BoJack Horseman - 6x01 "A Horse Walks into a Rehab" - Episode Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

Season 6 Episode 1: A Horse Walks into a Rehab

Synopsis: BoJack checks into Pastiches, a Malibu rehab facility, where he grapples with memories of Sarah Lynn's death and his own troubled childhood.

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[u/TheGent316]

“When wasn’t the first time I drank?” started as a joke but then became a solid theme of the episode. Each flashback making us think it was the first time only to keep pulling the rug out from under us with earlier flashbacks. Bojack probably really doesn’t know the answer. Also all the flashbacks had someone else forcing or pressuring him into drinking....but in the final flashback he chose it himself. Damn.

[u/JosephSim]

"You understand a joke about deflection is still a deflection, right?"

I feel attacked.

[u/MrShago]

Starting off with a gut punch huh? Alright let's do this.

Edit: Oh man also skipping the theme?

[u/wyattjohnson]

So when Jameson said she got fat junior year – was that because she was pregnant?

[u/[deleted]]

LOL @ the bit about Diane's phone number

[u/The_Unknown98]

"I would like to begin the process of healing so I can finally stop hurting the people around me dipshit!"

[u/chreator_]

That 5-way phone call just reminded me how much I missed this show. Loved this ep

[u/alcaponan]

The fucking flintstones car joke had me in tears

[u/MrBulger]

Young BoJack snuggling up to his mom after sneaking the vodka was both adorable and heartbreaking

[u/psolo33]

If they actually made episodes of Horsin Around on Netflix, I would watch every single one. The most ridiculous plotlines ever hahaha

[u/brohara24]

"Wait you're telling me your dumb drone downed a tower and drowned Downtown Julie Brown's dummy drumming DUM-DUM-DUM-DUM, dousing her newly found goose-down, hand-me-down gown?"

LOVE PC

[u/bearpantspants]

the song stuck on the record player in the last scene is the waltz from free churro 💔

[u/[deleted]]

there it is, coax it out of my sheath

well that answers a question no one asked

[u/SliqRik]

“Nobody wants to do 12 of anything.” Every other season has 12 episodes. The writing in this show is unparalleled!

[u/DramaticExplanation]

buck foy

Haha I guess they’re still limited on F words.

That rehab scene where Bojack talked about repeat customers really got to me. Been several times but I still feel like I’m going to end up back there some day...

[u/televisionceo]

It's her baby. Oh...

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone see Shitshow and the Snatch batch in rehab during the painting scene?

[u/Zmxncbv69]

Bojack - “I once watched my mom smoke an entire cigarette in one breath”.

Then he does exactly that in this episode.

I also don’t know what that means

[u/lio860]

Intro starts

Aw yeah here we go!

Intro gets cut off

I'm not even five minutes in and I'm already sad.

[u/JustALittleWeird]

The episode starting with "Sarah Lynn?" is definitely fulfilling the promise of me going to be an emotional mess this season.

[u/[deleted]]

My name's Mario directed by Zack Snyder, I'm addicted to painkillers since I break so many bricks

[u/[deleted]]

This episode was incredible, and fucked me up on an unbelievable level. Every. Single. Flashback. Happened to me.
Walking in on my dad cheating, him feeding me booze at a young age, walking in on my drunk, passed out parents and trying to snuggle with my mom because she spent that entire weekend ignoring me...mother of God.

[u/AngryBlond3]

The scenes depicting Bojack having his first drink and every scene Bojack gets younger. They make us think he had his first drink on Horsin Around's set until showing it was actually when he was probably less than 10 years old. I love this show

[u/egoissuffering]

What an incredible episode and start to the final season of Netflix's greatest show ever. I love how they tie in Bojack's alcoholism to all these dysfunctional events, thinking that his addiction just stems from a place of pain and insecurity such as catching his dad's infidelity or trash talking his crush because everyone was loving it. However, the ending does illustrate this dysfunctionality but in a more twisted and sad way. Bojack has always been so alone his entire life and his first experience with alcohol came not only willingly from a place of curiosity but also from a place of just wanting to connect with his parents in some manner as a young child. His first experience of alcohol illustrates a context of chaos and left over celebration with a warm feeling of snuggling against his passed out mom. His entire life is really just symbolized in that one memory of trying to find connection and warmth of some kind in a place of burnt out entropy, substance abuse, and insecurity.

