The fourth season of '' Big Mouth'', an American adult

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created by Andrew Goldberg,

Nick Kroll Nicholas Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for creating and starring in the Comedy Central series '' Kroll Show'', ''The Oh, Hello Show'', the FX comedy series ''The L ...

Mark Levin Mark Reed Levin (; born September 21, 1957) is an American lawyer, author, and radio personality. He is the host of syndicated radio show '' The Mark Levin Show'', as well as '' Life, Liberty & Levin'' on Fox News. Levin worked in the admin ...

, and

Jennifer Flackett Jennifer Flackett is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and television writer. In television, she has written for series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' L.A. Law'' and '' Earth 2''. As a screenwriter, she wrote on the films '' M ...

, was released on

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on December 4, 2020. The series centers on

teens Adolescence () is a transitional stage of physical and psychological Human development (biology), development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority). Adolescence is ...

based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. ''Big Mouth'' explores

puberty Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a bo ...

while "embrac nga frankness about the human body and sex."

Cast and characters

Main

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 John Edmund Mulaney (born August 26, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He first rose to prominence for his work as a writer on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2008 to 2013, where he contributed to numerous ...

as Andrew Glouberman **Mulaney also voices Andrew 3000 and Detective Florez *

Jessi Klein Jessi Ruth Klein (born August 18, 1975) is an American writer, actress and stand-up comedian from New York City. Klein has regularly appeared on shows such as ''The Showbiz Show with David Spade'' and VH1's ''Best Week Ever'' and has performed ...

as Jessi Glaser *

Jason Mantzoukas Jason Mantzoukas (, el, Ιάσων Μαντζούκας; born December 18, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series ''The League'', and as one of the th ...

as Jay Bilzerian *

Jenny Slate Jenny Sarah Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the ...

and

Ayo Edebiri Ayo Edebiri ( ; born October 3, 1995) is an American comedian, writer, producer and actress. She appeared on Comedy Central's ''Up Next'' and co-hosts the podcast ''Iconography'' with Olivia Craighead. Edebiri is best known as a voice actor on '' ...

as Missy Foreman-Greenwald **Slate also voices Mirror Missy, Caitlyn, Vicky and others **Edebiri also voices Mosiac Missy *

Fred Armisen Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen was the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series '' Portlandia''. ...

as Elliot Birch * Maya Rudolph as

Connie the Hormone Monstress Constance LaCienega, better known as Connie the Hormone Monstress, is the female hormone monster, who helps girls go through puberty in the Netflix series ''Big Mouth (American TV series), Big Mouth''. She works as Jessi's hormone monstress and s ...

and Diane Birch **Rudolph also voices

Gayle King Gayle King (born December 28, 1954) is an American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News, co-hosting its flagship morning program, '' CBS Mornings'', and before that its predecessor ''CBS This Morning''. She is ...

and Paula * Jordan Peele as Ghost of Duke Ellington, Featuring

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludac ...

, Cyrus Forman-Greenwald **Peele also voices Sinbad

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

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'' fourth season is another tour de force of empathetic

cringe comedy Cringe comedy is a subgenre of comedy that derives humor from social awkwardness, guilty pleasure, self-deprecation, idiosyncratic humor and personal distress. A type of a cringe comedy are pseudo- reality TV shows, sometimes with an air of a m ...

that manages to get even better by finally giving Missy the storyline she deserves." On Metacritic, it has a score of 84 out of 100 for the third season, based on five critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Accolades

References

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