Big Mouth season 4

*Big Mouth*
Big Mouth
Season 4
	Season 4 promotional poster
Starring	Nick Kroll; John Mulaney; Jessi Klein; Jason Mantzoukas; Jenny Slate; Ayo Edebiri; Fred Armisen; Maya Rudolph; Jordan Peele;
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	December 4, 2020
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 3 Next →; Season 5
	List of episodes

The fourth season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, was released on Netflix on December 4, 2020. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac[ing] a frankness about the human body and sex."^[1]

Cast and characters

Main

Nick Kroll as Nick Birch, Maurice the Hormone Monster, Coach Steve Steve, Lola Skumpy and Nick Starr
- Kroll also voices Mila and Lotte Jensen, Rabbi Paulblart, Mark, and Bad Mitten
John Mulaney as Andrew Glouberman
- Mulaney also voices Andrew 3000 and Detective Florez
Jessi Klein as Jessi Glaser
Jason Mantzoukas as Jay Bilzerian
Jenny Slate and Ayo Edebiri as Missy Foreman-Greenwald
- Slate also voices Mirror Missy, Caitlyn, Vicky and others
- Edebiri also voices Mosiac Missy
Fred Armisen as Elliot Birch
Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress and Diane Birch
- Rudolph also voices Gayle King and Paula
Jordan Peele as Ghost of Duke Ellington, Featuring Ludacris, Cyrus Forman-Greenwald
- Peele also voices Sinbad

Recurring

Andrew Rannells as Matthew MacDell
Paula Pell as Barbara Glouberman
Richard Kind as Marty Glouberman
Seth Morris as Greg Glaser
Jessica Chaffin as Shannon Glaser
Mark Duplass and Paul Scheer as Val and Kurt Bilzerian
- Scheer also voices a Gap-Toothed Camper
Jon Daly as Judd Birch
- Daly also voices Jesus Christ
Kat Dennings as Leah Birch
June Diane Raphael as Devin
Jak Knight as DeVon
Joe Wengert as Caleb and Lump Humpman
Fran Gillespie as Samira
Thandiwe Newton as Mona
Maria Bamford as Tito Taylor Thomas the Anxiety Mosquito
- Bamford also voices Nancy, Jessi's therapist.
Jean Smart as Kitty Bouchet the Depression Kitty
Seth Rogen as Seth Goldberg
Alia Shawkat as Roland
Emily Altman as "Milk"
Zachary Quinto as Aiden
Josie Totah as Natalie el-Khoury
Chelsea Peretti as Monica Foreman-Greenwald
Gina Rodriguez as Gina Alvarez
Ali Wong as Ali
Gary Cole as Edward MacDell
Julie White as Kimberly MacDell
Gil Ozeri as Brad and Additional Voices
Zach Galifianakis as the Gratitoad ^[4]
Sterling K. Brown^[4] as Michael Angelo

Guest

Heather Lawless as Jenna "Jay's Mom" Bilzerian
Natasha Lyonne as Suzette
- Lyonne also voices Nadia Vulvokov
John Oliver as Harry
Somali Rose as Missy's overalls
Lena Waithe as Lena^[4]
Quinta Brunson as Quinta
Paul Giamatti^[4] as Andrew's fece
Kristen Wiig as Jessi's vulva
Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as Misha and Izzy
David Thewlis as Lionel St. Swithens
Julie Klausner as Cherry Marashina, formerly Cheryl Glouberman
Judd Hirsch as Lewis Glouberman
David Cross as Skip Glouberman
Rosa Salazar as Miss Benitez
Michaela Watkins as Cantor Dina Reznick
Harvey Fierstein as Jerome

