Free Churro Monologue

[@batayola2543]

_"I... see... you... jesus christ, we were in the Intensive Care Unit-"_ this one line never fails to beat the hsit out of me in the face

[@jgarofalo8813]

I gasped when he said that. It was like a punch to the gut.

[@kipechawolfeortiz8791]

You and me both.

[@kipechawolfeortiz8791]

It's even worse when you realize it by yourself.

[@tombingus3984]

It beat the shit out of you only because it couldn't beat a dead horse. Knock once if you like my joke.

[@williamckinley]

honestly left speechless after the realization that in the last moments with her own son, the importance of a sign meant more to her than bojack did

[@Jayzone702]

I think it was around minute 3 of this episode I realized “holy shit, this entire episode is gonna be a Bojack eulogy”

[@sebellasorenson9734]

Me too. I paused it and saw that he stood there through the whole episode. I had to sit there and emotionally prepare before I could press play.

[@thatonepersonyouwontremember]

Took me 10

[@cgaribay02]

Yeah you’re better than me. It took me 3/4 of the way before I’m like... man he’s been talking alot... oh wait... yeah this is a whole eulogy episode.

[@eduardoaguero1220]

I didn't realize that until the episode ended

[@hellyeahdude]

@LEO_ EM me too

[@melistiltskin7889]

"I'm your son! All I had was you!" The pain in his voice always gets me.

[@SalsBrain]

Honestly the first time I watched him say that I broke down crying. I knew exactly what he was saying and how he felt as he said it

[@melistiltskin7889]

@@SalsBrain I know! I can feel it too. IT's that little quiver is his voice that expresses so much resentment and sadness. Powerful words.

[@evl952]

I still cry so hard listening to that line

[@chillwithmasaco8416]

Yeah it really gets me too I know a lot of people say that they don’t understand why he would say that since he hated his mother so much but I think I know why. it’s because he is drowning by himself... he says the only real connection he has with his parents were that they all knew they were drowning and they were drowning together but they aren’t drowning together anymore, because Bojacks parents are gone they have drowned they have died and now Bojack is alone drowning and he doesn’t have anybody else around him who knows what that’s like, at least I think, he thinks he doesn’t have anyone around him who understands

[@combatcarl]

Theres also alot pain in the line "Ill never have a mother that looks across the room and says *bojack horseman, I see you*" especially in the last 2 words.

[@elnegromatapacos162]

Kind of ironic that with the whole "I see you" theme, it takes Bojack 20 minutes to see that he's in the wrong room. In so many ways, he's just as self-obsessed and unaware of the people around him as Beatrice was.

[@misanthropy152]

Why would he assume that his mom didn't have only lizard-people friends?

[@mlalbaitero]

I think he might have just been distracted by how his mom was dead

[@paperchasindude6578]

Wow the irony

[@konkie3657]

@@misanthropy152 Lizards are cold-blooded reptiles

[@SceleToon_and_Games]

to be fair w this specific thing, i think he was just talking to her as if she were actually listening. i still agree though lol it is what it is he can't know any better than what he was shown. also, wouldn't you be if your mom treated you like shit 'sing the stupid song', you make it against all odds and become famous and it's still not enough for her?

[@saharaflower9173]

When Bojack comes to the conclusion that she was just reading the sign 💔

[@shadowboy2818]

yeah that was a horrible way of making a realization. Realizing that he didn't get what he wanted, to be acknowledged.

[@jasobres]

Actually, I believe it was meant to be ambiguous. She was too far gone by that point, so it was hard to interpret what she was saying. Maybe she _was_ reading the sign, but for all we know, she could've just as well been referring to BoJack.

[@rabbit0664]

I took it as her reading the sign. I agree, it was really heartbreaking.

[@chrissi975]

Wait I'm confused. What sign? EDIT: Nevermind I figured it out. I'm stupid. English isn't my native language so I was clueless :'D

[@MrShabindigo]

@@jasobres I'm pretty sure she was just reading the sign. It was no different than when she said she had a son that was also a star, but she was only talking about the actual sun

[@rkgk1517]

It kills me that he cannot even bring himself to say "Sarah Lynn died", even after being able to mention that Herb did... it's like he can't admit it to himself

[@jcnot9712]

rkgk1517 [SPOILER] his denial is even more disturbing now that we know what actually happened at the planetarium.

[@garypeacock951]

JC Not : He never actually knew her that well?

[@JimmySteller]

JC Not Exactly! All this time it was a horrific signal to us that what we knew about what happened wasn’t the full story. Bojack knew the truth, though, and he hid it from everyone except himself.

[@waves2378]

17 minutes.

[@bismuth7398]

@@jcnot9712 Keep in mind that the episode after Sarah Lynn's death is when he gives his 20-second "I'm poison" schpeel, and then runs away for about a year. Sarah Lynn's death is going to haunt BoJack for the rest of his life.

[@carmena.gonzalezrios8372]

I can’t believe this episode didn’t won an Emmy

[@royran5889]

Is like......Becker

[@jasobres]

And to add insult to injury, it lost to a rather unmemorable episode of _The Simpsons,_ which by this point, has overstayed its welcome long enough.

[@benwoods5050]

*Win

[@rabbit0664]

It really should've, it really really should've.

[@Swordsman99k]

I really hope "The view from halfway down" gets recognized for the masterpiece it is.

[@runjhunparihar5694]

"It's not true but it's a good story" Sometimes i just want to hug bojack so bad

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

When my mom dies I'm going to make up who she was. I don't like her but I want to be able to relate to people.

[@lifeofjeffrey2447]

You don’t want to hug BoJack lol

[@captainjirk9564]

I feel that but then I remember who he is

[@KiddaTheKiller]

"Unless she just wanted what we all want. To be seen." This hurts.

