Re-New Year's Eve is the tenth and final episode of Season 5 of Big Mouth as well as the New Year's special and also the season finale. It is the fifty-first episode, overall.
Synopsis[]
When Devin and DeVon throw a New Year's Party to renew their wedding vows, Nick, Andrew, Jessi, Jay, Missy, and even Lola all see this as an opportunity to make amends with the people they've wronged and start off 2019 with a clean slate. However, this is gunna be a problem for Nick as his hate worm, Walter goes awry and takes him into the Monster World with him, where he meets a familiar face.
Plot[]
Devin and Devon throw a "Re-New Year's Eve" party to celebrate their getting back together and the new year. Nick, his leg still in a cast, blames Walter for ruining his life and fights him, during which both are transported to the Monster World. Andrew and Maury travel to the Monster World to recover Nick. Nick makes his way to the Complaints Department and asks to speak to "whoever is in charge," leading to a meeting with Nick Kroll (co-creator of Big Mouth, Nick's voice actor, and essentially the "grown-up, real-life" him). Kroll tells Nick that "your monsters are you" and that Nick is in charge of his own behavior, as well as reminds Nick of his loving family and friends. Nick and Andrew reunite and express their platonic love for one another, and Walter appears, reborn in his original Love Bug form. Missy continues to be dominated by her Hate Worm Rochelle and remains in her room, with her fearful parents being repeatedly overwhelmed by her hateful rants. Missy's cousin Quinta later videocalls her and offers an apology for the events of "Thanksgiving," and Missy (with the help of her Hormone Monster Mona) begins to escape Rochelle's grip. Jessi ponders Missy's recent actions and reflects on her own recent dismissive attitude toward Missy. She later visits Missy and offers an apology, which Missy accepts despite Rochelle's protests. Missy then re-embraces her "dorkiness" and re-expresses her love for those around her, including Mona and Rochelle, causing the latter to be reborn as a Love Bug. Matthew angrily breaks up with Jay after he takes them for a joyride in his car and causes several accidents. Lola experiences deep remorse for her treatment of Jay. At Devin and Devon's party, several apologies are made: Missy apologizes to Ali and Jessi, Nick apologizes to Jessi, and Lola apologizes to Jay. Lola attempts to reignite her relationship with Jay, but Matthew arrives and professes his liking for Jay. Jay chooses Matthew, leaving Lola to storm out in tears. Several of the show's monsters watch on as the children celebrate the new year, expressing happiness at the children's various progresses throughout the year.
Characters[]
Major Roles[]
- Nick Birch
- Andrew Glouberman
- Jessi Glaser
- Jay Bilzerian
- Missy Foreman-Greenwald
- Matthew MacDell
- Maury
- Connie
- Rick
- Mona
- Walter
- Rochelle
- Sonya
- Devin LeSeven
- DeVon
- Lola Skumpy
- Ali
- Nick Kroll
Minor Roles[]
- Monica Foreman-Greenwald
- Cyrus Foreman-Greenwald
- Shame Wizard
- Knights of St. Joseph
- Quinta Foreman
- Coach Steve
- Receptionist
- Adolf Hitler
- Fairies
- Elliot Birch (Cameo)
- Dickpop (Cameo)
- Tyler (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Ponytail Killer (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Tito the Anxiety Mosquito (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Bill Lumbergh (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Gina Alvarez (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Charles Lu (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Lump Humpman (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Mila Jansen (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Lotte Jansen (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Caleb (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Lars (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Lena Foreman (Mentioned)
- Diane Birch (Mentioned)
Trivia[]
- This episode is the New Year's special.
- Maury gets to write his own jokes but very quickly loses that privilege.
- Jay drives his pants car.
- Nick meets his real-life self, Nick Kroll.
- The Ponytail Killer makes his first on-screen appearance, where part of his face is shown during the car accident caused by Jay. After the car crashed, a victim with a severed ponytail escapes the car and screams out to everyone in the streets that he knows the true identity of The Ponytail Killer but he gets run over and killed before he can reveal his identity.
- Missy destroys Rochelle with love and turns her into a love bug, ending the reign of her hate worm persona.
- Coach Steve is a pumpkin with seeds and orange spaghetti in his brains.
- Jay dumps Lola officially and starts a new relationship with Matthew.
Continuity[]
- Devin and DeVon renew their wedding vows at their New Year's Wedding party, following their wedding in "I Fucking Hate You".
- Nick's leg is still broken after he tried skiing the black diamond in "Sugarbush".
- Missy says that Cyrus wears his radish bra, referencing to a joke from "Girls Are Angry Too".
- The Shame Wizard reminds Jessi of the time she was a bitch to Missy in "Lovebugs".
- Quinta calls in to apologize for Missy for how things went down on Thanksgiving in "Thanksgiving".
- The girls all admire Andrew's fat ass, which he first inflated in "The Shane Lizard Rises".
- Missy apologizes for kicking Ali's ass in "I Fucking Hate You".
- Nick apologizes to Jessi for being a dick to her in "Best Friends Make the Best Lovers".
- Lola apologizes to Jay for exposing his magic tricks via child porn in "I Fucking Hate You".
Cultural References[]
- Maury has threesomes with Jay Leno and Mavis Leno.
- Maury always thought he was voiced by Will Arnett of the other Netflix original, BoJack Horseman.