Sugarbush is the ninth episode of Season 5 of Big Mouth. It is the fiftieth episode, overall.
Synopsis[]
The Birch Family goes on Christmas vacation to the Sugarbush ski resort, where Leah and Val share a room to have sex, much to the reservations of Diane, who, unlike Elliot doesn't believe their daughter is ready to have sex yet.
Plot[]
The Birch family plus Andrew and Val Bilzerian go on a ski trip to Sugarbush Resort. Leah Birch plans to lose her virginity to Val and does so on the first night of the trip, though she finds the experience awkward and unsatisfying. However, after some words of wisdom from Diane, Elliot, and Bonnie (Leah's Hormone Monster), Leah and Val openly communicate about what arouses them and have increasingly better experiences. Diane and Elliot are mutually uncomfortable about the situation, leading to marital strife, but they eventually communicate and reconcile. Andrew meets a fellow ski novice named Bernadette "Bernie" Sanders and the two immediately hit it off. All the while, Nick remains heavily under the influence of his Hate Worm Walter, and later breaks his leg while attempting to ski down a black diamond slope at night and triggers an avalanche. He is rescued by Judd, but the avalanche interrupts Diane and Elliot's makeup sex, stops Andrew from getting to second base with Bernie, interrupts Leah and Val mid-coitus, and interrupts Maury's threesome with Connie and Bonnie. As a result, Nick gets chewed out by everyone for his actions. Meanwhile, Matthew commits to cleaning up a depressed, magic-less Jay and eventually admits his feelings for Jay, leading to the two making out.
Characters[]
Major Roles[]
- Nick Birch
- Andrew Glouberman
- Walter
- Leah Birch
- Val Bilzerian
- Bonnie
- Maury
- Elliot Birch
- Diane Birch
- Bernie Sanders
- Jay Bilzerian
- Matthew MacDell
Minor Roles[]
- Judd Birch
- Connie
- Lola Skumpy
- Kimberly MacDell
- Edward MacDell
- Abandoned Couch
- Rick
- Bedbugs (Cameo)
- Brittany MacDell (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Steven Van Zandt (Pictured)
Trivia[]
- It's revealed that Leah has a hormone monster, Bonnie, who happens to be the twin sister of Connie.
- Bonnie and Connie are gemini twins who were born 69ing.
- Andrew needs to sleep with a pediatric CPAP machine, when sleeping at high altitudes such as on top of the mountains of Sugarbush or else he'll choke himself to death.
- Leah and Val lose their virginities to each other.
- Andrew has a white wallet.
- Val apparently drives an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle).
- Maury has a tattoo on his ass of Jay and Matthew kissing.
- Missy, Jessi, and Coach Steve do not appear in this episode.
- Connie and Bonnie put their dad in a retirement home.
- Bonnie and Connie have an incestuous relationship with each other and they let Maury join in for a three way.
- The last thing Maury will ever do before he dies is smoke crack.
Continuity[]
- Val and Leah's relationship from "Thanksgiving" is continued into sex.
- Lola Skumpy is now legally classified as a sexual offender for sending out child pornography in "I Fucking Hate You".
- Jay gets kicked out of his magic club after being exposed for revealing his tricks in "I Fucking Hate You".
- Andrew's school ID has the updated mascot logo of Steven Van Zandt in the background, after it was changed in "Best Friends Make the Best Lovers".
Cultural References[]
- Bernie Sanders jokes about the Kennedy Curse, which effected everyone in the family of John F. Kennedy, explaining why all of the family members died in such tragic ways.
- Bernadette Sanders' nickname, "Bernie Sanders" is a reference to very Jewish 2016/2020 presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders.
- There are jokes in the episode that refer to the Vermont Senator.
- The Birch Family plays Monopoly with Andrew, Bernie, and Val.
- Diane can be seen reading the book You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein, the voice of Jessi Glaser.
- The episode's soundtrack frequently uses a musical motif from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
- The Netflix subtitles refer to this piece of music as "dramatic musical sting" and "dramatic classical music".
- This motif plays during the second time that Val and Leah have sex, which is visually represented as figure skating. This may be a reference to the song's frequent use in competitive figure skating.