[@TheRiku57]

I frickin hate to quote an anime here- but to go further (From Hellsing) "All the world's a stage, and I just want to do something worthy of applause".

[@MrGamelover23]

@@TheRiku57 Why do you hate to quote an anime when that's literally an amazing quote? I like that.

[@TheRiku57]

@@MrGamelover23 I personally love it, and think anime, like any form of media, is art (some higher than others). But socially, in the US (don't know what country you're from), the "weeb" aspect is still unfortunately kind of strong. Like I get asked if I'm 12 if I quote an anime on some forums. It's unfortunate, and it's changing. Just slowly.

[@MrGamelover23]

@@TheRiku57 Just ignore those bottom-feeding griefers. I'm from America too.

[@TheRiku57]

@@MrGamelover23 Agreed. Art is art. A good quote is a good quote.

[@Jormbis]

“Losing your parent is like Becker.” I can’t believe this feeling could have been described in words.

[@Dayvit78]

And so odd how that can be relatable. (My parents used to watch Becker and I sometimes sat with them)

[@rashmisingh-ug7bt]

Can you explain?

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

Because he had hoped they could have a better relationship?

[@att1tude__]

@@rashmisingh-ug7bt “y’know that show Becker? I watched the entire run of that show hoping that it would get better and it never did. It had all the right pieces but it just couldn’t put them together. And when it got cancelled, I was really bummed out. Not because I liked the show but because I knew it could be so much better and now it never would be. And that’s what losing a parent is like. It’s like Becker. Suddenly you realise you’ll never have the great relationship you wanted and as long as they were alive, part of you, the stupidest goddamn part of you, was still holding on to that chance. And you didn’t even realise it till that chance went away”

[@jacksonb1001]

15:54 “You can call Horsin’ Around dumb, or bad, or unrealistic, but there’s nothing than realistic than that. You never get a happy ending, because there’s always more show... I guess until there isn’t.” Now that it’s over I see the writers were talking about Bojack itself.

[@jacobmensch7541]

Bojack Horseman is over and everything is worse now

[@beabea5985]

Well, it was nice while it lasted

[@Alknix]

Best Thing That Ever Happened

[@sethangulo8645]

Ayeeee😜

[@isaactovar1702]

Because it will truly never get better for anyone in it

[@SonyEricson850]

I recommend checking out "Undone" on amazon prime. It's co-created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy, another writer from Bojack Horseman.

[@liamgradwell2998]

This monologue is in a class of its own. At college, we learnt that with monologues, sometimes a character can go monologuing about a point one minute and change the whole point of it in a matter of minutes. How Bojack took the statement as “I see you”, but later realised it was actually “ICU” is perfectly timed and well performed on the realisation of it. To be able to perform it so fluidity and with such relatable themes of human relationships and regrets of mistakes is an achievement in it’s own.

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

This life is full of disappointment.

[@kaseyh8904]

The entire show is very cleverly, very tightly written, and this episode is no exception. The writers for this show KNEW what they were doing. It's no wonder a lot of aspiring actors have chosen THIS as their monologue of choice to act out in recent years

[@shaneraine8081]

I agree with you.

[@lucaguccione-jimenez346]

The ICU moment hit me way harder than I would’ve thought it would. He put hoped so much that his mom had finally acknowledged him before she died, only to find out she was reading a sign behind him

[@blenderbanana]

Because she "saw" right through that narcassistic hunk of shit(Bojack Horseman).

[@themedia1271]

My dad legit told me that this is the eulogy he will deliver at his moms funeral. She is exactly like Beatrice.

[@rabbit0664]

I feel for your dad. I've been debating a similar thing with my mom. She's acted like her and a bit like Butterscotch. At the beginning when he forced a Thank you it hit close to home.

[@FortworthYT]

@@rabbit0664 "Thank youuuuuuu"

[@LibertyGunsBeerTrump]

Did your grandfather die in a duel?

[@themedia1271]

@@LibertyGunsBeerTrump no but he did die a week ago because he starved himself to death

[@toxicdermyillunary4103]

@@LibertyGunsBeerTrump you owe media a free churro

[@aurorafuture8508]

This is the weirdest jack in the box commercial

[@00vie80]

Come to Jack in the box to get a free churro for every parent death for only free 99

[@LudwigOnfroy]

Jack in the box if you mom dead we will cry then give you a free churro because we are to aquard to actually give you advice and we aren't legally allowed to

[@wwehulk8798]

Stupid bot

[@PassiveSmoking]

They had this free churro promo running at the time.

[@titanqueen7217]

That Becker analogy is surprisingly accurate. This whole monologue is great, but the Becker analogy really is the star piece in this. It’s the perfect description of what it’s like to lose an abusive parent.

[@michaelbyrne5606]

For me it’s Gotham. A bold retelling of an old story that started with such promise, and than decided to focus more on checklist-cramming villains and pettily cycling inconsistent relationships. Botching Mr. Freeze, never truly taking time to evolve the GCPD as a character focus...it was just a constant source of admiring frustration... And yet I never stopped hoping for what it could wake up and become: a story about never regretting our integrity while accepting and challenging the consequences we face. And now it’ll be remembered as the show that played too often to convention and too little to evocation. 😔

[@lucasbonica5065]

I feel that this is almost devastating to my life too

[@KingMuncheez]

My dad passed away in a motel with a needle in his arm after years of being a rolling stone and absentee. My mother is currently on that path as well and I hate that I mourned but more so out of pity

[@somenerdygirl4696]

The voice actor for Bojack is so good, I wouldn't mind if he made the character have his own podcast

[@epicremarc]

He also voiced Batman in the Lego Movies and played Gob in Arrested Development

[@joshuahecht6866]

SomeNerdyGirl Will Arnett

[@lonebattledroid4474]

I'm glad he finally got a carrier defining performance with Lego Batman and Bojack

[@mjL490]

He has a podcast, although not as Bojack. It's called Smartless

[@Kali-bs7oj]

We’re all forgetting his real role as the guy who voices over the Reece’s ads

[@BulletBeez]

“My mom is dead and everything is worse now”

[@EhCanadianGamer]

That....that is.......that's just....yeh.

