; A Day in the Limelight: This episode focuses on Diane and her family. BoJack and Diane travel to New York to meet with Pinky Penguin, where he has relocated to avoid creditors while waiting for BoJack to finish his book. ( Log Out / Although he appeared briefly in the background of the first episode, this is our first proper look at the feline LAPD officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface. It turns out her family is lounging at a bar, and had chummed their father's corpse with the intent to throw his remains in the face of their hated baseball rival team's star, Derek Jeter. We're immigrants! Watch BoJack Horseman - Season 1, Episode 5 - Live Fast, Diane Nguyen: BoJack and Diane go on a business trip which then detours when news of … Putting aside her negative feelings towards her family, Diane takes BoJack to Boston to visit her mother and brothers, only to find herself drawn into the old family dynamics. Halloween Special: Netflix Movie Recommendations to Spice Up Your Halloween! ; An Aesop: You don't owe your family anything they don't deserve.If they treat you badly, you're not obligated to treat them any better. During their meeting, Diane receives a call from her brother about their father's passing. In Season 1, she was the smart, realistic, feminist ghostwriter for Bojack’s new memoir and the girlfriend of Bojack’s “rival” Mr. Peanutbutter. August 2020 Trendsetters Survey Giveaway Offical Rules. This hasn’t developed into her character yet, but now we know it exists. From movies to books to television, we want to see characters live happily ever after just like we hope to find happy endings in our day-to-day lives. She does what she wants without thinking about what others think, which really hurts her closest friends. Her four brothers – including Gary, the literal black sheep of the family (he’s adopted) – are selfish, boorish and lazy, her mum is critical and disparaging, and her recently deceased dad merits only the “piece of shit dad package would be too good for him” funeral package. It makes even more sense considering how happy he is when someone finally sees him as a brother, as well as how devastated he becomes when that someone ends her relationship with him. That’s not even mentioning the blatant lack of forethought that went into Diane’s family history. She is so fed up with her relationship that, by the end of Season 4, she hints at wanting a divorce; not because she doesn’t love him, but that the relationship is exhausting. ( Log Out / Diane’s visit home provides a first glimpse of her insecurities as we become exposed to a family that seems to neither understand nor care for her. I wish I were kidding, but I really can’t stop waiting. Once again, the episodes keep getting better. The thing is, Mr. Peanutbutter constantly goes against her wishes too. She is unfazed, much to BoJack's surprise, and she asks BoJack to come with her to Boston to pay respects before heading back to Los Angeles. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Of Horse Podcast October 25, 2018 1 Minute. But in this quote, Diane points out that you can get a happy ending and then afterward you might learn that not everything is going to remain that way forever. i kept waiting for it but the multiple normal brothers fake-out got me, "Shapes and colours, the likes of which I've never seen. Diane resigns to taking responsibility for their father's funeral, while BoJack meets the family and readily makes friends with them since he had previously wished for brothers having grown up as an only child. THIS episode alone sets the tone for the rest of the season. In Season 3, Diane tries to make a statement about pro-choice but gets angry when the celebrity she works for doesn’t act the way she expects. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Ask most Bojack fans, and they’ll agree that Diane is pretty easy to dislike, but wasn’t always. It’s not only brilliant in its plot (a washed-up actor falling his way up to stardom) and its themes (the hardships of being famous, the meaning of life and its potential emptiness, managing depression and self-harm, etc. Her Campus may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Even still, this repetition of bad behavior (I will admit, it’s very bad behavior) dehumanized her. On my millionth rewatch and only noticed this parallel now. Live Fast, Diane Nguyen is the fifth episode of Season 1 of Netflix original series BoJack Horseman. I’m just trying to get through each day. ), but in its character development. ( Log Out / Buckle up, because it’s road trip time. Putting aside her negative feelings towards her family, Diane takes BoJack to Boston to visit her mother and brothers, only to find herself drawn into the old family dynamics. Her family growing up sucked and it shows Bojack that their quite similar in this regard. Mr. Peanutbutter's a Zelda. Mr. Peanutbutter is (understandably, he’s a Yellow Lab) one of the most likeable characters in the show. ( Log Out / The next episode provides more context into that darkness; the audience learns that she has never gotten recognition from her family for anything she has ever done, her brothers have been teasing her at least until she turned 18, and her mother has never forgiven her for leaving Boston for Los Angeles. