Summary: BoJack plans to sabotage Diane's wedding with Todd. Princess Carolyn refuses to go along with it and starts dating "Vincent Adultman". BoJack sends Todd to break into Mr. Peanutbutter's house but he gets caught. Mr. Peanutbutter hires Todd as his driver. Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter move up their wedding to within a month. BoJack hires Margo Martindale to do a fake bank robbery on Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter, but it backfires and they move up their wedding to the end of the week. BoJack has jury duty and misses his chance to sabotage further. Todd realizes that BoJack sabotaged his rock opera and refuses to help him anymore. BoJack accepts the reality as Mr. Peanutbutter and Diane get married.
The Good: BoJack attempting to sabotage the wedding is a fun story, and it works as a parody of sitcom plots where characters try to crash weddings. There are so many fun details throughout the episode. BoJack and Todd's dramatic heist plan falling apart immediately really made me laugh, and Mr. Peanutbutter being jovial enough to not even notice and instead hire Todd as a driver was amusing. I quite liked the running joke of Mr. Peanutbutter hating the post office. This show has done well to make quality dog jokes with him. I like how this episode wrote BoJack. He seems to know that what he's doing is wrong, but he tries to sabotage the wedding anyways, making it all about himself. Having him finally accept reality at the end of the episode was a good moment, finally allowing the character to face himself. Todd got a decent conflict in this episode as he slowly loses the motivation to betray Mr. Peanutbutter's trust, appreciating how friendly he has been. This was a great way to make Todd understand how cruel BoJack has been to him, and having him learn the truth about the rock opera feels like the cherry on top. Todd is optimistic and friendly despite being inconsistently stupid, and it's nice to see him find his own sense of morality and pick his friendship with Mr. Peanutbutter over his rocky relationship with BoJack. Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter have a pretty good episode too. I like that the show doesn't shy away from showing us why they are getting married. Even though they are two very different people, you can really tell what they both see in each other and why they love each other. I think their relationship is surprisingly sweet, and I appreciate the show for showing this to us. Some more amusing little moments include the sheep eating cut grass out of the lawn mower, Mr. Peanutbutter's wedding banners having instructions written on them, the sloth lawyer being painfully slow at speaking, and Mr. Peanutbutter's comical excitement over small talk. The Bad: This episode goes too far into absurdity. Almost every joke in this episode relies on characters doing things that are incredibly stupid. Mr. Peanutbutter hiring Todd with his own resume, everything about the existence of Vincent Adultman, BoJack's over-the-top bank robbery stunt, Todd learning the truth about the rock opera in the most backwards way, and many many more are examples of this. This episode is funny, but all of the humour is pure absurdist humour which makes it tough to take the story seriously. This is entertaining enough, but it doesn't immerse me very well due to the excessive absurdity. The Unknown: How will BoJack and Todd's relationship change now? Will Todd turn on BoJack after what he did? Will Todd stay close with Mr. Peanutbutter? He has a new position at his new company. Vincent is just three kids in a trench coat right? It's so bizarre that nobody acknowledges this except for BoJack. It would be quite the twist if he was just a normal guy somehow. What's next for the show? It's hard to see where the story can go in these final three episodes. Best Moment: Todd's failed infiltration of Mr. Peanutbutter's house was quite funny. Character of the Episode: BoJack. Conclusion: A solid and fun episode, though one that delves a bit too deeply into the absurd for my liking. Score: 60
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