Best Friends Make the Best Lovers is the sixth episode of Season 5 of Big Mouth, and the forty-seventh episode overall.
Synopsis[]
While Jessi sorts through her feelings for Ali, Nick joins Devon for a boys' night, Andrew shows off his new persona, and Missy starts a rumor online.
Plot[]
Jessi continues to question her budding attraction to Ali. Missy's continued resentment toward Jessi and Ali prompts the appearance of Rochelle, her hateworm. Under the worm's influence, Missy posts an anonymous comment claiming that Ali and Jessi kissed during their arrest while Ali was dating Samira. After the comment gains widespread attention, Jessi decides her friendship with Ali is more important than her attraction and comforts Ali, much to the latter's appreciation. Nick continues to be depressed and DeVon proposes a boy's night out, which entails the boys destroying an abandoned house. Andrew, after the tender moment with his dad, adopts a new emotional and altruistic personality and unsuccessfully attempts to persuade the boys to be more in touch with their feelings. After DeVon teases Nick about Missy's post, the two fight, leaving Nick with a broken nose and even more resentful toward Jessi. Jay experiences sadness at being Charles Lu's closeted sidepiece, but his repeated attempts to emotionally connect with Charles are rejected. After being listened to and comforted by Andrew, Jay asks Charles for an emotional commitment. Charles nonchalantly refuses and the two break up. Walter, consumed with hate, appears to die.
Characters[]
Major Roles[]
- Jessi Glaser
- Connie LaCienega
- Sonya Poinsettia
- Ali Chen
- Nick Birch
- Walter Las Palmas
- Missy Foreman-Greenwald
- Rochelle Hillhurst
- Andrew Glouberman
- DeVon Furtive-Oldman
- Maury Beverly
- Simon Sex
- Jay Bilzerian
- Charles Lu
Minor Roles[]
- Gina Alvarez
- Lump Humpman
- Rick
- Coach Steve
- Lola Skumpy
- Caleb Linden
- Jessi's Vagina
- Mona
- Vin Diesel (Cameo)
- Devin LeSeven (Voice Only/Pictured)
- Michelangelo (Mentioned/Statue)
- Judd Birch (Mentioned/Statue)
- Samira (Mentioned)
- Marty Glouberman (Mentioned)
- Shannon Glaser (Mentioned)
Songs[]
Trivia[]
- This episode takes place one week after "The Green-Eyed Monster", and because it is shortly after "Thanksgiving", the month of December had just begun.
- Jessi likes her Starbucks Frappuccino with iced chocolate, 10 pumps of caramel, no coffee, and extra whip.
- Connie has a talk show called Connie Lingus Tonight, and the logo emphasizes the initial letters C, Li, and T.
- Maury introduces Andrew to his old friend, Simon Sex.
- Once Missy meets hate worm Rochelle, she begins spreading rumors online using the handle "DrPlainTalk" to troll Jessi.
- Jessi's Vagina has a little vagina of her own, and that vagina has a vagina, and so on.
Continuity[]
- Jessi still remembers her fantasy of making out with Ali in "Thanksgiving".
- Michelangelo is brought up again after his last appearance in "Four Stories About Hand Stuff".
- Everybody still remembers Nick making an ass of himself in front of Jessi in "The Green-Eyed Monster".
- Andrew is still acting nice after Marty expressed his love during "Thanksgiving".
- Rochelle reminds Missy of the disappointing direction of the affinity group in "Lovebugs".
- Missy brings up how Ali and Samira had broken up in "The Green-Eyed Monster".
- Missy starts a rumor of Jessi and Ali hooking up after they had "gone to prison" in "Lovebugs".
Cultural References[]
- Connie plays the song "Best Friends Are the Best Lovers" backwards to reveal the hidden message "Eat the ass of awesome Santa". There are numerous urban legends related to backmasking in songs, alleging various wild claims, such as hearing John Lennon say "I Buried Paul" when "Strawberry Fields Forever" is played backwards.
- There is a cover of Best Friends Make the Best Lovers - Cast Version by Margo Price that plays in the credits.