American Households (Cold Open): A rarity this week with a solid political cold open. As we've seen over the years, a solid political cold open usually comes when it goes outside the box. We get a look at 3 families, one pro-trump, one anti-trump, and a household led by Kenan that was ground down into realism and skepticism that anything will fundamentally change in this current political climate. It's certainly a 180 turn from SNL's 2016 coverage where they made it seem like it was a given that Clinton would win.
Children's Clothing Ad: I could certainly envision this segment being in future SNL christmas specials. It's just so relatable, about the struggles of trying to dress children for the holiday season, and just the winter in general. There were so many small moments in this 2 or so minute piece that could have easily been drawn out into their own sketches.
Hot Tub Christmas: This sketch was just so bizarre, but I enjoyed it. A couple interacts with "christmas ghosts" (who happened to be strippers) in a hot tub. Cecily Strong and Scarlett had a lot of chemistry in this piece.
This was an episode where most of the live pieces never really hit. The taped shorts, from "Children's Clothing Ad" (as mentioned), to "A Conway Marriage Story" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa". We were bound for a sort of average show like this, and we should certainly see an uptick next week with Eddie Murphy. (6.97)
David Harbour: 7.78
Phoebe Waller-Bridge: 7.52
Jennifer Lopez: 7.49
Kristen Stewart: 7.45
Harry Styles: 7.38
Woody Harrelson: 7.34
Woody Harrelson: 7.34
Will Ferrell: 7.21
Chance The Rapper: 6.98
Scarlett Johansson: 6.97
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