Pete Davidsonis back!
Saturday’s episode kicked off with first-time hostDavid Harbourdelivering an opening monologue filled with plenty ofStranger Thingsreferences. Taking viewers through a tour of theSNLstudio, Harbour eventually made his way through an entrance into the Upside Down from his hit Netflix series.
“Is this where you’ve been, in the Upside Down?” Harbour asked the comedian.
“Yeah dude it’s lit, right!” Davidson joked, which led Harbour to insist that the Upside Down was anything but pleasant, and that Davidson should return to the show with him.
“Yeah maybe. Hey, didn’t you like die in here at the end of the show?” Davidson asked Harbour, referencing theapparent death of his characterat the end of season 3.
Stumbling over his words, Harbour said that he couldn’t say, and told viewers to watch the show next season to find out. He then left Davidson to continue his tour of the Upside Down, eventually making his way out of it.
Later on in the show, Davidson returned for the Weekend Update segment, seated besideColin Jost, as the two discussed the increase of STD’s due to dating apps.
“I don’t see the problem,” Davidson joked. “I get tested all the time because I look like I have all of them. And I look like I created my own.”
“I read online that dating is actually desegregating America,” Davidson said. “Way more people are dating outside their race and social class and religion. And you’re going to risk all that ethnic harmony to stop a few busted pipes from dripping? I don’t think that’s fair.”
At the end of the segment, Davidson also brought up the joke that Jostmade during last week’s showabout his absence.
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Davidson, who has been on theSNLcast since 2014, missed the first two shows for season 45 due to being away in Atlanta to film James Gunn’s upcomingSuicide Squadsequel. He is said to have a cameo in the film.
Along with Davidson, new faces in the film include Fillion,Idris Elbaplaying an unnamed new character,Guardians of the Galaxyveteran Michael Rooker, WWE starJohn Cena, Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight, and reportedly playing Polka-Dot Man), and newcomer Daniela Melchior (reportedly as Ratcatcher).
Saturday Night Liveairs Saturdays (11:30 p.m. ET) on NBC, whileThe Suicide Squadwill be released Aug. 6, 2021.
source: people.com
