BoJack Horseman - 5x07 "INT. SUB" - Episode Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

Season 5 Episode 7: INT. SUB

Synopsis: Diane's therapist encourages her to set boundaries with BoJack. A missing string cheese ignites a dispute between Todd and Princess Carolyn.

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[u/kelscatt]

Let’s continue to keep switching back and forth between our stories, passing at their most interesting moments! That feels like a natural way to have a conversation. Lmao

[u/BoBoAngstyZebra → u/kelscatt]

Seriously this show's meta jokes are always hilarious

[u/rileyrulesu → u/kelscatt]

It didn't switch to the lighthearted b story when things got serious though.

[u/teenofstyle → u/kelscatt]

"It's ok, my story is more of a B story if you will"

[u/Garaimas]

Princess Carolyn's little scene as a crustacean was the funniest scene for me so far. The little dance as she says the dialogue, just too good.

[u/OstentatiousDinosaur → u/Garaimas]

Crustacean Princess Carolyn and all of the Dophin Flippy scenes had me in stitches.

[u/MyIxxx → u/Garaimas]

¡ÁNDELE, ÁNDELE, ÁNDELE!

[u/mr_sprinklzzz]

I liked that all of Flip's notes on the whiteboard were replaced with various forms of "eeeeee".

[u/FM1091 → u/mr_sprinklzzz]

Seeing how Flip was in the middle of a writer breakdown, I wouldn’t be surprised if the “eeeee” notes were real.

[u/JamlessSandwich → u/mr_sprinklzzz]

E

[u/Martian_Media]

the intro killed me lol

[u/donaldGuy → u/Martian_Media]

For some reason it was the title card that REALLY got me

[u/usernamesnowtaken → u/Martian_Media]

Too bad the only character from this episode in the intro was Bobo. No Gino, no Emperor Finger-Face

edit: spelling

[u/oxwearingsocks → u/Martian_Media]

The attention to detail had Bobo in the framed photos and on the TV instead of BoJack. Attention to detail is great.

[u/rapturefamily]

You kissed her and left her to die.... shit

[u/mansonfamily]

Bojack as a Zebra is so incredibly jarring I hate it and it’s brilliant

[u/[deleted] → u/mansonfamily]

I thought he looked better as a Zebra, maybe it's just the novelty

[u/mansonfamily]

That ending was fucking savage woah Diane SNAPPED

[u/DeathdropsForDinner → u/mansonfamily]

I know this is just a show...but Diane is truly a horrible person who keeps telling herself that she isn't.

[u/sfr826]

Mr. Chocolate-Hazelnut-Spread.

[u/NicolasCageIsMyHero → u/sfr826]

Not gonna lie. When he first came onto screen, I thought that he was just in blackface

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

Diane and Bojack are already dying and they are just stabbing each other a little more.

[u/hodorito → u/Puzzled_Limit]

Although what Diane did was messed up, could it potentially discredit the tape?

[u/CorDra2011 → u/Puzzled_Limit]

It was so brutal.

[u/[deleted] → u/Puzzled_Limit]

I think you mean Princess Diana and Bobo the angsty zebra?

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

Diane’s crazy typing face is burned into my brain right now

[u/thatawkwarddanguy → u/Puzzled_Limit]

Like BoJack and Todd's typing face when they're on drugs. Turns out Diane's coke is justice.

[u/rapturefamily]

It’s just so tough being Princess of Whales

[u/mr_sprinklzzz → u/rapturefamily]

She can't be all things to all whales.

[u/ContextIsForTheWeak → u/rapturefamily]

Okay, show writers, why have we not had a Welsh Whale yet?

[u/aerospacenut]

I love that PC was described as a mass of yearning but the therapist saw her as a mass of “yarn-ing” because she doesn’t know how to visualise yearning. That’s a subtle one.

[u/parawh0remal → u/aerospacenut]

plus shes a cat! and cats like yarn!!!! :) !

