BoJack Horseman is an American adult animated tragicomedy created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. [1] All six of its seasons were released through streaming on Netflix. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The series stars Will Arnett as the eponymous character, BoJack Horseman, the now-irrelevant star of the 1990s sitcom Horsin' Around. [8] The series mainly revolves around BoJack's planned return to relevance with an autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter, Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie); other individuals in BoJack's life include his agent Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), his freeloading roommate Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul), and television star Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins). [9] BoJack Horseman satirizes Hollywood, celebrity culture, and the entertainment industry. [10] [11]
After coming up with the idea for the series in 2010, Bob-Waksberg successfully pitched BoJack Horseman to Netflix in late 2013, where the entire first season was created in only 35 weeks in order to comply with a set release window of summer 2014. [12] Over the course of six seasons, 76 episodes of BoJack Horseman were released between August 22, 2014, and January 31, 2020 [2] [13] —including one standalone Christmas special. [14]
Season one of BoJack Horseman was met with mixed reception upon release, particularly due to its drastic tonal shift halfway through, with viewers mainly only watching the first few episodes of the season. [15] [16] Each subsequent season would receive universal acclaim, according to the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One" | Joel Moser | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 | 101 |
2 | 2 | "BoJack Hates the Troops" | J.C. Gonzalez | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 | 102 |
3 | 3 | "Prickly-Muffin" | Martin Cendreda | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 | 103 |
4 | 4 | "Zoës and Zeldas" | Amy Winfrey | Peter A. Knight | August 22, 2014 | 104 |
5 | 5 | "Live Fast, Diane Nguyen" | Joel Moser | Caroline Williams | August 22, 2014 | 105 |
6 | 6 | "Our A-Story is a 'D' Story" | J.C. Gonzalez | Scott Marder | August 22, 2014 | 106 |
7 | 7 | "Say Anything" | Martin Cendreda | Joe Lawson | August 22, 2014 | 107 |
8 | 8 | "The Telescope" | Amy Winfrey | Mehar Sethi | August 22, 2014 | 108 |
9 | 9 | "Horse Majeure" | Joel Moser | Peter A. Knight | August 22, 2014 | 109 |
10 | 10 | "One Trick Pony" | J.C. Gonzalez | Laura Gutin Peterson | August 22, 2014 | 110 |
11 | 11 | "Downer Ending" | Amy Winfrey | Kate Purdy | August 22, 2014 | 111 |
12 | 12 | "Later" | Martin Cendreda | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 | 112 |
To appease fans waiting for the release of season two, Netflix released "Sabrina's Christmas Wish", an in-universe Christmas special acting as an episode of Horsin' Around, the fictional television series BoJack previously starred in. [14] [22]
No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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13 | "Sabrina's Christmas Wish" | J.C. Gonzalez | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | December 19, 2014 | 200 |
BoJack and Todd watch a Christmas episode of Horsin' Around titled "Sabrina's Christmas Wish", in which his youngest adopted daughter, Sabrina, upon discovering Santa's existence, decides to wish for her parents to be alive again. When the ending brings much confusion to Todd, an initially skeptical BoJack suggests they watch the series' eight other Christmas specials. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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14 | 1 | "Brand New Couch" | Amy Winfrey | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | July 17, 2015 | 201 |
15 | 2 | "Yesterdayland" | J.C. Gonzalez | Peter A. Knight | July 17, 2015 | 202 |
16 | 3 | "Still Broken" | Amy Winfrey | Mehar Sethi | July 17, 2015 | 203 |
17 | 4 | "After the Party" | J.C. Gonzalez | Joe Lawson | July 17, 2015 | 204 |
18 | 5 | "Chickens" | Mike Roberts | Joanna Calo | July 17, 2015 | 205 |
19 | 6 | "Higher Love" | J.C. Gonzalez | Vera Santamaria | July 17, 2015 | 206 |
20 | 7 | "Hank After Dark" | Amy Winfrey | Kelly Galuska | July 17, 2015 | 207 |
21 | 8 | "Let's Find Out" | Matt Mariska | Alison Flierl & Scott Chernoff | July 17, 2015 | 208 |
22 | 9 | "The Shot" | Matt Mariska | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | July 17, 2015 | 209 |
23 | 10 | "Yes And" | J.C. Gonzalez | Mehar Sethi | July 17, 2015 | 210 |
24 | 11 | "Escape from L.A." | Amy Winfrey | Joe Lawson | July 17, 2015 | 211 |
25 | 12 | "Out to Sea" | Mike Roberts | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | July 17, 2015 | 212 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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26 | 1 | "Start Spreading the News" | J.C. Gonzalez | Joe Lawson | July 22, 2016 | 301 |
27 | 2 | "The BoJack Horseman Show" | Adam Parton | Vera Santamaria | July 22, 2016 | 302 |
28 | 3 | "BoJack Kills" | Amy Winfrey | Kelly Galuska | July 22, 2016 | 303 |
29 | 4 | "Fish Out of Water" | Mike Hollingsworth | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | July 22, 2016 | 304 |
