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Saturday Night Live Recap: Shane Gillis Humors the Base


Shane Gillis’s second stint as host caters to his narrow fanbase, which makes for a limiting, bland episode.

Also, shout out to whoever worked on Hernandez’s hair, makeup, and costume — making the Rubio hairline so far up made his facial expressions more pronounced and added to the sketch. The game of being repulsed but then pulled back into wanting to give him a chance heightens and moves quickly, and there’s strong character work from everyone involved. Some favorites included Colin Jost on Elon Musk and Karla Sofía Gascón and Michael Che on the Black hosts leaving MSNBC(“Only one more to go.”).

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