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Season 1 – Mating Season

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Bring out the animal within to unleash your natural instincts in the pursuit of true love.
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Mating Season — Season 1

Mating Season — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Nick Kroll takes what he learned in Big Mouth and leads his adult animated fare outside to examine a wilder yet still funny pursuit of love, just in time for Mating Season.

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Rendy Jones Autostraddle Jun 9
Beneath the chaotic, gross-out hyperbolic insanity, the show occasionally pierces with an uncomfortably realistic sting in how these characters handle impasses in their intimate relationships Go to Full Review
Chris Vognar Boston Globe Jun 2
Mating Season will never be confused for sophisticated comedy, but it is consistently funny... It feels like something written by adults, for adults -- perhaps not the most high-minded adults, but grown-ups nonetheless. Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News May 28
3/4
Episodes mine comedy gold and will make you shoot water out of your nose at least once. But underneath its potty-mouthed humor, it’s sweet, accentuating how true-blue friendships can help each other survive the calamities of the dating and mating scene. Go to Full Review
Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media Jun 2
2/5
Mating Season relies heavily on crudely hypersexualizing animal mating rituals to get a laugh, but lacks the sharp writing necessary to keep it from becoming a running gag that consistently falls flat. Go to Full Review
Joel Keller Decider May 26
Mating Season has a couple of chuckleworthy moments in the first episode, but it’s trying too hard to be “adult” to give the characters a chance to develop. Go to Full Review
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Sakke K @Retrodouche 1d Very raunchy humor with the focus more on the jokes than characters and plot. Definitely not for everyone but if it works it works. See more Zack F @RT86648605 5d if your a fan of big mouth then you will find hilarious See more Bettye H @Bett784 Jun 14 This show is awful. Loved his two past projects but this show is bafflingly unfunny. The art style is ugly and every joke circles back to the fact they're animals. See more Devin B. @ObXessed_n3 Jun 7 I was extremely disappointed by Mating Season. It felt like a low-effort cash grab rather than a genuinely creative project. Coming from the team behind Big Mouth, I expected much more. What made Big Mouth work was that, beneath all the crude humor, there were interesting characters and meaningful storylines. Mating Season, on the other hand, felt overly focused on sex jokes without much substance to back them up. The comedy felt cheap, the plot development was weak, and most of the characters seemed surface-level. Instead of building engaging stories, the show seemed to rely on shock value and repetitive sexual humor. Overall, it was a major letdown and a missed opportunity from a creative team that has done much better work in the past. See more Sam W @RT31415915 Jun 6 I like this so it’s actually pretty funny way better then big mouth, can’t wait for a second season See more Air B @RT88506760 May 29 The series started terribly with its first 3 episodes; everything revolves around sex, which is to be expected given the creator's sense of humor. As the series progresses, it becomes more "decent," but that's all it is; it doesn't stand out in any way. There are 2 or 3 episodes that are actually very good, but other than that, the rest are just sex and animals. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 22, 2026 The Copulatory Tie Josh wakes up late from hibernation to find his longtime girlfriend has moved on; Fawn tries dating an older stag; Ray gets himself stuck inside a skunk. Details Episode 2 Aired May 22, 2026 The Dating Sites Ray urges a nervous Josh to get back out on the dating scene; Fawn plays Penelope's wing-deer to help her pick up girls at the Beaver Dam. Details Episode 3 Aired May 22, 2026 The Lull Josh steals his dad's stash of horny goat weed to help Ray keep it up; Penelope consults a psychic; Fawn dates a moose who won't make the first move. Details Episode 4 Aired May 22, 2026 The Truth About Canada A flashback reveals Penelope's brush with forbidden love, Fawn's frustrating attempts to cohabitate and the moment the two first became friends. Details Episode 5 Aired May 22, 2026 The Hot Mess Josh is on guard when Ray's deadbeat mom pops into town to throw him a party; Fawn celebrates her freedom and Penelope learns how to do the thing. Details Episode 6 Aired May 22, 2026 The Horse Who Loved Me While Penelope and Fawn take Zeke to The Boneyard to sow his wild oats, Josh goes out with a well-heeled horse who's running from her past. Details Episode 7 Aired May 22, 2026 The Polycule A pair of polyamorous marmots pull Penelope into a throuple; Fawn hits it off with a cute bobcat and Ray takes Josh to an orgy with too many rules. Details Episode 8 Aired May 22, 2026 The Passion of Raynal Skidski Ray falls in love with a schoolteacher while Fawn dates a bro-goat from hell; Josh and Penelope try living as platonic partners. Details Episode 9 Aired May 22, 2026 The All-Nighter Penelope plans a cozy night in for a heartbroken Ray, but he wants a wild night out; Fawn runs into her ex; Josh finds trouble with a tempting mink. Details Episode 10 Aired May 22, 2026 The Wolf Wedding The friends leave the forest to crash Dylan's wedding when Fawn admits she still has feelings for him; will the truth come out or is it too late? Details

Season Info

Director
Anthony Lioi, Ross Bradley, Henrique Jardim, Alex Salyer
Creator
Nick Kroll, Jennifer Flackett
Executive Producer
Antonio Canobbio
Screenwriter
Laurie Magers, Victor Quinaz, Anna Drezen, Peter Kelly
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Comedy, Romance, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 22, 2026