[2] Prior to the time the series takes place in, BoJack had starred in a fictional hit 1990s sitcom called Horsin' Around.

BoJack has been shown to be caring and insightful, but his insecurities, loneliness, and desperate need for approval often result in self-destructive actions that devastate those around him.

Unwilling to return to LA, he stays with Charlotte's family and becomes very close to them, especially Penny, and accompanies her and her friends Maddy and Pete to her prom where he gets them all drunk.

[8] Despite Gina not pressing charges and still working with him, she cuts off personal ties with BoJack before their cover-up interview with Biscuits Braxby.

Season 5 ends with Philbert getting cancelled due to Todd's robot CEO facing sexual allegations, and BoJack checking himself into rehab with Diane's transport and urging.

[9] At the end of this episode, BoJack accepts a role as a drama teacher at Wesleyan University, where Hollyhock is a student, after Raven-Symoné removes herself from consideration.

In the second half of season 6, after a student actor showcase with Diane, Princess Carolyn, and Todd in attendance, BoJack receives a call from Charlotte telling him that reporters have been pestering her in her home for information about his time in New Mexico and orders him to get rid of them; this gives BoJack an anxiety attack and causes him to come to terms with the fact that details of his past are about to come to light.

The following week, the Hollywoo Reporter publishes an article providing all the details of Sarah Lynn's death, revealing to the public for the first time BoJack's involvement in it.

BoJack hits rock-bottom, losing his teaching job, his house, all his money, and his relationship with Hollyhock, and is blackballed in Hollywood.

He forms an unlikely friendship with fellow "canceled" actor Vance Waggoner, who encourages him to channel his anger into work, their first being a bawdy, low-brow comedy film called The Horny Unicorn.

BoJack is eventually contacted by Angela Diaz, the network executive who in the '90s intimidated him into keeping quiet about Herb's outing.

He ultimately ends the vision in a conversation with a distal version of Diane over the Horsin' set phone as black tar swallows him.

She's optimistic for his future prospects, revealing The Horny Unicorn was a massive success and everyone wants him to go back to acting, saying she will recommend some excellent managers when he is released from prison.

He offers a parting sardonic story about his prison's "movie night", and the series ends with BoJack and Diane sharing a quiet moment together under the stars.

Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg came up with initial kernel of BoJack as the "story of a guy who's had every opportunity imaginable, but still can't find a way to be happy, and what is that about for him?

Supervising director Mike Hollingsworth noted that a former actor can still act in their later life but aging does not allow for athletes to continue successfully when they're older.