The fact that they can make 20 minutes of a horse giving a eulogy at a funeral entertaining is impressive. The emotional depth and symbolism of Bojack’s monologue is incredible. The fact that Bojack is sad not because his mother died but because he never had and never will have a good relationship with his mother makes this episode even better. And with the twist that Beatrice was reading off a sign as her final words makes the episode so much more emotional because all this time we thought maybe she might have some sort of redemption but nope she was just reading a sign. Or maybe she really did say “I see you” and Bojack is just refusing to see that because it’s his mother, it leaves ambiguity for Bojack as now he is left with decision to determine what his mother really meant at the end. Did her dementia allow her to really see him or was she just reading a sign. The drowning quote and the churro symbolism is also incredible adding a lot of depth to this episode. Will Arnett is also an incredible voice actor and this episode pretty much proves that. The ending makes the episode even better because after everything he said, it was all for nothing.

"My mother, she knew what it's like to feel your entire life like you're drowning with the exception of these moments, these very rare, brief instances, in which you suddenly remember... you can swim"

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Season 1