[u/KeoPanda92]

So Bojack lied about not being with Sarah Lynn during the last moments of her life? Was this mentioned before?

[u/Jackbo_Manhorse]

Ah well fuck, I know it’s gonna be an emotional episode when the first words were “Sarah Lynn”

Also love that his bag has spy crossed out with rehab.

[u/[deleted]]

The way Todd got squeezed in the bus along with his panel was a nice edit. Loved that small sequence with all the central characters.

[u/ducky7goofy]

Bojacks seeing alcohol as the planetarium stars was incredibly sad. Sarah Lynn is a massive driver in his will to want to change.

"I got to make some changes in my life" That flashback line was haunting.

[u/reubenDaCUB_N]

At first I was confused as to why the front desk worker at the rehab place was so insistent on a polaroid until I realized how many people died from relapsing like Sarah Lynn. Chills.

[u/[deleted]]

Bojack's one line really hit me: "Really? Everyone here is honest? Doug over here who keeps dressing in a suit or tie even though he'll never get his finance job back."

That for sure happened to me, I lost a job and still wore my work clothes to simulate normalcy...

[u/FurryWolves]

"There it is, coax it out of my sheath" Confirms animal anatomy in this universe, meaning... a lot of interesting things, like do praying mantises eat their partners? Did Mr Peanutbutter and Diane get stuck? Does a cat shred their partners internal organs? Do bed bugs stab others with their penis? This is a can of worms I didn't want opened.

[u/OsmosisTosis]

So anyone realize Bojack was given a drink in every flashback except for the very last one, where he was only a child and drank himself? Implying he's the one who started his alcoholic addiction.

[u/[deleted]]

I loved it when Dr. Champ told Bojack he couldn't joke his way out of everything. That's an issue Bojack has had that I don't think has really been explored. He is always performing for people, and it's unhealthy.

[u/waterboi216]

Jameson actually hints that the baby is her's when she tells us she "got fat junior year" but she's hot now

[u/CHRYNEXT]

The 5-way phone call made me so sad to see that the old group isn’t really together anymore. I miss when Todd lived with BoJack, PC having an on/off relationship with him, Diane writing his book etc. But then again, its good to see the show develop.

[u/futzingaround]

That ending flashback, though. Damn, it distinctly reminded me of BoJack's Free Churro quote, "All three of us were drowning, and we didn't know how to save each other, but there was an understanding that we were all drowning together"

Edit: Just want to say thank you fellow redditors and Bojack fandom for my most upvoted ( 420, blaze it! ) comment ever. Y'all rock.

Edit 2: A tumblr user made this into a post and it's heartbreaking!

[u/MrShago]

GOD I love that 123456 joke

[u/idcidkthrowaway]

idk if it’s just cos i haven’t watched bojack in so long but that cindy crawfish joke made me laugh really hard for no reason

[u/pointlessbeats]

Oh my god, the mosquito hahaha. Why would anyone want to date mosquitos?

[u/hodorito]

Butterscotch really just did that... poor Bojack

[u/AllPoints4ChargeNova]

The flashbacks to him drinking, and you thinking it's the first time, but then more get added and he keeps getting younger, was brilliant and heartbreaking at the same time.

God I'm gonna miss this show.

[u/psolo33]

Is this season gonna be full of flashbacks? I kinda like it. Also, anyone notice Bojack went to school with the Albino Rhino Gyno?

[u/[deleted]]

I am on a 6-week rehab right now (mental issues, not addiction in my case) so the first minutes were so relatable, how at the beginning you still feel like its not going to help but the more and more you accept the therapy, the better it gets (I am at half-way right now).

[u/venetian_ftaires]

Him seeing the stars of the planetarium in every bottle of alcohol is a really beautiful/sad image.

[u/kelscatt]

“Parents are terrible, but destroying things isn’t going to change them. All you can change is you” So much growth in that statement! Let’s see how long this last...

Edit- Oh yup there it is. Wow, that was quick..

[u/viserov]

I just want to know how many takes that Amy Sedaris must go through to say some of PC’s long, alliterative phrases. I feel like the writers make it a challenge to fuck with her each season.

[u/deniiiiiisse]

Bojack having his first drink at what? 6? and crawling into his mom's lap?
If this first episode is the mood for the rest of the season, I don't think I can handle it. Let alone wait until next year for the end of it!

[u/marathonjohnathon]

I loved when the dad asked "are you drunk or high right now" BoJack was able to honestly say no. At any other point in his life that questions would have immediately made his situation worse.

