10 Best BoJack Horseman Episodes Of All Time
3. Hank After Dark (Season 2, Episode 7)
BoJack was always known for its pointed, but friendly, barbs about Hollywoo culture and the elite at its centre. There is nothing friendly about 'Hank After Dark'. BoJack saw its target and attacked. 'Hank After Dark' gets so much right that it's beyond upsetting.
This is an episode that deals a lot of uncomfortable truths. The first is during BoJack's book tour, when Diane rattles off a list of names both real and fictional and we might have to come to terms with a few things we conveniently forgot about. Sure, we all knew Mel Gibson was a piece of s**t...but what did Bill Murray do again?
Yet, despite the dark and uncomfortable subject matter, 'Hank After Dark' is still hilarious whilst never straying far from the point it sets out to make. Everyone from tabloids to overzealous fans are skewered by the writers, who deftly highlight how absurd it is to have such blind devotion to someone simply because you've seen them on TV, even if they haven't committed a number of atrocious crimes.
The hardest truth comes at the end, however. It's obvious initially who Hank is meant to lampoon, a combination of David Letterman and Bill Cosby. Really though, he's any of the countless men in Hollywood who can commit abhorrent, unforgivable crimes and almost always get away without consequence, because they're famous and their victims are 'nobodies'. This bitter pill is presented to Diane when she has her fateful meeting with 'Uncle Hanky':
"I know who you are."
"Everyone knows who I am, I'm Hank Hippopalous! Who the hell are you?"