Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars
THE SITUATION ROOM
Anna Nicole Smith coverage displaces hard news
— Darrell takes over the Wolf Blitzer impression that the no-longer-on-the-show Chris Parnell regularly played the preceding season.
— So many laughs from the Anna Nicole Smith-centric news crawl on the bottom of the screen.
— Ha, after the Situation Room opening title sequence, the size of the news crawl has suddenly gotten HUGE.
— “Darfur bad”. Boy, does that take me back to 2007.
— Very funny how Darrell-as-Blitzer’s head is now being played with onscreen by The Situation Room’s graphics department, angering him.
— Good to see our host Rainn Wilson in the cold opening.
— Rainn is fantastic in his performance as a reporter. The fact that he’s coming off so natural here, combined with the fact that hosts don’t usually appear in cold openings, could easily cause one to mistake him for a cast member in this.
— I like the turn with Rainn taking over the report from a female reporter who Darrell’s Blitzer has thrown to.
— The length of Rainn’s bit could use some trimming.
— I still have no opinion on Fred’s take on Larry King. He’s certainly no Norm Macdonald when it comes to this role, I’ll say that. He’s not even a Kevin Nealon (who’s Larry King I’ve always felt was kinda underappreciated).
STARS: ***½
MONOLOGUE
cast members & Karen (Rashida Jones) make backstage SNL like The Office
— A very fun Office-esque backstage atmosphere we’re shown SNL having.
— Kristen and Jason are absolutely PERFECT as Pam and Jim. Not only are they very funny and spot-on in their Pam and Jim impressions, but they are pretty much dead-ringers for them here.
— A blink-and-miss-it cameo from Rashida Jones. Nice to see her, though part of me can’t help but be curious what it would’ve been like to see Maya play her in this monologue. Speaking of missed opportunities, how does this monologue not include a rare non-Weekend Update appearance from Seth as his Office doppleganger Ryan?
— Great seeing Lorne get involved in this, who’s typical deadpan is adding to this perfectly.
— When Lorne shows his “World’s Funniest Boss” coffee mug, you can hear an audience member shout “Yeah, Lorne!”, which is amusing to me.
— Overall, such a strong monologue.
STARS: ****½
SONG MEMORIES
“Danny’s Song” evokes icky reminiscing by (host), (BIH), (WLF), (JAS)
— The debut of these Song Memories sketches. Wow, until just now, I had completely forgotten about these sketches, as well as the fact that they debuted in this episode. I recall this being a pretty solid recurring sketch.
— Yet another episode where the criminally-underused-in-his-early-seasons Bill Hader is stuck making only one live appearance (he does appear in the following pre-taped Digital Short), though he at least gets a comedic role here, unlike his sole appearance in the preceding episode.
— Great format to these Song Memories sketches, with the guys’ disturbing stories being interspersed with the guys engaging in a jovial singalong of the chorus from the song playing on the jukebox.
— I could be wrong, but I think I recall that the “I have a dad with Down’s Syndrome” punchline to Bill’s story ended up causing some controversy back when this originally aired, and would result in SNL bleeping out the words “Down’s Syndrome” in reruns of this sketch. Am I remembering correctly, or am I mistaken?
— Rainn’s “The other guy’s pee came out of my nose” punchline paled in comparison to the punchlines of the other guys’ stories, but Rainn still made it work. I’ve seen some online SNL fans back at this time in 2007 have a theory that, instead of pee coming out of his nose, Rainn’s line was probably originally written to have him say a certain male bodily fluid came out of his nose (given the fact that he was…uh, orally servicing a man), but the censors must’ve nixed it and forced SNL to use a tamer version of the line.
— Even the very random Pulp Fiction-esque twist ending is working for me.
STARS: ****
BUSINESS MEETING
(host) asks his motley employees to propose cuts to the corporate budget
— I love the exchange between Rainn and Kenan, when Rainn is asking individual employees for their thoughts: “Water guy?” “I don’t work here.”
— Hilarious fake-out regarding which one of the employees is Chief Big Cloud.
— Gigantic Turkey Sub: “I say we put MUSTARD on it!”
— You can see a young Colin Jost throughout this short as one of the employees (the left side of the seventh-to-last, third-to-last, and second-to-last above screencaps for this Digital Short, though why does his suit jacket keep disappearing and re-appearing between shots?). He looks so baby-faced in this, and it’s funny seeing him without what’s now known as his trademark hairstyle.