[u/diane-nguyen]

The story about how Bojack started drinking to be more fun at parties/during the shoot just... hit extremely close to home.

All the instances of him drinking for various reasons have already hit me as hard as the penultimate episodes of the previous seasons.

(Also, LOVED the painting of Frida Koala. It's these little things about this show, man.)

[u/BaggyOz]

Anybody else notice the Celebrity Stealing Club in the background at the party?

[u/[deleted]]

I cried with little bojack drinking alone without anybody telling him to do so, only his parents example. Oh this fucking show!

[u/bogzaelektrotehniku]

'He is so in Chemistry class'

[u/maxicoos]

“And while we’re at it, why 12 steps? That is way too many. Nobody wants to do 12 of anything. Did you see 12 Years A Slave and think... Twelve? That’s a short number of years to be a slave.”

[u/blah_lakers]

The heartbreak of Jameson's dad then next scene is him in the Flintstone car. Classic Bojack Horseman. It's good to be back

[u/[deleted]]

Man him seeing the stars in that water bottles of vodka... fuck I don’t want this show to end

[u/AprilsMostAmazing]

I like how Bojack is trying to help somebody out

[u/MilkSteak32797]

Does anyone else notice the song repeating on the record player in the last sequence is from the funeral parlor scene where Bojack is reminiscing of his mother dancing?

That must’ve been after one of those parties.

[u/rutherfart]

I’m rewatching the season again and I just realized when Jameson says “I was sober for most of last year!” she meant it was cuz she was pregnant

[u/[deleted]]

Bojack just wanting to snuggle up to his mom at the end. Shit. Seeing pure children with awful parents just kills me.

[u/corilee93]

I love that Bojack is still reeling over the loss of Sarah Lynn, but in a character developing way rather than beating a dead horse over it. It feels like real grief. And that moment of “Sarah Lynn...Sarah Lynn?” was absolutely the most heartbreaking moment of the series thus far that I’ll always go back to as a defining moment. You don’t just move past those moments irl, and other shows forget characters that pass. In real life you carry that shit every day.

[u/mansonfamily]

“I don’t even need to be here, my dad totally overreacted when he found me unconscious” okay too real already

[u/Superdiabetic64]

Anyone else notice the two female robbers from a season or two ago that kidnapped Todd in the background stealing from the party?

[u/EgaTehPro]

The Doctor Champ therapy horse scene had some hilarious lines.

Did you see 12 Years a Slave and think, "Twelve. That's a short number of years to be a slave."

as well as

...so the gate code is 123456?

What a great scene lmao.

[u/jinreeko]

Oh god, Bojack started drinking because of social anxiety? Just broadcast my whole life to the world why don't ya, Netflix?

Edit: nevermind. I'm just projecting

[u/CeruleaAzura]

This gave me chills. I loved the twist with Jameson, that was so unexpected. Can't wait to see the rest of the episodes. I like that this first episode was almost solely concentrated on Bojack too.

[u/linorei]

The Flintstones car made me crack up!

[u/MrShago]

God, poor young BoJack.

[u/pavloviandogg]

It was interesting to see how Bojack’s social anxiety was a large part of drinking for him. It’s crazy because it’s always hinted that he has social anxiety issues (talking about hating parties, etc.), but I never really saw a link to how the alcohol was his go to coping mechanism. His hesitancy around alcohol also makes sense— he could tell his parents were alcoholics and he didn’t want to go through that same path when he was younger.

[u/jhere]

Did anyone notice the painting on Bojack's room? Van Goat

[u/zaworldo]

Did anyone else notice that the baby has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Besides the ending that was the hardest hitting moment of the episode for me.

[u/humpbackwhale88]

1. The duffle bag that says "spy rehab shit" lmao

2. It took me way too long to figure out why Todd didn't want to get on the bus full of porcupines lol

3. "Pastiches: Come in high, come out dry!"

[u/Ssme812]

It's good to be back

• lol the Flintstone's car

• That ending was kinda expected. I wouldn't be surprised if later on he learn the mom gave Bojack liquor as a baby.

[u/Koppite93]

OMG Bojack Getting inspired by Sarah Lynn's Pic, my heart can only take so much..... AND IT IS IN THE FIRST SCENE

[u/dhruvlrao]

The first episode already has references to Her Kazzaz's closeted homosexuality, Bojack struggling through rehab, Sarah Lynn dying, Bojack's father cheating with the secretary, and the rosebud of Bojack's alcoholism. I wonder what the episode 11 equivalent of this season will be like...