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The B-plot of the episode is another of Todd’s zany schemes, as he and Princess Carolyn end up duping tourists into paying $75 for tours of what they believe to be David Boreanaz’s house. In her quest to do the right thing and create a better world, she jeopardizes the people around her: In Season 2, Diane breaks into a chicken slaughterhouse, endangering a 16-year-old girl, just to free some chickens. I was angry at Diane for ignoring his wishes all the time, simply because Mr. Peanutbutter asks so little of her. ", "It's all these immigrants taking the jobs! Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. A page for describing YMMV: Bojack Horseman S 1 E 05 Live Fast, Diane Nguyen. Calling Diane a big shot for getting upset at their low expectations, BoJack tactlessly defends Diane by bluntly describing her career and living situation, saying she is not a big shot. Live Fast, Diane Nguyen Diane is one of the most fascinating and relatable characters on BoJack Horseman , but she didn’t start out that way. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. My biggest complaint is that BoJack is eager to join Diane’s brothers’ taunts at Diane’s expense, but seemingly makes up for it by performing a kind gesture at the end. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Subreddit for the Netflix animated series, BoJack Horseman, starring BoJack Horseman as BoJack Horseman. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Quick Filter - Add shows to favourites - View most popular shows. That's what other shows would have done. She gets so frustrated (probably because Bojack doesn’t give her the recognition she thought she deserves), so she calls Wayne, asking him to publish the first two chapters of the book on Buzzfeed. Diane lacks Mr. Peanutbutter’s self-confidence and relies on others to tell her that what she’s doing is good; it’s especially hard on her because she never gets the validation Mr. Peanutbutter does. This episode is only for context, as the true beginning of the Diane hate-train doesn’t begin until 5 episodes later. Change ). I rather like the Todd/Princess Carolyn pairing – Todd is laid back but tends to get into outrageous situations, and Princess Carolyn balances him with her professionalism while also egging him on with her ambition. Diane? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. In all of these examples, it’s a case of Diane screwing up locally while trying to do good things more broadly. While this episode functions as the first character study of Diane, it just barely hints at her real fatal flaw: her tendency to wallow in her own sadness. As Wayne says, Mr. Peanutbutter is happy, carefree, and loving. The Great BoJack Horseman Rewatch: Live Fast, Diane Nguyen While on a business trip with BoJack, Diane learns that her father has just died. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. View the full list of popular shows on The TV Calendar and add them to your favourites filter. I can’t keep asking myself ‘Am I happy? Might I then suggest our ''piece of shit dad package would be too good for him' package", "God bless these scrambled eggs, eggs from the fridge!". And for good reason. Live Fast, Diane Nguyen, along with the rest of Season 1, premiered August 22, 2014. I know I'm two months late, but in case you weren't aware, he actually said "we're american as pho", pho being a traditional vietnamese dish. If there’s one thing this show never shies away from, it’s depicting difficult family relationships. For his part, BoJack manages to wade in and make the situation worse – not through any particular malice, but because he’s frequently so inept when it comes to relationships. S1E05 – Live Fast, Diane Nguyen. She acts as a voice of reason for Bojack and he learns to rely on her, going even as far as to fall in love with her. The episode was released in the United States, along with the rest of season one, via Netflix on August 22, 2014. There's a darkness inside you, and you can bury it deep in burritos as big as your head, but someday soon, that darkness is gonna come out, and when it does, I want you to call me.”. But the idea of one grand gesture making up for every bad thing is one that the show would later criticize at length. The thing is, this idealized version of Diane lasts for only 3 full episodes. For people who do not know me (and can’t automatically guess what TV show I am referring to) I am talking about this one: This is, by far, my favorite show right now.
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