i don’t feel like the show ended on a happy note, i felt like it ended largely neutrally. bojack is still in prison and he has long time friends (two of them) but they hold him at a distance, he has the possibility of relapse, and his friend who was pretty much closest to him essentially implied they would never talk again. even in the conversation he had with todd in the finale, bojack showed he wasn’t entirely clear of his need to be liked in the public eye. anything can happen with him, but regardless he needs to work for it. i love a clockwork orange, but the story and characters are very different from bojack.