— This short is an absolute riot. So many rapid-fire hilarious cutaways, characters, and subversions, so much so, that I’m missing a few of the quick gags due to laughing so hard at some of the other quick gags.
— I love how this is not only using what appears to be the entire SNL cast, but is having some of the cast members play multiple roles.
— Even the random gag of Rainn speaking into his hand as if it’s a cellphone is fitting the tone of this short perfectly.
STARS: *****
ART DEALERS
(host) & (KRW) interview Nuni & Nuni for Architectural Digest profile
— Ugh, this sketch once again. Thankfully, this ends up being the final appearance of these characters.
— (*sigh*) Cue the beyond-tired obligatory portion of these sketches where the Nunis clarify how to differentiate the pronunciation of their names, then proceed to butcher the simple pronunciation of their visitors’ names.
— I do like the toast chair that Rainn is forced to sit on.
— Having Rainn play a dull straight man in a Nuni sketch is such a waste of his comedic talents (why not have him play a comedic role like Will Ferrell got to play in the Nuni sketch he appeared in?), though at least he’s further proving his impressive versatility by playing a convincing straight man character here.
— Another reminder tonight that Chris Parnell is no longer on the show, as his butler character from these Nuni sketches has been replaced by a new character played by Andy.
— I did get a cheap laugh from Andy’s cotton candy pubic hair sticking out from the top of his pants.
STARS: *½
PEEPING JERRY
peeper (host) imposes his voyeuristic mindset upon a police lineup
— Rainn is wearing the same jacket that Will has been seen wearing as two child predator characters (who I personally have a theory are actually the same character), one being a character in the MySpace Seminar sketch from the preceding season’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus episode, and the other being the future recurring character Jeff Montgomery (a.k.a. the trick-or-treating sex offender character). SNL’s wardrobe department must have that jacket on standby for every time someone plays a creepy sexual deviant in a sketch in this era.
— For some reason, I kinda love the intentionally cheesy part with Maya cornily telling Rainn “The next time you peep at me, THIS is what you’re gonna see!” while angrily waving her fist in front of his face.
— Excellent characterization from Rainn, who is hilarious here.
— I love how Rainn is only able to identify the murderer in the police line-up by having a curtain substitute be displayed in front of him so he can peep from behind it.
— A great escalation to this, by now having Rainn request Jason mimes taking a shower and then sing during it. (Though why did Rainn word his request as “Make him sing again?”, when Jason’s character didn’t sing prior to this portion of the sketch?)
STARS: ****
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Intervention”
WEEKEND UPDATE
Anna Nicole Smith judge Larry Seidlin (FRA) weepily reads his reviews
Aunt Linda has nothing nice to say about the crop of Oscar nominees
the dangers of deployment to Iraq finally dawn on Prince Harry (ANS)
— Hmm, Fred playing the judge from the Anna Nicole Smith trial. Well, this sure comes off dated today. I remember the fact that this Judge Larry guy was pretty big back at this time, but 13 years later, I now remember little-to-nothing specific about the man. I think he broke down in tears during the Anna Nicole trial while delivering a long spiel, or something like that? Even my memory of seeing viral clips of him doing THAT is very vague and iffy. I worry that my lack of memory about this guy is going to hurt my enjoyment of this spoof of him that Fred’s doing.
— I do like the detail of Fred’s Judge Larry doing his commentary in a judge’s chair instead of the usual Update chair.
— We get an extended hysterical laughter break from the audience in response to Fred’s Judge Larry saying “When I was a kid…I used to go to the circus every day.” Am I missing something? What’s so hilarious about that line?
— Yeah, this Judge Larry commentary isn’t doing it for me. Just as I was afraid of, my lack of memory of the specifics that Fred is spoofing about this judge makes this hard for me to understand and laugh at. Then again, I get the feeling this commentary wasn’t all that funny even when it originally aired. This commentary is just coming off badly drawn-out and sluggish. (And guess what’s even worse? We’ll be seeing Fred do ANOTHER Judge Larry commentary on Update in the very next episode! Geez.)