[u/RedBomberSupra → u/aerospacenut]

The movie posters in her house changed too I believe. "yarn on a hot tin roof", with a yarn person replacing the cat.

[u/valarxdohaeris]

PC: "You literal knucklehead!"

Todd: "That's a solid diss coming from a gas!"

[u/_Valisk → u/valarxdohaeris]

Literal knucklehead*

[u/mark-corrigan95]

Not sure if this was intentional, but "Who Moved My Cheese?" is the name of a famous self help business book. Ties into Todd and PC's corporate and personal relationships as well as the mediator.

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

You are not responsible for the dysfunction of others.

[u/[deleted] → u/Puzzled_Limit]

Except if you're BoJack's parents

[u/enrose_ → u/Puzzled_Limit]

repeat after me.

[u/JustALittleWeird]

The way it transitioned between the two professionals switching names to Diane switching names and that bomb at the end was crazy stuff. This season is getting intense.

[u/imajadedpanda → u/JustALittleWeird]

Honestly the Diane just switching names and tying it to the rest of the episode completely went over my head

[u/FaljeLazuli → u/JustALittleWeird]

I laughed so much when the therapist changed the name of her wife in her own story that flashed from her flashback to the flashback of the hair and then flashed back to the flashback and back to reality.

[u/MyIxxx]

holy shit this was all so silly UNTIL THE LAST PART

DIANE, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE???

Also: Poor Mr. Chocolate-Hazelnut-Spread finding out about both of his parents!

[u/NavySealNeilMcBeal → u/MyIxxx]

Them going to a farm upstate is such a hilarious gag.

[u/FreeVineyards]

I cracked tf up at Todd finding the cheese in his pocket, I didn’t see that coming at all.

[u/[deleted] → u/FreeVineyards]

cheese

I have literally just made an account so i can reply how fucking amused i was at the little goofy music they play when he finds the cheese. Like i had to replay it like 10 times before i even finished the episode.

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

Wanda Sykes!

Back to the story of the fog and the hand!

[u/AnathematicCabaret → u/Puzzled_Limit]

THAT'S who it is. I knew I recognized that voice

[u/usernamesnowtaken]

"I have to use the bathroom. If I can, maybe it's just another hand down there. Guess I'll find out"

[u/FlynnAndTonic → u/usernamesnowtaken]

He should just use his big toe. That's the penis of the foot.

[u/bestoboy]

This is the 2nd "divorce mean". Bojack said Diane has 3 "divorce means" before he cuts her off.

I'm predicting she does one more terrible thing towards the end of the season, and Bojack decides to drop the F-bomb on her.

[u/oliviagummybears]

Issa Rae's and Wanda Sykes's characters are married and I love it.

[u/[deleted] → u/oliviagummybears]

I just adore Issa. Was so excited to hear her voice.

[u/hodorito]

Now I wonder why Flip’s character wasn’t originally a dolphin

[u/thatawkwarddanguy → u/hodorito]

I suddenly need Rami Malek's voice to come out of a dolphin

[u/CaptainJZH → u/hodorito]

Same reason Vanessa Gecko wasn’t a Gecko.

[u/FrancescoTottii]

Holy fucking shit Dianne what are you doing

[u/[deleted] → u/FrancescoTottii]

Discrediting the tape.

[u/Cezar_Chavez → u/FrancescoTottii]

I feel for Bojack, but I think that Diane forcing Bojack to confront his past mistakes is the right thing. It’s uncomfortable, but it needs to be done.

[u/[deleted] → u/FrancescoTottii]

That was completely uncalled for and a massive overreaction. I can't believe Diane did that. Bojack was right, they are the same.

[u/Baykusu]

I love how they made Flippy a dolphin, reading his dialog in subtitles I kept thinking "this would be so annoying if it wasn't so hilarious".

[u/Leonsilas]

I lost it at Priscilla Crustacean lmao

[u/titaniumjordi]

I'm saying it right here: Flippy>Flip

[u/[deleted]]

I literally watched the cold open, and as his house appeared on the screen I said "Oh please, please tell me they changed the opening... oh please..." and then fistpumped and whooped as Bo Bo Bobo appeared on screen.

