‘Big Mouth’ Creators Take Their Signature Raunch to the Animal Kingdom With Follow-Up ‘Mating Season’: TV Review

By Alison Herman

Alison Herman

TV Critic

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Late in the first season of the Netflix animated comedy “Mating Season,” the protagonists — beta bear Josh (Zach Woods), randy raccoon Ray (Nick Kroll), Sapphic fox Penelope (Sabrina Jalees) and single deer Fawn (June Diane Raphael) — gather on the couch to watch “MiceFlix.” (Is the concept even a feeble attempt at a pun? No! It’s literally two mice in a box.) The foursome are disgusted to find themselves watching “some show called ‘Big Mouse,’” in which a horny beast urges children to do unspeakable things. “They should arrest whoever made this,” Josh sighs.

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