Summary: BoJack runs into Sarah Lynn while going furniture shopping where Andrew Garfield breaks up with her. BoJack enables Sarah Lynn's bad habits by allowing her to stay with him and live her toxic lifestyle. Diane tells BoJack that he needs to be better for her sake. BoJack tries but Sarah Lynn continues her actions. They argue and end up having sex. Ultimately, BoJack gives her some final advice and she leaves.
The Good: The last episode had some fun satire of news channels, and this episode chooses to have satire of teen pop stars. The opening scene is pretty fun with how it pokes fun of modern pop stars through the introduction of Sarah Lynn and her sad fall from relevancy as she got older. BoJack's personal arc here is decent enough. It fits with what we know of him that he would use Sarah Lynn's presence to relive his glory days from Horsin' Around, playing the character that he was never able to move on from. There are some amusing moments here, like when BoJack "lets the credits roll" after a sweet moment with Sarah Lynn. It's also funny how BoJack totally misinterprets Diane's message about the flaws in Hollywood society as her saying that he is off the hook because it is all society's fault. The Bad: This episode was not good. Last episode showed how "BoJack Horseman" can be a really funny show, but this episode showed absolutely none of that same charm. Sarah Lynn's comedy style is abrasive, unfunny, and more annoying than anything else. It was frustrating to have so much of the episode focus on her crazy lifestyle, which created very few laughs. A comedy's job is to make me laugh. If I hardly even chuckle throughout an episode, then that episode is a definite failure. The characters remain a big issue because they feel so poorly defined. BoJack is usually a sarcastic voice of reason, but this episode changes that by making him completely ignorant of how he is treating Sarah Lynn. That's a poorly written character change, but worse than that is how this forces Todd to be the voice of reason. Last episode saw Todd being a complete moron, but now we are supposed to buy into him being the voice of reason? There's no sense of consistency with these characters and that makes it really tough for me to understand them and connect with them. Furthermore, it's hard to remain connected with BoJack when he does horrible things like having sex with Sarah Lynn for seemingly no reason. I was pretty disgusted by this, and it felt like that same edgy style of humour that I was hoping the show would grow out of. Diane and Princess Carolyn are still pretty boring. Diane doesn't do a whole lot in this episode other than not-so-subtly speaking the main ideas of the episode. There isn't much interesting about Diane so far. Princess Carolyn is still uninteresting here. There's a subplot of her trying to manipulate Sarah Lynn into picking her as an agent, which is revealed to be a trap for Princess Carolyn to get Andrew Garfield instead. This storyline was totally cold for me. No laughs, no smiles, and no reason for me to care at all. It felt tacked on and completely irrelevant. The Unknown: Who is Herb? It seems that BoJack had some sort of drama with him. Those birds have some pretty nasty pictures of BoJack and Sarah Lynn now. Where will this plot thread go? Best Moment: The hilariously named Sextina Aquafina saying Sarah Lynn should go to where celebrities go when they are done being relevant, and the following transition to BoJack's house. It's not a great joke, but it was the funniest of the episode. Character of the Episode: BoJack. Conclusion: This was a bore. Uninteresting storytelling with minimal laughs. A huge step back after the last episode promised better things. Score: 45
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