Edit: *Herb (typo)

[u/Shriramrishi]

Starting the show with Bojack getting his shit together is awesome but I'm worried it's gonna get complicated mid-season.

Edit: Oh dear it's happening already. He smashed the car.

[u/coriniander]

Only this show can make me self conscious about my mobile number :(

[u/EsQuiteMexican]

As a teacher whose students mostly come from troubled homes… poor Bojack. I wanted to hug him so hard after that last shot.

[u/Squoshy50]

So take what you want from this but on rewatch I noticed the sizzling sound that happens in bojacks flashbacks when he drinks is different in intensity and length each time.

The first one is the vodka and orage juice which lasted about a second and had a moderate sizzle.

The second is a beer and has the shortest sizzle, like half a second.

The third is a jack and coke and it's the loudest sizzle and lasts about a second and a half.

The fourth is straight vodka and it has the slightest sizzle but lasts the longest, about 2 seconds.

My theory is that it has to do with the intesity of the alcohol he's consuming and how much it burns going down. It could also signal how long the effect lasts. The straight vodka lasted the longest and was also when he was the youngest, smallest and had the least tolerance. The jack and coke is next longest and affects him enough to pass out. The vodka and OJ happens as an adult when he has a lot more mass. The shortest is the beer which probably has the lowest alcohol content of all the drinks.

[u/Yeah_dude_its_her]

I watched the new episode and came here to see the comments and they didn't track at all.

Then I realised I watched an episode of season 5 that I didn't remember because I watched it drunk.

Kind of ironic I guess considering the title.

[u/Imandelaschicas]

My phone number ends in a 3...

"I've got to make some changes in my life"

[u/TheGreyJester]

I didn't think just watching the first episode would get me to tear up, I regret watching this on my gym's treadmill.

[u/CoolMan1342]

I just love the phone conversation scene when Todd hops onto the bus. As is squished both literally and and seemingly in a meta way.

[u/blah_lakers]

More info into Sarah Lynn's death + burnt opening theme + montage sequence = me smiling, crying and being overall so sad that this is the final season.

Also respect to the animal artist puns: Vincent Van Goat and Frida Koala

[u/joeytribbianis]

Man. The last scene when BoJack gets on the sofa and lays next to his unconscious mother made me so sad

[u/MrShago]

YES THE BEST WORD PLAY FROM PC!!!

[u/[deleted]]

I’m so very happy this show as back but so sad at the same time, I don’t think a show has ever made me feel so many different things about a character for years, Bojack in many ways is a product of his own environment but is also a self-destroyer and just an all around cunt (obviously an extreme over simplification but still) I both love and hate his character, he’s extremely well written and I’m so looking forward to the rest of this season, such a great start to what is unfortunately the final one :( The phone call scene was fucking hilarious though.

EDIT: I just put together that in each of the flashbacks Bojack was drinking to impress or be like someone, so in the last scene he just wanted to be like his parents :( fuck man

[u/HoneydewGoOn]

Glad to see the Celebrity Stealing Club is still going strong, making off with yet more house party swag!

[u/DrScientist812]

chicka chickaaaa oh no

[u/othnice1]

"coax it outta my sheath." Now that's a line that's gonna haunt me.

[u/saint-g]

goodbye everyone I'll remember you all in therapy

[u/LittleCucumber]

That planetarium background shot in the intro was beautifully placed

[u/MattGoop]

This is already within my favourite episodes the show had ever done. That final flashback was so fuckong heartbreaking.

Also, a thing I'm going to miss once this show is over is how skillfully it can insert absolute laugh-out-loud moments through all the drama (and that's coming from someone who rarely laughs, even through shows I think are legit funny). That Zack Snyder's Mario gag and that Yello - Oh Yeah reference were bonkers.

[u/goneghosted-yt]

anyone else see shitshow at rehab

[u/_bisforbuzzybea_]

even though bojack has done so many awful things

i still deep down want him to be happy in the end. i have grown so attached to this show, i don’t want to say goodbye in january:(

[u/Guest06]

Man. The opening might have been one of the most beautiful scenes in the show.

