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We’re finally on the last episode of BoJack Horseman’s second season, and it’s a bittersweet moment. “Out to Sea” opens on a split screen of Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter. As Diane watches “Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities,” Mr. Peanutbutter tells the camera he loves her and knows she’s doing great things.

She promptly turns off the TV. However, as the scene progresses, it looks like Mr. Peanutbutter is actually just as miserable as Diane.

Getting off track…you people don’t appreciate quality wordplay!

In the first episode, I pointed out the Secretariat set in the title sequence. Throughout the course of the season, this sequence has changed as characters have come and gone. Here’s the final, sans Kelsey, sans Wanda shot.

At Herb’s funeral, Princess Carolyn told BoJack that a lot of Horsin’ Around money was starting to funnel in, and he offhandedly told her to donate it to an orphanage. As the only competent character in the series, that’s exactly what she did. I knew it would come back!

BoJack realizes this is the only positive thing he’s accomplished in his life, and he did it by accident.

Later, we learn the studio finished the movie by using the BoJack digital scans they took during the first week. The studio was so impressed with Digital BoJack’s charisma, they replaced the actual actor with his digital clone.

Meanwhile, improv legend Copernicus asks Todd to join him on the GiggleShip as his Number Two.

Todd goes to BoJack’s house to grab his stuff. He tells BoJack he’s going on the GiggleShip and asks him if he remembers when Todd made BoJack pancakes after their first night living together. BoJack claims not to remember. Todd wishes BoJack can find a way to be happy, and with that, Todd finally moves out.

Meanwhile, Princess Carolyn recruits Diane to be her agency’s new social media manager. She then finally quits Vigor with Rutabaga. No turning back now.

Back on the GiggleShip, Todd sees negative Bryan being dragged to improv jail. As a Level 8, Todd volunteers to talk to Copernicus and sort everything out. Copernicus’ room looks like the same shabby quarters everyone has, until Todd crawls behind a Wayne Brady poster. Copernicus has an actual stateroom, complete with joke books. Copernicus is a fraud!

Todd is locked away in the Yes And room.

Getting off track…last time, people!

Princess Carolyn is unhappy after learning Rutabaga isn’t actually getting divorced. He tells her she’s a single woman in her 40s. Can she really afford to be picky? PC realizes that she’s not afraid of being alone and tells him to find someplace else to work because the company is in her name. Suck it, Rabitowitz!

Meanwhile, BoJack finally sees a screening of his movie, and he’s just as blown away by “his” performance as everyone else. The studio will be promoting an awards push for this movie that doesn’t really star BoJack and isn’t actually about Secretariat. BoJack’s a shoe in for an Oscar.

Fed up with the superficiality of the movie and his life, BoJack takes to the sea, sight set on the GiggleShip.

Meanwhile, Diane meets with Sextina Aquafina (Aisha Tyler) about being her ghost tweeter. Who should be at the same restaurant but Mr. Peanutbutter. As he stares at Diane, he calls his wife, who he hasn’t seen in months, and she answers, terrified. He tells her that she should come back because he needs her. She agrees to finally come home.

BoJack busts in during a GiggleShip performance, but a brainwashed Todd doesn’t remember him. BoJack gives him a suggestion to improvise: Todd has always seen the good in BoJack, and he needs to come home. Todd takes it.

However, Copernicus stops them right before they escape to L.A. He reminds Todd of all the terrible things his “friend” has done to him, including ruining his rock opera. Todd is conflicted, but then BoJack screams hashbrowns.

The first night Todd stayed with BoJack, he made BoJack hashbrowns, not pancakes. He reveals that he actually remembers their first day living together. Letting Todd stay with him was the best thing BoJack ever did on purpose because Todd is his best friend. Todd gets on the boat, no longer conflicted.

Princess Carolyn calls BoJack, telling him the playwright Jill Pill is still trying to work with him. Apparently, she worked on his other show. She then asks if BoJack wants Herb’s ashes and he says yes. He attempts to rename the orphanage in Herb’s memory, but they misspell Herb’s name.

Later, BoJack attempts to run again — something we haven’t seen him do since Episode One. He gets a little further before collapsing on the ground. The baboon who always passes him stops and says, “Every day it gets a little easier. But you have to do it every day. That’s the hard part.”

BoJack says, “Okay.”

BIGGER PICTURE

It’s been a long road this past season with considerably more downs than ups, but there’s finally some semblance of closure at the end of BoJack Horseman. Whereas Season One’s BoJack focused on his present unhappiness, this season we were given a deeper study of BoJack’s past and a much more in-depth look at exactly why he’s so miserable. However, instead of trying to mask this unhappiness with alcohol and drugs like he did last season, he tried to mask it with people this season: Wanda, Charlotte, Penny, and even his platonic relationships with Diane and Kelsey. Incidentally, all of these people are women, which screams of BoJack’s mommy problems.

This episode was the first time BoJack was willing to accept the one person in his life who genuinely knows him and still loves him – Todd. While it’s rewarding in and of itself to see the sweet and stupid Todd receive his long-awaited acceptance, I think this episode and season ended with BoJack coming to terms with himself. He finally sees his flaws, accepts them, and is attempting to fix things. I wouldn’t be surprised is the recently-announced Season Three saw the completion of BoJack’s journey from self-absorbed Hollywoo burnout to legitimately good person.

Moving on, Diane finally came home to Mr. Peanutbutter, and he accepted her in one of the cutest reunions to ever appear on an animated comedy. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so quick to count them out. There have been complaints that their reunion felt rushed, but I think it embodied their relationship to some degree — Diane as the over-thinking and depressive Zoe and Mr. Peanutbutter as the happy and forgiving Zelda.

Also, Princess Carolyn finally realized that she’s the badass kitty we already knew her to be. Hooray for happy(ish) endings!

BEST BACKGROUND JOKE

The “In memory” for the Secretariat movie wins this round and possibly the entire season. I’m glad they included Debra’s old face. We’re still mourning.

An honorable mention goes to Diane’s new ringtone, which is now Sarah Koenig instead of Ira Glass: “This is one ringtone told over the course of several rings, and the story that it’s telling you is to answer your phone.”

BEST QUOTES

“Idea for a thing Princess Carolyn should do…shut up.” — Diane Nguyen

“Stop pissing off the orphans. A lot of them grow up to be serial killers.” — Princess Carolyn

“When people see what you do in this movie, they’re going to storm Daniel Day Lewis’ house, shlep him into the street, and shoot him in the head! That’s how good your performance is. It’s going to make Daniel Day Lewis look like shit. They’re going to hate Daniel Day Lewis!” — Lennie Turtletaub

“Smiling poop emoji, I love everything about that!” — Rutabaga Rabitowitz

“You don’t understand! If you die in improv, you die in real life.” — Todd Chavez

[You can stream BoJack Horseman on Netflix]

Kayla Cobb is a proud graduate of Clemson University and loves her cat and TV shows more than some people love their kids. You should really follow her on Twitter at @KaylCobb.

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