The 21 Best 'SNL' Sketches This Season, Ranked

Saturday Night Live ’s forty-first time of year wrapped up this past weekend with a Fred Armisen - hosted finale that appropriately cap off a year filled with touching highs ( Tracy Morgan ’s post - accident takings ) , thundering lows ( that Donald Trump episode ) , and space knickers . Now that it ’s all over , we can at long last count down our 21 favorite sketches of the season .

21. “Game of Thrones: Jon Snow”

After lying to our brass for months , HBO at last pulled the least shocking plot twist of all time byresurrecting Jon SnowonGame of Thrones . But it took two full episodes to get there , andSNLbrilliantly mock the show ’s stall tactic in this sketch . Brie Larson and Cecily Strong ’s exasperated duplicate are all of us .

20. “Settl”

Settl is the savagely good dating app for women who are looking to just get tie already . That mean you ca n’t swipe left , you could only upload recommendation photograph , and you ’re bound to meet charmers like Henry , the mustachioed manager of Petco . Hey , he has a 401(k ) .

19. “A Thanksgiving Miracle”

If only all contentious sept conversations could be work out with an Adele sing - along .

18. “Santa Baby”

A Christmas company takes a dark play , thanks to Ryan Gosling and Vanessa Bayer ’s disturbed couple . They give off strong Pumpkin and Honey Bunny inPulp Fictionvibes – if those two were obsessed with Santa Claus .

17. “Yo! Where Jackie Chan at Right Now?”

Do NOT say Asia . These cat won a Peabody !

16. “Cut for Time: Christmas at Nana’s”

Sometimes the cartoon cut down for metre outshine the ace that made the show . That ’s certainly the pillow slip in this Kyle Mooney and Amy Poehler sketch about foxily adorable feud siblings .

15. “Naked and Afraid: Celebrity Edition”

Hopefully the Discovery Channel is on the phone with Peter Dinklage and Leslie Jones powerful now , because this prevue of theirNaked and Afraidepisode was A+ amusement .

14. “Golden Globes”

The master takeout ? Liev Schreiber is a very gracious houseguest and threesome participant .

13. “Family Feud: Extended Family”

SNLdoesFamily Feudsketches all the time , but not like this . Kenan Thompson ’s flustered Steve Harvey is cracking . Leslie Jones ' rejected ex - wife is even better .

12. “Uber for Jen”

Writer and former casting penis Mike O’Brien has carve out a great recession for himself with his short moving-picture show . They lean to be sweet oddballs , and this fib of Jen and her Uber driver is no elision .

11. “Screen Guild Awards”

Capitalizing on the # OscarsSoWhite arguing , Saturday Night Livetook us inside this phony laurels show , where white librarians in Thurgood Marshall biopics and blanched cameraman inBeasts of No Nationcopycats were discern over any black actors .

10. “Racists for Trump”

SNLstruggled all time of year to properly skewer Trump . First there was thecasting handclasp - up . Then there was the unfortunate installment that Trump hosted , which is already consider as a low point in series account . But this fake political ad was by far the show ’s best Trump put-down : blunt , blistering , and brutal .

9. “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black”

All the absurd pearl - clutch over Beyoncé ’s " Formation " medicine video was mature for parody , andSNLseized the chance with this horror - movie trailer .

8. “First Got Horny 2 U”

The women ofSNLhave produced a bit of excellent music videos over the past couple age – see"(Do It on My ) Twin Bed,““Back Home Ballers,“etc . This is the latest collision , and it see to it the ladies in the all - blanched garb typically reserved for ' 90s son bands , croon about the first men they masturbate to .

7. “Bern Your Enthusiasm”

The 2008 election hadTina Fey ’s Sarah Palin . The 2012 election had … Kate McKinnon ’s Ann Romney , if anything . In 2016 , Larry David ’s Bernie Sanders is the impression to beat . It started off impregnable in disputation frigid clear , and reached its peak in this utterly producedCurb Your Enthusiasmmash - up .

6. “Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base”

Yo , Kylo Ren ( rationalise us , " Matt " ) neat - up sucks .

5. “FBI Simulator”

Can a bitch get a donut ? Someone has to ask the problematic questions , and in this case , that someone is meretricious ' XC relic and " human puzzler " Kevin Roberts , played by Larry David .

4. “Mafia Meeting”

You think this is a skit about a mob spate gone bad , but it ’s really about Peter Dinklage singing " Space Pants , " the best synth - daddy birdcall about novelty pants this side of the solar system .

3. “Meet Your Second Wife”

This biz - show parody palpate like a fake NBC show from the30 Rockuniverse . And just like Fey ’s hallmark sitcom , the skit is a sharp satire that still brag a bit of silliness . Be careful out there with those kayaks , people .

2. “Close Encounter”

If you needed one more ground to get aroused forGhostbusters(whining man - babies , maltreat to the left field ) , just check out Kate McKinnon ’s runaway hit of the time of year . This is one of those sketch where everyone cracks up , but you ca n’t blame Baby Goose for breaking – we also lose it over McKinnon ’s account of her " super off - the - book " foreign showdown .

1. “Farewell, Mr. Bunting”

This darkDead Poets Societyspoof star Fred Armisenrelies largely on jolt time value , so we wo n’t elaborate . Just ascertain it in all its daring , demented aureole .

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