have escaped. This is the better ending

It makes sense that he doesnt die: "sometimes life's a bitch and you keep living" bojack doesnt get a "clean" ending

I personally think a really overlooked moment in "The Kidney Stays In The Picture" is when Todd tells his dad that "You didn't fail me because I'm not a failure, why can you only be proud of me on your terms?"

I love that this comments section is discussing underrated episodes instead of shit-talking your choices. It speaks volumes about the quality of the show and how well it resonates with people.

Still mad The view from halfway down didn’t get an Emmy... I will always be mad about it 😩

Omg I just realised that Bojack named his imagined daughter (Harper) after the place his family spent summers at, Harper's Landing

The shot in Time’s Arrow, where the background is a hellish fire and you see her mother’s shadow while a pained scream cries out the only true detail is her lobotomy mark, is one of if not the most haunting shots in the show. After the lobotomy Beatrice’s mother is only a shadowy presence, a haunting, a ghost of her former self. It truly terrifies me every time.

“Time’s Arrow,” “Free Churros,” “The Old Sugarman Place,” “That’s Too Much, Man,” Stupid Piece of Sh*t” and “The View From Halfway Down” are the episodes which pierced through my brain. Made me think and reevaluate life and caused me migraines. They are outstandingly good episodes, mere perfection.

Im surprised that you didnt commented on "Angela" on how Angela threw Herb under the bus for being gay despite being a lesbian herself. I think is interesting and talks volumes about her

BoJack: Can we talk? Diane: Sorry, I don’t see a roof anywhere :/

“Vincent Adultman’s Son” I love you for sticking to the joke

Something I realize constantly is how mature Todd becomes, in the final season he’s the most mature out of the main 5.

I just realized this Sarah Lynn's catchphrase is "that's too much man" and her cause of death is an overdose. I should have seen it coming.

How dare you? “When you steal a meal from Neil McBeal the navy seal” alone puts it in the top 1/2

I remember when Todd's "I think I might be nothing" line aired. I was just getting into the show, and a few asexual groups I was in on Facebook were latching onto the line, hoping and praying it would lead to canon ace rep. As someone who had gone through this kind of thing before, I wasn't going to get my hopes up. If Todd was ace, great, and if he wasn't, that was fine too, the show was already one of my favourites. And then they actually said the word. And they introduced other asexuals. And showed the colours of the flag on the meet up sign. It occurred to me when watching all of this that I'd never actually heard the words "I'm asexual" on a TV show before. It made me so unexpectedly happy, and still does even after however many rewatches. The bojack horseman team did more to give us asexual representation than any other show I've seen so far, and I will never not love the show for that.

What's crazy about Escape From LA is that the first time you watch it, you don't realize how creepy Bojack's actions are. My first time watching it I was rooting for him in my head during the prom scene, and the balloon scene. Then watching it over again recently, the entire episode I just felt uncomfortable and creeped out. The way they mask the creepiness with a typical sitcom premise is masterful.

Favourite joke is the asexual humour they bring out. It's one thing to have actual representation but it's another to incorporate that into the show so beautifully that the jokes serve to help the audience understand and relate without it seeming preachy at all. "I think I'm asexual" "A sexual what? Devient?" best ace joke

What BoJack episodes does Johnny like? How does he rank them? Let's find out! Or WBEDJLHDHRTLFO for short.

I remember when I first watched escape from LA, I was 16 so just a year shy of Penny's age and while we are not that similar, I understood why she'd find comfort in a relationship with BoJack. I understood it was terrible, but I resonated with how she wanted to be treated like an adult and BoJack spoke to her like an equal. I didn't ship them, I just understood it. Then when I rewatched it as a 22 year old, I could clearly see how BoJack was not acting his own age and how creepy it was for him to go to prom with a bunch of teenagers. He didn't speak to Penny like an equal because he respected her that much, his own emotional maturity is just stunted. These things that didn't seem strange to me at first became obvious when I was a bit older. It proved that Penny really didn't understand what she was getting into with BoJack, because at her age, I didn't understand it fully. That difference in perspective really hit me when I thought about it.

