BoJack Horseman Season 4 Review: 5 Ups & 1 Down

2. Covering Serious Issues Without Being Preachy

BoJack Horseman never shies away from serious issues. Previous seasons covered depression, addiction, abortion, autism, or asexuality. This one goes even further, broadening the topic range to parenting, humanity, politics and women's rights, just to name a few. As stated in the introduction, the way these ideas and issues are presented is never one-dimensional, as clearly there are always different perspectives even on seemingly simple issues.

Such is the case with BoJack's mother, who puts her son down whenever he feels he's done something right. It's easy to hate her as a character, but leave it to a show like BoJack Horseman to bring you to tears while explaining how she actually got to be that way. And the same goes for every character on the show - they can be irritating, make you angry, but their backstories do a good job in explaining why they are who they are.

Likewise for relationships, pregnancy or marriage. When Todd compares marriage to a Tootsie Pop, it's a layered metaphor, yet also one stance on the issue, with others provided by Rutabaga, Princess Carolyn or BoJack's parents.