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Behold: the SNL sketches (and one performance) that impressed us the most during the show's 2021–2022 run

If you never realized that goal you had at 17, maybe consider yourself lucky

The Russian Doll star supplied comic heft and real poignancy in an episode of goodbyes that will have some verklempt

The host gets some voice notes ahead of the season finale with musical guest Japanese Breakfast

"Tarrare" offers everything from clever symbolism to a famous actor dancing in leopard-print underwear

"Old Enough! Long-Term Boyfriends!" takes man-babies to task. (Surely you don't know any.)

The Only Murders In The Building star didn't quite kill in the confines of 30 Rock

Will the show chop the roof off a Suburban or throw up in a Birkin? Only time—and Post Malone's performance—will tell

Donald Glover writes and directs a monochrome-shot satire that pulls out all the stops

They kick it back to the 13th century to explore a Supreme Court justice's legal reasoning.

Looks like we have another early candidate for the Five-Timer's Club

Doctor Strange is ready for his second hosting stint, but will the show be strange enough to be worthy of him?

Al and Darius get high and embark on an underground tour of Amsterdam in "New Jazz"

The show heads to New York City in an interesting but meandering exploration of cultural divides

"White Fashion" is a must-see on multiple levels, forcing us to ask: Where are we, really, right now?

In a rock-bottom episode, a talented host is almost completely failed by the show

The singer, rapper, flutist, and symbol of "raw sexual power" is adding host and musical guest to her résumé.

In the inventive comic mystery "Cancer Attack," two guest stars (including a surprising return) almost steal the show

This Saturday Night Live sketch portrays one HR meeting you might not survive

But this week's episode indicates the show needs to reinvent itself in one fundamental area