I feel it’s holding the show back in a way. The show was always great at creating stars and new characters but it can’t do either now. It’s hard to let the cast members find their voice and get the audience to be excited to see them if they’re in inky a skit or two a night

Interestingly, this season, especially the first half, is one where various longtime cast absences and bringing in new people actually did enliven the show for me and some others. When Kate returned, so did many of those woes, but still, it’s felt much more like a turnover season than the last 2 or 3. 

I’m sure some SNL obsessives have Takes about this, but it feels like the plan is to keep the core cast intact until Season 50. But I think it needs a full teardown ASAP. (I guess they can keep Chris Redd.) I’m not even watching it live this year for the first time in literally decades, and the main reason is that I’m…

God that opening sketch sucked. How did their political sketches get worse?

I thought Willem Dafoe was fine. I didn’t really get the idea that he was a dramatic actor incapable of comedy - the one time I could see this was in the final sketch, which I liked, but where he was sort of put into a Walken role when that probably isn’t his style. To me he was genuinely very funny in the Nugenix…

I actually cheered when Fez was beating the stuffing out of that prick, Nate. The only problem is that Nate will surely find a way to get even, and I suspect it’ll be a lot worse for Fez than Nate’s ass-kicking.

I actually thought that was the best cold opening, political sketch they’ve done in awhile. Instead of just regurgitating the week’s news and then hitting you over the head with it, they went with a goofy idea and ran with it. It wasn't really about issues or (badly) making fun of something but just a plain old funny…

She was in a Lorne Michaels show and a Steven Spielberg movie in the last year, if you don’t know who she is, it’s not her fault.

Meh. Had no idea who the host was. Still don’t, really. Is she gay? Seemed like a couple of bits seemed to rely on that info...

Sam Levinson (writer, director, creator of Euphoria) is a recovering addict who based much of Rue off of himself. So while this show might not be true to your addiction/recovery, it is true to his.

What? This is one of the most real and raw looks at addiction (and depression) ever put to film.

For real? As someone potentially of a different age I’m finding they capture the drug (ab)use pretty realistically.

Can you expand on how the show does not have a grasp on drug use? Sam Levinson was an addict for quite awhile.

Just based on the reactions I’m seeing online Fez’s beat down of Nate may go down in the all-time “babyface finally gets one on the heel and the crowd goes wild” Hall of Fame TV moments. People love Fez (and how about that lowkey chemistry with Lexi!) and they HAAAATE Nate.

Fez has small talk with Nate before brutally assaulting him.

If there was one joke that really worked it was the Oscar play-off music scenes. Jeff’s reaction during the party was priceless.

I’ve lived in LA for almost 2 decades now, and we did use to see rain like that a couple times per year when I first moved, like early and mid 2000's. It’s really been rough these past years though.

Such a good silly joke I somehow didn’t catch. Thanks for pointing that out for my dumb ass.

the chefs yelling at the end: perfection. 

I want to know how a shirt owned by Vince Vaughn would fit Larry David. Is it a Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants situation?