This is definitely one of the best SNL episodes to date; Pedro Pascal as a host absolutely smashed it-SNL did an excellent job in the opening monologue introducing Pedro to the unknown viewer (his recent projects with an emphasis on The Last Of Us and The Mandalorian as well as his life story, Pedro's origin in Chile and how/when/why did he move to the US).
The first skit (the quiz) was delivered nicely, and decent. The Wednesday joke cracked me up. Then the hospital skit with Pedro as Charlie was a little less (it feels like the quiz skit set the bar too high) but it was nice seeing Pedro break the character for a second-made me smile. Then teacher Ben part was really fun to watch, I was slightly expecting them to show THE Pedro fancam that went viral on TikTok and was somewhat disappointed that they didn't but it didn't fit the skit so it's okay, but the "students" just weren't it for me-still, Pedro delivered incredibly. The news skit was decent, not as good as the rest but still watchable. Pedro as momma was hilarious, again, his breaking the character added a bit of essence and it was fun to watch; also adored how they added Spanish and Spanglish. The ending skit with the steak was absolutely perfect, so fun to watch Pedro barely keeping up and yet again, breaking the character.
Overall, it's a nice watch. Pedro did a great job and I loved it.
The first skit (the quiz) was delivered nicely, and decent. The Wednesday joke cracked me up. Then the hospital skit with Pedro as Charlie was a little less (it feels like the quiz skit set the bar too high) but it was nice seeing Pedro break the character for a second-made me smile. Then teacher Ben part was really fun to watch, I was slightly expecting them to show THE Pedro fancam that went viral on TikTok and was somewhat disappointed that they didn't but it didn't fit the skit so it's okay, but the "students" just weren't it for me-still, Pedro delivered incredibly. The news skit was decent, not as good as the rest but still watchable. Pedro as momma was hilarious, again, his breaking the character added a bit of essence and it was fun to watch; also adored how they added Spanish and Spanglish. The ending skit with the steak was absolutely perfect, so fun to watch Pedro barely keeping up and yet again, breaking the character.
Overall, it's a nice watch. Pedro did a great job and I loved it.