Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Pedro Pascal/Coldplay (2023) User Reviews

Funny, touching and hilarious

[mikkiparker · 9/10 · 5 February 2023]

This is definitely one of the best SNL episodes to date; Pedro Pascal as a host absolutely smashed it-SNL did an excellent job in the opening monologue introducing Pedro to the unknown viewer (his recent projects with an emphasis on The Last Of Us and The Mandalorian as well as his life story, Pedro's origin in Chile and how/when/why did he move to the US).

The first skit (the quiz) was delivered nicely, and decent. The Wednesday joke cracked me up. Then the hospital skit with Pedro as Charlie was a little less (it feels like the quiz skit set the bar too high) but it was nice seeing Pedro break the character for a second-made me smile. Then teacher Ben part was really fun to watch, I was slightly expecting them to show THE Pedro fancam that went viral on TikTok and was somewhat disappointed that they didn't but it didn't fit the skit so it's okay, but the "students" just weren't it for me-still, Pedro delivered incredibly. The news skit was decent, not as good as the rest but still watchable. Pedro as momma was hilarious, again, his breaking the character added a bit of essence and it was fun to watch; also adored how they added Spanish and Spanglish. The ending skit with the steak was absolutely perfect, so fun to watch Pedro barely keeping up and yet again, breaking the character.

Overall, it's a nice watch. Pedro did a great job and I loved it.

THIS IS THE WAY

[bwilson-88907 · 10/10 · 8 February 2023]

Seriously, this is the way it's done! Easily the best SNL episode I've seen in five years. Pedro knocked it out of the park and was absolutely hysterical! Anyone who gives this a one star rating is delirious and doesn't need to be writing reviews. What I found great about this one was that Pedro acted in the vast majority of the skits as opposed to previous hosts of late who seem to just want to host and not entertain. Coldplay was fantastic as always! I honestly could not have asked for a better performance from the cast, they were phenomenal. My wife and I always get a kick out of watching the cast members break character in bursts of laughter at their own lines and spoiler alert, this episode is loaded with those moments. Enjoy this one!

I laughed. I cringed. It was fabulous!

[newwavebb-773-849925 · 10/10 · 6 February 2023]

As I write this, there is only one other narrative review for this episode (shredding the Italian restaurant skit - admittedly not my favorite of the night). That author felt a 1-star rating was appropriate. It is not. The anthropomorphic, talking Chinese spy balloon; Pedro as a man waking from a coma talking like a LA teenager; chicken wing apocalypse; no more fancams at school; Pedro as a disapproving mama. All skits that made me laugh out loud. Were there some misses? Of course! It's SNL but torpedoing the ratings for an episode because of one skit misses the point of live sketch comedy...at least what I've always experienced SNL brand comedy to be striving for: if it doesn't make you laugh, it wants to make you cringe (in a good oh-my-gawd-that-was-terrible way); they swing for the fences and sometimes they tip a foul ball back into the umpire's mask making him piss himself before clocking the catcher while flailing his arms in terror before falling onto the team mascot (no, this wasn't a skit). To me, this episode was great (and the current overall rating above 8 makes me think others agree). Was it a true 10? No, but if people are going all-or-nothing on the low end, I'm doing it on the high. Pedro was fabulous. The show made me laugh. Giving it a 10.

The best

[lmcconkey-78664 · 10/10 · 13 March 2024]

Literally the best episode I have seen, not just great in movies or TV series but a total natural at presenting ! The sketches were hilarious the best that's ever been written. The acting and introductions are flawless, everything flows well. I don't know how the cast got through this episode, my ribs and stomach muscles have yet to recover. It's a must see for everyone and anyone who is a fan of the show. Pedro with his good looks, addictive smile, gorgeous eyes and a voice that's so smooth will draw you in for an entertaining delight, he was the main in this show and he truly was superb and the rest of the cast were just as good, did I mention the writing, that was totally amazing, the characters they created was outstanding, don't take my word for it, go watch it.

CRACKED Goes to Italy

[yohnny · 1/10 · 6 February 2023]

Yeah, they really went there. The sketch about the rude waiters at the Italian restaurant which oddly enough featured jumbo-sized bowls of chili on the menu was a junior high school play on steroids (or dare I say crack?) and even old Kenan made an appearance in a politically incorrect Chef Boyardee hat.

The waiters had some sort of conspiracy theory about snubbing one individual gal in a party of ladies to motivate the other women to leave bigger tips because they were flattered by the extra attention. The premise of the joke was way to complicated and the bit fell flat.

I applaud Kenan, as the senior cast member, for attempting to do a stereotypical Italian accent. Alas, it was all pretty lame.

An Asian restaurant skit with some stir fry, wok, rice, noodle or chopsticks jokes would have been more entertaining.

My hopes were high that a food fight would break out involving chili but it never happened.

"Talk amongst yourselves." ~ Linda Richman

FOOTNOTE: For any readers who may not be familiar with CRACKED magazine, it was a rip off of MAD magazine but of lower quality.