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BoJack Horseman: Time's Arrow (2017)
Without a doubt, one of the best TV episodes ever made.
"Time's Arrow" is the kind of TV that you watch, and you don't only remember it a few years after having done so - but it still crushes your soul every single time you do so.
After Beatrice's shenanigans that led to Hollyhock's amphetamine overdose in the last episode - a move that seemed just too calculated for a person with mental illness - you start this one -happy- for the revenge that you already know is coming: her getting locked up in some hell hole in the middle of nowhere. That is, however, before you get to understand -how and why- she got to be the way she was. She wasn't just a monster by chance. She had her own daily demons that pushed her to become a hollow, mean, grotesque person.
The way that this is presented to us is nothing short of genius: in an ironically named "Time's Arrow", we are presented with a non-linear timehop storytelling theme. Each timehop, however, while arbitrary at first glance, serves to nurture the whole of what we're watching, and feeds into the inescapable waterworks that flood you by the end.
We are also treated to BoJack at his most vulnerable - when we finally see that he, indeed, has a shred of decency. The moment of pure, unconditional love he shares with his mother at the end of the episode is the perfect way to cap off the most devastating episode of the series, and perhaps one of the best ever in the business.
By the end of the episode, your heart will be ripped out and ground to mush.
BoJack has reached a new height with this episode - merciless, visceral and just profoundly painful.
Kingdom: Wolf Tickets (2017)
Kingdom enters it's last stretch with heavy hands
Starting off about a year after where season 2 left off, we find Alvey turned into a complete wreck after earning Coach of the Year honors. Ryan is just about to jump ship to the big show, while Nate encounters an unexpected speed bump in his own career and Jay's having trouble blending into his 9-to-5 but has some newfound solace in father life (!).
Kingdom returns at full steam with an episode that balances drama and action just as perfectly as the show ever has. Without giving much away, I'll say the only thing still bugging me is that Will's still around. As in, Will the guy who paid Nate off to shush the fact that he got roofie'd and raped.
It's sad to see such a great show go so soon. Hopefully another network picks it up, it that's even a possibility.