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Last week,SNLappealed to the teens by inviting Billie Eilish to be the musical guest.
The acclaim given to Waller-BridgesFleabag,including the three Emmys she recently won, is entirely deserved.
(And not for nothing, Waller-Bridge is also the mind behind the Emmy-winning psycho-hunter dramedyKilling Eve.)
And Waller-Bridge did not disappoint.
As usual, this weeks sketches are presented here in order from best to worst.
Weekend Update
This impressively long Update starts with talk of Trumps impeachment.
Che simply wonders, Are we sure its okay to make fun of this guy?
(Let me just skip Wisconsin and change my name to Emails Benghazi while Im at it.)
The most exciting bit of this segment is the revelation of Bowen Yang as Chinese trade rep Chen Biao.
Its a smart and funny idea thats incredibly well-played especially in the perfect little asides by Thompson and Nwodim.
And my most exciting boyfriend wrote nothing but was both.
Yes, she also talks about theFleabagcharacter Hot Priest, and the horn-storm he created.
Or a few Ferris Bueller jokes?
While William carries on in purple prose, his wife is frustratingly terse.
As its 1944, Lydia also manages to party with Hitler.
Thompson, as usual, does the yeomans work as long-suffering straight man.
Waller-Bridges dialogue is almost impenetrable, and pushes both McKinnon and Bryant to the breaking point.
The angle of the sketch is nothing new, but it hits all the right notes.
That says it all.
As likable and adept at physical comedy as Thompson is, the jokes are pretty broad.
(See: Robinson knighting the first black American, Sir Mix-a-Lot.)
She writes great material on her own and makes the writers stuff shine.
Surely, shell be back.
