BoJack Horseman: 10 Greatest Diane Episodes
The very best of the best friend BoJack Horseman ever had.
Even in spite of being the stupid piece of sh*t that he was, BoJack somehow managed to amass a group of people who cared enough about him for him to keep hurting them. He may have known Todd, Princess Carolyn, and Mr. Peanutbutter a lot longer, but Diane became more important to him than anyone else.
Coming from her own messed up family, Diane idolised BoJack Horseman through 'Horsin’ Around', and though they developed a strong bond with each other to begin with, it decayed over years of being abused, mainly by BoJack.
Throughout the six seasons of the show however, Diane was so much more than just ‘BoJack’s friend’. She was arguably an even more damaged individual than the titular character, but she at least strived to make it mean something, to turn it into good damage that shaped her into the strong person she ultimately became.
Some of the deepest and darkest of BoJack Horseman’s moments came through Diane, and there were some truly spectacular episodes based around the character so brilliantly brought to life by Alison Brie. Some that shaped who she was as a character, some that put others in their place, and some that truly highlighted her internal struggle with depression.
10. Live Fast, Diane Nguyen (S1E5)
When she was first introduced to BoJack Horseman as the ghost writer of his new book, Diane was a bit awkward. She didn’t like parties, and often found herself feeling uncomfortable, but initially she seemed like a relatively normal, grounded character.
However, in the fifth episode of the series, it began to be revealed just how damaged she actually was deep down. Like BoJack, a lot of this stemmed from a dysfunctional family, in which even when one of her brothers was a literal black sheep, she was the black sheep. In the episode, Diane received word that her father had passed away, and she reacted as if nothing happened.
She went to Boston just to pay her respects, but began to devolve into the person she used to be around her family. When she got mad they laughed at her and called her Cry-ane, and it’s easy to see why she wanted to forget them. Even in spite of how poorly she was treated by her family however, Diane still just wanted their approval.
There was something about this episode that made viewers really feel for Diane, and this made her more accessible as a character. She and BoJack were both damaged by their families, and they were able to strengthen their own relationship because of it. Strangely beautiful.