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 May 20, 2006
 Season 31 episode
 Episode 604
 Season Episode 19
 Host Kevin Spacey
 Musical Guest(s) Nelly Furtado
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Promiscuous" and "Maneater"
Previous Episode
May 13, 2006
Next Episode
September 30, 2006 (Season 32)

The 604th episode of Saturday Night Live and the season finale of Season 31 premiered on May 20, 2006, hosted by actor Kevin Spacey, with Canadian singer Nelly Furtado as the musical guest, who performed "Promiscuous" and "Maneater". Timbaland joined Furtado for the first performance. This is Kevin Spacey's 2nd time as host, and his first appearance in 9 years and 4 months. This is also Nelly Furtado's 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.

This marked the final episode to feature long-time cast members Rachel Dratch (a cast member since 1999), who left the show after seven years, Tina Fey (a cast member since 2000; head writer since 1999; and overall writer since 1997), who left the show after six years as a cast member; seven years as head writer; and nine years overall with the show (which is also her final episode as a Weekend Update anchor), Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz (both cast members since 1998), who were both fired from the show after eight years, due to budget cuts; as well as Finesse Mitchell (who was hired back in 2003), after just three years, as he too, was let go, due to budget cuts.

Cast[]

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Featured[]

Musical appearance by Timbaland

Sketches[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Anderson Cooper 360 Arnold Schwarzenegger (Darrell Hammond) on immigration.
Opening montage The last episode to use the seasons 30-31 opening, and the last one to credit Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz, and Finesse Mitchell as cast members.
Kevin Spacey Monologue Hosting for the second time, actor Kevin Spacey sings an American Idol-friendly version of “For Once In My Life”
Two A-Holes

Detective (Kevin Spacey) interviews A-holes (Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig) about a car theft they witnessed.
Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball Special Black women plus John Travolta (Darrell Hammond).
Carol At a restaurant, on-the-rebound (Kevin Spacey) is captivated by crude Carol (Horatio Sanz).
TV Funhouse “Fun With Real Audio” by Robert Smigel - administration claims produce spit-takes.
Andy's Excuse

Andy Samberg snows Kevin Spacey with a Keyser Soze-worthy yarn to explain why he was late.
Nelly Furtado and Timbaland perform “Promiscuous”
Weekend Update with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Excitable American Idol finalist Taylor Hicks (Jason Sudeikis) breaks into song; on Tina’s advice, Amy Poehler escapes from an alligator by pretending to be asleep; Fey extends her heretofore correct predictions regarding Britney Spears; and Whitney Houston (Maya Rudolph) leads a salute to Tina Fey on her 180th show. Tina Fey's last appearance as a cast member and Weekend Update anchor.
The Falconer: Time Travel

Quest to save Donald via time machine produces 14 copies of The Falconer (Will Forte). Last appearances of Finesse Mitchell and Horatio Sanz as cast members.
SNL Digital Short: Andy Walking

Andy Samberg belittles correct man-on-the-street quiz responses.
Legends of Sarcasm inventor of sarcasm (Kevin Spacey) confuses English in 1100s. Chris Parnell's final appearance as an SNL cast member.
Nelly Furtado performs “Maneater”
I Do Not Agree with Any of this Administration's Policies Neil Young’s (Kevin Spacey) new album contains unsubtle political commentary. Last appearance of Rachel Dratch as an SNL cast member.
Goodnights

Trivia[]

  • During Weekend Update, Amy Poehler says that this is Tina Fey's 180th episode and that she's been on the show for nine years. Neither of these statements are exactly true. Tina has been a writer for nine years but only a cast member for six and she's only written 176 episodes not 180, moreover she's only been a cast member for 117 episodes.
  • Timbaland joins Furtado for her performance of "Promiscuous".
  • This is the 3rd appearance of the Two A-Holes.
  • This is the 4th and final appearance of Carol.
  • This is the 9th and final appearance of The Falconer.
  • This also marked the final episode for longtime director Beth McCarthy-Miller (who had been the show's director since 1995) who left after this episode, after 11 years, in part, because she was the cause for the show's clumsy transition to HD.
  • Due to the departures of Fey, Dratch, Parnell, Sanz, and Mitchell, and since the cast was smaller next season, as well as going into a slightly different direction with Weekend Update, as well as getting a new director heading into the next season, this is the final episode of the fifth generation of Saturday Night Live after six years.
  • This was the final episode for writers Frank Sebastiano, T. Sean Shannon, J.B. Smoove, and Liz Cackowski.
    • Sebastiano (who has overall been writing on-and-off for the show since 1995; initially writing there from 1995-1998, and had returned to write for the show since 2001), left the show after 8½ accumulative years.
    • Shannon (who had written on the show since 1998), departed after eight years on the show.
    • Smoove (who joinend the writing staff back in 2003), departed after just three years.
    • Lastly, Cackowski (who joined the writing staff back in 2004), departed after 2½ years.
    • It is currently unknown if any of them were let go due to the budget cuts.
Preceded by:
May 13, 2006
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September 30, 2006 (Season 32)
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