May 13, 2017

May 13, 2017  Season 42 episode
Episode	828
Season Episode	20
Host	Melissa McCarthy
Musical Guest(s)	HAIM
Song(s) performed by  Musical Guest(s)	"Want You Back" "Little Of Your Love"

Previous Episode May 6, 2017

Next Episode May 20, 2017

The 828th episode and 20th episode of Saturday Night Live's 42nd season premiered on May 13, 2017, hosted by actress Melissa McCarthy, star of the hit films Bridesmaids, Identity Thief, The Heat, Tammy, St. Vincent, Spy, The Boss, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Life of the Party, The Happytime Murders, The Kitchen, Superintelligence, Thunder Force, The Starling and Genie and Disney's hit musical fantasy film The Little Mermaid, with pop rock band HAIM as the musical guests, who performed "Want You Back" and "Little of Your Love" and appeared in the opening monologue and in the pre-recorded "Kyle and Leslie". Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin welcomed McCarthy to the Five-Timers Club during the goodnights. This is Melissa McCarthy's 5th time as the host, thus making her a five-time host to enter The Five-Timers Club. This is also HAIM's 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.

McCarthy previously hosted SNL 4 times on the following dates: On October 1, 2011, the second episode of SNL's 37th season, with musical guests Lady Antebellum, on April 6, 2013, the seventeenth episode of SNL's 38th season, with musical guests Phoenix, a French indie rock band, on February 1, 2014, the thirteenth episode of SNL's 39th season, with musical guests Imagine Dragons, a pop rock band; which coincidentally, was the final episode for now-departing longtime cast member, head writer and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers, and February 13, 2016, the thirteenth episode of SNL's 41st season, with musical guest Kanye West.

HAIM previously made their musical guest debut was on November 23, 2013, the seventh episode and the Thanksgiving show of SNL's 39th season, hosted by actor Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games film series, as well as the hit films The Forger Escobar: Paradise Lost, and Five Nights at Freddy's and the animated film Epic.

Melissa McCarthy's goodnights speech is "I Want to Thank Steve Martin, to Alec Baldwin, HAIM, Ryan Reynolds and Great Blake Lively, I Love You, Mom, I Love You Girls, Happy Mother's Day, Good Night". (Cheers and applause)

Cast

Repertory Players

• Vanessa Bayer
• Beck Bennett
• Aidy Bryant
• Michael Che
• Pete Davidson
• Leslie Jones
• Colin Jost
• Kate McKinnon
• Kyle Mooney
• Bobby Moynihan
• Cecily Strong
• Kenan Thompson
• Sasheer Zamata

Featured Players

• Mikey Day
• Alex Moffat
• Melissa Villaseñor

Cameos by Alec Baldwin, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Lorne Michaels and Steve Martin.

Sketches and Musical Performances

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title	Image	Summary
Lester Holt Trump Interview Cold Open		President Donald Trump (cameo by Alec Baldwin) and Lester Holt (Michael Che) discuss the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Also features Mikey Day as Paul Ryan and Alex Moffat as Anderson Cooper.
Opening Montage
Melissa McCarthy's Mother's Day Monologue		Five-time host Melissa McCarthy gives Joan, an audience mom, a tour of backstage of SNL. Cameo appearances by Alec Baldwin, Blake Lively, and Ryan Reynolds. HAIM and Kyle Mooney also appear.
Just Desserts!		While Todd (Bobby Moynihan) and Dawn (Kate McKinnon) stay clean during the game, Marcy (Melissa McCarthy) keeps getting hit in the face with pie. Features Mikey Day as the host and Kenan Thompson as the voice and pie thrower. The game show was based upon 1980s game show "Press Your Luck," albeit with spaces added to the board to account for widescreen television. It included PYL's background music and "Whammy" sound effect, frequently landing on the top-row space third from the right (the big money space on PYL), and the ability to pass. In making the game board move on live television, it was noticeably inaccurate, frequently jumping away from the space where it had actually been stopped.
Amazon Echo		Amazon partnered with AARP to make the Amazon Echo more accessible for the older generation (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, and Aidy Bryant). Cecily Strong voices the announcer and "Alexa".
Sean Spicer Returns		Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) confronts President Donald Trump (cameo by Alec Baldwin) about the rumors that he's being replaced with Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Aidy Bryant). Also Features Vanessa Bayer, Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, Cecily Strong, and Sasheer Zamata as the reporters.
HAIM Performs "Want You Back"		Musical Guest HAIM performs "Want You Back".
Weekend Update With Colin Jost And Michael Che		Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news. Topics include the firing of FBI Director James Comey and Aunt Jemima products that include Listeria. With guests, Pete Davidson talks about getting sober and Che's neighbor Cathy Anne (Cecily Strong) gives her opinions on James Comey's dismissal.
Film Panel of Lincoln Center		In a film panel discussion hosted by Jen Freeman (Vanessa Bayer), legendary actress Debette Gouldry (Kate McKinnon) and Gaye Fontaine (Melissa McCarthy) had a more sexist experience in Hollywood than Marion Cotillard (Cecily Strong) and Lupita Nyong'o (Sasheer Zamata).
Kyle And Leslie		Kyle Mooney gets insecure of the fact that Leslie Jones has been spending more time at work with Colin Jost. Also features Vanessa Bayer, Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Bobby Moynihan, Melissa Villaseñor, Sasheer Zamata, Melissa McCarthy, HAIM, production manager and producer Ken Aymong, and executive producer Lorne Michaels.
HAIM Performs "Little Of Your Love"		Musical Guest HAIM performs "Little Of Your Love".
First Birthday		Jen (Melissa Villasenor) learns that all the neighborhood moms (Melissa McCarthy, Sasheer Zamata, Cecily Strong, Leslie Jones, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer) have their spirit animal as a pet.
Production Logo		A designer (Beck Bennett) tries to pass off Donna (Melissa McCarthy), a depressed, suicidal, and intimidating junkie as the logo for Lighthouse Features. Stars Cecily Strong and Bobby Moynihan as Lighthouse Features producers and Mikey Day and Alex Moffat as logo actors.
Goodnights and Closing Credits		Before the goodnights, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin welcome Melissa McCarthy into the Five-Timers Club and presented her very own Five-Timers jacket. McCarthy later thanked Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, HAIM, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Lorne Michaels, and everyone for having her back and hosting 5 times, she loves her mother and the girls and wishes everyone "Happy Mother's Day".

Trivia

• They have an iconic episode of SNL with Melissa McCarthy entering the Five-Timers Club.
• LCD Soundsystem and HAIM are the 7th instances since May 4, 2013 and May 11, 2013, the final two episodes of Season 38 where SNL had consecutive bands/groups headline as Musical Guest.

Preceded by: May 6, 2017

Saturday Night Live episode

Followed by: May 20, 2017