There’s still humor mixed into the episode to help the audience not totally sink into a depressed / sad state, with a particularly effective punchline at the end revealing that Bojack opened his heart to the wrong funeral.
Yet, even if it was all for naught in one respect, Bojack needed to have that confrontation with himself.
Ultimately, those two simple statements are the bedrock of the “Free Churro” emotional roller coaster.
Thinking back to the problems he not only had with his parents, but also looking at the problems he has in his current life because of them, Bojack Horseman doesn’t let its protagonist escape from this confrontation through the various lives of its side characters.