This ep reminded me how Bob’s Burgers won my heart with its utterly non sequitur references, it’s surprising darkness, and it’s infinitely quotable lines. Which is great, except it then occurred to me how that hasn’t been kept up all that consistently, like in the last ep.

But it was pretty recently we got “Hermit? Is…

*toad

I come from the future to say:  In a couple of years, when they make The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, you probably want to steer clear.  Also, thank you for this comment apparently inspiring that show. :)

“I need to talk to someone and you’re the only person I know who would be available on a Friday night, with nothing to do.”

Yes - innocent meaning sincere, and devoid of complication / negativity.  Todd is so pure and unguarded, and really tries; he is rarely passive aggressive, etc.

I was thinking that he was sabotaging / avoiding getting closer with her by obsessing about his physical needs/pain. Classic fear of intimacy.  It can be all the things.

Right?  I mean... eight dads!

(The Pink Floyd comment was to Les Chappell; just being too lazy to make a separate post. :) )

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Oh good point!  That one too

Monologue episodes like this have been around a while. Off the top of my head, I am pretty sure the Twilight Zone did at least three like this. My Dinner With Andre is a lot like it. It’s similar to a “bottle” episode. “The Fight” episode of Masters of Sex is a lot like it. And “Out of Gas” from Firefly. Without…

Well, maybe I win for darkest/fuckedupest/gothest of them all, because my mother died just a couple of years ago, and I predicted everything about this episode, and while I mildly enjoyed it, it mostly left me cold. I agree that it was rehashed themes which are normally left more subtle, just laid bare for everyone to…

Avoiding the depressing episodes of Bojack is like ordering a BLT hold the bacon. But mostly I came here to say, this ep is not that sad. It’s definitely got sad themes but it’s also got hopeful ones. Of course, the more you think about it, the more the eventual sadnesses become apparent... but isn’t that true of…

IT WORKS ON ALL THE LEVELS

Also good because Paul F Tompkins and Busy Phillips are pals.  Thrilling Adventure Hour and on.

Came here to say that yes, I liked Cherry’s stuff this season, but no I don’t think the character is the same.  She’s wiser, gentler, more level headed.  And she couldn’t have known Cole would have found the right woman, with a surf board, after all this time. She should have sent him on a cooked up mission, more of a…

I think it was all in Noah’s book!

Yes, that could totally be the main house, with the big piece of land where the yurts are. It was all very Joshua Tree. The people, the ceremonies, the real estate, all totally believable. And it’s all worth a go.

Disagree about the pure comedy.  I thought it was a wonderful swirl of laughing at it but also finding some moments of beauty and truth.  Like Helen says, what if it’s bullshit AND true?

“You can’t make this shit up!”  Said the writer in their own script.