The Art Before the Horse

Netflix's BoJack Horseman has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed animated comedy series in recent memory. Set in a world where talking animals live and work alongside humans, the show follows washed-up horse actor BoJack Horseman (voiced by Will Arnett) as he attempts to turn his life around. Back in the nineties, BoJack enjoyed a starring turn as a good-natured surrogate father to three young children on the popular sitcom Horsin' Around. But when the show ended, his curmudgeonly and self-destructive ways soon transformed him from media darling into has-been punchline. In an off-kilter, cynically spun rendering of modern-day Hollywood, BoJack attempts-with help (or interference) from his human roommate Todd (Aaron Paul), his cat agent Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), his human ghostwriter Diane (Alison Brie), and his friend/rival/golden Labrador Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins)-to redeem himself.