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
32	1	"The New Me"	Andres Salaff	Story by : Andrew Goldberg & Patti Harrison Teleplay by : Andrew Goldberg	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
Nick arrives at camp and meets up with his friend Seth Goldberg. Their cabin meets Natalie, a former member of their cabin who has transitioned. The boys all make her uncomfortable and she ends up switching to a girl's bunk. There, the girls all treat her weirdly and Jessi hates her until she realizes she is all alone and the two become friends. Andrew arrives at camp after his parents drop him off and Nick attempts to make him jealous until Seth and Andrew become friends. Nick starts feeling left out as the two of them are hanging out more. Eventually, he breaks down and runs into the forest where he has a panic attack and is bitten by a mosquito named Tito.
33	2	"The Hugest Period Ever"	Bryan Francis	Kelly Galuska	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
After a disastrous morning of showering with the boys, Nick decides to hold off on showering. Meanwhile, Jessi gets another period at camp and learns how to insert tampons. Meanwhile, Missy and her parents travel to Atlanta to visit her cousins, who help Missy embrace her Black identity.
34	3	"Poop Madness"	Dave Stone	Gil Ozeri	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
On the last day of camp, Nick bombs at the talent show, Andrew deals with constipation, and Seth and Natalie hook up. Back in Westchester, Jay and Lola invite their friends to a pool-warming party.
35	4	"Cafeteria Girls"	Andres Salaff	Emily Altman	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
On the first day of the eighth grade, Nick and Andrew try to hook up with two seventh-grade girls. In New York City, Jessi is having trouble adjusting to her new school.
36	5	"A Very Special 9/11 Episode"	Bryan Francis	Jak Knight	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
The kids at Bridgeton Middle go on a field trip to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Nick and Andrew ditch the trip to meet up with Jessi and her new boyfriend, Michael Angelo. Matthew decides to mess with Coach Steve, whose birthday happens to also be on September 11, but feels bad after Coach Steve learns about the attacks. Missy and DeVon also ditch the trip to meet with her cousin Lena, as DeVon teaches Missy about code-switching.
37	6	"Nick Starr"	Dave Stone	Victor Quinaz	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
In the year 2052, Nick is now a successful game show host in a dystopian Earth, with only a robotic assistant modeled on Andrew as company. Shaken by the news of Missy's death, Nick is given two passes for a space ark as the planet will be ending the next day. After going through old contacts, he picks Jessi to join him, now an activist protesting for the downtrodden. While on his way to the funeral, Nick crashes on a street and is taken by Jay to his childhood home, where he and Lola run a sex cult and have Nick's parents as sex slaves. At the funeral for Missy, Nick approaches Jessi, who agrees to go with him. The two flee when a recorded message from Missy plays, revealing that she was murdered and the existence of the space ark. After making their way through angry mobs and wasteland riders, the two proceed to the ark and have sex as the planet is destroyed. However, Nick is unable to perform, and Jessi reveals that she only played him to get access to the ship and destroy it. As Jessi blows up the ship, Nick escapes in a spacesuit with Tito, the anxiety mosquito. However, the entire episode is then revealed as an anxiety dream Nick has on the bus from the previous episode.
38	7	"Four Stories About Hand Stuff"	Andres Salaff	Mitra Jouhari & Brandon Kyle Goodman	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
After being upset from their exclusion from the previous episode, Maury and Connie watch four different stories about giving hand jobs. "Touched by a Jay-ngel": Rumors fly that DeVon divorced Devin because he would not give her a hand job. After a poor attempt, Jay asks Lola to guide him through his hand job. "The Hand M-Aiden's Tale": Matthew hangs with Aiden's friends, and Maury suggests Matthew give Aiden a hand job. "The Glouberman Method": Nick is unimpressed with Andrew's Bob Fosse-esque method of masturbation, so Andrew decides to masturbate without the method, only to get some sad news. "Blue Balls": Michael Angelo tells Jessi to give him a hand job to satisfy his blue balls, but when Jessi sees Michael Angelo's penis, she laughs, and they break up.
39	8	"The Funeral"	Bryan Francis	Joe Wengert	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
Andrew and his friends attend a funeral for Andrew's zayde, whom Andrew still believes died because he did not masturbate right. Nick wants to tell Jessi about his dream. Meanwhile, Matthew's mother accidentally sees his phone and discovers he is gay and excludes him from the church cook-off. As revenge, Matthew and Aiden decide to compete in the cook-off.
40	9	"Horrority House"	Dave Stone	Emily Altman & Victor Quinaz	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
On Halloween night, the gang goes to a haunted sorority house, where they become the victims of a trippy hazing, despite being underaged and not students at their university. Jay tells Lola that he loves her, but Lola does not reciprocate, which upsets Jay.
41	10	"What Are You Gonna Do?"	Andres Salaff	Gil Ozeri	December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
Following the events of the previous episode, Nick's body has been taken over by his darker future self "Nick Starr", who proceeds to push away his friends with his behavior, leaving the present Nick as a "lost soul" in ghostly limbo with Duke. Meanwhile, Matthew comes out to his father, who admits that he had always known and accepts him and comforts him by saying his mother will understand in time. After an attempt to force Starr out of his body fails, Nick manages to recruit Andrew and Missy in a mission to jump into his body and force out Starr. The battle in Nick's mind becomes devastating, with a giant Anxiety Mosquito on Starr's side, with a kaiju-style battle with the Gratitoad (brought by Jessi) but eventually, Starr is defeated, and a scared version of Nick within combines with the real Nick to become one. After this, Rick the Hormone Monster ends the episode with a musical number.

