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LikeTiger KingandSchitts Creek,The Queens Gambitwas nearly unavoidable for several months of this pandemic year.
The alternative?SNLcouldnt book her in January, and this was the next-best window.
As usual, this weeks sketches are presented here ranked from best to worst.
And, yeah, worth a shot.
Again, its a highlight.
Its a really worthy final segment.
Its a lot of quick hits that add up to one larger, bittersweet impression of a strange time.
After a traumatic year, there are a lot of reasons for the cast to tear up.
Cecily Strong, for instance, has beengrieving a beloved cousinwho died from brain cancer.
One, two, three, orall four?!
The jam may not be one you sing in the shower, but its got a lot of life.
The latter group of angels have notes.
That needy Jesus, who pops in right at the end, deserves his own sad and thirsty spinoff.
Her understated sidekick counters Bryants broader impulses as the take-charge matron.
The elaborate contraptions may be a bit much, but Bryants boisterous know-it-all takes things to a fun place.
Beck Bennetts cameo as hardworking husband is nice, too.
Plus, theres Vins many facial expressions: the scowl and the smirk.
Dad, trying to be funny while posing with a shotgun, ruins things for everyone.
Much of the comic energy is undercut by white text on black screen with accompanying voiceover.
Eventually, theres a chessboard on the ceiling, with all theSNLcast members heads glued onto the pieces.
As a host, Taylor-Joy proves shes quite capable of playing well with others.
From the vantage point of the season finale, the preceding year feels long and strange.
