9. The Shot

Complete story — includes the ending

In 1972, BoJack smokes his first cigarette after seeing Secretariat smoke one on television. Beatrice catches him and forces him to smoke the rest of it while ordering him not to cry. In the present, the Secretariat producers decide to make the film more lighthearted, which BoJack and Kelsey object to. They agree to film the last shot of the movie: Secretariat learning his brother was killed in Vietnam after sending him in his stead, and do so by breaking into the Nixon Museum while Margo Martindale and Princess Carolyn distract the police. Princess Carolyn becomes lost in a Kinkade painting but ultimately realizes that she chose her chaotic life because she loves it, choosing to start her own agency and a romantic relationship with her divorced coworker Rutabaga Rabitowitz. Diane decides to leave Cordovia after realizing St. Clair is only helping because of his narcissism rather than out of the kindness, but does not tell Mr. Peanutbutter of her return. BoJack refuses to cry on camera, but Kelsey gets the shot without him crying and claims he had the emotion he needed in him all along. BoJack weeps outside while smoking a cigarette. The next day, Kelsey is fired for their efforts and replaced by another director. BoJack returns home to find Diane, who asks to stay with him. Guest starring: John Krasinski as Secretariat.