Saturday Night Live recap: Adam Driver leads the first of the dull season

Since the news has occurred at such a fast clip, Saturday Night Live was presented with the daunting task of playing catch-up summer. Host Adam Driver is committed to sketching, but the romanticism of Pete Davidson with Ariana Grande and Kanye West, although Kanye West, has attracted more attention.

Open cold

In what was the highlight of the evening, Matt Damon made a special appearance with Brett Kavanaugh"The proudest and most drunk virgin you've ever seen!" Damon perfectly mastered Kavanaugh's shouting cries, which included the ill-thought statement: "I do not know the meaning of the word stop".

The show failed to maintain the energy of this cold opening, which also included a surprise by SNL alum Rachel Dratch (and a cardboard cutout from Alyssa Milano).

Monologue

"Adam Designate Driver", star of girls and the Star wars movies, was accommodation SNL for the second time. Without a promotional project, the opening monologue was a little vague – Driver pretended teasing new Star wars spoilers before it's interrupted by SNL cast members to talk about how they spent their summers. Spoiler alert: they all involved work and travel. That's of course, with the exception of Pete Davidson.

"In fact, you're the only one I want to hear about this summer!" Said Davidson Driver, who simply winked at the camera.

The worst sketch:

The pilot played a divorced father trying to get into the popular online game Fortnite in order to relate to his son more. While seeing his incompetence playing with live actors was fun, the joke ("adults are bad at technology!") Was more than a small note.

Update of the weekend:

While there is much to be said, hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost focused most of their jokes on the Weekend at Brett Kavanaugh's Senate hearing Thursday.

"You do not really help yourself in a drunken assault case when you shout how much you like to drink and how strong you were at the time," Jost snapped, recalling how kavanaugh n & # 39; He did not stop to repeat how much he liked beer, and detailed schedule how many times he worked. Jost had a joke that the judge still had his schedule in high school: "Do you know when most people throw out their 1982 calendar? 1983. "

Meanwhile, Che reminded viewers that the audience was essentially a job interview for Kavanaugh. "As a general rule, when you are asked about your sexual assault and your alcohol consumption during a job interview, you do not get the damn job." You can not just choose another type of Illuminati lizard meetings, "he said. "Are Republicans so pro-life that you do not even have a plan B for that?"

Kate McKinnon's performance of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, with her signature Gins-burns and dance moves, was a success. RBG could not help coming out with its own 1982 schedule, which featured "Turn 100", "Break the glass ceiling" and "Make laps in a bath". ;birds". His current schedule offers a simple daily reminder: "Do not die. "

Pete Davidson also went through the update office to offer an update of his flash romance with singer Ariana Grande, revealing that no one can believe that both are an object.

"Do you remember when the whole city claimed that this kid was Batman because he was sick? That's what it looks like, "he laughed.

When Jost asked them what their situation was before they were pregnant, Davison replied, "Obviously, I wanted one. God forbid, we separate and she takes half of my sneakers. Listen, I'm totally comfortable with a successful woman. I think it's dope. I live at home. It pays about $ 60,000 for rent and all I have to do is store the fridge … yeah.

A joke about Big's birth control change with Tic Tacs to make sure she stayed in place fell flat, but Davidson pulled the crowd aside, explaining how he does not make royalties on his music , including the song that bears his name.

"If we break – we will not do it, we will – but in about 10 years, if it never happens, a song called" Pete Davidson "will be played in loudspeakers at K-Mart and I'll be I'm working on it. "

Best court

Jealous of the attention Pete had over his star pop star, Kyle Mooney decided to steal Pete's eyes from her faded blonde hair to her colorful wardrobe. Kyle also uses talk show host Wendy Williams for her own celebrity girlfriend. Finally, Pete hires Kyle in a fight "SNL-style ", which turns out to be a rebirth battle / gladiator on stage. Although it seemed useful to recognize the pervasive fame of Pete that emerged during the SNL hiatus, a flashing reference in the monologue, an appearance in Weekend Update and a short feeling of being excessive.

Most engaged host time

Accessories to Adam Driver for being made up with old age in a skit from "Career Day" to become Abraham A. Parnassus, the elderly parent of one of the students, who is trying to confer on his his wisdom of being a merciless oil baron: "Crush your enemies! Grind their bones in the dirt! "

Strangest moment

Kanye West is dressed as a bottle of Perrier to interpret "I Love It" with Lil Pump, who was dressed as a Fiji water bottle. I do not even know what to say about it.