Live cast member Cecily Strong's return as Judge Jeanine Pirro almost steals the whole night from Walton Goggins, who celebrates Mother's Day with a sweet moment with his own "mama" during the monologue ahead of an aggressively uneven night.

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Quinta Brunson sashayed onto the main stage looking like Betty Boop, ready for her sophomore stint hosting Saturday Night Live. She gave passing glance to her brief tenure working a phone sex line before moving onto the driving bit of her monologue.

Sabrina Carpenter joins Quinta Brunson for a musical home to being short as the Abbott Elementary star returns to Saturday Night Live for her second time in a night of diminished returns sprinkled with moments of brilliance from OnlySeniors to Forever 31,