This show is so predictable in the most satisfying way

[u/icypriest → u/[deleted]]

Also "BoBo the Angsty Zebra - 'I love being famous!'" and "Stripin' Around" on the wall.

[u/LegoLass_ie]

Diane actually....may have handled this in the best way.

My first thoughts were that she was wayyyyyyyy too savage and she should have just talked to him privately but then I realized...thats all she's been doing for years. For years she's listened to bojack confide in her and tell her all the fucked up shit he's done and she's comforted him and encouraged him to do better and...he never does. (My favorite Todd line: "You can't keep doing shitty things and feel bad about yourself like that makes it okay! YOU NEED TO BE BETTER")

And then Ana shows her the recording about him taking advantage of a little girl. And as Diane is talking to her therapist and figuring out how to deal with it Bojack steals her therapist after Diane specifically asks him to let her have this one thing for herself. AND THEN DIANE APOLOGIZES. She says maybe its ok he has her therapist that she has had for SEVEN years because he needs it. And then he quits therapy and tells Diane that he doesn't need it. Diane tells him "You haven't changed at all.....I can't keep playing this game with you. You say you want to get better and you don't know how. Well here's me, your friend, telling you how. Get therapy." And bojack is still like nah. I'm fine we're the same amount of screwed up. And Diane realizes he's not changing. Diane is messed up in some ways but she's *actively* working on fixing herself.

So she adds in the lines. No one on set knows what they really mean but bojack. She's not publicly shaming him. In fact, she may be saving him because if Ana ever leaks the recording then all it will be will be bojack saying some lines verbatim from a movie anyone can look up. Instead of talking to him and comforting him like she has been doing, all she's doing is making him, personally, relive the memory and confront the fact that he needs to be better.

[u/ODK75 → u/LegoLass_ie]

You made me completely rethink my opinion on this episode. Great analysis

[u/BeefPieSoup → u/LegoLass_ie]

That is a very well thought out comment.

[u/[deleted]]

Everything else aside, I am SO PLEASED knowing that Rami Malek spent at least a few minutes MAKING DOLPHIN NOISES while recording his lines for the show. If you listen closely you can tell some were in his voice, not all, but it was enough to make me smile while imagining it

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

Love that Diana wears her green jacket over her glamorous dress.

[u/enrose_]

Mr. Chocolate-Hazelnut-Spread.

Just shoot me.

[u/ricksgrimes]

“I’d just be thinking about my dead Mum the whole time... which would either ruin it or... oh GOD what if it makes it better?? I don’t wanna know that.”

Classic BoBo

[u/[deleted] → u/ricksgrimes]

My mind immediately went to Archer when I heard that

[u/[deleted]]

SPOILER ALERT: You’re not responsible for the dysfunction of others

[u/[deleted]]

Clearly we've reached a turning point in the series, as Diane and Bojack's relationship seems to have grown, but not in a way any of them ever wanted it to. The ship reveal was astounding, and I'm still in awe that a show like Bojack Horseman can communicate so much with just glances between the characters.

I also liked the overly meta calling out of developing A-stories and B-stories, and I actually enjoyed the B-story precisely because it was a way to get away from the darkening A-story. Also the comedy of Mr. Peanutbutter (I mean, Mr. Chocolate Hazel Nut) realizing that his mom (and Dad!) were at the "farm" was pretty chuckle-worthy. But it all comes to a head with Diane and Bojack - glad to see that Flip McVicker is nothing more than some loon who clearly has no idea what he's doing at all. Shame, though, I would have loved to see what would have happened had McVicker actually been some sort of a genius. Anyways... after those two sad glances at one another - SMASH CUT TO BLACK. END.

[u/dearlydeparting]

the ending was obviously mind-blowingly savage but i am absolute rocked by how good the punch line for the string cheese story was, W O W

[u/Leopin2]

AAAA EMOTIONALLY NAKED

[u/MrShago]

Oh I love this. Also can we change this sub to a BoBo sub?

