March 11, 2017

March 11, 2017 Season 42 episode


Episode	824
Season Episode	16
Host	Scarlett Johansson
Musical Guest(s)	Lorde
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Green Light" "Liability"

Previous Episode
March 4, 2017

Next Episode
April 8, 2017

The 824th episode and 16th episode of Saturday Night Live's 42nd season premiered on March 11, 2017. It was hosted by actress Scarlett Johansson, with musical guest Lorde, who performed "Green Light" and "Liability" with Jack Antonoff on the piano. With this episode, Johansson will become the newest member of the Five-Timers Club. This is Scarlett Johansson's 5th time as host, thus making her a five-time host to enter The Five-Timers Club. This is also the 2nd appearance and first-time as musical guest on SNL for Lorde.

Scarlett’s goodnights speech is Oh My Gosh Thank You to Lorde, Alec Baldwin, Jack Antonoff, To Lorne Michaels, The Cast and Crew Of SNL, And I Would Like to Give a Big Shoutout to The Men and Women of the Armed Forces, Overseas and Bra, We’re Thinking of You, You’re Goodness Is Always, Thank You for Your Service.

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameo Appearance by Alec Baldwin

Sketches and Music Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
Alien Attack Cold Open		President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) addresses members of the military (Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, Leslie Jones, Sasheer Zamata, Beck Bennett, Alex Moffat, Kate McKinnon) during an alien invasion.
Opening Montage
Scarlett Johansson's 5th Monologue		Hosting for her fifth time, Scarlett Johansson celebrates her fifth hosting appearance with Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson.
Zoo Pornographer		Members of a morning show (Cecily Strong, Bobby Moynihan, Scarlett Johansson) misrepresent an animal photographer (Mikey Day) on-air.
Fire Island		If you like Fire Island, you'll love Cherry Grove, Logo's new show about a group of affluent lesbians (Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Sasheer Zamata).
Translator		Three scientists (Scarlett Johansson, Kyle Mooney, Mikey Day) receive a shock when they debut their invention, a machine that translates for pets.
Olive Garden		Actors (Scarlett Johansson, Mikey Day, Leslie Jones, Kenan Thompson) film reaction shots for an Olive Garden commercial.
Complicit		Introducing Complicit, a new fragrance for Ivanka Trump (Scarlett Johansson).
Lorde Performs "Green Light"		Musical guest Lorde performs "Green Light" on Saturday Night Live.
Weekend Update With Colin Jost And Michael Che		Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including President Trump introducing the American Health Care Act, surprising children on a tour of the White House, and A Day Without a Woman. Senator Al Franken (Alex Moffat) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) revisit Sessions' confirmation hearing, and Pete Davidson shares his first impressions of members of the Trump administration, including Stephen Miller, Jason Chaffetz and Paul Ryan.
Shud The Mermaid		A marooned pilot (Mikey Day) is forced to marry one of three mermaids: Oceana (Cecily Strong), Aquaticana (Sasheer Zamata) or Shud (Kate McKinnon) and her best friend Kunk (Scarlett Johansson).
Shanice Goodwin Ninja-Rivals		Shanice (Leslie Jones) and Dominika (Scarlett Johansson) team up to rescue their sensei (Bobby Moynihan) from the British mob (Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Kenan Thompson).
Lorde Performs "Liability"		Musical Guest Lorde Performs "Liability".
A Sketch For The Women		Beck Bennett and Kyle Mooney write a sketch for Scarlett Johansson and Aidy Bryant in honor of A Day Without a Woman.
Funeral Service		Dan and Didi (Kenan Thompson, Scarlett Johansson) perform a musical tribute to their late friend.
Goodnights

Preceded by: March 4, 2017	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: April 8, 2017