[@righthandstep5]

It is since he will never have her love just like Beatruce died without love from Butterscotch Horseman.

[@lesslyventura2480]

this makes me sad.

[@joshuahecht6866]

For Me It Is Like “My Friend Fluttershy Is Dead, And Everything Is Worse Now”

[@ShunJ89]

Atleast you get a free Churro.

[@benmasclans4]

I did this monologue for my drama class in college got an A+ it wasn't easy but i knew I had to get it right to preserve the emotion of this scene

[@JamesEmery6]

If you have a recording of it. Please post it to KZbin.

[@y.9645]

yo did ya just plagiarized a nextflix show XD anywho thats awsome i wanna see

[@Dripx-]

No proof, no thanks.

[@benmasclans4]

@@y.9645 I told the professor it was from this show so technically it wasn't plagergism

[@y.9645]

@@benmasclans4 That was an odd1sout joke apologizes if that wasn't clear

[@uhobme2028]

This monologue will never get old. Listened to it more than five times now

[@SalsBrain]

I don't know if there's another show that I could listen to 20 min of straight talking.

[@damagedspace6704]

I actually listen to this to sleep and it’s nice

[@aik3874]

‘I’m your son. All I had was you.’

[@SalsBrain]

That fucking gets me every time I hear it

[@aik3874]

My personal opinion. Bojack should have gotten married probably with Princess Carolyn and had a few kids. He must have become somehow a toxic, abusive dad, but he would have been probably an OK dad. Especially with Princess Carolyn. But Bojack was too afraid of having kids (S1 E1) because he was abused by parents. To me personally, that is an ordinary but very powerful message of this show.

[@ripelivejam]

​@@aik3874 His fantasy with Charlotte and dream child Harper suggest he might have been. But I think he still needed a long road of healing and work at the end and he wasn't in a place to do that.

[@unowen7591]

"But then again, mostly not. Mostly you're drowning. She understood that too. And she recognized that I understood it. And dad. All three of us were drowning and we didn't know how to save each other. But there was an understanding that we were all drowning together." One of the greatest episodes of television ever. So many lines that just hit you so close to home. I love this show.

[@alextromagnetic]

That pause when he says Sarah Lynn's name breaks my heart

[@dylanbroomes5597]

When did he say that

[@ddsjgvk]

@@dylanbroomes5597 start at 14:20

[@dylanbroomes5597]

Thanks

[@NicoTb4]

the real sad thing is that he said "herb kazaz is dead" but then when he said Sarah Lynn's name he just... couldn't say she was dead. he paused for a short second and then went on

[@stressedbutclownstressed3308]

Whenever I listen to this it feels like I'm listening to a real person, a flawed character whom I can relate to even though I don't have the same treatment from my parents. This show is something real.

[@yeseniasanchez1027]

the creator or writers said they wrote bojack to be a shitty person that no one can relate to

[@malfboi]

@@yeseniasanchez1027 well, if that's true they failed miserably, or rather awesome-ly(?)

[@xSouthernDiscomfortx]

@@yeseniasanchez1027 he's definitely a shitty person and I hope most people don't relate to his worst possible actions (penny, Sarah Lynn, generally being too self absorbed to worry about how his actions and words effect others), but there's a whole episode showcasing his internal depression monolog and his deepest insecurities about his own guilt and loneliness so I think many people can relate to aspects of his character such as that. As a generality, we've all done something we've or someone else has considered shitty before, and this show in a way shows us everything we shouldn't do to deal with that, and by the end i felt like I got a good takeaway on how to handle these emotions more effectively. Maybe if bojack learned to earlier, we wouldn't have gotten to the deepest pits of Rock bottom with penny and Sarah Lynn, and being hopelessly addicted to drugs.

[@ciscosoto5737]

16:37 - 16:50 That was the moment I teared up, by far the saddest part of the episode. It was that tragic epiphany where he realized that the one thing he could have POSSIBLY held onto, POSSIBLY used as the smallest proof that hidden behind all of her own demons, the darkness within her heart, there was a small ray of light and love she shined onto her son during her final moments. It was then that he truly understood his mother had never done a single act of kindness for him in his life, that she'd been too consumed with her own sense of self-pity and misery to actually be a decent mother to her only child. If she'd just mocked him like Bojack said she expected she would, that would've been bad, sure, but he was expecting that. He could handle that, since that's what he'd experienced all his life. At the very least, he wouldn't have been filled with that small bit of misplaced hope that his mother had actually cared about him, that she'd finally decided to give the long overdue affection, even if it was kind of an insult to do it after so long. But as he stands there, it's as if a freight train hits him, the terrible fall that came from such a very small up he thought he'd received. Jesus Christ, that's so depressing...

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Right after that when he says "my mom died, and all I got was a free churro", the face he makes. I couldn't hold my tears. The show has such a basic animation, and it's just a horse...but in combination with it's writing and performances it's so expressive and relatable. Also, the pause he makes between those bits is just chilling.

[@87clami]

“There was an understanding we were drowning together” I loved this episode, such a good script. But just this part, when he felt angry for discovering there wasn’t any deep meaning for the last words her mother said or any recognition, it made me cry: “I’m your son. All I had was you”

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

6:21 - 7:19 Basically every analyst's worst nightmare. Damn this show hits hard when it really needs to.

