The sixth 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 October 28, 2022. 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 | |
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Season 6 | |
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No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | Netflix |
Original release | October 28, 2022 |
Season chronology | |
Cast and characters
editMain
edit- Nick Kroll as Nick Birch, Maurice the Hormone Monster, Coach Steve Steve, Lola Skumpy and Marty's Lovebug
- John Mulaney as Andrew Glouberman
- Jessi Klein as Jessi Glaser
- Jason Mantzoukas as Jay Bilzerian and Guy Bilzerian
- Ayo Edebiri as Missy Foreman-Greenwald
- Fred Armisen as Elliot Birch
- Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress, Diane Birch
- Jordan Peele as Duke Ellington and Cyrus Foreman-Greenwald
Recurring
edit- Andrew Rannells as Matthew MacDell
- Ali Wong as Ali
- Brian Tyree Henry as Elijah
- Thandiwe Newton as Mona
- Joe Wengert as Caleb, Lump Humpman and Joe
- Gil Ozeri as Gil
- June Diane Raphael as Devin LeSeven
- Jak Knight as DeVon
- Richard Kind as Marty Glouberman
- Paula Pell as Barbara Glouberman
- Seth Morris as Greg Glaser
- Jenny Slate as Caitlin Grafton
- Chloe Fineman as Leah Birch and Delilah
- Jon Daly as Judd Birch and Rodney
- Nathan Fillion as Himself
- Chris O’Dowd as Flanny O’Lympic
- Kristen Schaal as Bernadette "Bernie" Sanders
- Fran Gillespie as Samira
- Peter Capaldi as Seamus MacGregor
- Cole Escola as Montel
Guest
edit- Heather Lawless as Jenna Bilzerian
- Maria Bamford as Nancy
- Brandon Kyle Goodman as God's Boyfriend and Elijah's Uncles
- Annaleigh Ashford as The Rice Purity Test
- Amber Ruffin as Auntie Amber
- Mark Duplass and Paul Scheer as Val and Kurt Bilzerian
- Gina Rodriguez as Gina Alvarez
- Ira Glass as Himself
- Rosa Salazar as Miss Benitez
- Natasha Lyonne as Suzette
- Jeff Goldblum as The Apple Brooch
- Gary Cole as Edward MacDell
- Julie White as Kimberly MacDell
- Kristen Wiig as Jessi's Vagina and Beatrice
- Steve-O as Himself (in live-action)
- Tyler The Creator as Jesus
- Juliet Mills as Rita St. Swithens
- Ed Helms, Adam Levine, Matt Rogers are the members of the boy band, Bros 4 Life.
Episodes
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | ||
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52 | 1 | "The Hookup House" | Bryan L Francis | Gil Ozeri | October 28, 2022 | ||
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53 | 2 | "Twenty Two and You" | Alex Salyer | Joe Wengert | October 28, 2022 | ||
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54 | 3 | "Vagina Shame" | Henrique Jardim | Emily Altman | October 28, 2022 | ||
Rita St. Swithens, a Shame Wizard like her son Lionel, hosts a very special episode focusing on vaginal shame.
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55 | 4 | "Rice Purity Test" | Bryan L Francis | Victor Quinaz | October 28, 2022 | ||
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56 | 5 | "Andrew's Gonna Touch A Boob Tonight" | Alex Salyer | L.E. Correia | October 28, 2022 | ||
Bernie is in town for a night and suggests that after showing up for dinner, she and Andrew finish reaching second base that was interrupted before. Nick finds out his grandfather Seamus is living in Staten Island. Maury is exhausted breastfeeding Montel and Connie avoids them. For their one-month anniversary, Jay offers to make Matthew dinner, but his pillows want to have a four-way. When Jay presents the pillows after dinner, Matthew is weirded out as he only sees pillows without faces, and to keep him around, Jay stops imagining the pillows. Nick tricks his father into letting him go to New York City, and soon finds his grandfather, living in squalor. After trying to leave results in Seamus hurting his ankle, Nick calls his father to pick him up. Elliot, while angry at his father, still has compassion and tries to help his father. At Andrew's house, Barbara serves up dinner for Shabbat with their rabbi while Bernie arrives. The dinner goes poorly as Marty keeps insulting Barbara and the rabbi. After another argument where Barbara says she goes to the synagogue for purpose, Marty claim she is having an affair with the rabbi, and Barbara storms out and drives off. The ordeal leaves Bernie anxious, and Andrew is unable to go through with touching her breasts. Instead, he breaks down crying on Bernie's lap while Montel tells Maury he's a good father. Andrew blurts out to Bernie that he loves her, and she says she loves him as well. | |||||||
57 | 6 | "The Apple Brooch" | Henrique Jardim | Kelsey Krasnigor | October 28, 2022 | ||
