It’s easy to say “no” when you’ve watched the show beforehand and know what’s gonna happen and why it’s gonna happen.

Going in blind though, it’s easy to think that Herb would’ve forgiven Bojack. The show so far hadn’t really started going off the deep end with its themes yet, so it wouldn’t have been out of place to have a guy who’s practically on his deathbed forgive his ex best friend. Additionally, even within the episode, the two characters still retained most of their old chemistry and were getting along pretty well. You’d be well within your rights to think that Herb probably moved on, isn’t holding a grudge, and would consequently not really have any issues forgiving Bojack for not fighting for him all those years ago. It came as a surprise to me when he told Bojack that he wasn’t gonna forgive him, and then it was an even bigger surprise when things soured so much between them almost immediately too. I figured Bojack would’ve been mopey about it and move on, but I never figured they’d get in a fist fight over the telescope. I’m not fully sure how I feel about this particular incident tbh.