The main character Chris McCandless from Into the Wild is a perfect example of the theory proven in Season 3 episode 3 of Bojack Horseman: that it is absolutely not selfish to abandon others in order to find your own happiness. As the episode focuses on a man seeking his happiness in a society full of pressure and negativity, it parallels Into the Wild deeply. Chris McCandless abandoned all belongings, and all connection to others. He vanished into the wild with nothing, barely surviving, leaving his friends and family to worry for his safety. How can an act like this not be selfish? 

After escaping his problematic family life, Chris takes on a new identity, Alex, and begins a journey of a transcendental nature. As he travels, he meets and impacts many strangers, kindly showing them who he is, and leaving his imprint on their minds for the years to come. After his brief appearance in their lives, he vanishes again and again. With only the occasional letter from him, if even that, these people who consider him a friend, are terrified for his life. As he proves that he is unprepared for the journeys he plans, it is impossible not to worry for the young man with the kind face. 

In the movie, Ron Franz says to Chris, “I’m going to miss you when you go.” To which he responds, “I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everything and in anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things.” He tells his friend that their relationship is not the only important thing, that too much of life is spent with others, instead of with ourselves.

Similarly, in Bojack Horseman, we are quickly introduced to a famous director. A man with many connections, many people worried, as he has gone missing. His house has become a halfway house for recovering addicts, who begin to struggle in his absence. Bojack and Diane work to find him, and bring him back to his life. He is found in a small house off the grid, a place he has gone to escape. A place where he has isolated himself from the people he once called friends, the people he was trying to save. 

Once found, Diane says to him: “Everyone was worried about you, you know. You can’t just disappear, you really hurt a lot of people…. Don’t you think that’s a little selfish?” 

As we can see from his response to Diane’s question, “Sometimes you need to take responsibility for your own happiness… I don’t know what to tell you. I’m happy, for the first time in my life, and I’m not going to feel bad about it.”, he was living a life of depression, lacking meaning and happiness. He has seeked out a way to find what he is missing, and found it in the wild. He strongly suggests that one's personal happiness will always be more important than their impact on others, and that you cannot be helpful if you are not yourself in a good place. He is not acting selfishly, he is only defending his own right to a good life. 

As Chris McCandless followed an almost identical path as the director, it shows that he is not selfish. He has found his calling, his opportunity to seek eudaimonia. This pursuit comes with downfalls, and possible negative impacts on acquaintances. But this is a risk that he has taken in order to find himself and find his happiness, which should be the ultimate pursuit of one's lifetime.