Seamus is living with the Birches, a cast on his ankle, and annoying the other family members with unclean habits such as urinating in beer cans. A new Apple-brand brooch becomes the new hot status symbol; after seeing an ad for it, Nick wants one but Diane refuses due to his previous behavior. Jessi is bonding with Caitlin to Shannon's anxiety. Shannon buys Jessi an Apple brooch, which speaks and hypnotizes people. After talking to Jessi's brooch, Nick guilts Elliot into giving him his credit card, which allows Nick to buy his own brooch, for app use and status. Andrew, who without Barbara for his allowance is being made to do chores by Marty to earn money, is convinced by the brooch that he desires it more. After Nick requests 8 dollars from Andrew for a pretzel Nick ordered for him with the brooch, Andrew breaks into Nick's house to steal it, resulting in a fight which exposes the purchase to Diane, who chides them and Elliot. Despite the brooch telling her to be more selfish, Jessi feels guilty for sounding spoiled and gives it to Caitlin. Shannon sees the brooch on Caitlin and gets angry, confessing she bought the brooch so Jessi would hang out with her. Jessi says she loves her mom and still want to hang out with her, and Shannon lets Caitlin keep the brooch (although it also convinces Shannon to buy a more expensive one to show off). Meanwhile, Missy is happy taking things slow with Elijah, and helps him at the church, but the pastor's song about masturbating as a sin upsets her. At school, she snaps at Elijah, worrying that he does not want to be friends anymore, but he also confesses that he has no sexual desire, and fears it makes him weird. Missy assures him that he's perfect the way he is. | |||||||
58 | 7 | "Dadda Dia!" | Bryan L Francis | Gabe Liedman | October 28, 2022 | ||
Lola burns her mouth on a Hot Pocket and while in TV court to sue, her lonely home life is brought up, and she wins her case with a large settlement. Three members of the boy band Bros 4 Life appear and reveal that one of them is her father (as her mother was a groupie for them before her birth). But Rodney, her mom's parole officer is suspicious that they appeared right after news of the settlement, but Lola dismisses him and his call for a DNA test. Seamus' house is cleaned by the Birch boys and Andrew to sell to put him in assisted living, which he refuses and insults Elliot for always agreeing with Diane. Before going, Andrew snoops in the Birch master closet, finding a "Peenie Prison", a Bluetooth enabled chastity device and accidentally locks it on himself. His attempts to remove it at Seamus' house are found by Nick, who angrily confronts his father about it, resulting in Seamus insulting Elliot and Diane more, angering Elliot enough that he punches him. Seamus is proud of his son for hitting him. Missy asks her father Cyrus to meet Elijah at a father-daughter dance at the church (which Jessi figures to be a purity ball), which he accepts despite his feelings on religion. While Elijah impresses him, Cyrus snaps at the virginity ring pledges, causing Missy to storm off. Lola takes the band members to the dance at the church, where they dance until Lola reveals the settlement will be paid in Hot Pockets, angering the three who reveal they are not her father and just wanted to money to fund a comeback. Rodney arrives at Lola's home and she realizes she took him for granted as a father figure. Outside the church, Cyrus apologizes to Missy and agrees to let her help the community and the church. At the Birch home, Elliot is more assertive and aggressive, saying his father will live with them and ordering Diane around. Diane unlocks the device on Andrew. | |||||||
59 | 8 | "Asexual Healing" | Alex Salyer | Shantira Jackson | October 28, 2022 | ||
Andrew is scared and jealous that Bernie is being wooed by her hot male friend Alison, and egged on by Maury and Flanny, he takes off on a train to Vermont to surprise her. Various mishaps ensue: the train is derailed, the bus he is on is stopped when the toilet he uses overflows, and his hitchhiking results in being picked up by a creepy passenger from the train who is an escaped mental patient. Andrew eventually arrives at Bernie's house, where Alison also is, who reveals that he truly likes Bernie but didn't know how to say it. She chooses Alison over Andrew, who waits to be picked up and taken home by his mother. Missy meets Elijah's family at a cookout, where Elijah see his own Hormone Monsters (Joe and Gil from Human Resources). He admits he does not feel horny at all, and he goes to Jay for advice, who suggests kissing Missy without thinking about it. The two kiss at Missy's house, but Elijah still feels nothing. He talks to his aunt Amber, who reveals that she is asexual. Elijah thinks that he may also be asexual, but feels comforted that he can still love Missy. Shannon and Jessi are insulted by a sexist plumber, and Connie and Montel tell Jessi how they view humans as silly for their take on gender roles, and that Hormone Monsters are raised gender-neutral until they're old enough to decide. At her dad's apartment, she finds Greg and Caitlin painting her old room, now the baby's room, pink with traditional girl accessories. Her complaints about gender roles eventually cause Caitlin to run off crying. Jessi apologizes and they compromise that Jessi can call the baby "they" while Caitlin will call it "her." | |||||||
