Easily my favorite episode of the show so far, so much material from the season paid off in such ingeniously unexpected and impactful ways. As someone who has watched a family member succumb to dementia, I’ve never seen the condition portrayed through the eyes of a person with it before, and it broke my heart. The shot of Beatrice’s father standing in front of the wall of fire with the shadow of her mother behind it was so powerful, I can’t believe how much the show got me to care about this despicable woman. The ending brought me closer to tears than anything in the show so far, with Bojack building a happy scene for his mother instead of telling her off once and for all like he’d planned to. It’s also heartbreaking thematically, the way it ties Bojack and Beatrice’s traumas and toxicities together, while making the point that ultimately time does march forward, and that a person’s internal struggles and traumas are much more easily forgotten than the ways they hurt people, but their partial reconciliation at the end also shows that there is hope for some form of understanding. The whole thing was heart-wrenching, and I can’t imagine the show topping this. Just wanted to get my thoughts out, because this episode touched me so profoundly.
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Thats the first episode i ever saw. Gave up on the show first episode. 3 years later there was an article reviewing times arrow so i gave it a shot and it made me binge the entire show, which only had 4 seasons at the time.
Phenominal episode
Ohmyfuckinggod I envy you getting to watch this for the first time. Enjoy the rollercoaster of emotions from this masterpiece. 🙏💜🔥
Easily my fav episode from the show. It’s so perfect in every way
Never forget this episode lost in the Emmys to The Simpsons.
I knew I was fucked with Beatrice got out of the car and was a little girl. I literally said out loud to no one “…oh shit”.
The first time I watched the show, this episode disturbed my husband so much that he stopped watching with me. He didn’t watch the series through until a few years later.
I go back and forth between this and the View from Halfway Down being my favorite.
Time’s Arrow is probably my favourite episode just because of how heavy it is on symbolic imagery - one of the very cool details is that when Beatrice is >!talking to Corbin Creamerman and realises he’s not as boring as she thought he was her world literally gets brighter!<
It’s so perfectly wonderfully beautiful and dark and sad. Also the song is on Apple Music
The show will top it just keep watching, the second to last episode is my favorite of the series