Best Friends Make the Best Lovers

**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 Hate Worm. 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
* Sonya
* Ali
* Nick Birch
* Walter
* Missy Foreman-Greenwald
* Rochelle
* Andrew Glouberman
* DeVon
* Maury
* Simon Sex
* Jay Bilzerian
* Charles Lu

### Minor Roles

* Gina Alvarez
* Lump Humpman
* Rick
* Coach Steve
* Lola Skumpy
* Caleb
* 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)

## Trivia

* As of this episode, the month of December has 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 moniker "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.
* 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 starts a rumor of Jessi and Ali hooking up in prison in "The Green-Eyed Monster".

### 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.