BoJack Horseman (TV Series) Head in the Clouds (2018) User Reviews

Stupidly clever episode.

[cdavey-42456 · 10/10 · 16 September 2018]

This is such a meta episode, the fact that the season focuses on a TV show it leads audiences to forget we are actually watching a tv show. Philbert shares so many parallels with Bojack Horseman, from the setting right down to the fact that the main character is the name of the show. Every cynical thing Diane says to Bojack in this episode can be applied to us viewers of Bojack Horseman, it's almost as if Bob-Waksberg is literally communicating with the audience via Diane and Flip (especially when flip says how clever 'Philbert' is and if you don't understand it your stupid, a little meta joke about Bojack audience). This is a very real and meta discussion about the effect/influence of Bojack Horseman on us the audience. Furthermore by depicting Bojack's opoid addiction in such a painfully realistic way to again blurs the boundary between what is Bojack, and what is a viewer of the show. By making his character so real and relevant to a current crisis in the USA, with the backdrop of 'Philbert' it leads to a hyperreal season where the discussion points are intrinsically linked to the audience watching Bojack Horseman. Postmodernism at it's most subtle and finest.

EDIT: The fact that Bojack himself in this season struggles between what is real and not because of his addiction, further reinforces the blurred boundaries that this episode depicts. Bojack is so real, he also struggles with what is a TV show and what is 'real' (for him as a character on a TV show), much like the audience watching the show.

Insane writing, insane episode, insane season, insane TV show.

DUDE THOSE LAST TEN MINUTES

[collt091 · 10/10 · 16 January 2021]

Those last ten minutes of this episode are all the reasons Im obsessed with this show,the writhing,the commentary of real word,the voice acting,all ABSOLUTELY incredible

Henry fondle

[evansjoshyr · 10/10 · 21 September 2020]

Everyone is talking about the brilliant A plot (and they should as the writing is incredible and it is very sad)

But instead I am going to talk about the absolutely hilarious B plot with henry fondle. I love how bojack can put a depressingly sad main plot and a laugh-till-you-cry side plot together and yet it still fits. Henry fondle was introduced last episode as another one of Todd's wacky ideas. But this episode, they have used him again when todd takes him to work. What follows is a hilarious miscommunication when henry just says rude jokes and is taken seriously by the entire business. It probably shouldn't work in a show as depressingly realistic as bojack but it just does Great episode for the sad and the funny

Sad

[More-horse-than-a-man1987 · 9/10 · 15 September 2018]

The classic Bojack depression that comes with this show hits hard with this episode. And as episode 11 is next i can only predict it'll get worse.

Intense argument!

[and_mikkelsen · 10/10 · 26 February 2024]

This episode really lets you know that we are close to the final with suspense and an uneasy feeling in the last half of the episode!

The argument between Diane and BoJack was intense and uncomfortable in just the right way! It really forced us viewers to look at BoJack and the way we watch the show, which just gave a different vibe! In some way.. you yourself may have tried to tell yourself that things are ok, just so that you could avoid drowning in guilt!

I can tell that BoJack eill soon have to face all the things he has done, and thst will not be a pleasent experience!

I guess we have all done things we are not proud off, but what matters, is what we do afterwards!

Traumas

[habeebsaleh · 9/10 · 16 January 2021]

All characters are equally traumatized in this show ...

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[Edvis-1997 · 9/10 · 4 February 2020]

So BoJack becoming drug addicted. D and Bojack got some emotions to share which was pretty nice.