Don’t Stop Dancing
There was a time when Netflix offered a solid lineup of shows. That was before they began randomly canceling titles or dragging them out ad nauseam, seemingly unable to strike a middle ground ever again. As I browsed through the countless titles, one series in particular caught my eye. I was determined to watch anything but the 97th rerun of Family Guy. The show’s name? BoJack Horseman.
The protagonist is a horse who starred in a popular sitcom, where he played the caretaker of some orphans. Fast forward twenty years, and BoJack lives in a lavish Hollywood mansion with a good-for-nothing roommate. He’s supposedly writing his memoir—but failing miserably.
Enter Diane Nguyen, a ghostwriter tasked with helping BoJack put his chaotic life into words. What starts as a glimpse into a washed-up comedian’s attempt to reclaim his glory soon spirals into a tale of betrayal, envy, and self-destruction. The looming fear of waking up one day as an old, useless has-been creeps closer with every episode.
BoJack’s life grows more depressing by the minute, and whenever he faces a choice, he almost always makes the wrong one. What about the cast? Stellar. Will Arnett voices BoJack, Alison Brie voices Diane, and Aaron Paul voices Todd—a character who might just be the only level-headed person in BoJack’s bizarre entourage. Or maybe not.
BoJack Horseman is a razor-sharp satire of modern Hollywood, a place that chews up its former idols and spits them into a purgatory of drugs, fleeting fame, and champagne-soaked regrets.
Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the show initially comes across as absurd nonsense but quickly reveals profound layers exploring alcoholism, guilt, and personal doom—all set in a world of anthropomorphic animals.
I recommend this gem of a show to anyone who’s tired of surface-level entertainment and craves something that peels back the glittery facade to show what’s lurking beneath. No matter what, when, or where, BoJack Horseman is for me and you—and no one else.