SNL At Home‘s final Weekend Update of the season had the usual jokes about Donald Trump and current events as it has throughout the somewhat interrupted and unusual season given the global pandemic on, but Saturday’s episode also had an appearance from one of the most notable Update hosts in the show’s history.

The Colin Jost-Michael Che-hosted Update had a guest spot from former host Tina Fey on Saturday, bringing some gripes about life in quarantine and a special message for mothers on the eve of Mother’s Day.

Perhaps the best joke of the Update came from Che, who talked about how the pandemic has taken a toll on everyone, some more than others.

“I lost my grandmother,” Che said. “Colin, you lost J Crew.”

The sketch transitioned into an appearance from Fey, who used to host the segment back in her SNL days. Fey seemed irked by having to make up Latin for her children to learn, but did say she’s learned some life hacks while in quarantine.

“Did you know that if you’re baking cookies and you run out of flower you can just go to bed?” Fey said. “That’s right you can just shut up and go to bed.”

She then offered a prayer for mothers, which was a modified Serenity Prayer featuring some timely pandemic-related lines.

The episode also featured the conclusion of a fundraiser where someone donated money to write a joke for Che to say, though he definitely got the last laugh in the bit.

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The first episode of SNL At Home featured Tom Hanks delivering an at-home monologue. He didn’t do much the rest of the way, letting the show’s cast take care of business from the comfort of their homes. The third and final At Home edition of NBC’s sketch comedy show, however, relied on a former cast member to deliver a monologue and take part in one of the show’s remote sketches.

Kristen Wiig hosted the season finale of SNL At Home on Saturday, delivering a goofy and brief monologue that started with her laying in her own bed. Once she got a fancy dress on she got a bit more flashy. Actually, Wiig flashed the camera in the opener, then gave a touching Mother’s Day tribute from the comfort of her floor.

She made some jokes about the holiday at first — including a quip about breastfeeding then offering up a plate of chicken breasts. She did later did deliver a heartfelt Mother’s Day tribute to moms who are helping people get through life in quarantine, sandwiched with an ending where she shared a breathy lullaby her mother apparently used to deliver herself.

Wiig also appeared in a sketch later in the show where she played a hair blogger who had some serious volume in her, well, wig.

She helped a viewer fix her hair problems, address some hair memes, and help Kenan Thompson get a proper blowout. It was exceptionally weird, but certainly not out of Wiig’s comfort zone. The closing credits for the episode rolled with her attempting to go back to sleep, rustling around in her bed with a sleeping mask on as the last moments of one of the weirdest seasons of SNL ever came to an end.

Justin Gaethje (22-2) earned a referee stoppage over Tony Ferguson (26-4) to win the interim lightweight title in the main event of UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Gaethje started fast against Ferguson, prepared for everything the former interim champion had to open the fight. Gaethje stung Ferguson over and again with a huge left hook, finding openings often throughout the first round. The second was much of the same, with Gaethje throwing absolute bombs. Gaethje continued to land huge shots, opening a cut over Ferguson’s right eye. But Ferguson landed a stiff uppercut that put Gaethje on his back before the bell saved him.

In the third, Gaethje hurt Ferguson with a big right. Ferguson kept coming forward and Gaethje continued dropping bombs. At the three minute mark, Ferguson began putting it together, finding combinations with quick shots and getting out of the pocket before Gaethje could respond.

Gaethje opened the fourth in a more passive state, allowing Ferguson to control the pace and opting to counter punch. Gaethje appeared to hurt Ferguson late in the round, but he escaped without much damage. In the final round, Gaethje continued to pepper Ferguson’s legs, hurting him over and again before the referee stopped the bout.

Ferguson came into Saturday night’s main event riding a 12-fight win streak, with his last loss coming in 2012. A former interim lightweight champion, Ferguson previously was forced to relinquish the belt after suffering a torn LCL in a freak injury on a television set.

Gaethje stepped in as a replacement for the current lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov after he left the United States to travel to the UAE, where it was assumed the event would take place. He was eventually re-routed to Russia due to travel restrictions and acknowledged he was under quarantine. Gaethje entered the event on a three-fight win streak following consecutive losses to top contender Dustin Poirier-Khabib and former champion Eddie Alvarez. With the win, he became the first fighter to TKO Ferguson.

Following the win, Gaethje will only do so much celebrating. With Nurmagomedov waiting in the wings, and apparently ready as soon as July, these two could fight before the end of 2020.

The season finale of SNL At Home saw the cast pull out all the stops, starting with an impressive get in “host” Kristen Wig and a musical tribute to mothers from Boyz II Men. But it got started with Alec Baldwin giving a special gift to graduates and drinking bleach as Donald Trump.

Reprising the character who appeared “by phone” during the first SNL At Home, Baldwin put on a makeup-less Trump impression to address the Class of 2020 on what’s certainly going to be a disappointing graduation year for many. Trump appeared over more favorable picks like Axel Rose, the murder hornets and the “Elon Musk-Grimes baby.”

“My valet got the virus so I had to do my own makeup,” Trump said. “I had to resort to a Liza Minelli TikTok makeup tutorial.

Baldwin said his Trump was treated poorly, worse than Lincoln, which got some folks up in arms that got them muted.

“Hey, let’s mute him. Let’s mute a lot of the jazz types,” Baldwin said when the cast members of color spoke to object to his speech.

Trump drank some Clorox bleach, which he called “invincibility juice.” As graduates started to log off the Zoom call, he gave out what he claimed it would be inspirational advice.

“Reach for the stars because if you’re a star they’ll let you do it,” Trump said.

Baldwin finished the opening segment by saying “Taped from my home, one last time: It’s Saturday Night Live.” It’s not clear if that means he’s finally done with playing Trump on the show or if he simply meant it was the season finale of what’s been three straight SNL At Home episodes, but it certainly was a fitting way to end the first sketch of one of the strangest seasons of SNL ever made.