60 | 9 | "The Parents Aren't Alright" | Henrique Jardim | Kelly Galuska | October 28, 2022 | ||
Caitlin goes into labor early and Greg takes her to the hospital, while having forgotten that Jessi was with him that weekend. The baby named Delilah is delivered by C-section, and Jessi starts imagining the baby is taunting her after Greg says he will "do it right this time" raising her. Jessi, fearful that her family is being stolen and will no longer love her, starts getting angrier and feels hopeless. Jay and Matthew return to the Panera where Jay had been banished, but after a stunt leaves only one of the sorcerer's (Gary) fingers behind, he agrees to Matthew that they are losers. At school, the others offer him a spot back to help them, but Matthew tells him to say no, which raises concerns that he has "domesticated" Jay, a "wolf" instead of a "swan." Matthew eventually breaks up with Jay, who runs off into the woods and wishes he wasn't himself. Barbara returns to the Glouberman house, but she and Marty argue more than ever, leaving Andrew afraid they will divorce, causing him to wet the bed in his sleep. His attempts to clean it are discovered by his parents, resulting in him getting diapers. At family therapy, they argue again, and Marty is only convinced to stay by his lovebug. Marty blames Barbara for changing, but she points out that he used to be a sweet romantic, and he is shocked to find out she's been unhappy for years. At the Birch home, Seamus and a more aggressive Elliot (with lapses to his old Scottish accent) wake Nick up to train him in nipple twisting. At dinner, an angry Elliot announces he is getting back into professional nipple twisting, and will be training Nick. Diane objects but Elliot snaps that they always did what she wanted. Nick and Diane have no idea what to do. Missy fears that she is hideous and Elijah doesn't like her. | |||||||
61 | 10 | "F**ked Up Friday" | Bryan L Francis | Gil Ozeri | October 28, 2022 | ||
Andrew wakes up in his father's body while Marty is in Andrew's body. The two go to work and school, until Andrew decides to use Marty's body to woo his mother and fix their marriage. The gesture fails, and in an argument with Andrew, Marty reveals that he loves Barbara but fears she doesn't want him if he told her. Andrew, in Marty's body, apologizes to Barbara for all Marty has done and how he admires her, and was scared to look weak. It works, but also makes her horny. Nick to his horror wakes up in his grandfather Seamus' body, and Seamus in his body. While Seamus goes off to drink, Nick is able to convince Diane, and the two manage to change Elliot back by having "Seamus" tell him he is sorry and loves him. Seamus in Nick's body insults them, and Elliot admits he is setting a bad example for his father's love, and want to give love instead of hurt. Jessi finds herself in Delilah's body while Delilah is in Jessi's body. At school, Lola helps, thinking Jessi is on drugs, while Jessi enjoys attention and being given baby baths, but soon discovers she has bloating gas and is unable to tell Greg and Caitlin. Jay wakes up in Coach Steve's body, but Coach Steve's mind is still there and Jay's body is unconscious in the woods. At school, the Sorcerers of the Square Table ask for Jay's help save Gary from the Bread Bowl Dimension, but Jay's mind says he is no longer a magician, and he refuses to help. Steve helps convince Jay to be the sweet kid he knew could love magic again. Missy finds herself swapped with Nathan Fillion. Fillion is familiar with body swaps and goes off to learn a life lesson to make the switch back, while Missy flees to her home where Fillion still is. As they talk, Elijah arrives, and due to the personal nature, "Nathan" is brought along. Elijah admits he is asexual and doesn't want to break up, to Missy's relief. As a storm comes in, Missy accepts Elijah and stays his girlfriend. Seamus hugs Elliot and Nick, Jay helps perform the ritual and helps bring Gary back, Jessi wants her old self back, and as Andrew is about to be made love to, everyone switches to their old bodies. Jessi burps Delilah to get rid of the gas, Nathan Fillion leaves, and Andrew listens to his parents have really loud sex. |
Reception
editAccolades
editYear | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Casting Society of America Awards | Television Animation | Julie Ashton | Won | [2] |
2023 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress (for "Asexual Healing") | Won | [3] |
References
edit- ^ Grisar, PJ (October 15, 2018). "Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Is Boldly Jewish". The Forward.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (March 9, 2023). "Artios Awards: 'Fabelmans,' 'Banshees Of Inisherin', 'Succession' & 'Abbott Elementary' Among Casting Society Winners – Full List". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 4, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Prusakowski, Steven (July 12, 2023). "75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: Winners List". Awards Radar. Retrieved July 13, 2023.