[@juliakercsmar6587]

Lol. I knew it's someone's job to make the continiousness happen. But since i watched this show, now i am amazed when this is done well in shows and movies. Like the Watchowski sisters' Sense8, because of the way physics and the plot works there, it is creepily well done. I bet one of the sisters took it open themselves to watch out for those things and write the order of shots in a way that would make that easier. It's a way out there, but great show. Anyway, sorry for my long ramble.

[@elimoranodicio4163]

Analyst-therapist

[@furroni9471]

That "All I had was you" broke me

[@SalsBrain]

Fucking ditto... I'm not a guy who says a character is "so me" but I relate a little too much to Bojack and I cried when he said that line

[@furroni9471]

@@SalsBrain I think at some point everyone had something or a person that meant everything to us, but it got away or let us down at some point, I think that's why everyone can identify themselves on that line.

[@furroni9471]

The worst part is that you don't know if you should feel upset or not, after all, they're people as well, who make mistakes and have flaws. Maybe we all think we're so special that the people most close to us would never betray our trust. Even tho there's no reason to believe it at all.

[@ripelivejam]

And Bojack couldn't cry in front of anyone, you could tell how his voice was breaking how hard it hit him.

[@highcat7184]

I like how this started as a comedy and ended as a real tradgedy

[@ThumbsTup]

A lot of shows are like this: Clone wars Adventure time Steven universe Gravity falls Tuca & Bertie Final Space Etc.

[@ThumbsTup]

@DiecastReviews that's why I said "etc" but thanks for pointing out Rick and Morty

[@glennjoyce7682]

@@ThumbsTup fuck... Adventure Time hits hard with the mental illness allegory with The Ice King...as someone with Bi Polar 1, it hits home

[@mikansan8216]

This episode would not have worked if it were on TV. It can't work with commercials. The fact that there is No interruptions makes it feel so... Real. And it is.

[@neonstrat4088]

Gonna be honest the “grand gestures aren’t enough” part changed my life. Can’t believe a show about a talking horse had to make me realize this lmao

[@SalsBrain]

This show was truly amazing

[@batteriii]

The segment about “Becker” always gets me emotionally. My mom is nowhere near as bad as Beatrice, not even close, but I can’t change her and I can’t get her to change in the way I need her to be and it really hurts sometimes. I want a mother I can feel comfortable around and feel like I can talk to, but I know I won’t be able to, and I likely never will.

[@Nightriser271828]

I know that feeling. I see you.

[@bethanyoneal5789]

@@Nightriser271828 ICU

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

When she dies I think my regret will be that we never got the relationship that I'd always wanted. I see it coming and I can't do a fuckin thing to change it.

[@hannahphoenix1016]

Same thing I guess we just have to forget about it cause there is no other way

[@Archie_Sonadow]

Yeah, i feel the same way as well, you're not alone in feeling this way

[@fionagallagherapologist5968]

"my mother is dead and everything is worse now" is the line that always gets me. despite how terrible beatrice was to him, he still cared for her. despite how badly our narcissist parents may treat us, a little part of us will always care for them because we cannot help it. so devastating

[@icalotdonthide2646]

This.

[@daft_class]

a child's love for their parent is more often than not unconditional.

[@cerysfalmai8644]

Bojack describing his mothers copse as a pissed off toy dinosaur is actually exactly the kind of eulogy Beatrice deserved.

[@andresyepez8368]

This is probably the best monologe I have ever listened.

[@gulermo]

"...and one time she smoke an entire cigarette in one long inhale, i watched her do it" wow

[@Shockwave99999]

That one long inhale is actually shown in Times Arrow. It’s during the scene where. Beatrice gives Bojack the painting and she smokes a cigarette.

[@wdcain1]

I hope Comedy Central doesn't cut up this episode with commercial breaks. That would kill the flow of it.

[@MoonLoonie69]

This show isn't meant for cable television. That's why it's up on Netflix. Streaming killed TV.

[@auxilium5378]

But But BoJack is on Netflix

[@elijahmcdaniels922]

@@auxilium5378 Comedy Central picked it up so now you can also whatch it there

[@littlemissysweeticecreamca1398]

@@elijahmcdaniels922 wow really that's interesting ? Even through its ended

[@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist]

@@auxilium5378 noteveryone has netflix

[@enk335]

"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."

[@creedonphillips7682]

Bojack is such an underrated show. It's a relatable show but hits the spots that other shows are too afraid to hit. Other shows focus on the happiness in life, but bojack shows that there is more than happiness, there's loneliness, depression, addiction, and so much more. That's why this is such a good show. Thanks for reading, I'm going to bed now

[@jenlindley7780]

Sure, but it is not underrated!!! Thanks god it is getting the praise it deserves.

[@y.9645]

Steven Universe: *FEEL GOOD TIMEZ* Bojack Horseman: *SAD FEELIN TIME*

[@TheRiku57]

Honestly... with how much I see of it on the internet and talking with people, even outside my friend group- I think it is low key the most popular show on Netflix.

[@rabbit0664]

@@TheRiku57 I agree

[@NickB1967]

@@cynvic1872 The show "Bojack Horseman" crept up on people. It *started* as a comic satire on Hollywood (Los Angeles), with anthropomorphic animals, but as the seasons progressed, it got much darker.

[@uhobme2028]

_"All this time you knew what I wanted and you waited till the last second to give it to me"_ While Bojack didn't know about his condition, I like to think in Herb's mind, this summerizes the reason Bojack's apology fell flat.

