Saturday Night Live
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Last nights episode was unusually guest-dense, even for one led by a returning champion and for good reason.
It marked the occasion of Kristen Wiig joining an elite cadre of former cast members turned Five Timers.
(Only Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, and Will Ferrell also have that honor.)
Almost all of the newer cast members get moments to shine throughout the night, though.
Its a torch-passing moment typical of a supercharged episode that expertly melded the shows past with its present.
(Andrew Dismukess screaming indignation at her ideas about Jumanji works particularly well.)
Here its just one highlight, however, during seven minutes of comedic chaos.
It also makes a nice addition, though, to an episode that is already on fire.
This Update absolutely did not need to go this hard, and yet here we are.
The genius of this sketch, though, is the lingering mystery of it.
Who, exactly, is Sheila?
Why does she know Johnson as Big C?
The sketch is better off for never letting viewers know.
Shout out to all the exercise machines that look like they were designed for torture but somehow also sex.
It was rightfully Aunt Lindas turn.
TheLa Maison du Banglikely just launched Wiigs Je danse catchphrase into thousands of TikToks.
