{"id":558483,"date":"2026-02-01T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/558483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:09:16","slug":"alexander-skarsgard-and-dad-stellan-help-snl-hit-1000th-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/558483\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd and dad Stellan help ‘SNL’ hit 1,000th episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some actors who appear right on the edge of becoming household names and who happen to be hosting \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d for the first time might be leery of letting a famous relative steal their spotlight.<\/p>\n

Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd let it happen twice in the same \u201cSNL\u201d episode when his father Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd appeared in a returning sketch about immigrant fathers<\/a> (in which Cardi B also appeared) and one about a Scandinavian film\u2019s giggly production<\/a>. To be fair, though, his dad is currently Oscar-nominated in the supporting actor category for \u201cSentimental Value.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the Alexander of the Skarsg\u00e5rd was bothered, it sure didn\u2019t show; the first-time host of the 1,000th episode of \u201cSNL\u201d was loose and committed throughout, even if not all the sketches hit. And yes, before you go racing to Peacock to confirm, Alexander gave his father Stellan a big ol\u2019 hug in the closing goodbyes. Aww.<\/p>\n

If \u201cSNL\u201d shied away last week from directly addressing the quickly devolving situation in Minneapolis last week, it found its footing with a cold open about ICE that didn\u2019t rely on James Austin Johnson\u2019s impression of President Trump. Instead, it featured former cast member Pete Davidson as border czar Tom Homan taking over command of clueless ICE officers. This was followed, after the monologue, by a well-executed sketch about a mom (Ashley Padilla) slowly changing her mind about the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the guest host played a coach to a skittish Olympics luge athlete (Jane Wickline), a preteen girl with aggression issues<\/a>, a Viking who feels like everyone is forming cliques during a bloody raid<\/a>, a guy who uses Cards Against Humanity jokes<\/a> to make himself seem funny, and Tarzan trying to get out of a relationship<\/a> with Jane (Sarah Sherman).<\/p>\n

As the younger Skarsg\u00e5rd\u2019s career has shown (\u201cMurderbot,\u201d \u201cTrue Blood,\u201d \u201cThe Northman\u201d), he\u2019s used to playing odd, extreme characters and \u201cSNL\u201d was a nice fit.<\/p>\n

Musical guests Cardi B performed \u201cBodega Baddie<\/a>\u201d and \u201cErrTime<\/a>.\u201d A tribute card for Catherine O\u2019Hara, who died on Friday<\/a>, was shown before the goodbyes. O\u2019Hara hosted \u201cSNL\u201d in 1991<\/a> and 1992<\/a> and appeared in a short \u201cSNL\u201d film<\/a> (with Laurie Metcalf!) in 1988.<\/p>\n

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For the first time in a while, Trump didn\u2019t dominate the cold open of the show; instead, Davidson came back to the show, wearing a bald cap to portray Homan. Homan points out the irony that things have gotten so bad in Minneapolis with ICE that he\u2019s now considered the voice-of-reason adult in the room. ICE commanders (Kenan Thompson, Andrew Dismukes, Johnson, Ben Marshall, Mikey Day and Jeremy Culhane) claimed their orders were \u201cwildin\u2019 out\u201d and wondered if they\u2019re supposed to be releasing the Epstein files. As Homan pointed out, the ICE raids were to distract from those, but now the Epstein files are being released to distract from ICE. Davidson is remembered more for his \u201cWeekend Update\u201d segments and his Chad character on \u201cSNL,\u201d but he does some nice work here even if he breaks character at one point.<\/p>\n

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Skarsg\u00e5rd\u2019s could have spent his monologue discussing his TV and movie roles, like his upcoming film \u201cWicker<\/a>\u201d or his role in the new Charli XCX mockumentary \u201cThe Moment<\/a>,\u201d but instead he focused on the band members who appear on stage but rarely get to speak on the show. He interviewed some of the band members, poorly, and then grabbed a saxophone to do some inspired fake playing. It was silly and fun, a nice start to Skarsg\u00e5rd\u2019s night.<\/p>\n

Best sketch of the night: Mom\u2019s having a change of heart, but you can\u2019t say anything \"\" <\/p>\n

For most of this season you can count on at least one sketch to feature a standout performance from featured player Ashley Padilla, who has become a ringer for playing women who are either very deluded and are trying to pretend they\u2019re not, or who are trying to manage other people\u2019s reactions to her odd behavior. For this sketch, she gets to do both, playing a mother who, after a lengthy preamble, reveals to her adult children and husband (Skarsg\u00e5rd) that she\u2019s starting to change her opinion about Trump\u2019s policies, from immigration to guns to trans people. As her kids struggle to hold back their reactions, lest she swing back the other way, her husband just wants to go to Red Robin for his birthday scoop. Best line: \u201cIf I hear a single \u2018I told you so,\u2019 I will go see the \u2018Melania\u2019 movie<\/a> tonight!\u201d<\/p>\n

Also good: Having the right body shape for Olympics-level luge, even if it\u2019s a corpse \"\" <\/p>\n

Wickline, another featured player, has become a polarizing cast member among fans, some of whom simply don\u2019t get her humor or appreciate her performances, while others love her quirky songs and see her as bringing a unique vibe to the show. For this Olympics-themed pre-taped piece, she gets to have a lot of fun as a reluctant luge competitor who is terrified to go down the mountain and tries to fake being sick to avoid going to Milan. This might remind you of Patti Harrison\u2019s perfect performance<\/a> in the \u201cCapital Room\u201d sketch on \u201cI Think You Should Leave,\u201d but Wickline manages to make the character her own.<\/p>\n

\u2018Weekend Update\u2019 winner: They scored again ahead of the Super Bowl \"\" <\/p>\n

Sherman was promoted to \u201cWeekend Update\u201d weather correspondent<\/a> in a segment that included a surprise appearance from \u201c30 Rock\u201d star Jack McBrayer, but it was Dismukes and Padilla as a couple who just had sex winning the week with their awkward, infatuated banter, which tied in nicely to a discussion about next week\u2019s big game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. The couple predict that the Patriots will be on top the first half, but at some point the Seahawks will come from behind and dominate the Patriots for a little while. \u201cMaybe the Patriots get tired and ask the Seahawks to play themselves for a while,\u201d Dismukes suggests. Things go off the rails when he says no matter what happens, someone\u2019s getting a ring, which puts tension on the budding relationship. \u201cI didn\u2019t say that night!\u201d he explains to a disappointed Padilla. The two previously hooked up for the first time in the Glen Powell episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some actors who appear right on the edge of becoming household names and who happen to be hosting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":558484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[58476,158869,162615,1582,276,244116,3404,244117,5410,2961,224,5337,32630,1807,7149,4370,244115,81626,1933,22674],"class_list":{"0":"post-558483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-alexander-skarsgard","9":"tag-andrew-dismukes","10":"tag-band-member","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-chad-character","14":"tag-episode","15":"tag-homan","16":"tag-ice","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-patriots","21":"tag-president-trump","22":"tag-seattle-seahawks","23":"tag-show","24":"tag-skarsgard","25":"tag-sketch","26":"tag-snl","27":"tag-while"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115995067558559392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}