TV Review: Bojack Horseman Season 4 Asks, Do We Change Or Do We Grow?

Bojack Horseman hates himself, and in that we, his fans, love him. To watch a season of Bojack Horseman is to take a nose-dive into every moment you self-loathed or simmered in a need to be loved. Of course, Bojack is a more extreme character/ needer being the “Hollywood” star of a classic sitcom. For Bojack, fame brings out his desperations, addictions, an ghosts, but what does the loss of someone beloved do to him?

Season 4 of Bojack Horseman feels like a fractured season. The characters, as we know them, have separated to try and do “more” with their lives, but, in typical Bojack fashion, the audience is left questioning whether they are doing their best, especially after Sarah Lynn’s death. To say I cried when she died is the understatement of a century; I took her loss as a personal one. She was one of the “purer” characters despite her own demons and emotional hiccups, but in the Bojack Horseman world, if everyone is far from perfect, she, at least, felt kind. Moreover, she died feeling lost, of which fans of Bojack are attracted to the series because we want to know if these lost characters can be found in the same way we hope to be. Season 4 is a disjointed but riveting take on the things we try to do to heal, win, and, maybe, be better human beings. From flashes to Bojack’s childhood/his own fatherly nature and hopeful mend with his parent’s role in his life to Princes Carolyn considering having kids, of which a future episode proves she does, Season 4 lays witness that losing someone does not stop you from gaining others. Yet, no one is replaceable, and Sarah Lynn’s loss leaves everyone re-analyzing how they approach the lives of others, especially newcomers.Yet, the intriguing notion of characters like Mr. Peanutbutter running for mayor in exchange of his family life or Diane’s complete revamping of her career, #bloggerlife, is that its shows how loss pushes us to find ourselves.

The extremes we take to heal and reach that “magical” place where WE are better seems to be the theme of Bojack Horseman Season 4. Of course, this IS a comedy, which means DO expect the typical bouts of absurdity, but Bojack wins because he is also heartbreakingly vulnerable. He can be selfish and self-destructive, but he consistently tries to be loved, and I CANNOT fight that goal. Thus, will he ever achieve inner peace is hard to say? He is Bojack, and his love for Hollywoo could never fade, even if he disappeared into a desert to mourn a friend. If anything Sarah Lynn’s loss does not change Bojack as much as opens him to discovering more to himself, which leads to the argument: Do we change or do we grow? It is fair to say that this season, Bojack does the latter. For More Information On Bojack Season 4 Click Here.