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Saturday Night Live Recap: Mother of the House of Rockefeller


SNL celebrates Maya Rudolph’s greatness.

The last time Maya Rudolph graced the Saturday Night Live stage, she appeared in an ABBA infomercial alongside Kristen Wiig, both of them backing up former castmate Kate McKinnon in her first turn as host. When Rudolph was announced for this season’s penultimate show, it seemed like she might complete the trifecta of episodes that treated returning cast members as conquering heroes and leaned on Lorne Michaels’ infinite Rolodex to round out the party roster. Heidi Garner’s original character-based desk pieces are reliably funny, and her Woman Who Insists She’s Not Mad is a strong addition, despite probably giving some couples in the audience passive-aggressive fight flashbacks while they were still recovering from emotional fallout due to the Instagram Explore page sketch.

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