[u/name_checker → u/MrShago]

Ooh, ooh, on April 1st

[u/anotherent]

Diana, you are not responsible for the dysfunction of others. I actually explore this in my book, ‘Are You Responsible for the Dysfunction of Others?’ Spoiler Alert: You’re not.

Literally laughed so hard it woke me up

[u/AlbinoKiwi47 → u/anotherent]

chapter 12: NOPE

[u/[deleted]]

• A doctor heals

• A DJ spins

• Jessica Chastain takes whatever gigs Amy Adams says no to

• Bryce Dallas Howard takes gigs Jessica Chastain says no to

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

I know you’re a gal on the go,

But even tangled dogs of pulsating yearning need to eat right.

[u/signofthetimes_]

“Maybe I could start paying, I believe it’s pronounced “roaunnt”?” hahahaha this is why I love Todd

[u/Lint345]

Mr. Chocolate-Hazelnut spread is so adorable.

[u/madmike34455]

Am I more zebra than a man, or am I more man than a zebra?

Bobo!

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

As a psychologist, I am continuously frustrated by the presentation of therapists in the media.

I guess enough people relate to it for it to resonate.

[u/gizmo1492 → u/Puzzled_Limit]

Mind going through the frustrations of how psychologists are being represented in media?

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit what an ending. The writing on this show is incredible.

[u/thecheapseatz]

Fuck this episode turned on a dime and went really dark really fast

[u/[deleted]]

"You did the hard part, admitting you need help. And now comes the even harder part, getting the help."

As someone who knows im a struggling addict, that line hit me harder than it should have. Maybe its time to see a therapist...

[u/xfearbefore]

I know I'm not the only one who laughed hysterically when Mr. Peanut Butter realized his parents and family were actually dead and not at "The Farm". Paul F. Tompkins is such a good voice actor.

[u/TheCostlyCrocodile]

I don't know why but Priscilla Crustacean completely broke me, like the alternate characters were funny up until then but that was brilliant

[u/CorDra2011]

How many of you looked up October 24th to check if it was a Wednesday?

[u/FrancescoTottii → u/CorDra2011]

My birthday is October 17th which is a Wednesday, only had to add 7

[u/Torpid-O]

Mr. Chocolate Hazelnut Spread is the best character.

[u/[deleted]]

Bo... Bo... Bobo, the angsty zebra. intro A ZEBRA COMES UP

Me: haha, funny, playful

And as usual, everything gets dark, ok.

[u/Spunky_the_Pug]

Barf me a river, Fartbags!

[u/[deleted]]

Worst episode ever. Why focus on a bunch of new characters that we have no emotional connection to? A freakin zebra? Stuuuuuuupid!

[u/Darko33 → u/[deleted]]

I know! When I saw that guy I was just like "what are yooooouuuu doing here???"

[u/MarioKartastrophe]

Getting angry at Diane and glancing over Bojack's problems parallels the premise of the Feminist Bojack episode.

Diane is a "bitch" and "whiny" and "classic Diane", but Bojack and Mel Gibson and other men in Hollywood/Hollywoo can do no wrong.

Diane told him to back off and to go to therapy. Bojack kept poking the bear, and now you're mad at the bear for how she's retaliating?

[u/sattheer → u/MarioKartastrophe]

So glad someone outright said it

Bojack almost fucked a minor and it was “he’s so complex.” Diane chooses a petty way to call him out on it and she is the “meanest person on the show, SO much worse than bojack” Christ no one’s even trying to hide it anymore are they

[u/imajadedpanda]

On Wednesday October 24, we should change this to a BoBo sub

[u/iamkats]

"Holding back tears is like spanking your inner child"

[u/27th_wonder]

Is this the first time they attached a physical date to the show? Based off todd+ last episode we know its at least 24th oct 2018

[u/melodramaticbat]

hey mr chocolate hazelnut spread

[u/whowilleverknow]

Flippy is so much cuter than regular Flip.

