Mating Season: raccoon in copulatory tie
The first episode of Mating Season features Nick Kroll's raccoon character stuck in a copulatory tie with Sarah Silverman's skunk after a one-night stand.
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Jun 1, 2026
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Raccoons, Black Voice, & Building the Mating Season Universe
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Kroll has a documented history with raccoons: they appear in Oh, Hello, in Big Mouth, and now as the lead character in Mating Season. The night before table reads began, a raccoon sat in his backyard and refused to be dislodged by tennis balls, which Kroll interpreted as the raccoon community demanding respect. [1] — Nick Kroll "Mating Season opens with Nick Kroll's raccoon character stuck in a copulatory tie with Sarah Silverman's skunk after a one-night stand — ph…" 50:15 The show's first episode establishes the tone immediately: Ray the raccoon has a one-night stand with a skunk (voiced by Sarah Silverman), and the two become stuck in a copulatory tie — biologically unable to separate. The comedy that follows is both explicitly physical and emotionally grounded, exploring what happens when your one-night stand literally cannot leave. Bert provides the most detailed audience response in the room, calling out specific scenes — the lesbian truffle hunt, the Gay Moose coming-out reveal — as evidence that the show is measuring its dirty content against emotional truth exactly the way Big Mouth did.
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Mating Season: Animals Dating, One-Night Stands, and Copulatory Ties
Mating Season opens with Nick Kroll's raccoon character stuck in a copulatory tie with Sarah Silverman's skunk after a one-night stand — physically unable to separate, facing the classic 'what happens when a one-night stand won't leave?' scenario. The show uses animal relationships to explore love, community, and abundance versus scarcity in ways that land both as huge laughs and genuine emotion.
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