BoJack Horseman season 5

The fifth season of the American animated television series BoJack Horseman was released on Netflix on September 14, 2018, and consisted of 12 episodes. It premiered with the episode "The Light Bulb Scene", and concluded with "The Stopped Show". BoJack Horseman takes place in a universe where humans and anthropomorphic animals co-exist. The series continues to focus on horse BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett), a washed-up 1990s sitcom star who plans a return to relevance with an autobiography ghostwritten by Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie). The season's overall narrative is mainly set around Philbert, the detective series that BoJack stars in. Other on-going plots include the struggling relationship between BoJack's roommate, Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul), and Yolanda Buenaventura (Natalie Morales), his girlfriend, and continued romantic struggles between BoJack's actor friend, Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins) and Diane.

Season five contains many guest stars, including Wanda Sykes, Issa Rae, and Jessica Biel. The production crew was looking to diversify the series' cast, as to not only cast predominantly white people. The season's writers had the ultimate goal for BoJack to become sober and receive therapy, in order to move his character further. Prior to the season's release, Netflix sent a letter out to critics informing them of plot points not to mention in their reviews for fear of spoiling the audience; the letter was written from the perspective of Flip McVicker, a character from the season.

Season five was met with near universal acclaim upon release. One of the most acclaimed episodes of the season was "Free Churro", which received an Emmy Award nomination and an Annie Award nomination. Actress Issa Rae received a nomination at the 50th NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her work on the show. The season received much analysis from critics and scholars, with heavy emphasis placed on its response to the #MeToo movement; other analyzed parts of the season include Philbert, Gina's musical number, and BoJack's strangulation of Gina.