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Greetings, Conehead nation welcome to the latest and greatestSNLin Review.

2021 was a big year for Isaac, who starred in bothDuneandThe Card Counter.

So he’s dipped his toes in a bit.

Tonight’s musical guest,Charli XCX, also popped up on the show late last year.

So this is her makeup date.

All right, ramblers, let’s get rambling.

They justify the maddening things they’ve said about Ukraine over the past 10 days.

Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) is manning the phone lines, as Fox News raises money.

“Joe Biden has gone beyond burger,” he blathers, also commenting on the newFresh Princereboot.

He serenades Putin with “My Funny Valentine,” after quotingThe Help.

This is cutting and mostly works, though McKinnon is a little distracting.

Their first guest: formerSNLhost Steven Seagal (Bowen Yang).

He’s close with Putin.

Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle duet on “Shallow,” which of course lets Cecily Strong sing again.

So this is Day’s first reappearance as the character in a minute.)

This goes on a little too long but seems well executed, given the dark material.

Leagues above the Alec Baldwin-era Trump cold opens.

He had to sign a licensing agreement to show these clips on NBC.

Paw Patrol

It’s a political ad against Mayor Goodway, of Adventure Bay.

Isaac is a city councilman opposed to the concept behindPaw Patrol.

It’s dangerous and impractical.

“Do we feel safe?

Two hundred fifty-eight unsolved murders, no sex unit.

Isaac commends himself nicely.

Mikey Day is front and center, yelling.

Inventing Chloe

Chloe Fineman is watchingInventing Annain her office.

She wants a sandwich, but the writers' room is out.

The audience is not embracing this the same way they do with hey Don’t Destroy.

(This is like Fineman’s Kyle Mooney behind-the-scenes short, I guess.)

Until McKinnon stops her, Fineman runs around taking over Biden from James Austin Johnson, etc.

It’s funny to watchMichael Cheresigned to leavingUpdate very on-brand.

Workplace Harassment Seminar

Oscar Isaac and Cecily Strong are holding their annual harassment seminar.

“This whole spiel again, I’m going to blow my goddamn face off!”

they hem and haw.

They run through a ton of scenarios and ask whether they’re inappropriate.

Isaac and Strong are both very funny here.

Sharp, goofy script.

The reveal works, too.

Remember, gang: It could be worse.

Meatballs

Sarah Sherman and Chris Redd are on a date.

She reluctantly removes it, and there’s a little meatball guy (Isaac) around her neck.

He sings a little song.

They harmonize.EEEE-oo-lahahhh!Jobi, Jim, the whole gang.

This is so strange and odd.

Charli XCX sings: “Don’t give up on love just because of meatballs!”

A heartwarming and offbeat message about romance.

Some real internet alt-comedy weirdness here they go full Sarah Squirm.

Good for them, lean into it.

(I look forward to the oral history about how this was conceived and filmed.)

Charli XCX performs ‘Beg for You’

This is off her new albumCrash, out March 18.

He correctly pointed out the acts were more esoteric back then.

“Everything changes, the acts have changed,” he said.

“The nature of the hit recording act is different now.

I think it’s a little bit reminiscent of Ann Margaret’s act in the ’60s.

Everyone has dancers now.

To me, Jerry Lee Lewis never had dancers.

But everything changes, and production values have certainly gotten better…

It’s like when I used to tune into see the Stones onShindig.

And we would have him!

‘Weekend Update’

Topics include Sen. Lindsey Graham and Russian vodka getting banned.

Che lands a brutal joke about Kamala Harris at the State of the Union address.

(He also kills with a joke about National Pig Day.)

McKinnon comes out to comment on Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill.

After learning the true homophobic nature of the bill, she groans “WHATTTTTT?”

She tries to make sense of it.

While Rihanna is “famous pregnant,” Nwodim’s character is “regular pregnant.”

She announced her baby by throwing up on MLK Boulevard.

Rihanna “looks like she’s going to a sex funeral,” she quips at one photo.

Wesaw this characterlast May complaining about Disney reopening their parks.

Ego Nwodim is the future quote me, Wikipedia gods.

Aidy’s Dream

It’s “SNL’sAidy Bryant.”

Oscar Isaac is infatuated with Bryant.

It seems she lied to Oscar about the Sexual Woman being one of her recurring characters.

He flirts: She would not run a school.

Her catchphrase is “Hey you, get your fat ass on my lap, bitch.”

I love the premise here not sure the meta angle really lands.

(The show, generally, is feeling very self-aware and loose lately.

I definitely enjoy that playfulness.)

Is Isaac channeling"The Continental"here?!

Home Repair Show

A musical jingle intro!

What a throwback treat.Kenan Thompsonis interviewing guests who got in over their heads trying DIY projects at home.

Tommy (Kyle Mooney) attempted his own pool.

Felix (Isaac) electrocuted himself.

“That is very bad logic,” Thompson deadpans.

“You’s an idiot!”

It’s aggressive and carnal.

Shaffer shared a story: “We had Charli XCX onLettermantowards the end.

I remember she was up on a platform and had done what at FlashDancers they call ‘floor work.’

Which is kind of mind-blowing to me, how female performers have to become like exotic dancers or gymnasts.

The number ends, and she’s way up [in the air].

I was fascinated by her name, so I kept yelling it at her: ‘Charli!

And she said, ‘What?’

I yelled it again, then I had nothing.”

They encourage him to read something he’s drafted.

The story starts off pleasantly but turns into a fantasy about meeting Dua Lipa.

They’re creeped out, especially after Lipa asks the protagonist also a janitor named Mike to make out.

Gross, likely didn’t need this one.

Final thoughts

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