The Face of Depression

One of the series' best episodes. With it's calm and sad tone, beautiful animation and incredible writing, The Face of Depression is one of the finest pieces of television ever made. This should have won an Emmy.

I've never written a review on Imdb before, but this episode was so outstanding, that it sparked some ideas for me. To be clear, I don't think this is the best episode of the show. This series contains so many jaw-dropping episodes, that an episode such as this barely hits the top five among all the amazing things I've seen so far. But yes, this was an amazing episode, full of character development, creative storytelling, heartfelt moments, heavy feelings, beautiful animation and wonderous music. The reason why I think this episode stands out from all the 66 previous ones, is because I believe, that this is the one and only episode so far, where in the end everyone is happy. Every single character either finds peace or solace. This never happened on this show before, and this is the reason why I felt that this calm moment was so powerful. Never before was there a moment of true peace on this show, and the fact that the episode was so masterfully put together, and we had to wait 5 years for a happy ending to happen made it so much more powerful than I ever expected a happy ending to be.

This was probably the most wholesome episode of the entire show, even bringing tears to my eyes. To sum it up in a single word, this episode was cathartic.

This season up to this point was slowly leaning towards wrapping up loose ends. This episode felt like a major point where a lot of characters were addressed. It felt very complete.

After being rocked back and forth through so many seasons, this episode definitively gives us hope for everyone. It's so beautiful. To see Bojack grow like this nearly brings me to tears. What a journey it's been.