17 minutes ruined the moral complexity of Bojack and Sara Lynn’s relapse by designating that rather than two fucked up enablers making bad decisions, he literally killed her through his criminal negligence. Takes the conversation from exploring how he let things get so bad to “nah, he definitely killed her, right there, at the end”. Rest of the build up doesn’t really matter as a result, and it no longer speaks to the dynamics of spirals but instead frames it as though Bojack could have saved her at the end but didn’t.
It ruined the moral complexity because this incident isn’t only about abuse and bad decisions, it’s about Bojack’s questionable morality as a person. This whole show is based on a likable and relatable character making immoral decisions and therefore raising the question of good guy vs bad guy. This is also where Diane comes in with her perspective on this; that people are essentially neither good nor bad.
Yeah I think most people would agree with that. The 17 minutes doesn’t factor into the moral analysis of the episode because we don’t even find out for another 3 seasons.
17 minutes ruined the moral complexity of Bojack and Sara Lynn’s relapse by designating that rather than two fucked up enablers making bad decisions, he literally killed her through his criminal negligence. Takes the conversation from exploring how he let things get so bad to “nah, he definitely killed her, right there, at the end”. Rest of the build up doesn’t really matter as a result, and it no longer speaks to the dynamics of spirals but instead frames it as though Bojack could have saved her at the end but didn’t.
It ruined the moral complexity because this incident isn’t only about abuse and bad decisions, it’s about Bojack’s questionable morality as a person. This whole show is based on a likable and relatable character making immoral decisions and therefore raising the question of good guy vs bad guy. This is also where Diane comes in with her perspective on this; that people are essentially neither good nor bad.
Yeah I think most people would agree with that. The 17 minutes doesn’t factor into the moral analysis of the episode because we don’t even find out for another 3 seasons.
It’s a retcon that hammers in an already established point that Bojack screwed up.