So friends,
Beatrice Horseman (Sugarman) was the main focus of the best episode of the best season of the best show on Netflix - Bojack Horseman Season 4 Episode 11: 'Time's Arrow' written by Kate Purdy, directed by Aaron Long.
If you haven't seen it, then you should go see it, in order, as context is part of what makes it such a stunning half hour of television.
Here is my musical tribute to this wonderful episode, Half a Mind by Cosmic Bos. SPOILER WARNING! (I put the final scene from the episode in the song, so if you haven't seen it, it kinda spoils it, you have been warned)
I have made a few of these musical tributes now to Bojack Horseman, the show is so rich in funny, thoughtful, insightful clips that it has been very easy. When I set out to make 'Half a Mind' I felt a sense of importance to get it right, as 'Time's Arrow' is such a masterpiece it needs to be celebrated and held up as such. While other shows give us the same stuff time and again, Bojack Horseman bothers to go deep, and Katy Purdy has written many of the best episodes.
Beatrice Horseman suffers from Dementia, something that is all too common in this world of ours, and by spending just half an hour in her mind we get a slither of understanding, a glimpse at a life that was both full of promise and doomed from the very start. It is heartbreaking, and wise, and perfectly explains why she treated Bojack the way she did, it doesn't excuse her behaviour, but it does explain it. Wendie Malick gives such a nuanced performance that she deserves awards. Sadly I don't think this episode has been nominated for anything, which is a mistake.
I want more people to watch it, to experience it's utter brilliance, I am giving 'Times' Arrow' my Golden Horseshoe award for best TV of 2017. Hooray! At least it won something.
So yeah, that's it.
Peace and infinite hugs,
Cosmic Bos
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