— (*groan*) Kristen’s Aunt Linda routine continues to suffer diminishing returns, and I’m finding her ratings system increasingly cringeworthy in its corniness. That corniness feels like something straight out of SNL writer James Anderson’s playbook, even though I have no idea if he even writes these Aunt Linda commentaries (I think I remember hearing it’s another writer who’s behind these Aunt Linda commentaries, though I don’t remember who).
— SNL breaks out the ol’ vomit hose for the first time in, I believe, years. While I admit to chuckling at this particular instance of it in this Prince Harry commentary from Andy, it feels like a poor man’s version of Will Ferrell’s Update commentary about Ellen DeGeneres back in season 22 (a commentary that I love, problematic or not). I do love Seth’s deadpan during Andy’s over-the-top vomiting, though.
— Boy, this is one long Update. A huge contrast to how short and compact the last few Updates prior to this were.
STARS: ***
FIRST DAY AT WORK
Neil & Jean orient their new fellow uptight co-worker Oliver (host)
— An interesting change of pace to see this recurring Forte/Wiig/(insert host here) introverted co-workers sketch now taking place at the characters’ workplace instead of at another bar.
— Yet another very fun quirky characterization from Rainn tonight.
— Very funny and charming reveal of Will and Kristen’s extremely tame “hazing” of Rainn.
— As usual, a countless number of very funny little quirks from these characters. Even Will and Kristen’s mere delivery makes even non-comedic lines very humorous.
— The usual twist in these sketches with us suddenly seeing Will detailing the night of raunchy lovemaking he has planned for him and his two co-workers has been changed up tonight, which is another refreshing change of pace.
STARS: ****½
WHITE POSSUM SCREAM
(KET) chains (host) in Black Snake Moan knockoff
— A laugh from how this Blake Snake Moan-based movie is titled White Possum Scream.
— Funny visual of Rainn as a briefs-clad male version of Christina Ricci’s character from Black Snake Moan.
— I like the other Chase Danker-made preview-based films we’re shown movie posters of, especially the dark Dunston Checks Out.
— Even Kenan’s mugging and loud hamminess, which, in these early seasons of his, can be a bit much and too uncontrolled, is kinda working for me here.
— This sketch is showing itself to be thin, but the execution is making it passable enough.
STARS: ***
BAND SHOT
— There appears to be a sketch cut at the last minute at this point of the show, as SNL does the old “come back from a long commercial break only to show the SNL Band playing for a few seconds before going back to another long commercial break” move they occasionally resort to when needing to fill time after a sketch gets scrapped at the last minute for time reasons. However, that usually happens at the very end of episodes. Odd how THIS particular instance is occurring at around 12:45, when we still have a sketch and an Arcade Fire musical performance remaining.
RIVER BLISS
New Age musicians (FRA), (MAR), (host), (KET), (KRW) bicker in the studio
— Kenan’s character being named Nasim certainly brings a future SNL cast member to mind, mostly because she’s the only real-life person I’ve ever heard with that name.
— Fred’s gestures when playing the keyboard are funny, and Rainn does yet another characterization that I like (even his constant hair flips are getting laughs), but the sketch itself is not doing it for me. Also, I’m getting that ol’ pesky feeling again that this is another James Anderson-written sketch. The style of this sketch and the character types sure make me think so, especially Kenan’s character. I’ve noticed that almost ANY sketch that Kenan plays this type of effeminate, sassy male character in is a James Anderson-written sketch.
— Kenan yelling very loudly “I…HATE…YO…FACE!” has kinda stuck with me over the years, even though I could never remember which sketch it came from until now.
— Aaaaaaaand there’s the fart humor to further add to my hunch that this sketch is a James Anderson piece.
— Overall, blah. A poor and aimless sketch to end a great episode on (the following musical performance notwithstanding).
STARS: *½
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
musical guest performs “Keep The Car Running”
GOODNIGHTS
IMMEDIATE POST-SHOW THOUGHTS
— A very strong episode, and definitely one of the best of this season. The first half of this episode in particular was very impressive, with a majority of the segments receiving a rating from me ranging from 4-5 stars. Adding to the strength of this episode is Rainn Wilson, who was an excellent host, came off perfect for SNL, and was utilized very well with the various oddball roles the writers gave him.