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth season has an approval rating of 100% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 8.30 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Big Mouth's fourth season is another tour de force of empathetic cringe comedy that manages to get even better by finally giving Missy the storyline she deserves."^[2] On Metacritic, it has a score of 84 out of 100 for the third season, based on five critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[3]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Animated Series	Big Mouth	Nominated	^[4]
		Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series	Nick Kroll	Nominated
		Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series	John Mulaney	Nominated
		Best Voice Actress in an Animated Series	Maya Rudolph	Nominated
	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Big Mouth	Nominated	^[5]
	Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Andrew Goldberg and Patti Harrison	Won	^[6]^[7]
	American Cinema Editors Awards	Best Edited Animation (Non-Theatrical)	Felipe Salazar (for "Nick Starr")	Nominated	^[8]
	Casting Society of America Awards	Television Animation	Julie Ashton	Won	^[9]
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Animated Series	Big Mouth	Nominated	^[10]
	Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	Best Animated Series or Animated Television Movie	Big Mouth	Nominated	^[11]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program	Big Mouth (for "The New Me")	Nominated	^[12]^[13]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance	Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress	Won	^[12]^[13]

References

^ Grisar, PJ (October 15, 2018). "Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Is Boldly Jewish". The Forward.
^ "Big Mouth: Season 4". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
^ "Big Mouth: Season 4". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
^ Hammond, Pete (November 19, 2020). "'Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 28, 2021). "GLAAD Unveils Nominees For 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards; Deadline's New Hollywood Podcast Honored With Special Recognition Award". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
^ "48th Annie Awards™ To Go Virtual Friday, April 16, 2021". PR Newswire (Press release). Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
^ "Annie Award Nominations: 'Soul', 'Wolfwakers' and Netflix Lead - Variety". March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (March 11, 2021). "'Minari,' 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Among American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ Hipes, Patrick (January 8, 2021). "Casting Society's Artios Awards Sets TV And Theater Nominations; Netflix, HBO Top List". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ Davis, Clayton (February 2, 2021). "Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ "Ted Lasso, The Handmaid's Tale, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist lead Inaugural HCA TV Awards Nominations – Hollywood Critics Association". Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
^ "The 2021 Animation and VFX Emmy Nominees Are Announced". July 13, 2021. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
^ "2021 Creative Arts Emmys: 'Primal,' 'Love, Death + Robots' Take Top Animation Awards". September 13, 2021. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

[1] Grisar, PJ (October 15, 2018). "Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Is Boldly Jewish". The Forward.

[RT4-2] "Big Mouth: Season 4". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 8, 2022.

[MC4-3] "Big Mouth: Season 4". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved May 8, 2022.

[4] Hammond, Pete (November 19, 2020). "'Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.

[5] Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 28, 2021). "GLAAD Unveils Nominees For 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards; Deadline's New Hollywood Podcast Honored With Special Recognition Award". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

[6] "48th Annie Awards™ To Go Virtual Friday, April 16, 2021". PR Newswire (Press release). Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

[7] "Annie Award Nominations: 'Soul', 'Wolfwakers' and Netflix Lead - Variety". March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

[8] Giardina, Carolyn (March 11, 2021). "'Minari,' 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Among American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[9] Hipes, Patrick (January 8, 2021). "Casting Society's Artios Awards Sets TV And Theater Nominations; Netflix, HBO Top List". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

[10] Davis, Clayton (February 2, 2021). "Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[11] "Ted Lasso, The Handmaid's Tale, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist lead Inaugural HCA TV Awards Nominations – Hollywood Critics Association". Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.

[12] "The 2021 Animation and VFX Emmy Nominees Are Announced". July 13, 2021. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

[13] "2021 Creative Arts Emmys: 'Primal,' 'Love, Death + Robots' Take Top Animation Awards". September 13, 2021. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

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