30 | 5 | "Love And/Or Marriage" | J.C. Gonzalez | Peter A. Knight | July 22, 2016 | 305 |
31 | 6 | "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew" | Amy Winfrey | Joanna Calo | July 22, 2016 | 306 |
32 | 7 | "Stop the Presses" | Adam Parton | Joe Lawson | July 22, 2016 | 307 |
33 | 8 | "Old Acquaintance" | J.C. Gonzalez | Alison Flierl & Scott Chernoff | July 22, 2016 | 308 |
34 | 9 | "Best Thing That Ever Happened" | Amy Winfrey | Kate Purdy | July 22, 2016 | 309 |
35 | 10 | "It's You" | Adam Parton | Vera Santamaria | July 22, 2016 | 310 |
36 | 11 | "That's Too Much, Man!" | J.C. Gonzalez | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | July 22, 2016 | 311 |
37 | 12 | "That Went Well" | Amy Winfrey | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | July 22, 2016 | 312 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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38 | 1 | "See Mr. Peanutbutter Run" | Amy Winfrey | Peter A. Knight | September 8, 2017 | 401 |
39 | 2 | "The Old Sugarman Place" | Anne Walker Farrell | Kate Purdy | September 8, 2017 | 402 |
40 | 3 | "Hooray! Todd Episode!" | Aaron Long | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | September 8, 2017 | 403 |
41 | 4 | "Commence Fracking" | Matt Garofalo | Joanna Calo | September 8, 2017 | 404 |
42 | 5 | "Thoughts and Prayers" | Amy Winfrey | Nick Adams | September 8, 2017 | 405 |
43 | 6 | "Stupid Piece of Sh*t" | Anne Walker Farrell | Alison Tafel | September 8, 2017 | 406 |
44 | 7 | "Underground" | Aaron Long | Kelly Galuska | September 8, 2017 | 407 |
45 | 8 | "The Judge" | Otto Murga | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | September 8, 2017 | 408 |
46 | 9 | "Ruthie" | Amy Winfrey | Joanna Calo | September 8, 2017 | 409 |
47 | 10 | "lovin that cali lifestyle!!" | Anne Walker Farrell | Peter A. Knight | September 8, 2017 | 410 |
48 | 11 | "Time's Arrow" | Aaron Long | Kate Purdy | September 8, 2017 | 411 |
49 | 12 | "What Time Is It Right Now" | Tim Rauch | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | September 8, 2017 | 412 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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50 | 1 | "The Light Bulb Scene" | Adam Parton | Kate Purdy | September 14, 2018 | 501 |
51 | 2 | "The Dog Days Are Over" | Amy Winfrey | Joanna Calo | September 14, 2018 | 502 |
52 | 3 | "Planned Obsolescence" | Aaron Long | Elijah Aron | September 14, 2018 | 503 |
53 | 4 | "BoJack the Feminist" | Anne Walker Farrell | Nick Adams | September 14, 2018 | 504 |
54 | 5 | "The Amelia Earhart Story" | Adam Parton | Joe Lawson | September 14, 2018 | 505 |
55 | 6 | "Free Churro" | Amy Winfrey | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | September 14, 2018 | 506 |
56 | 7 | "INT. SUB" | Aaron Long | Alison Tafel | September 14, 2018 | 507 |
57 | 8 | "Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos" | Anne Walker Farrell | Kelly Galuska | September 14, 2018 | 508 |
58 | 9 | "Ancient History" | Peter Merryman | Rachel Kaplan | September 14, 2018 | 509 |
59 | 10 | "Head in the Clouds" | Amy Winfrey | Peter A. Knight | September 14, 2018 | 510 |
60 | 11 | "The Showstopper" | Aaron Long | Elijah Aron | September 14, 2018 | 511 |
61 | 12 | "The Stopped Show" | Anne Walker Farrell | Joanna Calo | September 14, 2018 | 512 |
The sixth and final season was released in two parts; part one was released on October 25, 2019, [7] and part two on January 31, 2020. [23]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | ||||||
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Part 1 | ||||||||||||
62 | 1 | "A Horse Walks into a Rehab" | Peter Merryman | Elijah Aron | October 25, 2019 | 601 | ||||||
63 | 2 | "The New Client" | Amy Winfrey | Nick Adams | October 25, 2019 | 602 | ||||||
64 | 3 | "Feel-Good Story" | Mollie Helms | Alison Tafel | October 25, 2019 | 603 | ||||||
65 | 4 | "Surprise!" | Adam Parton | Peter A. Knight | October 25, 2019 | 604 | ||||||
66 | 5 | "A Little Uneven, Is All" | Peter Merryman | Rachel Kaplan | October 25, 2019 | 605 | ||||||
67 | 6 | "The Kidney Stays in the Picture" | Mollie Helms | Minhal Baig | October 25, 2019 | 606 | ||||||
68 | 7 | "The Face of Depression" | Aaron Long | Shauna McGarry | October 25, 2019 | 607 | ||||||
69 | 8 | "A Quick One, While He's Away" | Amy Winfrey | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | October 25, 2019 | 608 | ||||||
Part 2 | ||||||||||||
70 | 9 | "Intermediate Scene Study w/ BoJack Horseman" | Adam Parton | Joe Lawson | January 31, 2020 | 609 | ||||||
71 | 10 | "Good Damage" | James Bowman | Joanna Calo | January 31, 2020 | 610 | ||||||
72 | 11 | "Sunk Cost and All That" | Amy Winfrey | Jonny Sun | January 31, 2020 | 611 | ||||||
73 | 12 | "Xerox of a Xerox" | Aaron Long | Nick Adams | January 31, 2020 | 612 | ||||||
74 | 13 | "The Horny Unicorn" | Adam Parton | Amy Schwartz | January 31, 2020 | 613 | ||||||
75 | 14 | "Angela" | James Bowman | Shauna McGarry | January 31, 2020 | 614 | ||||||
76 | 15 | "The View from Halfway Down" | Amy Winfrey | Alison Tafel | January 31, 2020 | 615 | ||||||
77 | 16 | "Nice While It Lasted" | Aaron Long | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | January 31, 2020 | 616 |
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