Summary: Princess Carolyn tries to hire Vance Waggoner, a disgraced celebrity, for Philbert. He gets a Forgivie award and BoJack makes a disgusted face on the TV in response to cheese, making the media think he doesn't approve. As fallout, BoJack becomes a feminist icon and Vance opts not to do the show. Princess Carolyn is annoyed and works with Diane and BoJack to disgrace Vance, but Vance comes out as feminist too. Ultimately Vance gets himself in trouble again, and Ana, his publicist, meets with Diane and shows her the tape recording of BoJack's New Mexico story. BoJack gets Diane a job on his TV show to make a difference, but she still isn't able to do much. Mr. Peanutbutter wants to be tough to be considered for new roles, but every attempt to be tough results in him being loved more. In the end, he's selected for a role on Philbert.
The Good: The concept of this episode is the usual absurd fun. Vance Waggoner is a creative take on toxic celebrities who do terrible things, and it's a lot of fun to watch him and compare how his actions are reminiscent of BoJack in the earlier seasons, just worse and much less sympathetic. Vance is ludicrously awful, and this character allows the episode a fun lens to explore cancel culture and how little damage this actually does to the lives of celebrities who do terrible things. I also quite like how the episode sets up BoJack being a "feminist". BoJack reacting badly to cheese at a bad time is the type of thing that's very consistent with how BoJack is, and it's amusing to see how BoJack, despite trying to correct things, gets sucked into being a feminist after saying simple things that net him a positive public reaction. He's always fallen victim to his own desire to get people to cheer him, and he does the same thing here to become a "feminist". But this is still BoJack 2.0 who is an improved man from who he was before, and BoJack is smart enough to realize that Diane has a point about how inherently sexist his show is, and it's nice to see BoJack helping her and her ideals by getting her a job on his show. Much of this episode is focused on Diane, and her frustration is beautifully realized. Princess Carolyn is the first to frustrate her by hiring Vance Waggoner, and it's totally understandable how angry Diane is about how these awful men do awful things and somehow keep coming back. Diane is sent from infuriating scenario to infuriating scenario first from Princess Carolyn's selfishness ahead of morality when it comes to Vance, then with Ana showing no integrity as she helps Vance, and also with BoJack as he shows absolutely zero interest to learn anything about feminism. Everything Diane experiences frustrates her as the episode goes on and it culminates with her finally getting a good position to make a difference on "Philbert", but she quickly finds that nobody is going to listen with her and she's entirely useless, just like she was on "Secretariat". Then the kicker at the very end: Diane learns what happened with BoJack in New Mexico and has to face the possibility that BoJack isn't just an asshole, he might be as bad as Vance Waggoner. The episode tells Diane's story beautifully from frustration to frustration, making this ending moment where Ana plays the tape feel so impactful for Diane, a boiling point to serve as the episode's climax. Mr. Peanutbutter and Todd take up a lot of the episode on a side story, and luckily it is really funny. The idea of Mr. Peanutbutter trying to be tough and menacing and accidentally helping the people he's trying to act tough to is a hilarious idea, and the episode goes a long way with it. Mr. Peanutbutter's reactions to this increasing absurdity are a lot of fun to watch, and his interactions with Todd are as good as ever. There are plenty of fun jokes in this episode. There's an amusing animal joke as a chameleon girl camouflages with a building to hide from a bad date. GirlCroosh has a funny memorial for the cockroaches who were exterminated a few episodes ago, with the message "they checked in but didn't check out". Diane's computer has an amusing article on it that parodies Buzzfeed ("13 celebs who look exactly like soup"). The news headlines offer some gems as always, such as "Buffalo Buffalo sues Buffalo Buffalo for Buffaloing Buffalo Buffalo", and "victims families breathe sigh of relief as authorities declare mass shooting by white man not terrorism". The Bad: Mr. Peanutbutter's story is entirely superfluous and unnecessary ultimately. It's funny, but a needless distraction without a whole lot of merit. The Unknown: How will Diane react to the tape? How is this going to change her relationship with BoJack? How will Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter handle working together? Best Moment: Ana showing Diane the tape of BoJack's New Mexico story is a big moment, and an exciting cliffhanger. Character of the Episode: Diane. Conclusion: We get our seasonal political episode, and this one is another solid and fun experience with lots of laughs. Score: 66
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