[@gothicMCRgirl]

You know, it’s strange. My childhood was nowhere near as bad as Bojack’s, but I’m at that point in my life where I don’t really know how to feel about my mother. I don’t feel like I hate her, but I can’t really bring myself to really love her, either. She’s not a bad person I don’t think, but her influence in my life has been so detrimental in a lot of ways, it’s really difficult to be around her lately. And I always felt guilty about that. I know she did her best and is still doing her best, but now, because I tried so hard to live up to her expectations, I kind of hate myself for it. I became a perfectionist thanks to her, so now I’m afraid of ever failing and trying new things, my life is at a standstill. And she’s the type of person to always put her foot down, so I know she’s not really going to listen to me. She’s just going to turn around and blame me for my mediocrity. I’m so tired.

[@SalsBrain]

I can't speak to your life, I don't know you or anything about it. I will say, however, that cutting toxic people out of your life is super beneficial. And not just obviously toxic but also people who just don't bring you up or make you feel good or happy. I had a horrible relationship with my mother but for some reason I kept her around. Once I got her out of my life not much changed but I feel 10x better knowing I no longer need to even think about her

[@melistiltskin7889]

I can relate to that completely. I hope things have improved for you. * *Big Hig* *

[@themosttypicalnormie2199]

@Queen_Bratz kind of sounds like your step dad had a lot in common with Bojack.

[@myfirstcrappyvideobilly]

At least she tried. Mine didn't.

[@MangoMagica]

I feel the same way about my parents, more just because of how controlling they are and how my dad sometimes puts me down. It makes me feel like I can't do anything on my own and I learned a lot of incorrect things from what my mom "taught" me. It's conflicting.

[@callumjohn6622]

Will Arnett isn't acting anymore. Bojack Horseman just warped his way across space time to deliver this eulogy straight into the voice booth microphone.

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

This was an absolute tour de force of dramatic and comedy writing. Twisted into one titan of a monologue. Delivered by Will Arnett so impeccably. I laughed. I cried. I felt empty inside, yet strangely relieved. This is quite possibly the best singular show episode I've ever seen in my life. It is perfection.

[@nagatomutsu844]

There's no happy ending, because the show will continue. Until there is none--this is just so deep and so true. Everyone’s life is like this.

[@StonerBaer]

It's very much like Bojack's mind said - You don't stop dancing 'til the curtain call.

[@Swanky11]

I wish I could watch this episode for the first time again, to feel the full extent of emotions that I've felt then. It's still brilliant and powerful but the first time you watch it you cling to every word.

[@rubykincaid463]

I completely ignored this episode whenever I watched it, and now I’m actually trying to listen / watch it and I am having a bit of a fever dream about bojack and getting all emotional again

[@Rocker42070]

My dad died in December. I wish I could’ve watched this for the first time after his funeral.

[@thornlings]

I lost my estranged, abusive grandfather this week and haven't cried. I just keep thinking about this monolog. It's not him the person that I am sad about. He was a bad person and the world is likely better for him being gone. But some part of me remembers the few good times we had and clung into the hope that he would be better. That we could gave good times again. And now I know we won't. The hope is gone. That's what I mourn.

[@dylanearle3911]

"My mother is dead, and everything is worse now. Because now I know I will never have the type of mother that looks across the room and says 'Bojack Horseman, I see you.' " This will forever be my favorite line.

[@peckyd6958]

How many shows can you watch where you listen to a character talk for twenty straight minutes and still enjoy it

[@SalsBrain]

None. I don't think any other show could hold me that long with so few visual breaks

[@hasan_z]

@@SalsBrain its a "bottle episode" and quite common on tv shows

[@SalsBrain]

@@hasan_z can you please reference some? I would love to check them out and compare.

[@jarktonsley4717]

@@SalsBrain There are 1-2 episodes (very roughly speaking as it's been awhile) of Re:Zero that are basically just one very long conversation. And it's an amazing show with heavy emotions.

[@noone3305]

@@SalsBrain i think “fly” from breaking bad would count. i can’t think of any others off the top of my head

[@benmoxon7796]

I love the fact that he starts out this speech with "Here we go. I am bojack horseman giving a eulogy. Lets go!". It sounds like an actor psyching himself up to play a perfticulartly diffuclt scene. Which probably more or less how he feels about giving this eulogy.

[@goodmachines7743]

The ‘you can swim’ bit... The whole speech is just amazing, but that one part was the moment when it transcended from a great one-man act into an elevation of all the senses... The ‘Finding Neverland’-moment of the show.

[@reesespoofles5613]

“My mom died and all I got was this free churro” of all the goddamn lines in this amazing monologue that’s the one that stuck with me lmao

[@richardparker2555]

2:00 "Kind of like a pissed off toy dinosaur" It just hit me. Bojack is really at a funeral for a "Lizard" family. What if calling Lizards or any of the reptiles of this world a "Dinosaur" is like calling someone a racial slur? If so that makes the final reveal even more awkward.

[@rialtoareaemergencyrespons1915]

I think on this world racial slurs would be “scaler”

[@ThumbsTup]

I assumed that dinosaurs did once exist in this universe, but they were human-like as well

[@chrisdawson1776]

In Snoot Game (the better Goodbye Volcano High) the racial slur for dinosaurs were meteor dodgers.

[@Kyrikrliy]

Imagine being called a "furious barbie doll". That's probably what this was like from their perspective.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

God damn this better be used in high school theater every now and again

[@pablotokes4965]

I graduated highschool 5 years ago and was in theatre, Im kicking myself rn for this not being one of my audition monologues.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

@@pablotokes4965 tell me about it XD

[@SpiderandMosquito]

@@pablotokes4965 not that either of us had much choice, this wasn't available for... obvious reasons :) But I'd have used it over and over again

[@thecatcameback3530]

No monologue, ever, has so thoroughly convinced me of nihilism. *slow clap, single tear runs down cheek* This is art.