Honestly, PC’s comment after the line “I can’t believe this country hates women more than it loves guns” with “No?” I always read that like, you know they do Diane, why are you surprised

It's interesting how most of the trauma in Bojacks family can be traced back to Crackerjack's death in one way or another. And how it doesn't get remarked on. Not least because he was one of millions, and how much other trauma must be out there because of the war even generations later.

wanda's red flags quote is something ive actually used when confronting people about toxicity in their lives. thanks, bojack team

I read Cuddlywhiskers's line about giving everything up in a completely different way. When he says that you must give everything up to be happy, the view cuts back and shows his gorgeous property where he can be at peace. It's an interesting commentary on what giving up everything actually means when Cuddlywhiskers is still rich and lives in such a wonderful place.

The ending shot in Angela has to be my favourite ending to an episode. The direct cut from a young and ambitious Bojack doing his screen test in the 80s to the reflection of Bojack in the present (depressed, old, spiralling into his old addictions) is so powerful.

i really respect that you ranked "good damage" above "stupid piece of shit." i think they both do a fantastic job of conveying depression through art, but "good damage" is far more helpful for those who want to break free of that cycle.

I think bojack the feminist is one of the most underrated episodes in the series, while being so funny, it also concludes on a serious note and bojack learns something and changes for the better

14:31 “Bojack’s heart was in the right place, but his head wasn’t.” That’s actually a pretty good summery of a lot of his actions

Eddie getting mad at Bojack for saving him hit me harder than anything else in the entire show

Something random I noticed upon my rewatch of the show - in the “Bojack the feminist” episode, the whole shenanigans of that episode start when Bojack was on the talk show and said “don’t choke women” - which I think was a definite foreshadow to him choking Gina later in the season. This might’ve been obvious to everyone else but I remember having to do a double take after re-watching that scene. Gave me the creeps.

When Todd came out as asexual I legit cried. There's not a lot of ace representation in popular media, so it was a really validating moment for me.

42:00, I personally think that "the shot" was the one moment that has massive impact till the rest of the show. If they didn't shoot the shot, kelsey never been fired. Probably bojack never goes to new mexico, there will be no penny story which culminates in Sarah Lynn's dead and Hollywoo Reporter scandal.

Diane saying "I think all you are is the things that you do" really stuck with me. Even just today, during a fight with a close friend, it gave me perspective. It helped me to separate my experience with that person from the things that have happened to them, because yes they didn't have an easy life by any means, but that doesn't justify or explain away the things they've done that hurt me. All you are is the the things that you do.

Most relatable scene in BoJack: BoJack is supposed to be making breakfast but munches on an open box of cookies instead, all the while telling himself it’s not real breakfast food and to cut it out.

The voice of Becca the chicken is Lisa Hannawalt, the art director for Bojack

Live fast Diane Nguyen is VERY underrated what her brothers did to him was extremely abusive and it shows how even as the most capable of them all she still gets bullied and her opinions doesn't really seem to matter because she is the "daughter" of the house I think the episode gives a very good introduction to what diane had been through and how her identity was never accepted

Wanda's insight about rose-colored glasses works in the opposite direction. When you look at someone with jaded glasses, all the green flags just look like flags.

40:50 Princess Carolyn naming the baby Ruthie also shows that she truly took Vanessa Gecko’s advice too, because she kept emphasizing the word “ruthless” in her speech to PC.

My favorite thing about Bojack has, and always will be, the fact that it reels you in with comedic and zany situations and, just completely out of nowhere, the jokes slow down and take a backseat and it morphs into a full-blown drama, but by the time you realize that, it's already too late. You're hooked, and you can't stop watching. Not because it's funny and entertaining, but because you care about these silly people with animal heads, and want to see them succeed. Even the ones who are obviously not good people.

