Summary: BoJack goes to his new job on FHBA and Hollyhock connects to an intern, Miles, on set. BoJack believes Miles is no good and tries to set him up by getting him to sleep with a contestant. It backfires and he is fired, but Miles cuts a deal with him to never talk to Hollyhock again in exchange for a career favour. BoJack does it and Hollyhock is saddened. Princess Carolyn goes to meet Ralph's parents but Ralph doesn't want to mention that she's pregnant. Eventually Ralph tells off his parents for being rude to Princess Carolyn. Mr. Peanutbutter resigns from running for governor but Woodchuck is contested by Jessica Biel. Mr. Peanutbutter joins the cause to help him overcome her. Todd starts a new business venture for dentists that are also clowns.
The Good: BoJack making awful decisions is always amusing. He's clearly jealous thta Hollyhock is spending time with others throughout the episode, and in typical BoJack fashion, he comes up with a hilarious scheme that completely blows up in his face spectacularly. It's funny to see BoJack's plan to get Miles to sleep with a contestant gets totally derailed due to him continuing to mistake Miles as a PA. The side stories tell a decent enough story. Princess Carolyn visiting Ralph's family is okay stuff, with the highlight being Ralph's parents offering Princess Carolyn things that pregnant women should never bother with, with the requests getting comically more obscene as the scene goes on. Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter coming up with another side venture is the type of silly fun that I love from this show. The clown/dentist combination is quite funny and the show does a lot with this idea in the episode. It's funny to see these clown/dentists intersect with Woodchuck's story. Also poor Woodchuck's hands are a good source of humour throughout the episode. The episode is full of fun jokes. I was happy to see Randy back in action on the news. Mr. Peanutbutter screwing Katrina over with the lease is so wonderfully funny because Mr. Peanutbutter has always been this irritatingly ignorant about things. Animal jokes are prevalent again with highlights being Hotel Kangaroosevelt and a lobster gardener accidentally destroying a hedge. The episode makes a fun Frogger reference as well with a frog trying to cross a road. Lastly, I got a chuckle out of Hollyhock's absurdly long initials written on her tote bag. The Bad: Much of this episode feels like filler and it never feels like this is a story that is worth telling. Let's take BoJack's story to start with. The Felicity Huffman show feels like a retread of similar previous storylines, and it predictably goes nowhere of note making it a waste of time. The joke about her show feels redundant and doesn't offer enough comedy to make it a worthwhile storyline. The episode tries to make it feel substantial by adding in a story between BoJack and Hollyhock, but it doesn't work at all. The storyline is just BoJack being BoJack; we don't learn anything we didn't already know about him, and nothing about what he does in this episode is surprising. The episode tries to have a dark and sad ending moment, the type that the show usually tends to do really well, but it fails here too. Hollyhock's insecurity gets preyed on by BoJack ultimately, and even though he makes it up to her, he still can't fix the pain she feels in the moment. This would be more impactful if I connected more with Hollyhock's pain, but I just didn't. Her relationship with Miles is rushed and off-screen, so I am unabel to connect with her emotions like I usually can in the very best episodes of "BoJack Horseman". The side stories are bland. Princess Carolyn having problems with Ralph's family is predictable and nothing interesting is done with this. The prejudice against cats isn't interesting to explore, and things ultimately go nowhere with Ralph predictably standing up for his girlfriend. I felt like I was watching a subpar melodramatic soap opera at times in this storyline. Mr. Peanutbutter dropping out of the race ended up being a bit of an anticlimax. It looks like something else is being set up, but this episode failed to make the transition from Woodchuck and Mr. Peanutbutter as enemies to allies feel interesting and exciting. The Unknown: Where is the clown dentist storyline going? Best Moment: Oxnard being the poor straight-man dealing with Mr. Peanutbutter and Todd's shenanigans will never not be funny. In a weaker episode like this, it steals the show. Character of the Episode: Mr. Peanutbutter. Conclusion: Honestly, this is quite an underwhelming episode. It never feels like a purposeful and important episode, and nothing stands out whatsoever. For a season with some brilliant high points, there have been a couple of lows as well. Score: 56
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