[Warning: This article contains MAJOR spoilers.]
Bojack Horseman is extremely complex, hence why I felt the need to write two articles on him. While my other article focused on why BoJack is an irredeemable character, this article will focus on why he might be redeemable. I recommend reading my first article before proceeding with this one.
Towards the show’s conclusion, BoJack gets a job working at Wesleyan University as an acting professor. This is probably the happiest we see BoJack, as he uses his life to help others. This is something BoJack never really did, and once he started teaching, a new part of his soul opened up.
At the end of the semester at Wesleyan, BoJack’s students had to put on an acting showcase to show what they had learned throughout the semester. The show goes about as well as it could, given that BoJack’s students are not the most talented bunch.
After the show was over, the students threw an afterparty where they gave out awards. BoJack announced these awards, with the last award being “Best Professor,” which all of the students decided to give BoJack. This small gesture is a way to show that BoJack can do good and make a good impression on people.
At the very end of the show, BoJack’s ex-lover and ex-manager Princess Carolyn (PC) gets married. BoJack and PC had been together on and off for about seven years. At PC’s wedding, she and BoJack share a dance and a conversation. BoJack tells a sitcom story about how he thought the wedding would go all wrong and he would be the only one able to fix it. PC entertains this but then confides in him about her doubts. He reassures her and then tells her that when he gets back into the business he is going to need representation. She ends the conversation by saying that she could recommend some great people, meaning that she would no longer hold BoJack’s burdens.
Overall, I don’t think BoJack is either fully bad or fully good, as no character is. He has messed up (maybe more than the average main character) but has tried to rectify his issues. This doesn’t make everything he did okay, but he does show remorse for most of the things he does. Towards the end of the show, he is really trying to make an effort to better himself, not only for him but for the betterment of those around him. This lack of selfish thinking shows massive development in BoJack’s character.