D Tier 2:09 77 The Bojack Horseman Story: Chapter One 3:16 76 Bojack Hates the Troops 4:05 75 Prickly-Muffin 4:51 74 Horse Majeure 5:23 C tier 5:31 73 Sabrina’s Christmas Wish 6:36 72 The Kidney Stays in the Picture 7:24 71 The Judge 8:02 70 The Horny Unicorn 8:48 69 YesterdayLand 9:29 68 Our A-Story is a D-Story 10:06 67 Out to Sea 10:41 66 Bojack Kills 11:13 65 Higher Love 11:49 64 Hooray! Todd Episode 12:23 63 Live Fast Diane Nguyen 13:15 62 Commence Fracking 13:50 B Tier 13:56 61 Planned Obsolescence 14:40 60 Zoes and Zeldas 15:15 59 Love And/Or Marriage 15:55 58 The Lightbulb Scene 16:33 57 Feel-Good Story 17:20 56 See Mr. Peanutbutter Run 18:17 55 Yes And 19:07 54 Sunk Cost and All That 20:10 53 Old Acquaintance 21:10 52 Chickens 21:46 51 lovin that cali lifestyle!! 22:30 50 Mr. Peanutbutter’s Boos 23:09 49 Ancient History 23:45 48 Underground 24:18 47 Start Spreading the News 25:02 46 Hank After Dark 25:34 45 The Bojack Horseman Show 26:06 44 Bojack the Feminist. 26:52 43 Brrap Brrap Pew Pew 27:20 42 Thoughts and Prayers 27:46 41 The Stopped Show 28:43 40 Intermediate Scene Study W/ Bojack Horseman 29:30 39 What Time is it Right Now? 30:06 A Tier 30:12 38 Angela 30:54 37 A Little Uneven Is All 31:37 36 One Trick Pony 32:17 35 Later 33:06 34 That Went Well 34:03 33 After the Party 34:35 32 Head in the Clouds 35:01 31 Surprise! 35:32 30 INT.SUB 36:14 29 A Horse Walks Into a Rehab 36:53 28 Stop the Presses 37:24 27 Still Broken 38:15 26 It’s You 38:55 25 Brand New Couch 39:29 24 The Dog Days Are Over 40:05 23 The New Client 40:51 22 The Telescope 42:04 21 The Shot 43:07 20 A Quick One, While He’s Away 44:15 S Tier 44:48 19 The Amelia Earhart Story 45:46 18 Ruthie 46:47 17 Stupid Piece of Sh*t 47:48 16 Good Damage 49:08 15 Say Anything 50:31 14 Downer Ending 51:36 13 Best Thing That Ever Happened 52:43 12 Xerox of a Xerox 53:43 11 Let’s Find Out 54:26 10 The Showstopper 55:28 9 The Face of Depression 56:34 8 That’s Too Much, Man 57:32 7 Escape from L.A 58:34 6 Fish Out Of Water 59:29 5 Nice While it Lasted 1:00:46 4 Free Churro 1:01:40 3 Time’s Arrow 1:02:36 2 The View from Halfway Down 1:03:50 1 The Old Sugarman Place

I thought that I watched all of Bojack Horseman three times...and then I found out that there's a Christmas special. Thanks for telling me about this haha

The fact you had something distinct to say about each one is probably what fascinated me the most about this video, simply because of the show's super-serialized and context-reliant nature. Fantastic job.

"I should stop expecting you to be a good person so I don't get hurt when your not." Todd says it to bojack when he learns about the sabotaged rock opera. That line meant a lot to me. As simple as it is, I really needed that advice when I first heard it. Sometimes, you just need to accept that people are gonna keep hurting you. I'll never forget that

31:51 Bojack's little smile as he sits onto his mom's lap kills me every time. It's like a little reminder that not all parents deserve kids

Johnny: here's my bojack ranking! Johnny: (proceeds to list episodes in reverse chronological order)

Not sure if intentional, but I think "Our Story is a D Story" is the point when the show really changed over, became a lot stronger and started to come into its own, and my headcanon is that that's because the story is no longer grounded in real Hollywood, but is now allowed to be its own thing in Hollywoo

What I really love about 'brrap brrap pew pew' is how PC initially displays a sort of jealousy towards Diane. It isn't always easy and clean-cut to support your friends, but in the end she's able to put it aside to help a friend. It highlights PC's character arc in a brutal and real way. She wants to do everything herself, she wants the best, but she can't always do it alone.

