Author: Therese Odell
Brendan Gleeson brings his Irish charm to a solid ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live
Brendan Gleeson & Willow
October 8, 2022
After a rocky first episode of the season, Saturday Night Live felt a little more sure of itself in last night’s episode. This week’s episode — though not perfect by any stretch — was much smoother and consistently funnier than the premiere. I certainly do not blame last week’s host for the mess that episode was, that was all about the writing, but I would be remiss if I didn’t give this week’s host, the wonderful Brendan Gleeson, his due for contributing to a more solid show. Gleeson was charming, light on his feet, and had natural comic timing: it was clear he was having a good time, and he brought the audience along with him.
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‘The Great British Bake Off’ did a taco episode and there’s not enough tequila in the world to get through it
‘House of the Dragon’: Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
House of the Dragon
“King of the Narrow Sea”
September 11, 2022
BADASS PRETEENS! CONTROVERSIAL HAIRCUTS! FUN DRAGTIMES! ORGIES! FUN SEXYTIMES! Less fun sexytimes. GOSSIP! BANISHMENTS! THE CATSPAW! AND DEHANDINGS!
An elegy for Comedy Central as we once knew it
Like it or not, ‘Dahmer’ is a HUGE hit for Netflix.
I just can’t figure out how this ‘Stranger Things’ Halloween decoration works . . .
‘The Midnight Club,’ ‘Let the Right One In,’ ‘The Real Love Boat,’ ‘Walker: Independence’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week.
I know I’m the recapper, but someone is going to have to tell me what happened on ‘House of the Dragon’ last night because I couldn’t see a damn thing
Miles Teller hosts the most wildly uneven ‘Saturday Night Live’ in recent memory
Saturday Night Live
Miles Teller and Kendrick Lamar
October 1, 2022
As I’m sure you know, this is a season of change — literally — for Saturday Night Live. Eight cast members, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari, and Chris Redd, left this season, some under … interesting circumstances.
ok so chris redd was definitely fired right pic.twitter.com/yBXu1mP6Ah
— janus (@seventennorth) October 2, 2022
They have added four new cast members, Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker, but as anyone who has watched this show for a while knows, it takes a minute before baby cast members find their sea legs.
And so I was ready for this premiere to be uneven. Without seasoned performers like McKinnon and Bryant around to anchor what would otherwise be mediocre sketches, some bits just aren’t going to land as well.
What I was not expecting was for this episode to give me whiplash: sharp and self-aware in one moment, delivering two of the worst sketches I have ever seen on this show in the next. Sketches so bad that at the time of this writing, no one has yet taken credit for writing them. Genuinely, you guys, this episode is one of the most baffling I’ve seen to date.
Not that I’m blaming Miles Teller. I’m not a huge fan of Teller — I find him very punchable, but I understand that this must just be a me thing since he’s a huge Hollywood star. But I have to admit, he did his very best with what he was handed. When the material was good, he was very good! When the material was terrible, he still tried his hardest.
No, the blame lies squarely on the writers and head writers here. Let’s hope they can pull it together in the coming weeks.
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