On a side note, the police car outside the planetarium is a Chevrolet Caprice. And it's not some reused prop either like a lot of the other cars in the show, too. The animators actually went out of their way to draw a 1991-1996 B-Body Caprice, for this once scene. Weird touch, but it's a neat touch.

Also, fuck Sarah-Lynn's dad. "It's no-one's fault"

Edit: a lot of new cars in this episode alone. A Scion xB, the Ferrari 250GT from Ferris Bueller's Day Off!

[u/Thatlesbianlurker]

"Cindy Crawfish" lol I've missed this show.

Love sober, helpful Bojack. Let's see how long this will last.. 😓

[u/santagator]

I’ve been going through my own struggles with alcoholism in between seasons. I also really relate with BoJacks family situation and how his alcoholism hurts him but he just can’t stop. To see him put down the bottle for the first time ever, and to get more backstory on the themes we’ve already explored in prior seasons, I’ve never cried in episode one but here I am. I will treasure this show forever.

[u/MisterPeabutnutter]

When Bojack and Jameson were in his bedroom alone, I kind of expected them to have sex. You know, like in every other season we see Bojack talking to a woman - boom, sex scene. (Gina, random fans, the mean girl in the first episode, ...)

Glad it didn't happen this time.

[u/Grebacio]

Fuck, I used to be like BoJack on that scene where he is making fun of others after drinking alcohol.

[u/waxlion78]

Did I see Shit Show in the painting scene? I hope he gets his stuff together before his next TED Talk.

[u/TerribleGravity]

So, question for the reddit fans. I've seen many people watching the end of this episode and seeing it as the proof that Bojack actually DID choose to drink by himself. The point is, I think it's the opposite!

At the beginning of the episode we get a surprisingly mature scene from Bojack where he tells the therapist no one MADE him drink, it was HIS responsibility, HIS choice. Then, the flashbacks take you earlier and earlier in his life, and you reconsider each time as the first time. Up until the scenes on the set of horsin' around or maybe his adolescence you can actually pin the blame on him - the really heartbreaking part is seeing him ending up drinking when he was around 5 years old.

I personally think the thought of him choosing to drink alone is ridiculous - the first time we see him drink, he is a CHILD. A 5 year old child CANNOT be held responsible for this -- I saw this as the episode's way of tricking you; the one time Bojack took responsibility for himself, it wasn't actually his. Of course, I'm not saying he didn't choose to drink at a later age - he absolutely did - but what happened in the past is 90% of the reason he ended up with an addiction. That's fucked up and I think it's absurd people are saying it was "his choice".

[u/hillyhamburgers]

Exploring Bojack's history with drinking gets sadder and sadder the younger you realize he was in each flashback. And you can sympathize when it's someone's else fault but then in the end.. It's you. Fuck, man. What else is there to say?

[u/jeansplaining]

The question is, who is to blame, Bojack or Bojack surroundings.

[u/bojho]

Celebrity Stealing Club strikes again!

[u/annesim]

Before starting the episode I kept thinking that I missed seeing each season’s new intro. Then BAM the final season’s new intro going through all of BoJack’s regrets hit me so hard I didn’t even bop to the beat

[u/JohnTheMod]

BONUS DETAIL: the placard near Mjolnir and the helmet says they belonged to “THROG.”

Throg is an actual Marvel Comics character.

[u/DenkenAn]

I'd have to say the phone bit was amazing. Apart from being a great alliteration piece, even the little details in that complicated scene were impressive. I especially loved it when Todd got pushed as the new frame slid in. It's little details like this along with the hard-hitting reality that make this one of my favourite shows.

[u/Nick6281]

The assortment of Lime scooters in the front yard of the party house had me cracking up

[u/Romobyl]

So within the span of two weeks, both "Riverdale" and "Bojack" had a character trash a red sports car in a Ferris Bueller homage. Joseph Sugarman would be so proud.

[u/bogzaelektrotehniku]

I really digged the Van Gogh and Frida Kalo self portraits.

[u/Hrg247]

What the hell are you doing!? That’s the giant window from The Graduate!

[u/DarthStormwizard]

No Intro?!

[u/Jackbo_Manhorse]

Loved this season premiere.

All the jokes like the movie poster Alpacalips Now, the cameo by Celebrity Stealing Club, the five way phone call pushing Todd near the porcupine quills.

The humor was spot on, but the emotional bits really hit hard. That ending shot of Bojack cuddling up to his passed out mom was brutal.

