Was there a dry eye in the house? Probably not.
The three SNL veterans are officially leaving the show, along with Pete Davidson.
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Kate and Aidy have both been on the show for 10 years, and Kyle for 9. Kate is also the first cast member to win an acting Emmy on the show, and she has two of ’em.
This is obviously a big deal, so here’s how they said goodbye to the show:
Kyle revived his role as Brad Dates, the long suffering keyboardist of the Treece Henderson Trio.
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SNL hadn’t done this sketch in over two years, so I have to imagine they brought it back specifically for Kyle.
Aidy did one last Weekend Update segment with Bowen Yang, as two “trend forecasters.”
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They only started doing this bit three months ago, but Aidy and Bowen’s recurring delivery of “GO TO BED, BITCH” made it instantly iconic. Gone too soon 😢.
Kate bid farewell to one of her most beloved characters, Ms. Rafferty from the “Alien Encounter” sketches. Her goodbye was the first tearjerking moment of the night.
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Kate has a million memorable characters, but Ms. Rafferty is probably the most deserving of a happy ending after all her suffering.
Finally, the last sketch of the night (and their final sketch on the show) saw Kate and Aidy playing a pair of eccentric middle-aged women once again.
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They’ve done it a million times, and we can only hope they do it again in future non-SNL projects.
Their commercial for “grey adult pigtails” featured several other cast members and host Natasha Lyonne, and ended with the revelation that they were all in a polyamorous relationship with Richard (played by Kyle).
Finally, they sang a few lines from Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game,” which I can imagine they chose for their last sketch because it’s a song about the passage of time.
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That’s Michelle Zauner from Japanese Breakfast, this week’s musical guest, playing guitar in the front.
