Film: Bojack Horseman

Herb: 

No,I’m not gonna give you closure. You don’t get that. You have to live with the shitty thing you did for the rest of your life.You have to know that it’s never, ever going to be okay. I’m dying, I’m not gonna feel better, and I’m not gonna be your prop so you can feel better.Why didn’t you call me.20 years… You didn’t call me . You know what it was like for me.  I had nobody Everybody  left sure, but you?  I don’t care about the job, I did fine. I had a good life.But what I needed then was a friend, and you abandoned me. And I will never forgive you for that.

Scene Analysis:

This scene is one of the most emotional and powerful moments in Bojack Horseman. Herb and BoJack were best friends a long time ago. Herb was a famous producer who gave BoJack a chance by putting him on his show. They became close friends. As BoJack’s career grew and he became more popular, he started to forget where he came from. He also forgot who helped him become an artist. With his reputation growing every day, BoJack was busy and didn’t have time to call his old friend. Greed and the desire for money got in the way of their friendship from BoJack’s side. After 20 years BoJack decides to visit Herb and finds out that Herb has cancer. He says he’s sorry, but sometimes saying sorry isn’t enough. When people apologize, words are not enough they need to show they are sorry through their actions. Herb never wanted anything from BoJack except to be his friend. Herb really saw BoJack as a true friend. But BoJack never saw him the same way. To BoJack  Herb was just someone he knew. Some things can’t be fixed. Herb got cancer and passed away, losing the friend he cared about the most. BoJack only realized too late that nothing he could say or do would bring their friendship back.