8. A Quick One, While He's Away

Complete story — includes the ending

Margo Martindale, now a devoted nun, asks if she can truly be forgiven for her sins and steals the monsignor 's car when she gets no solid answer. After being fired from Secretariat, Kelsey Jannings struggles to find work as a director but is tapped by her agent Rutabaga Rabitowitz to direct a female superhero movie. Put off by the banal, by-the-numbers pitch, she counters with her own pitch, which gets her the job. Gina Cazador, filming a new movie, panics on set when her costar puts his hand on her neck and storms out in the middle of shooting. The director of the film almost recommends Gina for the lead in Kelsey's movie, but finds her to be "difficult" and instead posits Courtney Portnoy. Reporters Maximillian Banks and pig Paige Sinclair investigate Sarah Lynn's death, realizing somebody was with her in a voicemail she left for her mother beforehand. They investigate her AA meeting place, where one member recalls BoJack telling a story about Penny Carson, leading them to drive to New Mexico. Hollyhock goes to a party in New York City, where she has an anxiety attack while watching drunk people losing control of their bodies until a partygoer notices and takes her outside for air. He tells her a story about a famous actor taking him and his friends to prom and his girlfriend getting alcohol poisoning, revealing him to be a friend of Penny's. Hollyhock asks who the actor is, but Peter seems hesitant to tell her. She asks again and the episode cuts to black before Peter can reply. Note: Aside from the title sequence, none of the main characters appear in this episode. BoJack is only indirectly mentioned by both Sarah Lynn and Peter, the partygoer.