Oh hey, it’s you.

You have a home here.

Tonight’s episode is hosted bySuccession’sKieran Culkin, one of the best actors on TV right now.

She says, “Macaulay Culkinwas at the top of his career.

I think he was absolutely thrilled.

“He is brilliant.

Avy Kaufman, who cast my movieRushed, also cast Kieran inSuccession beyond genius.”

Tonight’s musical guest isEd Sheeran it is his third time performing on the show.

But here we are, and we are all safe.

She had an incredible performance at the end of last season.

So it is curious to have her back extremely hard to top.

Aaron Rodgers is her first guest, played byPete Davidson.

I find giving Pete the ball here (so to speak) a bit interesting.

Impressions are not his strong suit.

Next up: Glenn Youngkin (Alex Moffat), the governor-elect in Virginia.

Oh boy, James Austin Johnson gets to bring out his spot-on, iconic President Trump.

TheAlec Baldwinera is officially, obviously, mercifully over, folks.

For a few reasons.

His stream-of-consciousness speeches are incredible, and JAJ runs away with the cold open.

You forget about the Pirro framing machine.

And of course, he brings up his appearance on his brother Macaulay’s episode.

We get to see Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Kevin Nealon at the goodnights.

It is always fun when the show reflects on its own history.

Sweet spot for me, guys.

Cancelling Cable

Culkin is packing up boxes.

Day is joined by other Spectrum technicians (Heidi Gardner kills it, as does Ego Nwodim).

Bowen Yang is the floating head of SPECTRUM.

This sketch likely works better with fewer techs, not the entire cast.

This era always seems to be searching for reasons to include everyone.

Kieran Culkin is the mastermind, and Chris Redd is “Ghost.”

He doesn’t know how to drive stick.

Funny spoof of that movie cliche.

The Dionne Warwick Talk Show

The return of theDionne Warwick Talk Show!

We saw this during theTimothee Chalamet episodelast December - great to see it back.

Her nemesis remains Wendy Williams, and her producer-niece Brittany (Punkie Johnson) is still here.

Her first guest is Miley Cyrus (pitch-perfect Chloe Fineman a worthy successor to Vanessa Bayer).

Culkin plays Jason Mraz.

They met at Whole Foods.

She won’t ask him any questions about himself.

Ed Sheeran appears next.

“Are you nasty?”

Post Malone (argh, Pete Davidson) pops up before she dismisses him.

She only wants to interview icons and brings out the actual 80-year-old Warwick.

“I’m not perfect, just very, very good,” she retorts.

And the pacing feels shoe-horned here.

Men’s Room

Bowen Yang and Chris Redd meet at a work urinal.

They have an awkward exchange, which leads them to nervous introspection.

Corny male ribbing and inane questions.

“Football is crazy!”

I especially enjoy Alex Moffat’s character, who killed a man in 2012 and loves bathrooms.

Tracy Morgan, of all people, emerges from a stall.

A bit unnecessary this was well-observed and had solid pacing up until his emergence.

The Jockey

We are moments from the start of the Kentucky Derby.

Surreally, he rides horses like skateboards.

Culkin can’t sing at all, but the ska beat and ’90s homage are cute.

The race doesn’t end well for him but he gets a video game out of it.

Random, strange, but cute.

A red-sweatered Sheeran leads a clap-driven, poppy chorus.

Weekend Update

The top story: infrastructure.

Michael Che goes over last Tuesday’s election results.

He’s going through a lumberjack phase.

Kenan previously played Cube in aJim Carrey-era Biden cold open.

“Hey, bozo!”

Next up: the Supreme Court is discussing the controversial Texas law.

Goober the Clown, who had an abortion when she was 23, comes on to discuss.

I can’t believe the show has Sarah Squirm in the cast, yet Cecily Strong is playing Goober.

Still, she makes the most of this despite the balloons distorting her and Jost’s mics.

And the horn doesn’t work.

“We will not go back to the alley,” she squeaks after inhaling helium.

This is pointed, dark, and political.

Weatherman

Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong are local anchors in Rhode Island.

(Shout out Ted Nesi and the good people at WPRI!)

Beth Bennington (Punkie Johnson) is interviewing Andrew Dismukes and his group of Boy Scouts.

Suddenly, an alert: a severe storm is approaching the coast.

Riley totally missed it.

He’s flustered, yet keeps the turkey hat on.

Ed Sheeran “Overpass Graffiti”

This is the third single from Sheeran’s latest album.

Not my cup of tea.

The group decides to call Angie (Sarah Sherman), yet can’t be vulnerable under any circumstances.

I am really digging the show’s satire about toxic masculinity this season.

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