Ah, remember October 2015? In fact, political jokes on Schumers first episodemostly revolved around who wouldreplace House Speaker John Boehner. For those who arent fans ofSNLs politics, this weeks Mothers Day episode offered a reprieve. Credit: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images If youre a fan of Schumers comedy, this monologue will land for you. If not, eight minutes can feel like an eternity. Blessed be the parody: Handmaids in the City Praise be!...

(That is, of course, when he wasnt breaking and cracking up on air.) Hader segued into what he does best: sketches. (The closeup of Rosas picture got one of the biggest laughs of the entire episode.) Credit: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images (Its a role Haderbriefly playedon last yearsWeekend Update: Summer Edition). Im the fidget spinner of the Trump White House, he explained gleefully. If youre not watching their IFC spoof seriesDocumentary Now,youre missing out....

Boseman certainly managed that. Boseman busted a genuine move on stage. I loveSNLs willingness to satirize superheroes for their inattention to poor people (rememberChance the Rappers Batman sketch? Credit: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images I dont think you have spent much time in America. But even TChalla knows you shouldnt trust a white womans unseasoned potato salad. She only popped up in one short, but it was a memorable one....

He even reinvigorated the tired trope of the opening monologue musical number. Cold Open Alec Baldwin’s appearances as Donald TrumpdefinedSNLlast season. But Day and Moffat more than carried the sketch on their own. Credit: Will Heath/NBC (Notably, of the six faces displayed when Jost delivered the joke, two Louis C.K. Jokes about other issues were similarly strong. “That’s how expensive healthcare is,” Jost said. Sessions also referred to a “childhood trauma”: the passage of the Civil Rights Act....

Due to the Winter Olympics,Saturday Night Livewas off for an entire month. Cold Open The episode began with a take onAnderson Cooper 360, a.k.a. “But instead, we’ll hear from Donald Trump.” Credit: NBC “No one is allowed to have a gun not even whites,” he declares. “I can only run into so many schools and save everybody.” Baldwin’s Trump then addressed the departure of White House communications director Hope Hicks....

Here are the highlights. What ensues was a tour of Trumps cronies, featuring many surprising faces. Martin Short cameoed asDr. Credit: Will Heath/NBC All of that was perfectly fine and gave us a few laughs. The bulk of his very charming and self-deprecating monologue was dedicated to his multi-hyphenate status. What makes this sketch so fantastic is how specific it is. after seeing Wests signed MAGA hat. The entire bit captured the truly WTF nature of Wests recent media storm, including hiscontroversial TMZ interview....

Its just a witch hunt, the group sings to close out the number (and the sketch). And were all witches! Such as, Ms. Foy? Credit: Will Heath/NBC InFirst Man, I had to play Ryan Goslings wife because nobody else wanted to do it! Jost asked the audience, referring to Melanias now-infamous blood-red Christmas trees lining the White House halls. It was Che, however, who landed a so-simple-its-genius joke that registered as the segments funniest....

There were a few that stood out, but overall, this was another mediocre outing forSNL. Musical guest Gary Clark Jr. also did fine work in his two performances. The guy plays a mean guitar. Credit: Will Heath/NBC It was pretty dull stuff, limply lampooning the president’s Rose Garden speech announcing the state of emergency. When the sketch ended, I found myself wondering, “Was that it?” That would turn out to be a recurring theme over the course of the night....

Emma Thompsonhad never hostedSaturday Night Livebefore? Not in 1993, when she won the Oscar and every other film award forHowards End? Not in 2003, when she stoleLove Actuallyfrom her multitude of costars? Credit: Will Heath/NBC Not in any of those years when she was amusing/terrifying us as Nanny McPhee or Sybill Trelawney? No, she had not. to bring Thompson to Studio 8H. Unfortunately the beloved thespianand, since November, Dame Commander of the British Empire was given little to do....

Read on for a running recap of the show, as it happened. He can: “Nice horns, gives good advice.") “It was a decent job, I made some great contacts. Credit: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images By which I mean I sold weed.” But eventually, the right audition came along: a small pilot for a show calledThe Wire. And then came the glorious series of events that led to this beautiful suit on our television screens....

Its a bad sign when multiple bits in a givenSaturday Night Liveepisode lean on the hosts accent. In between the disappointing comedy, Meek Mill turned in a pair of strong musical performances. Points for McAvoys fabulous kilt, though. Credit: Rosalind O’Connor/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Best Sketch: The U.E.S. Oh, Leslie Jones when shes working with good material, theres nobody who brings more joy toSNLthese days. I thought that by 50 Id be broke or dead, goes one verse....

Jason Momoa has so much screen presence. That said, its a good thing he didnt. (Who else would makea video diarywhile trying to put together a solid show?) Credit: Will Heath/NBC In other words, hes always,alwaysgame. (And maybe a singleAquaman-related sketch so Momoa could shout my man live? I guess thats just me…) Here are the highlights. Cold Open Alec Baldwindidnt pay Studio 8H another visit this week, but Robert De Niro did....

Do you hear the lobster scream? Screaming the scream of scalding flames? Some of the brightest stars to come out ofSaturday Night Livenever got any screen time. Credit: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images John Mulaney is one such writer. But if the general reaction to his hosting announcement was a mix of shocked delight and uh, who? You spend a lot of your day telling a robot that youre not a robot, he says....