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Before I leaped I should have seen the view from halfway down!
— BoJack Horseman ‧ 2014
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the show's bleakest turn of phrase, regret arriving too late and set to a verse that sounds like a nursery rhyme. Fans quote it as the moment BoJack's dream finally says what the series has been circling, and the poem has become one of the most shared, memed and discussed passages of the show's final stretch.
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In context
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In season 6's penultimate episode, "The View from Halfway Down" (Part 2 premiere, 31 January 2020), BoJack dreams a dinner party with the dead: Herb Kazzaz, Sarah Lynn, Corduroy Jackson Jackson and his childhood hero Secretariat, who is blended with his father Butterscotch in this dream. After dinner the guests move to a theatre showcase, where Secretariat takes the stage and reads a poem by episode writer Alison Tafel. It tells of a jump from a bridge, and as the poem reaches the line about the view from halfway down, a doorway of darkness opens behind him. He panics, protests that he has changed his mind, and falls backward through it.
Sources (2)
- BoJack Horseman Wiki, The View from Halfway Down (episode)Plot section, TriviaReference checked
- BoJack Horseman Wiki, The View From Halfway Down (Poem)Background and Poem sectionsReference checked
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