12 Things That Make No Sense In BoJack Horseman
The plot holes and mistakes hidden within the critically acclaimed show.
In the animated world of Bojack Horseman, one must sometimes suspend their disbelief and just accept that some things are perfectly plausible. Like how anthropomorphic animals exist as modern-day people with normal jobs and normal lives and almost normal bodies.
These wacky adventures of a horse who was in a very famous TV show have been a must-see for the past six years and gave us wonderous episodes that made us laugh, made us cry, and also made us think about how we as individuals treat those closest to us.
The end of the streamed series has given time for further pause and reflection on a show that has previously generated more than most - but that's not to say certain plot points survived when held up to additional scrutiny.
The 12 below may be up for debate, but don't remotely derail the overall quality of the episodes in which they feature. The show is still full of things that are really funny and equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking, but that doesn't mean that this hit Netflix series isn't also full of things that make no sense.
12. Herb Kazzaz's Murder
When Bojack Horseman's old friend Herb Kazzaz dies from a peanut allergy caused by a car crash, his final wish was for Bojack's Horsin Around co-star Sarah Lynn to find what he had labeled "Herb's gold". This leads Bojack and his other costars to follow clues from their past, and discover that the hit tv show creator's death may not have been an accident.
The main piece of evidence they discover is a long voicemail left on Herb's answering machine, explicitly stating that his brakes were replaced and should not fail him unless sabotaged, leading the group to believe that his death was in fact murder.
But in the end, Herb's death is chalked up as a real accident. "Herb's gold" is revealed to be a personal memoir that was deemed so terrible, it would have ruined his reputation. However, the voicemail that Bojack and the others heard just doesn't fit in with the rest of the story. If there was no foul play, then why did Herb's brakes fail him, even though it was stated very clearly that they would not? Did someone actually sabotage the brakes, or was it just shoddy repairs? We may never know.