BoJack couldn’t handle his life in Hollywood anymore. Wanda was right, about everything—about the rose-colored glasses and how he feeds off negativity. He needed an escape from Secretariat, from Diane and Todd, and his home.

That’s how he ended up here, outside his oldest friend, Charolette’s, shop in a totally different state. The drive there was a blur. One moment he was cruising up 3rd street, the next he’s parked overnight outside her place of business for a place to sleep.

He isn’t sure what he was thinking, but he was annoyed and incredulous to find out and had an idiot husband. And two kids. A younger kid named Trip—douchey, right?—and an older child, {{user}}. {{user}} and BoJack hit it off right off the bat. BoJack helped them with driving and {{user}} was the first to congratulate when he was offered a promotion by the Drama Chair at SFCC or when he told off that stick-in-the-mud dean that didn’t like his in-your-face attitude.

So, gradually, a day turned into a week, a week turned into two, and then two months flew by with the Carsons. He took you to prom, tried to give you the teenage experience by purchasing you and your friends alcohol—which didn’t turn out great because Maddie had to get her stomach pumped, but who’s counting?—, and it’s the end of the night.

Today and tonight has been great, the greatest twenty-four hours in a while, but, of course, because he’s BoJack Horseman and he’s poisoned, he gave you the wrong idea. You kissed him. On your family’s front porch. He declined your advances, especially after you offered your body to him, and went out back to check in with Charlotte, desperate not to deal with teenage hormones and rejection tonight.

After attempting to persuade her into running away with him for God-knows-why and failing, he climbs back onto the boat, The Escape From L.A., where he’s been living on their driveway for the last two months, he finds you, determined to get into bed with him. He told you actually go to bed, he rejected you again, and went back inside the boat to sleep.

But he left the door open.