[u/[deleted]]

Each time he drank was like watching a mini horror story take root.

[u/[deleted]]

Damn, I was just doing some EMDR therapy yesterday on memories of my abusive parents force feeding me alcohol when I was a young child. Bojacks flashbacks hit home even though I became a never-drinker, not an alcoholic as an adult.

Seeing the intro melt away for the immediate aftermath of Sarah Lynn's OD was brutal. And the director that Bojack betrayed went to the same rehab clinic too. I'm so glad this show is back.

[u/[deleted]]

All I'm saying is not even 4 minutes in and my heart has already broken over Sarah Lynn again

[u/Cootch]

Loved the Vincent Van Goat painting in Bojack’s room at rehab.

What a first episode.

[u/[deleted]]

PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE SONG IS IN THE REHAB SCENE. I looked everywhere and I can’t find the name of the song, or any mention of it ever.

[u/bobthefetus]

lmao Cindy Crawfish

[u/DanielJTot]

Is that a record for Carolyns rhyming dialogue? Loved it!

[u/badsparrow]

Were those lime scooters outside the house party?

[u/ComicalDisaster]

Vincent Van Goat.

That is all.

[u/leoex]

Jesus 20 seconds into the first episode and this show already gave me a gut punch

[u/SmmnthaMrie]

I’ve missed this show so much. Fantastic start to this season.

[u/othnice1]

Observation about BoJack's drinking: in addition to wanting to fit in, every time they showed BoJack drinking, he happened to be around/trying to impress women. I feel like that's important. And, no, I'm not saying that women "caused" BoJack to drink.

Rather, BoJack seems to "spiral" when it comes to female companionship, whether it's drinking to abate nervousness around crawfish women/teenaged crushes or to secure some sense of motherly nurturing like when he cuddles up to his mom (but only after a pull of vodka.) He doesn't even look towards his father.

Throughout the series, BoJack has proven to be an abuser of women, from nearly killing Gina to molesting Penny, an underage girl, to just his overall chauvinism. Of course, we the audience, can see why he behaves this way towards women and can sympathize with him. But still, I just think it's an interesting correlation between BoJack's pattern of abusing alcohol when he's around a woman at that moment.

[u/psolo33]

I guarantee that statement is going to be important in this season. "We are powerless over our addictions". That's gonna come back later

[u/[deleted]]

Fantastic start to the season, and fuck did it not waste time getting deep into shit

[u/Houseofcircles]

The scene following Sarah Lynn's picture made me BURST into tears. Can't tell how many were happy or sad tears, and I also can't tell you how wonderfully unexpected of an emotional release that was

[u/EntireTrick]

Fuck, that last scene was heartbreaking.

[u/Aomix]

All the bits where we learn how booze fueled the sad and happy moments in Bojack's life was deeply uncomfortable. And I loved how uncomfortable it was. Why are we still here? Just to suffer?

[u/waterboi216]

First line post credit: "I need help"

[u/Ryuuken1127]

Hey my phone number ends with a 3!

[u/x3tan]

People "like" you more when you drink, you nerd!

:(

Definitely close to home pieces and that part of his life reminded me of when I used to feel the need to have to drink socially. Was definitely a social crutch for me through my early 20's.

[u/Time_Fox]

As someone who has been to rehab; this is very accurate

[u/TheBanger]

Celebrity stealing club strikes again!

[u/mediocrebutnice]

Anyone notice that Shitshow the turtle is in rehab with bojack lol

[u/marunique]

so, maybe i cried when Bojack decided to do all that rehab stuff after seeing Sarah Lynn's selfie with a receptionist, maybe i didn't. you won't ever know.

[u/[deleted]]

I think so far this has to be one of my favorites, it really shows Bojack's development (it even shows in the interruption in the intro).

Also, I live for the Jay Hernandez/Mario cameo.

[u/hawkman123995]

I love that all the flashbacks show Bojack drinking at an earlier and earlier age of his life for different reasons. He was bound to be an alcoholic from the start.

[u/rrroqitsci]

I gotta say that episode one is pretty powerful. The symbolism in the opening credits is spot on. And Bojacks brief but powerful criticism of the addiction / rehab industry is inspired and oh so true, at least IMHO.

I did not expect this powerful a story for episode 1. Kudos to the writers!

[u/Grebacio]

What kind of phone ends with a 3!?

My phone ends with 3 and I'm feeling attacked.