[@Rafael-mh6yz]

Care to explain nihilism?

[@xxatomicreapsxx2972]

Rafael 37 well the philosophical meaning is : extreme skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence. Kind of like nothing really matters.

[@ded4lyfe1]

That's not the lesson one ought to learn from this. Bojack still not being fair, and he's trying to rationalize not improving since he's been let down, and why he doesn't try to be better in a real sense. He's a cautionary tale through and through. His life sucks. Because he did start screwed, but he chose to stay this way, and hoped her death would give him something. But that doesn't happen with shitty parents. You don't wait for them to die to get something out of it, and get mad that all you get is a FUCKIMG CHURRO.

[@ded4lyfe1]

Bojack Horseman is a cautionary tale. The deck was stacked and he let it keep fucking him and others around it. He perpetuates the misery he has. He's not a role model. Learn from him, do not repeat him. Look at his growth, but recognize where he gives up.

[@lilomorales6181]

​@Ded forlyfe EXACTLY

[@amihodges4899]

That monologue was one of the most beautifully written things I have ever heard.

[@jcnot9712]

Bojack Horseman is over, and everything is worse now.

[@SalsBrain]

I found myself not watching the last two episodes. Just because I didn't know where it was going and I didn't want it to end.

[@jcnot9712]

Sals Brain go and watch them, before you get spoiled. I’d say it’s worth it being over ‘cause they did a great job.

[@SalsBrain]

@@jcnot9712 I did a few days after, but I just couldn't do it even though I brushed through the first 6 in a day. But ty

[@jcnot9712]

Sals Brain that 7th episode, am I right?

[@MrGamelover23]

@@SalsBrain The second to last episode is one of the best in the series.

[@Condescending_Washington]

Somehow, the audio quality makes it feel even more authentic

[@itriggerpeople4433]

The pure irony in that he talks so much about his parents being self-absorbed but by the end he couldn't even realize he was giving a eulogy at the wrong parlor is 👌👌👌

[@keatonc.4231]

I've never seen another show do this type of episode before, this is truly a well written and emotional masterpiece of an episode with a lot of good points.

[@HueyLeMash]

"Mom, you got any ideas? Anything? Mom? No? Nothing to contribute? Knock once if you’re proud of me..."

[@thenewadventuresofhenry6998]

Whoever writes for this show deserves an Emmy.

[@joshmanbobb2176]

This episode went by so fast despite it being just a dude in a room talking to himself basically, such a great episode.

[@thepurpleflute9740]

12:33 to 12:44 is my favorite, most relatable part. This is my relationship with my mom and sister. This part of the episode, when I first watched it, is when I started to tear up.

[@daddykipperflipper4600]

11:40 “This moment of grace, it meant something” It breaks my heart to see how life treated Beatrice, Bojack was just left in the dark. Butterscotch well…

[@serioussam27]

Knock once if you love me and care for me,and I made your life a little bit brighter...

[@johncollinswambua8852]

Ana Mari saddd

[@TheZanzibarMan]

"... I'm your Son, all I had was you!" The delivery on this line was so good, Will Arnett conveyed so much emotion with just 8 words. Truly remarkable, even if he can't smoke an entire cigarette in one long inhale.

[@ellalewis9244]

I remember the first time I watched this episode I had seen about 7 minutes of it then finally realized how long bojack had been monologuing, its written so well and delivered perfectly, It all feels so real. Deserved the emmy 100%.

[@theamericanexperiment8228]

The echoing makes it seem more realistic

[@SalsBrain]

I had to capture off Netflix on my phone, leave my phone outside in the rain(inside was too noisy with children), run the video to audio(I intended on posting the video at first but changed my mind), then process the audio with a picture on the converter.... When I listened the the final result I didn't feel like it was too bad

[@theamericanexperiment8228]

Sals Brain the result was very good. If they did it in the actual show it would sound more realistic and better

[@lilbean4606]

You look like a fucked up klaus from American Dad

[@kazumak.1542]

@@lilbean4606 who?

[@divadwerdna4624]

I was so pulled into this episode took me ten minutes to realize the scene hadn’t changed

[@thatrondude]

I wonder what todds doing its episode . . . Wait.

[@ysf-erd]

I watched the episode at least 10 times. I listen to this once every few months. Today i watched it again and for the first time I cried while listening to this. I felt some kind of relief. Thank you for uploading this

[@darragho6358]

My father's father died yesterday and he was a person like Beatrice. When I heard I couldn't help but come back here, the line of 'my mother is gone everything is worse now' seems so pertinent. Those moments my dad always wanted that now he knows he'll never get.

[@bigbadseed7665]

I actually kind of like this audio. It sounds like Bojack recorded the eulogy on a tape recorder.

[@jasobres]

I would love to see Will Arnett perform this live.

[@dinamosflams]

this is the perfect piece to do in a theater with low funding, you just need a closed coffin, a suit and a podium and let the emotion in the sceipt flows. it's sad that this didn't won an emmy

[@juantorres-fk7bk]

0:29, I mean couldn't anyone interrupt him there and tell him what's up?

[@Meeeeeeeeeeeeh34]

...you gotta do it everyday...that’s the hard part

[@JayAKway]

I love that the Lizards stayed quiet the whole time

[@oddjr]

People are convinced she said ICU.. but i think the main theme of the episode was that death leaves questions unanswered and places us in an ambiguous place. Like the coffee cup he references. We try to grasp on to meaning, but there's no one there to tell us if we're right or wrong. We do what we want with what we have, because that's all we have left.

