BoJack Horseman season 5

The fifth season of the animated television series BoJack Horseman premiered on Netflix on September 14, 2018. As has been the norm in the first four seasons, season 5 also consists of 12 episodes.

Main

 * Will Arnett as BoJack Horseman
 * Amy Sedaris as Princess Carolyn
 * Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen
 * Paul F. Tompkins as Mr. Peanutbutter
 * Aaron Paul as Todd Chavez

Recurring

 * Rami Malek as Flip McVicker
 * Stephanie Beatriz as Gina Cazador
 * Hong Chau as Pickles Aplenty

Guest

 * Ed Helms as Kyle
 * Natalie Morales as Yolanda Buenaventura
 * Issa Rae as Dr. Indira, Diane's therapist
 * Laura Linney as herself
 * Wanda Sykes as Mary Beth, Dr. Indira's wife and a corporate mediator
 * Eva Longoria as Yolanda's mother
 * John Leguizamo as Yolanda's father
 * Bobby Cannavale as Vance Waggoner
 * Angela Bassett as Ana Spanakopita
 * Jaime Pressly as Sadie
 * David Sedaris as Cutie Cutie Cupcake, Princess Carolyn's mother
 * Jessica Biel as herself
 * Aparna Nancherla as Hollyhock Manheim-Mannheim-Guerrero-Robinson-Zilberschlag-Hsung-Fonzerelli-McQuack
 * Ken Jeong as Dr. Allen Hu
 * Raúl Esparza as Ralph Stilton
 * Brian Tyree Henry as Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace, Jr.
 * Daveed Diggs as Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace, Sr.
 * Margo Martindale as Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale
 * Whoopi Goldberg as Mikhaela
 * James Adomian as Stuart, Princess Carolyn's assistant
 * Abbi Jacobson as Emily
 * Daniele Gaither as Biscuits Braxby

Critical response
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 98% based on 48 reviews, with an average score of 9.3. The site's consensus reads "BoJack Horseman continues confidently down the thematic rabbit hole with a fresh and poignant season that's as devastating as it is hilarious". On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the season holds a score of 92 out of 100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

For Vox, Emily VanDerWerff gave the season a score of 4.5 out of 5, praising the show's "truly sustained artistic response to the #MeToo movement". Ben Travers of IndieWire, who writes that the "series seems infallible", notes the season's effort to look inward and address controversy, even its own.