MY PERSONAL CHOICE OF “BEST OF” MOMENTS FOR THIS EPISODE, REPRESENTED WITH SCREENCAPS
HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Forest Whitaker)
a step up
My full set of screencaps for this episode is here
TOMORROW
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
I wish Rainn was a big enough and successful star to host again. He has a ton of talent and a ton of range and sadly he always will be tied to Dwight.
They did get rid of that Downs’ Syndrome joke in reruns. The whole “eating crayons” thing certainly didn’t sit well with a few people. I suppose it could have been worse, though. At least they didn’t say it was “paint chips”.
I remember for a WHILE the “Down’s syndrome” line being censored, but I distinctly remember a rerun on Logo (back when they held they co-held the syndication rights with Comedy Central around 2015) having the line uncensored.
Rainn was a great host. This episode gets somewhat thin after Update, but it’s a fun time to be sure. The office meeting short still makes me laugh to this day (“I SAY WE PUT MUSTARD ON IT!” “Cut human resources?”).
I definitely remember seeing a repeat where the Down’s syndrome line was bleeped out (making that entire joke impossible to understand). I find this sketch reliable, but to be honest, this is my favorite entry in those sketches. I’m impressed they kept finding the right songs for them, though. I always like how after the shocking revelation, then the chorus, there’s always another add-on joke as well (Jason: “That was the last time I saw my uncle!”).
I remember at the time finding Fred really funny as Judge Larry. The real judge was definitely pretty hammy at the trial. I can see how not remembering any of the context makes it difficult to evaluate (and I certainly don’t).
Both Kristen and Jason are amazing in the monologue. I don’t usually think of Sudeikis as an impressionist, mainly because of his voice, but he absolutely nails John Krasinski’s mannerisms.
Rainn certainly deserved more than hosting one time. He was a complete natural and brought some much needed strangeness and silliness to the show. I’d much rather him be a five-timer than Jonah Hill…
Another great Digital Short, starting with Dick In A Box and going until the writers strike, these dozen Digital Shorts are for me the most consistently funny streak they did on the show.
Hey Jack. You Forgot Lazy Sunday Otherwise known as Narnia ! I Like the Line at the End about I Called Parnell ! Chris Parnell was In A Phone Booth ! I may be wrong, but I think They Had A Turkey Sandwich and then they went to the Movies ! That Was Andy and Chris Parnell ! That Was Before _____ In A Box !
I’m probably in the minority on this but I can’t stand The Office. That being said, I do like Rainn Wilson and I’m surprised he only hosted once. He’s a perfect guest host.
The “This seems like a James Anderson sketch, but I have no proof” line seems to be becoming a bit of a catchphrase. My guess is that MANY people are capable of writing bad sketches.
It’s weird seeing the Singing Guys and the Peeping Tom sketches placed on the same level. The gap in quality between those two sketches seems vast, even with the former’s edgelord elements. I’d say it’s easily one of the better pieces of the era.
Is this the last office coworkers sketch? If so, man they were great. Shame they don’t get the respect they deserve these days. They really represent the best of both Wiig and Forte.
I believe there’s one more office coworkers sketch left from Steve Martin’s weirdly mediocre S34 episode.
Hey Carson. You said People say This Seems to be A James Anderson Written Sketch, but I Have NO Proof seems to be A Catch Phrase ! Carson, You Said Many People Can Write Bad Sketches ! THANK YOU ! I Say That Out Loud To My Self ALL THE TIME ! Also, I Feel Like Many People Anticipate That The Sketches Are Going to Be Bad ! They Say On a Second Week That That Show Will Be Bad ! Then, They say On The Third Week That They Wish They Had the Second week OR The Third Week Is Worse Than The Second Week ! I Wish People Would Stop Anticipating That The Shows Will Be Bad ! Just Watch and Then Decide Whether they Like That Show ! Another Thing Is That They Just Turn off the Show And Then They Complain That They Missed Some Thing Great ! They would Not Miss That Great Thing IF They would Just watch The Show Even IF They End up watching A Bad Show !
I’m not wild about James Anderson’s work on SNL either, but like Carson said, I’m starting to feel a punching bag effect.
With that said, Rainn/Fire is probably my favorite Year 32 show. Rainn was a great host with solid characterizations, Arcade Fire was amazeballs, and “River Bliss” was the one truly bad sketch. The corporate meeting Digital Short is all-time top ten for me. My only other complaint was the Judge Larry Seidlin commentary, which didn’t work then or now.
