8. The Telescope

Complete story — includes the ending

In flashbacks to the eighties and nineties, BoJack and Herb are bartenders and aspiring comedians when Herb gets Horsin' Around greenlit by ABC. At the Griffith Observatory, Herb gives Bojack a telescope to signify their bond. As the two grow apart over the years, Herb is outed as gay and BoJack reluctantly lets the network fire him after being offered the chance to play his hero Secretariat in a biopic, which was never made. In the present, BoJack takes Diane with him to prevent him from being alone with Herb, who is passive-aggressive with BoJack despite clearly still sharing kinship with him. Before leaving, Diane encourages BoJack to talk to Herb privately; BoJack apologizes to Herb for betraying him, but Herb refuses to forgive him, on account of him waiting until Herb was on his deathbed to try to make amends. BoJack tries to take the telescope and the two fight, breaking it in the process, prompting Herb to call him cowardice who's apathetic to who Bojack has to hurt in order to get what Bojack wants. Bojack receives the call from Princess Carolyn on the way home. As Diane assures BoJack that he did the right thing by apologizing, he kisses her and she pushes him off.