The view from halfway down is my favorite. That slow burn realizing Bojack might be actually dead was such an interesting concept. Really unique experience to watch.

This guy's a straight G for going through the most depressing show (or one of them) and ranking them. King. You need therapy man?

*When you realize Vincent has 4 freckles and Kevin Has 2*

I just watched the movie "Orphan" for the first time, and as soon as the therapist came on screen, I blurted out "IT'S ACCLAIMED CHARACTER ACTRESS MARGO MARTINDALE!!"

Y'know todd uses the music from his rock opera's finale as his ringtone later on in the show. I like to imagine he's moved past the sour bits and at least appreciates the fun they (or at least he had) making it. Perhaps not fully, but enough to enjoy it as something he tried.

Drinking game: take a shot every time he says "problematic".

Some stats for anyone interested (spoilers, obvs): Series 1 (incl. Christmas Special): Lowest Ranking: S1E1, BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One (77th) Highest Ranking: S1E11, Downer Ending (14th) Number of S-Tier: 2 Average Episode Ranking: 52.9 Series 2: Lowest Ranking: S2E2, Yesterdayland (69th) Highest Ranking: S2E11, Escape From L.A. (7th) Number of S-Tier: 2 Average Episode Ranking: 39.8 Series 3: Lowest Ranking: S3E3, BoJack Kills (66th) Highest Ranking: S3E4, Fish Out of Water (6th) Number of S-Tier: 3 Average Episode Ranking: 35.7 Series 4: Lowest Ranking: S4E8, The Judge (71st) Highest Ranking: S4E2, The Old Sugarman Place (1st) Number of S-Tier: 4 Average Episode Ranking: 39.3 Series 5: Lowest Ranking: S5E3, Planned Obsolescence (61st) Highest Ranking: S5E6, Free Churro (4th) Number of S-Tier: 3 Average Episode Ranking: 31.2 Series 6: Lowest Ranking: S6E6, The Kidney Stays in the Picture (72nd) Highest Ranking: S6E15, The View from Halfway Down (2nd) Number of S-Tier: 5 Average Episode Ranking: 32.2

This is my favorite show. My friends and family just see it as a “dumb cartoon” but if they would just watch it they wound see it’s so deep and meaningful. I love how well thought out it all is.

I can’t count the amount of times I went, “Hollyhock, noooo 🥺” while watching Bojack for the first time through.

That S Tier was just a compilation of goosebumps for me

Something I’m learning from watching the series a second time is how princess Carolyn and Diane are completely codependent on bojack’s chaos. They both have their own arcs learning how to get over him, have boundaries, and just make their own lives better. It reads so genuine. It makes me wonder what the creators’ relationship to addiction is.

Beatrice seeing her mom after the surgery made me cry the first time and i still tear up thinking about it, it’s a real traumatic experience for a mom who’s partner would do that to her, and a child that sees her mom but deep down knows she’s not there anymore, truly depressing and well written

It's funny bc I constantly want to say "oh why is this episode so low". There are just so many amazing ones...

STRONG disagree on The Kidney Stays in the Picture. The episode plays off Todd's insecurities and delves so far into his childhood in such an amazing way. For most of the early series Todd didn't have confidence. He avoided talking about himself and when he did he was defensive or self deprecating. In season 5 Todd starts finally appreciating his own life direction, aimless as it may be. Jorge opens up all of those old insecurities again, and shows us how Todd lost all of his motivation in his childhood. Showing Todd struggle with his past relations was honestly a beautiful way of finishing his arc.

Every time I watch the church scene at the end of The Face of Depression I burst out crying. Him being around other horses and taking that sigh of relief at the end of the service just gets me.