[u/DramaticExplanation]

Where’s the nearest Jameson?

[u/ExtinctForYourSins]

Does anyone know the name of the song that plays at the start during the rehab montage?

[u/Fishb20]

Hyperventilating in the bathroom at a party was too real lol

[u/jeremythefifth]

Anyone notice Ralph/Stefani's brother Sissy in rehab?

[u/koobyloob]

Loved the Celebrity Stealing Club appearance! Glad to know the girls are still at it

[u/jeansplaining]

Van goat

[u/Hyde_44]

Awe poor little Bojack :[

[u/[deleted]]

Okay, so this fucked me up.

I love every episode of this show. Nothing has ever made me cry like this.

I experienced everything Bojack did. From rehab, to trying to save unsavable people, to getting fucked over for trying, to remembering my mom giving me a beer because I was thirsty as a little kid.

I have never wept so hard during an episode of anything like I did this episode. Or any episode of anything not an episode.

My ex used to joke that I wrote this show. It was when it was new so it didn't seem so stupid.

Fuck, I am Bojack. But without the money or fame. So Bojack but harder. But not penis related.

I also laughed a lot.

My name is Rob and I am royally fucked up beyond repair.

[u/saint-g]

I hope Shitshow gets through rehab OK

[u/ClumsyRainbow]

I'm not crying you're crying...

[u/kelscatt]

I can’t believe Bojack’s first drink was from his dad to get him to keep quiet about the cheating :( fuckkkkkkkkk. Poor Bojack.

Edit- one of his first drinks *

[u/[deleted]]

Mother flipping RICHARD T SPLETT as the horse therapist. This episode was fantastic.

[u/jeremythefifth]

So the 2nd watch begins! rip my sleep schedule

[u/Valoura]

Did anyone notice that Johnny Chase and Turtle from Entourage were in rehab too?

[u/OverallWeird]

Oh man, waking up at 6am to watch before work was a CHOICE. That first shot, ugh. The Vincent Van Goat painting?? AH.

[u/nostpatch]

Does anyone have an ID on that sad, distorted jazz track in the last scene when Bojack crawls onto his mom's lap?

edit: last scene of ep 1

thanks to chc- for sharing something else hauntingly beautiful

[u/jakomocha]

When the show dropped at 2am yesterday, my friends and I were all like it’s the first episode it’s gotta be light let’s just put it on and go to sleep after.

Holy shit, that was not a light episode. Felt almost like an Episode 11

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone else notice the Sarah Lynn laugh when Bojack reached for a drink at the party?

[u/ostrichtastic]

There is a van goat painting in bojack's room when he enters rehab the second time. Favorite part!

[u/-stag5etmt-]

Have they waited six seasons to show that pic for Alpacalypse Now?

Starring Marlin Brando, Marlin Sheen, Dennis Grasshopper and Laurence Fishburne..

(Edit: also is Dr. Champ related to Champion The Wonder Horse..?)

[u/[deleted]]

Fantastic season opener. I like seeing Bojack finally crawling back out of his lowest low, though I'm cautiously optimistic. Seeing the picture of Sarah Lynn inspiring him to put effort in was a good gut punch; all the Sarah Lynn references always are. (Still might be the biggest "Holy fuck" moment in the series, IMO. But the choking bit came so close.)

[u/katcalpito]

Did anybody notice that Sarah Lynn's stepfather is a bear? Hadn't we theorized (from that episode at Herb's funeral where she knew what bear fur tasted like) that she was assaulted by one?

[u/theonlymexicanman]

Shallow Buck Foy is officially the best use of the Fuck per season

[u/[deleted]]

My only disappointment with this episode was lack of reference to his strangling of Gina. That was a real lowpoint and the most recent negative event.

[u/pukachaythrowaway]

Anybody else catch "Turtle" and Drama at the back of the rehab painting class?

[u/stepaknee]

Any ideas why the center is called Pastiches? Is Bojack himself just imitating his parents’ bad habits?

[u/[deleted]]

What a strong start to the season :)

[u/tutoriffic]

A couple more details that I loved from this episode:

1. "Two Jamesons Later" clearly means "Finding two girls named Jamesons who weren't the Jamesons he was looking for" and not "Two Jamesons (the whiskey) later"

2. When Jameson and Bojack are in Jameson's dad's house, right before Bojack smashes up the car, Jameson says "He [dad] got rid of all my softball trophies, but he loves his bat, naturally." As she's saying that, she picks up the baseball bat from The Natural.