[@priscilal.7383]

"I see you"

[@SalsBrain]

"ICU"

[@kenudice9841]

The real depressing part about that sentence or acronym is that she could have said or meant either one, and it wouldn't have made a difference on how he interpreted the message.

[@SalsBrain]

@@kenudice9841 the entire show, but the 3 main episodes dealing with his mom the most obvious, is written and delivered so well it's amazing. The writers deserve so much praise

[@SamersonT]

something tells me that everytime bojack said something like "knock once" to his moms casket, or he spoke to her, a part of him hoped she'd respond.

[@SalsBrain]

Like "I get it mom, you were trying to see if I'd be upset. Stop faking so I don't get upset"

[@phuongnguyenoanviet9594]

You think you know how sad his life is, then you watch this ep... and you realize that you know nothing about it

[@noonebossesthegarnet2890]

Bruh, this emotional heartbreaking eulogy only for him to be in the wrong room.

[@jasonflores-dominguez9227]

“ICU”

[@SalsBrain]

When he comes to that realization, oooff😭😭

[@thatrondude]

It's impressive she could read

[@nobody-jx1hi]

The end of this episode reminds me of an italian book "Zeno's Conscience". Zeno is a man full of neuroses and goes to a psychiatrist. The book is the fictional character's memoirs that he keeps because his psychiatrist recommended to do so in order to overcome his illness. In one of the chapter Zeno talks about when he has to go to the funeral of Guido, Ada's husband (the woman that Zeno initially wanted to marry). Zeno never liked Guido even if both of them worked together and he was his brother-in-law (Zeno is married with the sister of Ada, so if I'm not wrong that makes Guido his brother-in-law). The day of the funeral Zeno arrives late because he himself gambles Guido's money on the Bourse and recover three quarters of the losses and then at the end of the funeral, Zeno discovers that he has gone to the wrong one (like Bojack at the end of the episode). Italo Svevo (the writer) was interested in Freud and psychoanalysis, and for this chapter there is an explanation. There is a reference to Freud's work "Psychopathology of everyday life" which also talks about lapses. Zeno initially forgets about Guido's funeral because he unconsciously hates him and then he won't even go to his funeral but he will go to the wrong one. So as we know the relationship between Bojack and Beatrice, maybe Bojack accidentally went to another funeral because of the bad relationship he had with his mother (just as Zeno and Guido). Probably this theory doesn't even makes sense but I just wanted to share with you guys because I thought that this comparison was kinda funny (and sorry if there are some mistakes, I'm Italian so english is not my first language)

[@SalsBrain]

I want to read this now

[@claudietta1111]

@@SalsBrain you have to! that book it's amazingly good!!

[@yellow_jacket3260]

A moment to remember for all the years to come I see you

[@Snoobroglo30]

That break in his voice when says "I'm your son. All I had was you." I admit I really welled up. =(

[@superstar64]

I enjoy how this is basically the entire episode in audio form.

[@torbdan9683]

"And that's what losing a parent is like. It's like Becker" I think the wording here is really telling about bojacks point of view. He specifically says losing a parent, not something like losing a bad parent or a shitty parent or anything negative. He just says losing a parent. I always took this as bojack is so messed up he doesn't even view a non abusive, dysfunctional parent as a concept so he doesn't even specify his parents were garbage in that one statement. It makes me wonder if bojack thinks being a good parent is even possible for anyone

[@sirnesbit1285]

Holy shit. This is... woah. I’ve spent the past year of my life trying to figure out what my end-goal in life should be. Do I want to become a preacher? Do I want to become a college math professor? Do I want to take over the family business? Should I strive to be as perfect as possible in whatever I choose? What about my personal life? Should I try to make friends with people despite the fact that I can never seem to connect with anyone? Is there a “right” way to think of myself? Why should I even bother trying to live when the only reason I’m alive is because my family wants me? I don’t really matter... but neither does anyone else. Each of us are just one person out of the billions that have existed, are existing, and will exist. Even if I were to become a “powerful” presence, and have my name recorded in history, my name would still be lost to time. Even if my name is remembered forever, what the hell does that matter? The human race is so small compared to the universe (and things that could very well exist beyond)... what does it matter if I get remembered? Even with my religion, why the hell do I matter; God cares about me, but He doesn’t care about me anymore than He does the billions of other people who will bear an eternity of suffering, or the multitude of people that will be saved. What does it matter if I off myself, God has millions -possibly billions- of people from all time periods who are much better than I am, some in every single way. It’s stupid to pretend like I’m somehow one of God’s “chosen” when at any moment I could fuck up my life, and instead of helping me like a father would, God would say “whatever.” Yet, I can’t really blame God for doing so, as the human race is to God what germs are to us. I’ve realized that I need to live for myself; not for God, and not for my family. I’ve been trying to think of end-goals to work towards, to develop a drive for. I’ve thought of everything I could, from the endgame being to become as strong as possible, to becoming the fucking POTUS. Yet I have no reason for anything I do beyond avoiding stress and pressure, because I know whatever grand ambitions I could think of are pointless. The only real choice I have is to keep living. There isn’t any grand purpose that I find worth pursuing... all I have are my emotions. These stupid things that drag me through life against my will, beating me down but giving me _just_ enough incentive to keep going. There’s no logic behind them-as they don’t consider how little value I have compared to the grand picture-and they make my life a living hell. However, if I killed myself, I would lose any ability to feel “positive” emotions, my family would be overwhelmed by grief, and I’d possibly subject myself to an eternity of pain by my “loving father.” I don’t care about anything or anyone anymore. At least, not consciously. I’m not killing myself anytime soon, and I’m going to go through this life just because the alternative could very well be worse. Although I’m not (consciously) afraid of dying, I know that dying will probably cause more problems than it fixes. To everyone reading this; emotions are fucking terrible. They drag you through life against your will, beating you the entire time, but offer you as little comfort as is needed to keep you moving. Yet, that is not a reason to give up. Fuck your emotions. Fuck your belief, and fuck your family. You may be worthless in the grand scheme of things, but you still have value. Value that will be put to waste if you off yourself. I can’t tell you an answer to whatever it is you’re going through, and you’re probably tired of being told the same stupid advice over and over (especially if you’re religious). The only thing I can tell you is this, keep living. I know it sucks, and I know the idiots around you saying you can just “think depression away” aren’t helping. But keep living. I went through a period of intense self-hate, where I wanted nothing more than to sit down and wait for myself to waste away. It got to the point where I stopped caring if my family would feel bad. However, I knew that if I just waited it out and kept trying to find reason, that it’d get better-despite what I felt. And eventually, it did. It still sucks... but not as much. You don’t know if whatever comes after is better or worse than what you’re going through now. You may be hopeful that it might be better, but it very well might be an eternal fire of pain and suffering. I don’t care if you hate yourself and think you should go through that, trust me, you shouldn’t. I know you’ll hate me for repeating what you’ve been told millions of times, but keep living. Even if nobody will miss you, you still have value. If you tried to, you could kill hundreds, or save hundreds. Everyone on this planet is worthless... but everyone has value still. Realize that, and live. If not for yourself, than for me. And if not for me, than live to spite whatever idiots or negative emotions are fighting you. In the words of Cave Johnson, when life gives you lemons, use those lemons to burn life’s house down. Fuck life. And fuck you too, you beautiful bastard.