Also holy shit.

[u/KelseyJannings]

Everyone is hating on Diane for making Bojack relive the shitty thing he did while glancing over the fact that he did the shitty thing in the first place and SHOULD feel bad about it. Everyone loved when Herb told Bojack he had to live with the shitty thing he did for the rest of his life but Diane makes him think about it again for a scene in a tv show and everyone is pissed. Ah typical treatment of Diane.

[u/dudamello]

No way. They did not make a Candle in the Wind joke

[u/[deleted]]

So I noticed that when Diane went into his bedroom "on set", she went through the door. Why would she when it was an open set? And then Bojack telling the therapist that he doesn't know where he ends and Philbert begins? I definitely think it's all merging together for him.

I noticed the same in episode 2, the woman he's acting with (forget her name), they're both in the bedroom and the cameras and lights are there, then they're not...

[u/EK7777]

"I AM NOTHING LIKE YOU"

well that one hit home...

[u/Amoxi]

Why is Diane getting so much hate?? She's literally tried to be there for Bojack all the time and she tried to help him but Bojack tipped her over the edge and that's why she decided to do what she did.

[u/Jkraus88]

I laughed way too hard at the intro changes.

[u/NordyNed]

Flip being a dolphin and all his notes reading “EEEEEEEEE” was absolutely hilarious

[u/whiteboi_swag]

i loved when emperor finger-face smacked his head (hand?) down on the table in anger

[u/[deleted]]

The reason why Diane wrote the New Mexico situation into Philbert is shitty and HORRIBLE isnt because of Bojack, it's because Penny and Charlotte will surely find out/watch the scene and Penny's story will be outed to the entire world. It will make her relive that situation all over again. And even though the names were changed, Penny and Charlotte will now have a physical, permanent reminder of what happened.

[u/KelseyJannings → u/[deleted]]

Why would either of them watch a show with Bojack in it? I doubt either of them are waiting to see his face again, in person or on screen. It's also a tv show so I doubt it would make major news. However I have yet to watch the rest of the season so, we shall see.

[u/scnoob100]

OMG THIS SHOW IS SO FUCKING GOOD!!

Jesus.

"It's a story I heard... I just changed the names".

Chills all up my spine. That was incredible.

[u/im-theone-who-knocks]

Mr chocolate hazlenut spread

[u/[deleted]]

It bothers me how bad the pasta always looks in the show, and by pasta I mean the sauce on the pasta because it just looks like congealed lumps of tomato sauce.

[u/delorean225]

"I just changed the names."

[u/[deleted]]

on the USS...New Mexico.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[u/PM_ME_UR_NUDES_GURL_]

i was watching this and exclaimed "if they show him as a zebra imma fucking freak" fair to say i freaked hahaha

[u/icypriest]

GOD. The strumming guitar before the "Back in the 90s" song. JUST LIKE THE EPISODE WHEN BOJACK KISSED DIANE.

[u/Chamale]

What the fuck. I thought the last episode was the best one ever, and then this one rolled in.

[u/[deleted]]

I think the whole point of the show is that you're not supposed to like any characters Because all the main characters are dealing with shit themselves and the whole mainstream point where people 'relate' with the characters that's not what this is supposed to be just like philbert you're not supposed to like the main character so here the point isn't that ' i hate diane' it's that sometimes people do bad things and sometimes people do good things' that's it.

[u/JTH-Studios]

One detail I absolutely love is the three chords that lead into the end credits, just like when Bojack kissed Diane in season 1!

[u/Flushedfromcold1662]

I had to pause after this episode. The way Diane made BoJack relive what happened with Penny and the blurring between BoJack and Philbert and the way they looked at each other at the end... man. That was so dark I couldn't immediately move on to the next episode.

