Overview
- Hosting Saturday, Matt Damon reprised Brett Kavanaugh and joined Colin Jost’s Pete Hegseth and Aziz Ansari’s Kash Patel for a Washington, D.C. bar cold open.
- The trio leaned into booze humor tied to their public images, with Patel flashing a self-branded bourbon and a line twisting rumored FBI polygraphs into a joke about being “poly.”
- Dialogue referenced current flashpoints including the war in Iran, abortion rights after Roe’s reversal, and a gerrymandering gag that doubled as a field sobriety joke.
- Damon’s Kavanaugh delivered the sketch’s punchline by teasing, “We’re gonna let Trump do a third term,” before the bar launched into Chumbawamba’s Tubthumping.
- The episode marked Damon’s third time as host, the season’s penultimate show with Noah Kahan as musical guest, and reaction online ranged from praise for the performances to complaints about the writing.