Overall Thoughts On the Season: Season 46 as a whole was a disappointing season to both watch and review. While thankfully the season didn’t eventually turn out to be the disaster season that many fans (including me) feared it would become. This season, as a whole, had WAY too many flops and several episodes that …
May 22, 2021 – Anya Taylor-Joy / Lil Nas X (S46 E20)
Cold Opening - What I Remember About This Year (*sigh*) I'm going to miss reviewing this season, despite its problems, it helped me grow as a reviewer, and I enjoyed some of its episodes more upon a rewatch. Right of the gate, you could notice that the audience is much larger, as this is the …
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May 15, 2021 – Keegan-Michael Key / Olivia Rodrigo (S46 E19)
Cold Open - A Message From Dr. Anthony Fauci Surprisingly, I do recall enjoying this open back when it aired.A very promising concept for this cold open, with reenactments of different COVID scenarios.Beck is giving me laughs from his demeanor here.You could tell some of the cast members are theatre majors, or at least were …
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May 8, 2021 – Elon Musk / Miley Cyrus (S46 E18)
Cold Opening - Mother’s Day Message An interesting opening with Miley standing on the home base stage. A lovely song by Miley, but how is it related to mothers in any way? Lovely to see the cast with their moms. Kate’s coming off lovable with her mom. A poorly-aged bit with Aidy’s mom plugging in …
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April 10, 2021 – Carey Mulligan / Kid Cudi (S46 E17)
Cold Opening - Eye on Minnesota Great to see a topical, yet low-key cold open. Seeing Ego & Kenan here reminds me of the great news sketch in last season’s Phoebe-Waller Bridge episode. Some solid commentary on race & racism in this open, and it is quite similar to the aforementioned sketch. Alex & Kate …
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April 3, 2021 – Daniel Kaluuya / St. Vincent (S46 E16)
Cold Opening - Oops, You Did It Again Great to see this back. Like last time, Chloe is coming very loose and charming as Britney, impressively taking charge and coming of like a seasoned veteran instead of her being a featured player during this season. A testament, once again, to her great talents. Chris looks …
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March 27, 2021 – Maya Rudolph / Jack Harlow (S46 E15)
Cold Opening – Snatched! Vaxed! or Waxed! We get Maya right from the beginning? At least this open is thankfully non-political. Quite an interesting setting, this feels more like a throwback to the early Wiig/Hader era. Beck looks hilarious here, it makes me so sad that I’m about to cover his final episodes soon. LOVE …
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February 27, 2021 – Nick Jonas (S46 E14)
Cold Opening - So You Think You Can Get The Vaccine A certainly creative & promising concept. Well, that promise is thrown right off the window as Kate’s self-indulgent & prosthetics-heavy Dr. Fauci impression rears it’s ugly head into my screen. What’s the deal with this era and multiple lame fake sponsors in half the …
February 20, 2021 – Regé-Jean Page / Bad Bunny (S46 E13)
Cold Opening - Oops, You Did It Again Oh, I recall enjoying this opening. Chloe’s Britney impression officially becomes recurring. By the way, it just feels so good seeing Chloe leading this open and being front-and-center, it’s about damn time to be honest. A very clever conceit to this cold open, and with being a …
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February 13, 2021 – Regina King / Nathaniel Rateliff (S46 E12)
Cold Opening - Tucker Carlson Tonight Always great to see Alex front-and-center in a sketch for a change. As usual, Alex’s impression of Tucker is solid. I don’t really think that Alex gets enough credit when it comes to his impression skills, one of the most unheralded talents in SNL history. NOT caring for Kate’s …
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