I've recently had a binge of sitcoms recently. Amongst new episodes of South Park and Rick and Morty, and a whole parade of Netflix originals, none have stood out to me as much as Bojack Horseman has. When the first season premiered on Netflix I loved it, then when the second season came out, I gave up half way. Not because I didn't like it, I think I just had a lot going on at the time. I hate myself for giving up on it. After binge watching it from the start in the past week, all four seasons show me something that other animated sitcoms don't - and here is why it is the perfect example of one. Well, nothing is perfect, but it's still damn good.

Bojack (Will Arnett) is a washed up sitcom actor, who lives in Hollywoo (I have spelt that right, you'll get it if you've seen this) with his couch surfer friend Todd (Aaron Paul) and struggles to find his way in the world. On an earth where animals and humans live in as one, his feline agent Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris) struggles to find him new opportunities, his ghost writer Diane (Alison Brie) also tries to find out who she is, being married to the loveable Labrador Mr Peanut-Butter (Paul F. Tompkins) and taking on responsibilities of stardom married life and her own. Amongst all this Bojack fights with his demons, and there are a lot. As well as being utterly hilarious, this is the most down to earth - and best written sitcom I've seen to date.

First off, it's hilarious. In its crazy world it creates a new kind of comedy, some very silly humour combined with it being also very clever (let's address the elephant in the room is a highlight) and it never fails to deliver on laughs. Mr Peanut-Butter is a treat and his idiocy and dog charm delight everytime. Maybe that's why it is so strong. It's characters are all so unique and inspiring. Each one struggles with something, not just Bojack, and as the series develops we see this more and more. Princess Carolyn is one character in particular of note. She has a hard life behind what we see in the first season of course - and it's heart wrenching. Todd and his sexuality is loveable and it becomes something that's also quite new and hasn't been explored to my knowledge in this platform of show before. Diane is the most relatable, finding her way in the world and Bojack, well, he's an awful, nasty piece of work. But he's the best character, and the one we always root for.

It's storytelling is stupendous. Sure it has it's lowlights now and again but it is still something that grips you from start to finish. Exploring relationships, the problems that come with being a celebrity, how hard it is to make something of yourself - and what I like personally is the way in which the writers tackle the subject of Hollywood and the studios and people that craft film to make the most for themselves. It's an interesting insider look into these issues through the medium of an animated sitcom, and it pays off. Many of the seasons second to last episodes are especially powerful, Season 2 and 4 have some of the most emotionally investing, well directed, acted and written scenes I've seen on TV that make sense of everything else you've seen in the show before, and opens new doors of development.

Aswell as this it is a beautifully made show. The animation is superb and the voice acting is something to behold as well. Line delivery can either be laugh out loud funny or heart-wrenching. The show is full of these twists and turns and it just never stops being entertaining. Rick and Morty is all the rage currently but Bojack Horseman is a show that is so well written it deserves more than just a Netflix Original status. It dares to go further than the genre conventions and tells a story of a selfish horse who has the world on his shoulders - and becomes something so so special. Check it out.