History Recap / BojackHorsemanS6E07TheFaceOfDepression

** [=BoJack=] has been an out-of-shape alcoholic and drug abuser in his fifties for the entirety of the show. So it's realistic that he's been dyeing his hair.

** Sharona has had over 20 years to get over [=BoJack=] being a jerk to her, and also gone through her own journey of self improvement. She's irritated by his presence at the same AA meetings at first, but still reasonably friendly.

* TakeThat: When she welcomes Guy home, Diane is holding a sign that reads "''Series/DawsonsCreek'' was always bad".

** [=BoJack=] has been an out-of-shape alcoholic in his fifties for the entirety of the show. So it's realistic that he's been dyeing his hair.

After feeling uncomfortable with returning to his old home in Hollywoo, Bojack visits his friends and coworkers to make amends.

* ReformedButNotTamed: One of the reasons Diane gives for not taking anti-depressants was that in college she no longer cared that Dawson's Creek episodes were bad, implying that she feared a LossOfIdentity (since she invested a lot of her sense of self into curmudgeonly complaining). When Guy returns from his trip to find Diane visibly happier on her antidepressant medication, she holds up a sign that says "Dawson's Creek was always bad," implying that she's relieved that she can still gain some perverse pleasure in nit-picking things that annoy her.

** Sharona has had over 20 years to get over Bojack being a jerk to her, and also gone through her own journey of self improvement. She's irritated by his presence at the same AA meetings at first, but still reasonably friendly.

* SkewedPriorities: If Diane had taken her antidepressants in college like she was told to, who else would have gone on Livejournal and said that ''Dawson's Creek'' wasn't good any more? Downplayed as it quickly becomes apparent that that was just the surface excuse she gave: the real reason she didn't take it was she feared a LossOfIdentity. (Since she invested so much of her identity into being a GrumpyBear that she feared that losing this meant there is "nothing" underneath.)

** When she starts her medication, Diane gains a considerable amount of weight, which is a common side-effect of antidepressants. She knew about this ahead of time, as it was one of the side effects she dealt with when she briefly went on ProZac in college, and it was one of the reasons she didn't want to go on them.

** When she starts her medication, Diane gains a considerable amount of weight, which is a common side-effect of antidepressants. She knew about this ahead of time and it was one of the reasons she didn't want to go on them.

* CoveringUpYourGray: This episode reveals that BoJack had been dyeing his hair for ''the entirety of the series'', and had already started going grey twenty years ago. As part of his CharacterDevelopment, he finally decides to keep his hair grey in an ImportantHaircut.

* SeasonalRot: {{Discussed|Trope}} in-universe. Diane claims that she knew her antidepressants were having a significant effect on her in college when she stopped going on Livejournal to complain about the newest episodes of ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. Guy disagees that it was ever good enough to say it got bad.

* SeasonalRot: {{Discussed|Trope}}. Diane claims that she knew her antidepressants were having a significant effect on her in college when she stopped going on Livejournal to complain about the newest episodes of ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. Guy disagees that it was ever good enough to say it got bad.