There's no more fun way to spend Valentine's Day than with a very special episode of "Big Mouth".

Nick Kroll is an empire builder. He has long been one of the funniest people in Hollywood …Kroll Show lives in GIF format nearly four years after the end of his series, as it rightly should – but my God has he reached a new pantheon of grandeur with Big mouth, an animated and entertaining series of Netflix about a group of seven years entering puberty that, two seasons later, is filmed for the best comedy currently broadcast.

Big mouth This is not the first animated series to rely on the most exciting moments of life to laugh, but it's always the best to ride the line between, say, literal bading pillow and real, authentic heat. It's a credit for Kroll himself, who has long been adept at occupying both worlds at once without feeling sincere. We saw it in his underrated and underestimated performance of NBC, which has disappeared but has not been forgotten. Parks and Recreation in shock of Howard "The Shower" Tuttleman, a … well, a handbag of a character on the surface who – seen the time of day – had brains, manners and gravitas to spare.

This balance keeps Big mouth-Who's coming back today with a spectacular 42-minute Valentine's Day episode, entitled "My Furry Valentine" – an example of unprecedented excellence unfolding before our eyes. This is a crutch to say Big mouth is the show we need right now, but it's also true. It oscillates between a deep fascination for and the utmost respect for total badual absurdism – the aforementioned affection of a pillow for cushions above all – and more anchored and relatable moments of pre-emptive stress. Teen with ease.

"My Furry Valentine" is preparing for the moment when the second season of the show ends and focuses vaguely on a few deeply mortifiant). There is (finally!) An apt story for Matthew of Andrew Rannells, the only gay boy in the school (he thinks) while he's struggling to make fun of the vacations in question ; there is Jessi (Jessi Klein, with a tight heart) who is still dealing with her mother's baduality (and her relationship with Cantor Dina Reznick); Jay (Jason Mantzoukas, still on site) juggles with two relationships (with pillows: a man and a woman), trying to satisfy them while enjoying both.

Then there are the two "tracks" of the series – in that no matter who on the series can be considered completely in the center and center; Big mouth is a rare species of comedy that lets breathe and build its backstory, even in his most tertiary character room: Andrew and Nick, who each have their own demon to face in "My Furry Valentine". Nick spends the episode fighting and coming to terms with his hormone monstrosity, Connie (Maya Rudolph).

But it's Andrew's story that will make your skin crawl. All Big mouthThe pre-adolescent hormonal characters do stupid things that you too surely That's what you did when you were a child, but seeing these horrors happen again in real time, it's like having a mirror held in check against your own traumatic lapses. Throughout the episode, Andrew (John Mulaney, human anxiety realized aloud) groped to try to defeat his crush on Missy (Jenny Slate). This is going as planned, but also, somehow, worse? It also involves a Kangol hat, a fierce accusation (another wheelchair student, a Missy vibrates, can actually walk), and some very embarrbading bursts of toxic masculinity. The scenario ends with a rage of rage unfailing (and some light crackles that, yes, it's really an animated comedy) that does not cause any blow.

And then, sometimes, the camera moves back and frames the scene from the point of view of a nauseating ladybug (also expressed by Kroll), acting absurdly when you think about it, like the role of the public, badyzing the micro moments and refract them through some of Big mouthThe funniest jokes ("Oh, they talk & # 39; butt bad, "the insect says only four minutes in the episode.) This is Big mouth for you, constantly performing on all planes. It is no surprise that Netflix has quickly renewed the show for a third season, and it is no wonder that its audience is so dedicated to each of its movements. "My Furry Valentine" is more or less the same, and in this case, it is the best of all possible worlds.