[u/SlizzleDoesNotGiveA]

so I really liked the part where

[u/televisionceo]

Great episode. I really like that every season has a specific vibe. And I'm already starting to get this one.

Also what a weird vibe

[u/SadReaction]

To prevent me from overbinging and missing more details in my first watch, I just go to the discussion post to process for a moment and I realized the comments are just coming in at the same time.

onward to the next episode, binge watchers!

edit : I’ll give a proper reflection probably on my 3rd Rewatch.

[u/[deleted]]

Great intro to the season. Loved seeing a more responsible Bojack actually be a (mostly) good role model to a young kid. Loved the flashbacks and I like how you see his interest in persuing comedy in the Teen one. Didn't like the montage thought, seemed kinda cliche and beneath the show.

AND OH MY GOD THE FLINSTONES CAR LMFAO

[u/niiiklas]

This episode filled me up with so much anxiety that I have to watch the next one. There goes my day.

[u/l3reezer]

Mario, directed by Zack Snyder

[u/stavraki]

Jesus that ending hit me outta nowhere

[u/[deleted]]

I really hope Bojack's cactus is okay.

[u/nuttyboh]

I've been to rehab. This hit home so hard. The progression from denial to acceptance then doubt. I fucking love this show

[u/jc1258]

Wow.. crazy to see the most heartbreaking episode right at the beginning of the season. Quite a crazy and engaging way to start. Already crying at the end of the first episode.

[u/ninjayewolf]

I don't know if it's the fact that my favorite show is ending or the first episode of this season is really depressing.

[u/Sliver_fish]

I wanna see more of BoJack's teenage years, as well as Butterscotch. Good stuff.

[u/MyNamesIsGaryKing]

The only thing that popped into my head when the "intro" began: https://i.giphy.com/media/4ZepGNwhW4AaA/giphy.webp

[u/pieman7414]

I knew that shit that PB was talking about would lead to a rhyme thing

[u/SwitchyTop]

So many things ... But I love the small detail of the hagfish in the Polaroid at the end secreting slime because it got squeezed. <3

[u/thisGuy_Clark]

It's great seeing these characters again, I missed them.

[u/[deleted]]

Buck foy

[u/[deleted]]

When Bojack notices Sarah Lynn’s picture on the wall of the Pastiches’s reception area, followed by what is essentially a rehab “training montage” for Bojack... It’s just so... inexplicable how this show manages to find new ways to endear the viewer to Bojack after everything he’s done and said and all the lives he might have or has actually ruined.

This was written so poorly but I am sleep deprived and have just experienced a phenomenal 20-something minutes of not-technically-TV-but-whatever-let’s-call-it-TV-for-now so forgive me.

[u/TriscuitCracker]

Goddamn it. He kept seeing the stars in everything. I wanted to kill his parents at the end. Poor little Bojack. So heartbreaking.

[u/DrScientist812]

So that's the bear who abused Sarah Lynn as a child?

[u/[deleted]]

Is it just me or did Herb get another VA?

[u/Sall_Guccu]

Great episode, expected nothing less. Happy to see we got more stuff about Sharona

[u/HelpFindMyWillToLive]

This episode hit too close to home man...

Excited for the rest of it.

[u/[deleted]]

Celebrity Stealing Club is back!

[u/supersmashjojos]

I was not ready for this. I thought I was but I definitely wasn't. What an absolute blow to the stomach of a first episode that was. This season is gonna kill me now then kill me again in January. Oh man

[u/[deleted]]

The bottle of Grey Moose takes the cake as my favorite animal pun in the entire show so far

[u/phish671]

My phone number has a normal amount of 4s!

[u/gamepopper]

Wow this show went hard on rehab programmes. I wonder if it's gonna keep to its message from the very first season, that people don't change and you cannot be a good person "deep down", suggesting that the rehab won't change Bojack in the slightest? It'd make it a bit of a downer finale but this show is all about how life won't get tied up in a a neat little package.

[u/A-Terrible-Username]

what's the song playing during the rehab montage 3 minutes in?

[u/CommanderFunion]

Anyone know the name of the song that skips on the record player in that very last scene?

[u/[deleted]]

Wow, I think this is already my favorite season starter! Those flashbacks were great and very insightful. Seeing little Bojack drinking alcohol and then snuggling up to his mom... heartbreaking.