Overview
- The cold open, which aired Saturday, reunited Matt Damon’s Brett Kavanaugh with Colin Jost’s Pete Hegseth and Aziz Ansari’s Kash Patel at Martin’s Tavern in Washington, D.C.
- Damon’s Kavanaugh told the pair the court would let Trump seek a third term, framed as a joke about finding an old Constitution with the word “Psych!” written on it.
- The sketch riffed on current flashpoints by joking about the war in Iran, abortion rights rolled back by the Supreme Court, and skewed voting maps that Kavanaugh confused with a sobriety test.
- Aziz Ansari’s Patel flashed a personalized “FBI bourbon” bottle, nodding to reports of real custom bottles and to Patel’s lawsuit against The Atlantic over allegations that his drinking hurt his work.
- Coverage noted mixed reactions to the writing, while highlighting the celebrity casting and the real Georgetown bar, which has served Washington figures since 1933.