httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9Wuzj4k24
In the case of Benedict Cumberbatch, he clearly wanted to show that he was more than willing to go silly to counterbalance his resumé of overly intellectual characters.
The show knew it has to lead with a Trump/Clinton sketch, just as much as the nation knew it has to continue to pay attention to the election through Tuesday, but neither the show nor the country seemed to have the appetite anymore.
While the show curiously refused to overtly endorse a candidate by the end, the cold open did spend the majority of its energy lamenting the press’ refusal to discuss Donald Trump due to its renewed obsession with the latest twist in Hillary Clinton’s private email server scandal.
Kate McKinnon-as-Clinton’s frustrations could easily be read as those held by the show, so why bother couching it at all in the final, fourth-wall breaking moments?
The point of this game show? For Bennett to find out why everyone finds the host hot.
Overall, it’s too bad that the show didn’t take a firmer political stand in this last episode before the election.