I kept hoping, during the episode where Bojack tells them about every bad thing he did, that when he spoke about Penny that Diane would have at least a brief moment of “oh shit…” but it just never happened.

Honestly, I don’t think there was any kind of good justice he could’ve faced because he didn’t break the law with her meaning it’s not like they could have had him arrested or pressed charges for it (though he definitely should have gotten his ass thrown in jail for giving her friend booze). It’s a shitty situation where the best that could happen is that he gets publicly outed and shamed, but it comes at the cost of her story also getting spread. If that’s something she wanted, then that’s fine. But since it was all rapidly happening without her consent, that’s awful. I can’t even begin to imagine having reporters show up at both my workplace and my home to dig into a past trauma so callously. At the very least, she should have had control over whether or not people got to know about it.

I think one of the last lines of the show pretty much sums up the only way this story could have ended: “Sometimes life’s a bitch and then you keep living.”

I was so sure the show was going to end with Bojack’s death, but I’m kinda glad it didn’t. Even though there’s a lot of sadness at the consequences he has to live with, there’s still hope. He can still move on to make better choices and keep trying, but it’s up to him to put in the effort. His past will never leave him and so many things he did were completely unforgivable, but that doesn’t mean it has to stop him from working on himself. I don’t think the ending of his story is entirely bad, just bittersweet.