Summary: Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter decide to get an abortion. While talking with BoJack, Diane accidentally tweets out that Sextina Aquafina is getting an abortion. Sextina rolls with it when she learns that she's trending and Diane is horrified by her actions, including an egregious new single. However, people feel inspired by her so Diane relents. BoJack is frustrated that he isn't winning any other awards, and while trying to prank Jurj Clooners, he sees that Ana represents him. BoJack fires her, but Ana meets with him and tells him she dropped everyone else, wanting to help BoJack win because he's the underdog.
The Good: This feels like a spiritual successor to "Hank After Dark", another highly political episode with lots of creative jokes that amused me to no end. This episode focuses on exploring popstar culture and abortions as the topic of satire and makes fun of these ideas effectively. Sextina is a total parody and is fun to watch. Her behaviour and sense of power and entitlement is so amusing as she goes around demanding everything. The episode does a good job making her amusing to watch as she ends up doing good for people in the most unintentional ways. The abortion topic is addressed with brilliance. Of course Sextina's song is outrageous and fantastic, but I also love the scenes with Tom as the abortion issue is discussed, with the three middle-aged white men speaking on abortion being absolute gold. I particularly loved the headline "has the concept of women having choices gone too far". The episode is packed with good jokes and other little details. I really like how Diane accidentally sends the abortion message, another funny example of Diane messing up in the most innocuous of ways. Tom brings a lot of laughs as always with his segments. I quite liked the "Tom Srant" typo, and the headlines were tons of fun again with some standouts including "Obama declares country simply must see Hamilton", and "US celebrates 3 days without mass shooting - this just in, never mind". The abortion protests have some great signs like "they kill puppies" (written by a human), "babies are fun" (written by a parent with way too many babies), "life begins in the egg", and "what if Jesus was aborted". Some other good jokes include A Ryan Seacrest Type getting hit by BoJack's car, "NBD" being connected to BD Wong (who is considered to be a big deal), Mr. Peanutbutter's balloon saying "it's aborted!" instead of "it's a boy!", and the gift basket for Sextina saying "sowwy" on it. BoJack's story is solid and it adds further depth to Ana than what we had before. The reveal that she represents everyone is exactly the kind of disgusting thing that you would expect from a publicist, and BoJack had a good moment when he fires her. I also quite enjoyed the presence of "Jurj Clooners" (seriously these names are stupid and make no sense but are extremely amusing so they get a pass) as he made stupid prank after stupid prank. I love that BoJack discovering the truth about Ana only happened because he was petty enough to want to hit Jurj in the head with a bat. The final scene between BoJack and Ana was also quite good. I was thoroughly creeped out and horrified by Ana's sexual harassment of BoJack, but it fit the character and showed a seriously darker side to her that I did not expect. Mr. Peanutbutter had a good episode. It was so much fun to see him try his best to be supportive in every scene he was in, and he made me laugh the most. Mr. Peanutbutter is so endearing and funny throughout the episode from his ridiculous sayings ("I'll be with you 24/7, 247%", "there's no I in uterus, but there is an us, and a u") to his panic about frivolous things ("oh no we said different things"), and his random support efforts (trying to watch the baby video instead of Diane). Mr. Peanutbutter was handled perfectly in this episode, and utilizing him as extra comedy in the background worked perfectly. Diane and Princess Carolyn have a decent little conflict. It makes sense that Princess Carolyn would be jealous at Diane for choosing not to have a family when she wants one desperately and doesn't have a chance at one. The Bad: The storytelling here is very shallow compared to "Hank After Dark". This episode has an enormous comedic upside, but it doesn't offer much in terms of character development, emotion, or a greater message. Diane and Princess Carolyn's conflict should have received more screentime. There's a great story idea here with Princess Carolyn's jealousy and Diane's desire for activism clouding her from seeing the bigger picture, but the story is rushed and has very little impact by the end of the episode. The Unknown: Did A Ryan Seacrest Type die after getting hit by BoJack? Will BoJack be able to win the Oscar? Best Moment: The interview with the three white men was hilarious with each one offering a completely different joke that really made me laugh. This show does its satire really well. Character of the Episode: Mr. Peanutbutter. Conclusion: This episode was good fun and had a lot of laughs. I thoroughly enjoyed this even if it didn't hit the usual storytelling highs of "BoJack Horseman". Score: 68
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