[@dentonssubliminals]

thank you. I needed this.

[@Cashleyyyyy]

Holy shit dude. That was beautiful.

[@anmspafan7855]

Thank you for this

[@PaulMcCartneyBass1]

In the last joke about his mother, he was supposed to say, "one's decently read, the other's recently dead" but instead, he just said "huge bitch". Very good writing and thanks for the upload

[@jennifertennent8319]

I have listened to this monologue probably at least five times over the past few days. There are a number of things I find relatable. 1) Having few / no stories to tell of Beatrice being a good mother or more generally having a happy childhood. 2) Wishing / wanting / imagining fictional scenarios of your parents caring or at least being less awful. 3) "She is a big bitch... No you were a big bitch." 4) Bojack relating how he thought, "They will be sorry," when there was the accident on set. 5) Generally being confused and conflicted how to feel despite the many times she was awful to him. 6) In my case, I don't think it was so much my mere existence that was a problem. I think it was more along the lines, it's sufficient that I exist to give them a superficial sense of purpose... But if I want anything, if I need something, if I am unhappy, if there are legitimate grounds to be concerned about my health and see a doctor... "HOW DARE YOU!?" Ok...this wasn't their response every time, but it wasn't a great feeling when I got enough courage to ask for something or there was a legitimate reason for doing something basic.

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

I think the reason Butterscotch continued to watch Beatrice perform during her supper club was because he remembered how when he met her, she was performing a routine. Right before he left the debutante party, Beatrice performed and he got flustered and left. Maybe he was looking at her like “if only I had known then.”

[@ZawWLwin-jo7dc]

Holy shit, this is the best monologue I've ever listened to.

[@beyondviolet]

Beatrice basically hated everyone near the end of her life, herself included. That would explain why everything she said was always so full of bitterness and resentment, even when it related to people she barely knows. She hated herself for allowing her own life to be ruined, and she hated the people she perceived to be the cause of her misery, even when they were just innocent kids like Bojack. Not really any logic behind that, but people aren’t always logical, especially when they don’t put enough respect on their own emotional well-being. Beatrice’s dad telling her “crying is stupid” at a young age could explain why she never tried to be better or change.

[@aa-to6ws]

"I'm your son! All I had was you!" That may hit close to way too many homes.

[@blenderbanana]

All Sarah Lynn had was Bokjack.

[@Peruspilkkia]

My mouth dropped after i saw this episode. How could nf serie like this make the greatest "cartoon" episode ever. This was so pulling, it got you deeper and deeper as you kept watcing like a great book or a movie. Hands down the best 20 minutes that i spent watching tv.

[@dcspidey1218]

I wonder if he resaid the entire Eulogy at his mom's acual funeral

[@DAHSspookyyYyyy]

Knowing him, yeah

[@user-fj8ub7yo4c]

That or he didn't even go

[@jgarofalo8813]

@@user-fj8ub7yo4c this is the most likely scenario

[@KingOfGaymes]

Spoiler kinda? Knowing he’s been talking to another persons family and his mom isn’t even in there this entire time I can’t help imagining how awkward they felt yet they still didn’t stop him

[@Nightriser271828]

Watching a trainwreck, transfixed by the awful spectacle.

[@amelsghaier1561]

U don't stop a horse from saying what inside his heart , I guess it's kinda relieving to talk and talk without getting shutted and being ordered to make a drink

[@idontlikemondays3190]

i think its to take the viewers mind off of the episode at the least they could, since this is way too relateable for some people

[@jgarofalo8813]

Honestly I think they felt bad for him and let him vent. I remember at least one of them crying. Maybe he needed the empathy.

[@ComaAlpha]

@@Nightriser271828 I expected a tongue twister that twists the tongue tighter than a taut titty from a German surgeon.

[@iamthenight2024]

"There's always more show... I guess until there isn't"

[@Beerbottles123]

"Don't stop dancing until the curtains faaaaall…"

[@bag.of.bones.]

interesting how bojack used "drowning" as a metaphor for living his life