January 20, 2018 Season 43 episode
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| Episode | 840 |
| Season Episode | 11 |
| Host | Jessica Chastain |
| Musical Guest(s) | Troye Sivan |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"My, My, My!" "The Good Side" |
| Previous Episode January 13, 2018 |
Next Episode January 27, 2018 |
The 840th episode and 11th episode of Saturday Night Live's 43rd season premiered on January 20, 2018, hosted by actress Jessica Chastain, star of the hit films Zero Dark Thirty, Mama, The Disappearance of Elanor Rigby, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life, The Help, Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar, The Martian, It Chapter Two, A Most Violent Year, Miss Sloane, and The 355, with musical guest Troye Sivan, a South African-born Australian singer-songwriter. This was Jessica Chastain's hosting debut and the musical guest debut for Troye Sivan on SNL.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
- Pre-filmed cameo by rapper Method Man
Onscreen appearances by longtime set designer Akira Yoshimura and writer Sam Jay.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Trump Doctor Press Conference Cold Opening | Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Aidy Bryant) and Dr. Ronny Jackson (Beck Bennett) address concerns about President Donald Trump's health. With Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong as reporters and Pete Davidson. | |
| Opening Montage | The musical guests/hosts clips of the opening montage were changed to three and two, only for this episode (three for musical guest Troye Sivan and two for host Natalie Portman). | |
| Monologue by Jessica Chastain | As she hosted SNL for the first time, actress Jessica Chastain celebrates the one-year anniversary of the women's march. Also Features Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Beck Bennett, Pete Davidson, Leslie Jones, Melissa Villaseñor and Heidi Gardner. | |
| Car Hunk | Arie (Alex Moffat) meets with the women (Heidi Gardner, Cecily Strong, Jessica Chastain, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Melissa Villaseñor) vying for his heart. Also features Luke Null. | |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | The Fresh Prince's (Chris Redd) move to Bel-Air doesn't go as well as planned. Also features Jessica Chastain, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Leslie Jones, and Kenan Thompson. Cameo by Method Man. Onscreen appearances by longtime set designer Akira Yoshimura and writer Sam Jay | |
| Google Talk | Summer Childs (Jessica Chastain) and Professor Chapman (Alex Moffat) discuss bullying with members of the audience (Mikey Day, Pete Davidson, Cecily Strong, Heidi Gardner, Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney, Melissa Villaseñor, Luke Null). | |
| What Even Matters Anymore | Contestants (Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, and Kenan Thompson) compete on What Even Matters Anymore, hosted by Veronica Elders (Jessica Chastain). | |
| Troye Sivan performs "My, My My" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including President Donald Trump blaming the government shutdown on Senator Chuck Schumer. Stormy Daniels (Cecily Strong) stops by to discuss being an unlikely hero President Donald Trump tweeting about unemployment for black Americans. With guests Stormy Daniels (Cecily Strong), Princes William and Harry (Alex Moffat, Mikey Day) and Robert Mueller (Kate McKinnon) stop by. | |
| Amazon Headquarters | Casey Affleck (Alex Moffat), Paula Deen (Aidy Bryant), Cory Booker (Chris Redd), Pitbull (Mikey Day) and more (Kenan Thompson, Beck Bennett, Leslie Jones, Alex Moffat, and Melissa Villaseñor) meet with Jeff Bezos (Kyle Mooney) to convince him to open Amazon's new headquarters in their city. | |
| Taco Math | Two women (Heidi Gardner, Jessica Chastain) struggle to understand the buy 1, get 1 free option at a restaurant. | |
| Doctor's Orders | Chad's (Pete Davidson) doctor (Jessica Chastain) admits she's fallen in love with him. | |
| Troye Sivan performs "The Good Side" | ||
| Movie Set with Jessica Chastain | Two actresses (Jessica Chastain, Leslie Jones) receive unconventional notes from their director (Kenan Thompson), who once appeared on The Jeffersons. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Jessica Chastain thanked Troye Sivan, the cast and crew, this is the most experience week of her life and she loved them all. |
| Preceded by: January 13, 2018 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 27, 2018 |