If memory serves me right, Bill Hader really breaks out during the last quarter of the season. The first “La Rivista Della Televisione” awaits.
The sketch cut last minute from live was what-coulda-been last installment of The Falconer where in a meta turn Ken Mortimer learns his whole life was basically an SNL sketch. Forte has mentioned that he regretfully sulked when it was cut and he left the stage immediately after goodnights and missed dancing with his peers to Arcade Fire’s impromptu 3-song encore after the cameras turned off… I recall someone who was in the studio audience recorded a bit of that performance and posted it on 1-yr-old YouTube right after the live air and I checked and lo-and-behold it’s still there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHMWuENACv8
Apparently there are people out there who got a glimpse on the missing Falconer sketch cuz then-writer Colin Jost showed it exclusively at a live audience appearance in 2009… this recording of the event doesn’t include the clip but I figured Jost is the current SNL’er hoggin’ the spotlight with his new book you can check out his interview:
Thank you for sharing this, as now I have a much better memory of Arcade Fire with SNL than my previous memory, which is them being part of a bizarre and unpleasant “let’s repeatedly haze new cast members during one of the worst possible times to invite viewers to dismiss new cast members” premiere saga that helped lead to four cast members being shuffled/fired.
Interesting to see how much less corporate Colin was back then. I wish he’d consider bringing the facial hair back for his (presumably) last season.
(there are some rape and AIDS jokes in there, just to warn – it’s just a small part of the interview though)
I haven’t read Colin’s book yet but he seems more of a laidback hippie type than his onscreen persona would have you believe. Has anyone read it? I’m considering buying it just to see what sketches he wrote.
Man what a bummer about that Falconner sketch. It sounded like it would have been another epic Forte sketch. I can’t believe there are people out there who have seen it! I always hoped it would be re-pitched or be done when or if Forte hosts but seems pretty unlikely…
I haven’t read it either but from various excerpts it seems interesting – he does give a list of sketches and talks a bit about the culture of the show when he arrived, etc. This is an interesting interview he did with Natalie Portman.
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/colin-jost-tells-natalie-portman-about-his-new-book-and-snls-uncertain-future
You’d think that would go on a Best of Will Forte – it’s a shame none was ever made.
I didn’t even notice until rssk’s comment but you can see Will hiding way in the back at the goodnights, not looking happy. I am not entirely sorry that the last Falconer we got was in the S31 finale as that was pretty darn good, but I do hope we can see the last somewhere someday.
Awesome! So as an SNL fan it’s definitely at least worth a read 🙂 Cool article! I haven’t always been the biggest Jost fan but he seems like a decently nice guy.
I’ve always been bummed that they never made any best of’s for most of this era’s players. It’s fun to wonder what would have made the cut…
Yeah it’s hard to beat the last Falconner sketch but I’m so curious. A giant what if!
It’s never made sense to me – I’m aware that this type of material stopped being made because it became obsolete (DVD sales plummeting) but since most SNL sketches are never seen again there would still be some kind of market, especially for the late ’00s group who are still doing well in the business today and have followings. I wish they’d consider cobbling a few collections together and seeing what response they might get – it could help fill up the summer rerun season, if nothing else.
I was assured they stopped making new non-holiday best of collections once Kristen departed the show and she didn’t receive a special. Outside of that well intended but thin on material Prince special, if that counts.
IIRC, this was the show where Lorne became a fan of Arcade Fire. The future was set.
Rainn Wilson was a very good host – he wasn’t exactly stretched but he brought his very specific energy to this episode and helped add a certain roughness to a season that is watchable and at times strong, but lacks spark. I could have seen him having a big episode in the years with Ferrell and Parnell, if he’d been famous then. I am not really a big Office watch (nothing against the show, just haven’t spent a lot of time on it) but I know him from his underrated work on Six Feet Under. As others have said, I wish he’d hosted again. Considering how beloved The Office was and how some people tied to the show have been in one corner of SNL or another for years (Mindy Kaling being a guest writer, Rashida’s cameo, being on P&R with Amy, dating Colin Jost, the various cameos from other Office people in Carell’s episodes), it’s surprising more Office people didn’t host. Then again look what happened when John Krasinski tried to host…
(on another note, it’s funny how many people say Rainn Wilson looks like Bill Hader, knowing they only had about one real interaction together in this episode)
Oddly enough I don’t think they knocked it out of the park with any of the sketches. Other than Nuni, I didn’t think anything was particularly bad -the last sketch was aimless and a bit crass, but no more crass than 2-3 other pieces here, and it at least had an interesting vibe and some decent performances – but there weren’t any sketches that really stood out for me either.