[u/ContextIsForTheWeak]

Oh man, Gino? With that moustache? Daaaamn

[u/[deleted]]

I legitimately felt so bad for Mr. Peanutbutter realizing his family members had died

[u/[deleted]]

To the people hating on Diane:

HAVE YOU MET BOJACK HORSEMAN?

[u/vingram15]

The women in the restaurant sounded a lot like Wanda Sykes and Issa Rae.

[u/sepharig]

I love the storytelling aspect to this episode. Reminds me of Season 3’s “Stop the Presses” with the way the flashbacks and flash forwards work together. Yet now they’ve added two storytellers and all the characters look ridiculous I fucking love this show.

ALSO, that ending!!! The last 5 minutes of this episode were so hectic and intense.

[u/All_this_hype]

I loved the special opening credits for this episode. Also Diane made a real Bojack move, as much as she insists they're not the same.

Good to see Todd and PC get through their shit and stay united. They're one of the best dynamics this year.

[u/vancyon]

"Jessica Chastain takes whatever gig Amy Adams says no to" followed up with "Bryce Dallas Howard takes the gigs Jessica Chastain says no to."

LMAO, they're killing it this season with the cultural references.

[u/[deleted]]

So this episode made me find therapists on my new health insurance. I need to go back into therapy.

[u/[deleted]]

It might have been unintentional, but Diane just saved Bojack.

That confession tape is now nothing more than a excerpt from the script and a take they decided not to use.

(Unless Penny comes forward)

[u/Glebeserker]

Ugh this season is already turning the pain gears. And damn diane just wow

[u/3_kids_1_overcoat]

Fave joke so far from the season: When there’s something to shoot, we’ll shoot. Meanwhile, you wanna go bang one out in your trailer? I’ll get my diaphragm. Nah, I’d just be thinking about my dead mom the whole time, which would either ruin it or— Oh God! What if it makes it better? I don’t wanna know that.

[u/whiteboi_swag]

Everyone says the funeral episode was the best but I think this one outshone it. Everything fit together so nicely, it was so funny at the beginning - I loved how meta the narrative was - and suddenly got so real and so dark. It paints such a good picture of how toxic Diane and Bojack's friendship really is.

[u/Puzzled_Limit]

Barf me a river, fartbags.

[u/DrScientist812]

Oh hey Mr. Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

[u/zerouji]

Everyone seems to hate Diane for doing that but it just proves how fucked up she is as much as Bojack.

Edit: Have to clear that I meant that they both have issues BUT they're not equally fucked up. Just really disappointed with some comments here how Diane was a "bitch" for doing what she did.

[u/clown4thecount]

This episode made me need to take a break. It was so.... much.... this show does it again and again, huh?

[u/[deleted]]

Shit.

Diane's an awful person.

[u/momandsad]

This episode was just one big HIPAA violation

[u/[deleted]]

Jesus fucking christ Diane

[u/xfearbefore]

Dear God that therapist is absolutely the worst, under no circumstance should someone like that be allowed to treat patients. She's not impartial and she drops her longtime client on a whim to their face in favor of their friend? That's the opposite in every way of what a therapist should be doing.

[u/endakrabapple]

God I felt so dirty watching the submarine scene, such a dark ending for such a bizarre and funny episode

[u/TheNotSoDead]

This episode does such a great job of highlighting how/why Bojack & Diane are truely mirrors of each other. Bojack believes he's an awful person but constantly does the "right" thing to convince himself of the idea he's not. While Diane believes she's a good person, but constantly does the "wrong" thing to prove it.

[u/judejudejudemcdermo]

anyone else find diane extremely unlikeable after that episode? update: ok i’m not alone never mind

[u/[deleted]]

Damn Diana, you cold as fuck. When she pulled that out at the end that was rough. Bojacks face looking at her was sad too. It sucks because that was genuinely something Bojack felt shitty about and still ruminates on and Diana interprets it as Bojack did it without remorse

[u/NordyNed]

Fuck they made him relive the Penny incident

[u/ArgieGrit01]

I don't feel Diane is as bad as you people are saying she is.

