May 21, 2022 Season 47 episode
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| Episode | 930 |
| Season Episode | 21 |
| Host | Natasha Lyonne |
| Musical Guest(s) | Japanese Breakfast |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Be Sweet" "Paprika" |
| Previous Episode May 14, 2022 |
Next Episode October 1, 2022 |
The 930th episode and the Season 47 Finale of Saturday Night Live premiered on May 21, 2022, hosted by actress Natasha Lyonne, star of Netflix's comedy-drama series Russian Doll, and Peacock's mystery drama series Poker Face, and the hit films Antibirth, American Pie film series, Addicted to Fresno, Hello, My Name Is Doris, Sleeping with Other People, The Intervention, Snow Dogs, Honey Boy, Ad Astra, The United States vs. Billie Holiday and Jack Goes Home, and the hit animated film DC League of Super-Pets, with musical guest Japanese Breakfast, an indie pop band, who performed "Be Sweet" and "Paprika". Natasha Lyonne made her hosting debut within this episode, and this is the musical guest debut on SNL for Japanese Breakfast.
This marked the final episode for longtime cast members: Aidy Bryant (a cast member since 2012), as she left the show after 10 years, Pete Davidson (a cast member since 2014), as he left the show after eight years, Kate McKinnon (a cast member since 2012), as she left the show after just over 10 years, Kyle Mooney (a cast member since 2013), as he left the show after nine years, Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor (both cast members since 2016), as they both left the show after six years, and Chris Redd (a cast member since 2017), as he left the show after five years. This would be also the last episode for first-year featured player Aristotle Athari, as he would be let go after only one season.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Aidy Bryant (Final Appearance)
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson (Final Appearance)
- Mikey Day
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon (Final Appearance)
- Alex Moffat (Final Appearance)
- Kyle Mooney (Final Appearance)
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd (Final Appearance)
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor (Final Appearance)
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Aristotle Athari (Last Appearance)
- Andrew Dismukes
- James Austin Johnson
- Punkie Johnson
- Sarah Sherman
- Cameos by former cast members Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph.
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Final Encounter Cold Open | After experiencing their third alien abduction, three people (Natasha Lyonne as Carla, Cecily Strong as Sharon, and Kate McKinnon as Miss Rafferty) are questioned again by two agents (Aidy Bryant and Mikey Day) at the Pentagon. In a sendoff to Kate McKinnon, the sketch ends with Miss Rafferty boarding an alien ship and delivering the opening "Live from New York!" line for the 75th and final time, remains in sole possession of 2nd place all-time (2 behind Darrell Hammond). This marked the final appearance of the SNL sketch, as of this episode. | |
| Opening Montage | This marked the final episode to use seasons 46-47 opening, the final time that 8 cast members are credited in the intro. | |
| Monologue by Natasha Lyonne | Hosting for her first time, Natasha Lyonne talks about her Netflix series, Russian Doll, shares a story about her father and reflects on her acting career. Longtime former cast members Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen cameo. | |
| Stupid People PSA | A public service announcement reminds stupid people to go out and vote. With host Natasha Lyonne, and SNL cast members Kenan Thompson, James Austin Johnson, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Cecily Strong. | |
| 50s Baseball Broadcast | A baseball broadcast gets out of control after one of the announcers (Natasha Lyonne) takes a new medicine. With Mikey Day and James Austin Johnson. | |
| Summer Gig | Lounge singer Trese Henderson (Kenan Thompson) and his band's (Natasha Lyonne, Cecily Strong and Kyle Mooney) summer performance is interrupted by internal squabbling. With Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang as the audience members. This marked the final appearance of the SNL sketch, as of this episode. | |
| After High School | A student (Andrew Dismukes) takes a look at what his high school classmates (Natasha Lyonne, Aristotle Athari, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Sarah Sherman, Cecily Strong, Melissa Villaseñor and Bowen Yang) are up to now, during prom. The entire cast appears in this sketch. With Kenan Thompson as the DJ. This marked the final SNL sketch appearance of Chris Redd as a cast member and the last sketch appearance of Aristotle Athari as a cast member. | |
| Japanese Breakfast performs "Be Sweet", with Luna Li | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Taylor Swift delivering a college commencement address and a woman being saved from a mountain lion by her dog. With guests Guy Who Just Bought a Boat (Alex Moffat in his final SNL sketch appearance as a cast member), Trend Forecasters (Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang), and Pete Davidson (saying farewell to SNL in his final Update/SNL appearance as a cast member). | |
| Mr. Dooley | Three co-workers (Cecily Strong, Heidi Gardner, and Ego Nwodim) try to cover up the fact that they killed their boss (Natasha Lyonne). With Kyle Mooney and longtime former cast member Fred Armisen. | |
| Japanese Breakfast performs "Paprika", once again with Luna Li | ||
| Women's Commercial: Grey Adult Pigtails | A commercial advertises a hair product that helps women look as young as they feel. Final SNL sketch appearances of Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, and Melissa Villaseñor as cast members. With Michelle Zauner | |
| Goodbyes | Natasha Lyonne thanked Japanese Breakfast, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Lorne and the cast and crew, she had the time of her life and tells everyone to have a very have a great summer. Final episode to credit Colin Jost and Michael Che as head writers. Also, the final episode where the cast, band, host, guests, musical guests, former cast members and the audience members wear COVID-19 face masks in the goodnights. The cast and crew are hugging and crying because the departures of Pete, Kate, Aidy, and Kyle saying their goodbyes. |
Trivia[]
- This is the 7th and final appearance of Close Encounter.
- This is the 4th and final appearance of Treece Henderson and his band.
- This is the 8th and final appearance of The Guy Who Just Bought a Boat.
- This is the 3rd and final appearance of the Trend Forecasters.
- The radio station from the 50s Baseball Broadcast sketch is WNYX, the same fictional station from the 1990s NBC classic sitcom "NewsRadio."
- This marked the final episode to credit Colin Jost and Michael Che as head writers for the show, roles they both have held together since 2017, stepped down as head writers at the end of the season after five years in the role together.
- This also marked the final episode for longtime producer Lindsay Shookus (who had been with the show since 2002), as she left after 20 years with SNL.
- It was also the final episode for longtime jazz trumpeter Earl Gardner with the Saturday Night Live Band (a gig that he had held since 1985), as he retired from the show after 37 years.
- This is also the final episode of the Seventh generation of SNL, with a cast that mostly stayed on 8-10 years. Due to the 10 cast members leaving within the past calendar year, change in head writers, a longtime producer and a longtime band member both quitting, as well as the general lack of a SNL star, and 4 new cast members in Season 48 (the first season of the Eighth generation of SNL.
- Executive producer Lorne Michaels later said that the COVID-19 pandemic prevented several cast members from leaving, including Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant, both of whom, a few months after leaving the show, said they would've left at the end Season 45 in 2020, had it not been for COVID.[1][2]
- This era is tied as the longest running era of the show, lasting nine years (tied with the Third generation as the longest serving era of the show; as this era multiple cast members staying on the show longer than expected, because of COVID.
| Preceded by: May 14, 2022 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 1, 2022 (Season 48) |