I love the symbolism behind the flashbacks revealing the origins of Bojack’s drinking because each time, it shows someone else pressuring him into drinking at an earlier and earlier age, suggesting it was his career, or his friendships, or his father, but ultimately the first time he drank was entirely his choice. Kind of hammers home how at the end of the day, while the rest of the world around him sucked, he made the choice

Another thing that I love in the episode with Yolanda’s over sexual famil is how, sometimes, as someone on the asexual spectrum, that’s what the world feels like. The world is strangely over sexual when you look at it through an asexual lense

So a horseman walks into my life... and now I'm watching an hour long video about him

"The Judge" may have not have been the most technically sound episode but damn was it hilarious.

This is amazing. Would you consider one day making a version that is a bi-monthly curated box of snacks? That would be awesome. :)

thank you for giving princess carolyn the credit she deserves. i've seen so many bojack reviews that either gloss over, or entirely ignore PC's character. she is one of the most well rounded, complex, and enjoyable characters on the show. "say anything" was the first episode in the series that made me realize the quality and genius of the show. it sucks to see that PC isn't talked about nearly enough.

This is so much better than that Buzzfeed video where they put The View from Halfway Down as an honorable mention lol

the amelia airhart story is one of my favorites and its really, really underrated. i personally love it a lot as someone from north carolina and it really makes me feel more connected to pc and i understand *so* much of her motivations just from the setting, its fantastic and all the little jokes about the state really get me.

The amount of friends I have who watched the first three episodes and deemed the entire thing as shit is unbelievable. I'm like PLEASE give my favourite show a chance, I promise it gets better!!!!!

Finally a tierlist that recognises "The old Sugarman place" as the best overall episode.

the chicken episode is a truly good commentary about factory farming and the moral dilemma of eating animals, the power of advertisiments over facts, food industry in general, and so many other subjects. its a shame everyone seems to mock a great episode just because they dont want to acknowledge taking part in hurting animals. it tells something about ”ThE sOciEtY” that an animal rights themed episode is the only episode people actively hate, in a series like bojack where there are so much hard to swallow pills and difficult, painful themes in every season. people are ready and willing to talk about almost any other subject as long as its not animal rights.

When Todd is at the Asexual meetup, you can see Yolanda!

I love all the Princess Carolyn centered episodes (she's my favorite character too) but "Time's Arrow" made me more emotional than any episode of any TV show I've ever seen. I've re-watched it twice and it still makes me cry.

Free churro is my favourite episode of Bojack horseman, but it left me completely mind-blown just watching Will Arnet speaking continuously for 25 minutes was an absolute masterpiece. Knowing how Bojack despises his mother and making jokes towards her saying "knock twice if..." to take a jab at her but also still show that even in death he's still seeking some sort of validation from her really made me shocked. After it cut to credits the only word that came from my mouth was... Wow

I just finished watching the show for the first time so this is perfect

FINALLY someone who appreciates just how brilliant The Old Sugarman Place is as an episode.

this show made my skin crawl in the best ways possible. It kept me watching with morbid fascination, how much worse can BoJack get? I hated that BoJack was so easy to like, only to watch him self destruct and take ppl with him. Also- them showing Diane gain weight and keep it when she started SSRIs. Fantastic representation, breaking the stereotype of "skinny and beautifully depressed"

Undeniably The View From Halfway Down will forever and always be my favorite episode of anything ever. The feeling when you realize what's going on. All the talk about what makes life meaningful. Secretariat's titular poem really hit me hard. The music and background ambiance was astonishing and I'll never forget how I first felt listening to that poem. That feeling of... "I don't want to go but it's too late and nothing I can do can change it" hit me so close to home and I will never forget this masterpiece of an episode

Great ranking, but personally, I think Angela should’ve been much higher. That episode tends to get overshadowed by the episode that comes after, and it saddens me, because for me the episode is almost as haunting as The View from Halfway Down and has some truly cutting moments. The line “Do it for Sarah Lynn, doesn’t she deserve more than to be remembered as the girl you killed?” sends chills down my spine every time. Their whole casual conversation about erasing Bojack from Horsin’ around forever in Angela’s dimly lit mansion is the perfect atmosphere, and the ending scene of Bojack breaking into his old house and officially hitting rock bottom is absolutely chilling and one of my favorite scenes in the whole show.

