Tiffany Haddish made history with her hosting stint. How did the show go? Onto the review.
Roy Moore & Jeff Sessions (cold open): No Alec Baldwin this week, and that's probably for the better. We see Mikey Day as Roy Moore talking to VP Pence (Bennett), which didn't really seem to fit. But then Kate McKinnon's Jeff Sessions comes out from under the "cabinet" to have a heart to heart with Moore. This was better, but SNL still is having a cold open problem when it comes to politics overall. (7.0)
Monologue: Tiffany Haddish was very endearing in this monologue. You could tell how she's quickly becoming a house-hold name. Her bit on re-wearing her dress was perfect. (8.6)
Tournament Fighter: This would be a common theme, Tiffany playing a solid character, but with the overall material not quite being there. (6.9)
Lion King Auditions (short): These screen test pieces are usually only good for getting cast members to get to do whatever random impersonations they can think of. That being said, Heidi Gardner as Kristen Schaal was amazing and spot-on. (7.1)
Message From The DNC: This was maybe their best political bit yet, trotting out "Senators Feinstein & Schumer and company" in a PSA on how the Democrats are now back. And unlike last week, Larry David returned with a useful Bernie Sanders appearance. (7.5)
Beck & Kyle (short): I'm loving this continuity within SNL of this Leslie Jones love triangle with Colin Jost and Kyle Mooney. Beck is trying to get him back, so he plans a switch with Jost at a masquerade ball. The biggest moment of this though was Jost getting "airplane'd" by punches. (8.5)
(Taylor Swift): (7.5)
Weekend Update: Colin started off with a perfect line on how it feels like right now; "better to stay inside, as its 20 degrees out and everyone's a sex monster".
Cecily Strong had a perfect character in "Claire from HR". This got across the point on how this isn't just a Hollywood or political problem, but an everyday workplace problem.
Then Kenan Thompson seemingly had a blast playing Lavar Ball, hocking more shoes. (7.6)
The Last Black Unicorn: (6.7)
Get Woke with Tamika: (4.0)
The Dolphin Who learned To Speak (short): (6.0)
(Taylor Swift): (7.6)
Whiskers R We: This recurring sketch returned. These are always fun, and this time the cats revolted. First they were trying to jump out of the pen, which Tiffany recovered well from. And then a hairless cat attacked Kate. The reactions were just perfect. (8.0)
Tiffany Haddish brought a lot of fun energy to this show, though the material wasn't quite there...especially in the post Update portion of the show. (7.15)
Ryan Gosling: 7.63
Kumali Nanjiani: 7.48
Tiffany Haddish: 7.15
Larry David: 7.14
Gal Gadot: 7.08
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