February 8, 2020

February 8, 2020 Season 45 episode


Episode	884
Season Episode	13
Host	RuPaul
Musical Guest(s)	Justin Bieber
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Yummy" "Intentions"

Previous Episode
February 1, 2020

Next Episode
February 29, 2020

The 884th episode and 13th episode of Saturday Night Live's 45th season premiered on February 8, 2020, hosted by drag queen RuPaul, star and the host of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race, with musical guest Justin Bieber, a Candian singer. This is RuPaul's first appearance in 26 years, as well as RuPaul’s first-time hosting.

The last time Justin Bieber was served as both the host and musical guest was on the February 9, 2013 episode, the thirteenth episode of SNL's 38th season. This is also his 3rd musical guest appearance and his first appearance in 7 years and over a decade on SNL.

The goodnights speech for RuPaul is "Thanks to Justin Bieber, Quavo, to Jason Sudeikis, Uh, to Larry David, Rachel Dratch and Remember If You Can't Love Yourself, Honey How are You Gonna Love Some Back" (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Beck Bennett
Aidy Bryant
Michael Che
Pete Davidson
Mikey Day
Heidi Gardner
Colin Jost
Kate McKinnon
Alex Moffat
Kyle Mooney
Chris Redd
Cecily Strong
Kenan Thompson
Melissa Villaseñor (Credited in the opening montage and appeared only in goodbyes)

Featured Players[]

Cameos by Rachel Dratch, Larry David, and Jason Sudeikis. Pre-recorded cameo by Fred Armisen.

+ Credited but did not appear.
+ Appeared only in goodbyes.

Sketches and Music Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
New Hampshire Democratic Debate Cold Open		2020 Democratic presidential candidates (Snyder, Warren, Buttigieg, Yang, Klobuchar, Sanders and Biden) face off in a debate before the New Hampshire primary. With Pete Davidson as Tom Snyder, Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Warren, Colin Jost as Pete Buttigieg, Bowen Yang as Andrew Yang, Mikey Day as George Stephanopoulos, Ego Nwodim as Linsey Davis, Alex Moffat as David Muir and Kenan Thompson as audience member. Cameos by Rachel Dratch as Amy Klobuchar, Larry David as Bernie Sanders, Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden.
Monologue by RuPaul		Hosting for the first time and his first appearance on SNL in 26 years, drag queen and star and the host of VH1's "RuPaul's Drag Race", RuPaul explains why he isn’t in drag for his monologue and shares his philosophy on drag.
Family Charades		The Johnson family (RuPaul, Kenan Thompson, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd) faces off against another family (Kate McKinnon, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, and Heidi Gardner) in an intense game of charades.
Chad & RuPaul		RuPaul discovers Chad (Pete Davidson) on set and tries to turn him into a future queen of drag.
Check-Splitting		Two employees (RuPaul, Cecily Strong) make a stink about splitting the check at a lunch with coworkers (Chris Redd, Heidi Gardner, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney). With Chloe Fineman as the waitress.
Boop-It		A commercial advertises a new toy called Boop It. Parody of Bop-It. With Beck Bennett as Mark Williams, Mikey Day as David Williams, Chloe Fineman as Jenn Williams, Heidi Gardner as Deidre Williams and Chris Redd as Tyler.
The Library		To celebrate National Literacy Month, a library invites RuPaul to teach everyone how to read. Also Features Beck Bennett as the father, Aidy Bryant and Mikey Day as the librarians, Kate McKinnon and Ego Nwodim as the mothers.
Justin Bieber performs "Yummy"
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che		Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like President Trump's reaction to his impeachment acquittal and McDonald's releasing a new Shamrock Shake. With guests, Chloe Fineman stops by the Update desk to discuss and show impressions of her favorite Oscar-worthy performances of the year and Che's neighbor Cathy Ann (Cecily Strong) weighs in on President Trump’s acquittal from the impeachment trial.
Return of Thirsty Cops		Two thirsty cops (RuPaul, Ego Nwodim) make their move on a civilian (Pete Davidson) during a traffic stop. With Kate McKinnon
Old New York Show		Madge and Dickie (Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant) host a talk show from their hotel room called The Old New York Show with special guest Mr. Tarry Teats (RuPaul).
Justin Bieber performs "Intentions"		Justin Bieber is joined by Quavo of Migos.
Goodbyes and Closing Credits		RuPaul thanked Justin Bieber, Quavo, Jason Sudeikis, Larry David, Rachel Dratch, Lorne Michaels, the cast, crew and everyone at SNL. He reminds everyone to love themselves, they can love some back. Only appearance of Melissa Villaseñor. Also in the goodbyes, Mikey Day, Chris Redd and Ego Nwodim point to Chloe Fineman, as this was her Weekend Update debut in this episode.

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