i really thought there was a chance they fully killed him after watching the view from halfway down. it felt like bojack had learned he couldn’t escape his mistakes already, through the reporter and the interview, so i don’t think it felt necessary to keep him alive to “face his mistakes”.

the more likely option seems that they chose not to kill him for the sake of everyone else. it would be a lot harder to give everyone a happy ending if bojacks death overcast everything else.

it was important for use to get closure on these peoples relationship with bojack. pc got to be married, see bojack reach some sort of hapiness, and tell him she’s willing to help him but doesn’t want to be his agent. todd got to find his footing in life and build the life he wanted for himself, and bojack saw it happen. the biggest in my mind is diane. we needed that closure between them, even if it didn’t feel great, it was necessary. diane deserved to tell bojack off, to finally have found the version of her that makes her happiest, and to tell bojack that she can’t be friends with him anymore.

tldr: it’s a lot more impactful to see the ends of these characters stories having it be “moved on from bojack” not “mourning bojack” or even “happy he’s dead”, neither of which felt right for the ending.