The Trump impeachment hearings get a soap opera twist in order to keep bored Americans watching.
• Random Jon Hamm cameo because WHY THE FUCK NOT?!??? Why couldn’t they get him to host?
• Kate McKinnon plays a man for the FIFTH EPISODE IN A ROW!!!! Talk about overkill!
• Bennett’s frog-faced take on McConnell is back. Still not funny.
• Kenan’s appearance as Myles Garrett saves things by assaulting Giuliani with his football helmet.
1.5/5
Monologue
Harry Styles plays the piano while taking the time to stop and muse about a few things.
• I went into this episode expecting the worst from Styles, but he ended up winning me over with his charming performance in this monologue.
• I got a huge laugh when he said SNL hasn’t been funny since the cast stopped using cocaine.
3.5/5
Sketch: Lunch Run
An overeager intern (Styles) decides to get Popeyes chicken sandwiches for the entire office.
• One of the dumbest sketches I have ever seen. The main joke of the sketch got old very fast, and the “twist” at the end that this was supposed to be a parody of Jordan Peele’s Get Out fell flat on its face.
0/5
Short Film: Doug
Aidy Bryant sings a song about her dog, Doug.
• Another musical short, but this one was surprisingly good. Aidy has a nice singing voice, and the voice she was using in this one was funny.
• I loved the part where she clarifies that she doesn’t have sex with her dog, followed by the word “sex” appearing on screen and getting crossed out. Something about the sound effect in that part made me laugh for some reason.
• And then the dog randomly morphs into Harry Styles to sing a few lines. This was extremely out of nowhere, but I won’t deny that it made me laugh.
4/5
Sketch: Childbirth Class
Two Icelandic parents (Styles and Heidi Gardner) brag about how well they’ve been raising their unborn child.
• Something about this one made me feel uncomfortable. I guess I don’t like the fact that they’re treating pregnancy as a big joke.
• In addition, this is also a “funny accent” sketch, so, not only is it a pain to watch, but it’s also a pain to listen to!
• I did NOT need to see Gardner shaking her ass.
0/5
Sketch: Airline Pilots
Two pilots (Styles and Mikey Day) have a raunchy conversation that the entire plane can hear.
• More bland and overused sex jokes. Why can’t this show come up with material that isn’t about sex, dicks, poop, or farts anymore?
• Bowen Yang’s quest to become the Asian Terry Sweeney continues as he plays his record 8,578th gay character. Come on, SNL, give this guy something else to do!
1/5
Short Film: That’s the Game
A gang member (Chris Redd) plans a mutiny against his boss (Kenan Thompson) that doesn’t go as planned.
• Yawn, another boring-ass short film.
0/5
Musical Performance: “Lights Up”
Weekend Update (featuring Jeff Sessions and Scooter Reinholdt)
• Blah blah blah, orange man bad, Giuliani bad, Republicans bad.
• Michael Che actually made me laugh when he said that all white supremacists should look like Colin Jost.
• UGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! Kate McKinnon’s creepy take on Jeff Sessions is brought out of the mothballs. This makes it her SIXTH drag role this season, and the second one in this episode alone!
• As usual, the dumb “lol he’s inbred” jokes terrified me more than they amused me. I hope this is the last we ever see of this impression.
• Side note: I was disappointed that they didn’t make a Debbie Downer reference when she brought up feline AIDS. “Meooowww-meoooowww!”
• Kyle Mooney debuts a character called “Scooter Reinholdt”. I can see why they don’t give him more desk commentaries because this was awful.
1/5
Note: After Update, a dedication is shown for former NBC exec Rick Ludwin, the man responsible for taking a chance on Seinfeld and giving it a slot on the schedule.
Sketch: Sara Lee
The manager of Sara Lee’s Instagram account (Styles) is confronted by his superiors after some odd activity on the account.
• This was cut from Season 44’s John Mulaney episode.
• For a sketch about something as benign as Sara Lee, I was not expecting this to turn into a “LOL GAY” sketch.
• Somehow, James Anderson had nothing to do with the writing of this. The actual writers were Julio Torres and Bowen Yang. Ah, now that explains why it’s about gay stuff!
• This felt like a rip-off of that Barbie Instagram sketch from a couple seasons ago. That one was actually funny, while this one makes me want to kill myself.
0/5
Sketch: Baby Faye and her Newsboys
Vaudeville performers have outgrown their old act.
• Nothing too offensive here. It’s not funny at all, but at least there’s some nice choreography.
2/5
Musical Performance: “Watermelon Sugar”
Sketch: Funeral DJs
Two DJs try to spice things up at a funeral.
• A pretty ballsy idea for a sketch, and it actually works. I think Bronwyn Douwsma brought up on her SNL blog that funerals seem to make for good sketches, and I’d have to agree with her.
• Chris Redd’s “Rest in Peace, bitch!” was the best line of the night. I also liked his deep-voiced “Because your grandma’s dead” right before launching into a dubstep tune.
4/5
Final thoughts: Styles was better than I thought he would be. This episode was a HUGE step up from the dismal Kristen Stewart episode that preceded it and the horrendous Will Ferrell episode that followed it.
Best sketches: Monologue, Doug, Funeral DJs
Worst sketches: Lunch Run, Childbirth Class, That’s the Game, Sara Lee
Next review: Jennifer Lopez/DaBaby
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