Big Mouth (season 4)

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]

Big Mouth
Season 4
Season 4 promotional poster
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original releaseDecember 4, 2020 (2020-12-04)
Season chronology

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
321"The New Me"Andres SalaffStory 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.
332"The Hugest Period Ever"Bryan FrancisKelly GaluskaDecember 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.
343"Poop Madness"Dave StoneGil OzeriDecember 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.
354"Cafeteria Girls"Andres SalaffEmily AltmanDecember 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.
365"A Very Special 9/11 Episode"Bryan FrancisJak KnightDecember 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.
376"Nick Starr"Dave StoneVictor QuinazDecember 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.
387"Four Stories About Hand Stuff"Andres SalaffMitra Jouhari & Brandon Kyle GoodmanDecember 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.
398"The Funeral"Bryan FrancisJoe WengertDecember 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.
409"Horrority House"Dave StoneEmily Altman & Victor QuinazDecember 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.
4110"What Are You Gonna Do?"Andres SalaffGil OzeriDecember 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
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]
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress Won

References
  1. Grisar, PJ (October 15, 2018). "Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Is Boldly Jewish". The Forward.
  2. "Big Mouth: Season 4". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  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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