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 October 21, 2023
 Season 49 episode
BB49B
BB49A
 Episode 950
 Season Episode 2
 Host Bad Bunny
 Musical Guest(s) Bad Bunny
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Un preview"
"Monaco"
Previous Episode
October 14, 2023
Next Episode
October 28, 2023

The 950th episode and 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live's 49th season premiered on October 21, 2023, with host and musical guest Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter, and record producer. Bad Bunny previously made his musical guest debut on February 20, 2021, the thirteenth episode of SNL's 46th season, hosted by the English actor Regé-Jean Page, star of the Netflix's historical fiction-romance streaming television series Bridgerton, and the hit films The Gray Man and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. This is Bad Bunny's first-time hosting and he made his 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL, as well as his 3rd appearance on SNL in total.

The goodnights speech for Bad Bunny is "Well, Thank You to Pedro Pascal. Thank You to Mick Jagger, and Lady Gaga. Well, Thank You to Lorne and Everyone at "SNL", I Had a Great Week. Good Night, I Hope You Like and You Enjoyed It. (Speaking Spanish) Gracias por tanto, Los quero. Los amo. Benito....siempre. Los quero. Gracias". (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameos by Pedro Pascal, Mick Jagger, and Lady Gaga
Pre-taped cameo by former longtime cast member Fred Armisen

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Jim Jordan House of Representatives Cold Opening   Jim Jordan (Mikey Day) is pissed about not being Speaker of the House, but is cheered up by George Santos (Bowen Yang), Lauren Boebert (Chloe Fineman), and finally former President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), after losing the House Speaker vote again. With Heidi Gardner as the secretary.
Monologue by Bad Bunny   Hosting for the first time, two-time musical guest Bad Bunny talks about speaks in both English and Spanish, and gets "help" from his translator, Pedro Pascal.
Rap Battle   Two rappees (Bad Bunny, Mikey Day) battle at a club. With Kenan Thompson as the host, Michael Longfellow and Punkie Johnson as two of the audience members, and Ego Nwodim and Devon Walker as Day's friends.
La Era del Descubrimiento   In Spain, two pescants (Mikey Day, Fred Armisen) pitch and show the king and his son (Bad Bunny, Marcello Hernandez) things that they discovered during their voyage in the new world. Andrew Dismukes appears as one of the servants (the entire sketch is in Spanish).
Telenovela   Actors (Bad Bunny, Marcello Hernandez) try to practice their lines, while Latina Jefferson (Punkie Johnson) keeps tripping over her lines. With Mikey Day as the director. Cameo by Mick Jagger plays the pair's father.
Please Don't Destroy Film - Shrek   Bad Bunny writes his own version of Shrek, with each of the boys playing their own character (Ben as Puss in Boots, Martin as Donkey, and John as Michael Jackson).
Bad Bunny performed "Un preview". Lady Gaga introduces Bad Bunny's first performance in Spanish.
Weeekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news like Biden giving a strong warning to anyone thinking about attack Israel, where he also said the attacks were like 15 9/11s, the new candidates for Speaker of the House, Trump's Gag Order, and more. With guest, Jada Pinkett Smith (Ego Nwodim) talking about her new book.
Protective Mom 2   A son (Marcello Hernandez) brings his new girlfriend (Chloe Troast) home to his aunt (Bad Bunny) and mother (Pedro Pascal), and things escalate from there.
The Right Track   A man (Devon Walker) talks to an employer (James Austin Johnson) about the results, while a bunch of crazy things happen in an adjacent train. With Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, Marcello Hernandez, and Molly Kearney as the patrons.
Bad Bunny performed "Monaco". Pedro Pascal introduces Bad Bunny's second performance.
Sister Act 3: Kevin Gone Wild   The head nun (Molly Kearney) informs the other nuns (Bad Bunny, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, and Chloe Troast) that there is a man amongst their group. It is eventually revealed to be 'Sister' Kevin (Mick Jagger).
Burt's Bees   The boss (Mikey Day) tries to tell his employees (Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, and Kenan Thompson) about company layoffs, while one of the company employers, Enrique (Bad Bunny) talks about his daughter's marriage.
Goodbyes and Closing Credits   Bad Bunny thanked Pedro Pascal, Mick Jagger, Lady Gaga, Lorne, and everyone at SNL for having him here, he said he enjoyed himself, and said something else in Spanish.

Trivia[]

Preceded by:
October 14, 2023
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
October 28, 2023
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