Sunday, October 25, 2026

SNL Reviews: Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B (1/31/26)

This is the 1000th episode of the series!!!!! I’m sure it’s gonna be a disappointment, but you never know…


Cold Open: ICE Meeting

Tom Homan meets with ICE agents.

• Another Pete Davidson cameo? Who is this for????

• At least there’s no Trump or Hegseth in this one.

• Dumb meta joke where Mikey’s character says he should be on Wild n’ Out.

• There’s a lot of potential jokes you can mine out of this situation, but SNL doesn’t seem to want to try. 

• I chuckled at the Don Lemon joke.

• Now Pete is cracking up at himself. I take it he had a few puffs before the show?

• Another bland, confusing cold open that has no idea what it’s trying to say.


Monologue

Alexander celebrates the 1000th episode and talks to the members of the SNL band.

• Ah, so they are bringing up the fact that this is the 1000th episode.

• I like how he’s going to talk to the band members. That never happens!

• Rare Lenny Pickett speaking appearance!

• Alexander is so obviously not playing the sax that it’s kind of funny.

• I think that might be my favorite monologue of the year!


Sketch: Mom Confession

A mom confesses changing her mind about Trump.

• Alexander’s look and voice as the dad is pretty funny. I honestly thought it was Andrew at first.

• Ashley is slowly becoming this cast’s equivalent to Kristen Wiig in that she’s taking all the lead roles away.

• I don’t really like how much Ashley has started to rely on screaming as of late.

• I don’t quite know what to think of this so far…but I don’t think I like it.

• As talented as Ashley is, I think she kind of missed the mark with this one. It’s way too slow and has too much shouting.



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