Todd's original voice is sooo deeper than what they chose here in Brazil, lol! Todd here sounds like a pothead with a "just out of teenage years" voice. It's so weird listening to him with that very manly voice. I like Bojack Horseman brazilian voice actors, though.

This show has made me cry three times but the one that made me cry the most was the scene where he sees Sarah Lynn’s photo on the wall at rehab and begins to participate in the activities. I cried even harder during my rewatch after knowing what happens with his sobriety

i always knew my favourite bojack arc was the old sugarman place, but i had no idea others felt the same way. god even watching this video was difficult, this show is truly astounding in how much it helps and hurts

I love how at 16:39 Diane's head was framed at the end of the Hollywoo sign, because the D is for Diane. Nice detail.

Bojack hates the troops is second worst? You, sir, are in-fucking-sane. That said, good content, gave like.

That one episode with the scene of Bojack through the door giving a speech to the class had me in tears. It was just a moment for him and the other two to slip away from the reality of the situation, and I just felt so heartbroken for Diane especially. I don't know, it just how for so long she had tried and tried to support him and gave him the benefit of the doubt so many times in hope for Bojacks change, and when she finally sees him in a positive light, it's also the time where she discovers how he'd stooped even lower with learning the reality of the Sarah Lynn situation. I'm so glad she managed to get out of LA, as well as her friendship with Bojack

I just want to know what holly's letter said 😭

" Drop the hate comments now, I like chickens." - Johnny 2021

Watching this video was the shortest hour I’ve ever gone through, top quality and love hearing your take on each episode. I definitely teared up a few times thinking back on all the moments this show made me feel like no show has ever done before! ^-^

I find it incredibly interesting how you can relate to "Good Damage" because of your similarities of your experience as a writer to Dianes struggles in that episode. Because I also related very hard to that episode, but I am not creative in the slightest; my relation to the episode stems from the heartbreakingly real depiction of depression and the process of getting through drepession; from the little things like not realizing an entire day has gone by to the big things like coping with the meds, the change in personality, the fear of what being dependent on meds for the rest of your life. I'm not even saying that your interpretation of the episode is wrong: Quite the contrary. I think it just speaks volumes about the brilliance of the writers that so many people, from different positions, can look upon that episode and relate to it.

I had watched each bojack series as it was released on Netflix but recently went back and watched it all again over a weekend and it was a completely different experience. Almost every episode took on a different meaning which led to 'The view from halfway down' being one of the most effective and brilliant episodes of tv I've ever seen. Really enjoyed this list.

“It takes a long time to find out how truly miserable you are and even longer to realize it doesn’t have to be that way. Only after you give up everything can you find a way to be happy” - Cuddly Whiskers

I’m glad “The Old Sugarman Place” made it to the top. For a while, “Time’s Arrow” was my favourite, but after further reflection, it was replaced. Mathew Broderick & Jane Krakowski were stellar in Season 4.

Bojack Hates the Troops is actually one of my favorites and thank god that episode convinced me to watch the whole show because this is without a doubt the best animated show of all time and perhaps even the best show ever period.

I love how the show looks like a goofy comedy but eventually turns into a commentary on self destruction and depression

The Best That ever Happened is so personal to be, I remember being exactly like PC with an ex and that “I love you as much as I can love anyone” just ruined me. I was never enough and always trying to make things work and wanted to stay around, fix things and be acknowledged.

You’re sleeping on That Went Well, but I’m also the type who likes episodes about handling character deaths just as much if not more than episodes where the character dies. Putting the fallout of Sarah Lynn’s death against the payoff to every running joke throughout the season was an inspired touch. Deep moments of sadness balanced by a moment of pure hilarity.

35:15 this episode has my favourite Tod moment. It’s the one where he goes into pickles chat and tells her that his favourite way to relax is by taking a bath only for the camera to pan to him hiding in the bath tub

Love the episode when Diane goes to Vietnam. It’s so underrated. Same with The Amelia Earhart story. They’re my favorite characters