One month and four days. SNL writers had one month and four days between new episodes to work on material, and what they ended up with was…Top Dog Chef. Last night’s Jennifer Lawrence-hosted episode was, through no fault of her own (she was funny, charming, and game for anything), pretty awful, with a messy, packed first half making way for a stagnant second. It was maddeningly all over the place; not a single sketch felt fully formed.
Plus, WE JUST FOUND OUT A SUPER FAMOUS ATHLETE “KILLED” HIS FAKE GIRLFRIEND AND HAS BEEN LYING ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS, which, well, read that sentence again. It’s perfect fodder for SNL…and it was reduced to a brief Weekend Update joke and one-third of a Piers Morgan cold open. But I’m sure the next time a celebrity is involved in an elaborate Internet hoax with a woman who never existed, SNL will get it right.
One more thing: JENNIFER LAWRENCE BOOBS NUDE BUTT NAKED JENNIFER LAWRENCE. Oh, hey, Google.