This is widely considered the episode where this show ceases being the two-dimensional adult comedy of the rest of the season and becomes "Bojack Horseman."
The first part of this season is a slightly above-average absurdist animated comedy like "Family Guy" or "Regular Show." The issue is that it's neither as funny as peak-Family Guy nor sd successfully absurd as "Regular Show." It feels like it's lost in some purgatory of lost identity; as if it doesn't know what it wants to be.
Luckily, this episode proudly declares what "Bojack Horseman" is going to be. The drama that makes up the meat of the show is present, yet it is still spaced with its absurdist comedy.
This is why I consider "The Telescope" the TRUE pilot of the show. It is the first episode that sticks to the style of the rest of the show and forecasts what is coming. This isn't yet another family guy clone like "Paradise PD." This is "Bojack Horseman."
The first part of this season is a slightly above-average absurdist animated comedy like "Family Guy" or "Regular Show." The issue is that it's neither as funny as peak-Family Guy nor sd successfully absurd as "Regular Show." It feels like it's lost in some purgatory of lost identity; as if it doesn't know what it wants to be.
Luckily, this episode proudly declares what "Bojack Horseman" is going to be. The drama that makes up the meat of the show is present, yet it is still spaced with its absurdist comedy.
This is why I consider "The Telescope" the TRUE pilot of the show. It is the first episode that sticks to the style of the rest of the show and forecasts what is coming. This isn't yet another family guy clone like "Paradise PD." This is "Bojack Horseman."