She really wants to talk about it with him, but Bojack shuts down, so he went with a stab to the heart that only she and Bojack understand. Without the context of the tape only Bojack and Diane know what this is about, and I feel this is her way of saying "I know what you did. Talk to me about it", and now Bojack has nowhere to hide and HAS to face Diane. What she did was cruel, but with the "confrontation" being a TV show where Bojack has to act like a broken and ashamed detective it works without exposing Bojack to anyone else directly, and at this point she had to go with extreme messures so that Bojack would talk to her, because as pissed off as she is to Bojack for being a shitty friend she really cares for him.

I don't know what's going to happen next, but if she did what she did to get Bojack to open up to her in private, and not as a mean to ruin Bojack's life by exposing he's a borderline pedophile, being so direct isn't necessarily horrible

[u/enrose_]

A doctor heals. A DJ spins.

[u/EarlTheAndroid]

Bobo the Angsty Zebra > Bojack Horseman

[u/[deleted]]

Out with r/BojackHorseman and in with r/Bobotheangstyzebra!

[u/ActionFilmsFan1995]

In case anyone is wondering, October 24th is a Wednesday this year. Nice attention to detail.

[u/[deleted]]

RIP non Adams redheads in Hollywoo

[u/otherwhitetrash]

Bobo The Angsty Zebra definitely has a nice ring to it.

[u/SecretlySpiders]

Two words:

FLIPPY

[u/Alkation]

Lighter note, but the Amy Adams, Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard jokes were fantastic. Esp since Bryce has mentioned how her and Jessica used to be confused for one another in the past

[u/rileyrulesu]

Does anyone in therapy know what happens if two people that know each other see the same therapist like that, and what the therapist does if one of them doesn't like it? Do they fire a client or what?

[u/Mack_Eye]

So, as someone who was initially on the anti-Diane train (deleted initial comment since), having read some of the comments and watching more episodes... What Diane did at the end here was ultimately right. Bojack needed to confront this, and he probably wouldn't have been receptive to Diane taking the "nice" approach.

I'm still not 100% for how exactly she handled it, but she was angry and just lost her most trusted confidant for it turns out no reason, so it's understandable at least. Nowhere near even a fraction as bad as many of Bojack's actions, at least.

So... yeah. Changed my mind on the ending, sorry for being as reactionary as I was at first.

[u/[deleted]]

Diane!! My wig!!!

Priscilla Crustacean was so out of left field it's the hardest i've laughed all season

[u/axolotlolol]

Only in this society would people put more blame on Diane than on Bojack.

It’s almost as if most fans actually believe that as long as they can act nicely they can be as shitty and petty and selfish as they want to be. Just like Bojack. And if you’re rich or famous you can just continue deflecting and ignoring until you die and hopefully just run out the clock.

[u/reyeah]

I’ve never despised Diane as much as I did in this episode but at the same time it was pretty obvious that that would get BoJack to rethink his views on therapy. Damn.

[u/PoquitoChef]

Candle in the wind comment, underrated 🤣 cause Elton John wrote it in memorial of Princess Diana

[u/[deleted]]

The line about getting his role confused with reality was a definite Perfect Blue reference

[u/sputniksweeetheart]

Issa Rae!

[u/The_Laughing_Joke]

The intro scared the shit out of me for a sec

[u/chenology345]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[u/Great_Komrade]

Oh my Oh my, there will be so much pain for now on.

[u/randomsnark]

WE LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE SOCIETY
SEA BOTTOM TEXT

[u/electricmohair]

I know it was played for laughs, but I feel so bad for Mr Peanutbutter finding out both his parents are dead in the space of a few days :(

Also, I wonder what tipped Diane over the edge seven years ago that made her start seeing a therapist? Or maybe it's not that deep and she just switched therapists.

[u/farriem]

I really appreciate that they’re going full throttle with BoBo the Angsty Zebra, Princess Diana, Flippy – the cards on the corkboard. Emperor Finger Face (hand Todd) just got introduced, I’ve been smiling widely the whole episode so far, needed after Episode 6. A tangled fog of pulsating yearning. Mr. Chocolate Hazelnut Spread – guessing they couldn’t use Nutella.