I’d say the closest was the bar songs sketch, but the performances feel out of sync- they’re better at this in Zach Braff’s episode, even if Rainn was a better host. If they really did change another term to “pee” for censorship reasons, I have to laugh, because the change makes that particular scenario MUCH worse!
The peeper sketch is also pretty decent, enlivened by Jason (the closest to Rainn’s performance style in this cast) and Rainn, but the ending feels gimmicky to me.
The monologue is great – Lorne’s work here and in Molly Shannon’s upcoming monologue is some of the best he ever did on SNL. Kristen and Jason are right on point – on paper Andy might have seemed like a better choice for Jim, but Jason absolutely nails those facial expressions.
The cold open is very funny when we see the crawl competing with Wolf, but loses focus quickly and somehow closes in at 8 or 9 minutes. That, the padded Wilson segments (although it’s nice to see him in the open) and the extraneous Fred insertion get in the way. Bringing it down a final notch is when they give the LFNY closeup on Darrell, he looks completely dead in the eyes. Not exactly the best way to open the show.
Very good Digital Short, with so many fun visuals (like Maya randomly in a Wonder Woman outfit) and just the right length.
Weekend Update is a drag on the night, and a harbinger for the worst of Kristen and Fred. Aunt Linda is one of many examples of the perils of a frequently returning Update feature (I’d say it’s Kristen’s worst example but there are a few that plunge further depths) – the one coming up in Braff’s episode is particularly lousy. Fred isn’t even doing a piece here as much as he is just doing more of his increasingly self-indulgent mugging as the episode has to grind to a halt around him. I read up a bit on this judge, and he has an interesting story – I got more out of that than this piece that Fred does 500 different times in different forms. Andy doesn’t even try for a Harry impression (he’s never claimed to be an impressionist so no judgment on my part), but the vomit take is good for a cheap laugh, I guess. Yesterday I was in a stream with a few fans and they were talking about how many times Seth had to dissuade Lonely Island from vomit material – you get some definite glimpses of that in the back half of this season.
There are parts of the office threesome sketch that work for me, especially when Kristen says she’ll swear on a stack of Bibles and a horrified Will scolds her that that’s “the Lord message,” but overall this felt like an unnecessary escalation with various attempts at “shocking” elements (gender transition, murder, nudity). The simplicity of the original sketch is what made it work so beautifully. I missed that here.
Promos (featuring the return of two of the worst recurring characters to ever be in a promo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi05M7hkiyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hOaFM2f50c
And if you have some time to kill, here’s an old blog post on this episode, to remind you of how eternal the “SNL hasn’t been funny in years,” “SNL is horrible,” “I don’t watch the second half of the episode” types of comments have been.
https://www.officetally.com/rainn-wilson-saturday-night-live-snl-videos
I was in that stream with John and I was the one who bought up Seth nixing all the puke sketches Andy tried to get on the air in his first season (since we were watching this seasons ScarJo/Bjork ep which has the second Kauto sketch with Andy to stay a few steps ahead of this blog) because I distinctly remember them bringing it up on what may have been Andy’s first ever interview on Seth’s show circa spring 2014. They mentioned the Prince Harry Update piece absolutely had to make it on air because it was a topical news item and it was written by Andrew Steele, NOT Andy. This made Andy very happy and made Seth very unhappy. I may link that interview here later if I can find it. Speaking of Seth’s talk show, we’ll always have the possibility of “Second Chance Theater” as a potential future showcase for that CFT Falconer finale.
I remember enjoying this one quiet a bit the the one sketch I mainly remember is the “Song Memories” one…
I was at the afterparty for this show but have no real memory of it.
HOW THIS EPISODE STACKS UP AGAINST THE PRECEDING ONE (Forest Whitaker, as of September 5, 2021)
a moderate step up