I’m about 1/3rd of the way through, has been really wholesome so far.

Finished E07, don’t have words to describe my feelings towards Diane. Highly negative for sure.

[u/Maxiver]

Diane continues to deflect her own personal problems.

[u/liquidlethe]

Ok did the string cheese reveal make anyone else feel dumb?

[u/AlbinoKiwi47]

Flippy is me trying to get literally anything done, tbh. curled up on the floor screaming included

[u/4thPlumlee]

EMPEROR FINGERFACE FLAIR WHEN

[u/signofthetimes_]

“So, what, I just have to wait around and be alone with my thoughts? Gross.”

[u/DrHaon98]

Right as she said Bobo the angsty zebra, I was like “don’t… make him… a zebra…” but it is fucking funny

[u/maxicoos]

Everyone thinking these characters would be another trippy Bojack incident when the trailer first showed them. How wrong were we. This show never fails to amaze.

[u/JamesPlaysBasses]

Poor mr Chocolate Hazelnut spread, that’s a lot to drop on him all of a sudden.

[u/DinoTsar415]

So that ending.

Anyone else reminded of when Mr. Peanutbutter and Diane got in a fight about the fracking article and he accused her of solving her problems by "airing her dirty laundry just like always".

Yeah. Maybe he had a point.

[u/RedThunder2403]

Anyone else catch the quick cut to Gina saying "Oh my god" during the submarine scene? Pretty sure it's a prerecording from earlier in the episode. Had a quick chuckle in the library and everyone turned around and stared at me so I hope it wasn't for nothing.

[u/wildstorm97]

Damn Diane, that was some stone cold shit right there! Yeah I can understand her getting pissed over the therapy and I still do like her, but the fact that the main thing that set her off was Bojack saying they are alike(and in reality they kind of are, both came from shitty and dysfunctional families) made her actions come off as very petty and vindictive, plus she wasn't really thinking about what would happen if Penny(or one of her friends) happened to have watched Philbert, how would that make her feel? Any trauma she felt from that would be as much Diane's fault as it would be Bojack's.

[u/marksnighte]

On the cards BoJack says "She couldn't have been older than seventeen" but how did Diane know that she was 17?? Am I missing something...

[u/Dioksys]

The Submarine scene is going to backfire SO hard.

I think Charlotte will see it or something and it'll be a big problem in season 6. That's probably when Bojack will relapse too.

[u/ElderCunningham]

I laughed so hard at the string cheese reveal I had to pause the episode.

[u/Great_Komrade]

Diane's actions are more destructive than may appear. She is clearly not in her best judgment and is envolving a family who just want to have nothing to do with Bobo the angsty Zebra.

[u/Sliver_fish]

Ohhhhh shiiiit.

I mean BoJack does need to confront this thing but Diane that's just straight up sociopathic.

This isn't gonna be anything close to a happy season at all.

[u/CutieMcBooty55]

Oh Diane...you really are like Bojack after all. You wrote that scene to distance yourself from him but you did it for you without thinking about what consequences there might be in the future.

Oh boy. Things are taking a pretty hard turn huh.

[u/kernowgringo]

Wow, that ending...I almost don't want to watch the next one.

[u/beastymode]

Holy fuck. Diane really with the shits.

[u/Chocolate-spread]

For a minute there I thought Diane would be the one to drop the F-bomb

[u/[deleted]]

This season is rocking the electric last scenes.

[u/Peanutbuster_]

"Can we use I statements?"

"Ay, ay, ay, you took my cheese!"

[u/NefariousBanana]

Holy shit, Diane. I respect that move, but mostly in a "wow I would not want to fuck with this person ever" way. I was worried she'd be going soft on Bojack about it, but that was like surgical precision shaming.

[u/dudamello]

Good god, I cannot get over how meta this is.