Starring Kate McKinnon as Eleven!
Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live finally got around to spoofing the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, which pretty much dominated the airwaves while NBC’s sketch series was on its extended summer break. Yes, in between poking fun at/exposing the horrors of Donald Trump, the show took some time to have a little fun with the Duffer Brothers’ streaming slice of ’80s nostalgia, and if you missed it, we encourage you to check out the skit below.
The basic gist is that the skit is presented as a sneak preview of the second season of Stranger Things, introduced by Matt and Ross Duffer. “Next season, we’re solving some of the first season’s biggest mysteries,” they note. “Like ‘Where’s the Upside Down?’; ‘Is Barb Coming Back?’; and ‘Where is that black kid’s family?’” Cue the laughs.
Sasheer Zamata plays Lucas, with Kyle Mooney as Mike, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Dustin, Leslie Jones and Kenan Thompson as Lucas’ parents, and as mentioned up above, Ghostbusters star Kate McKinnon as the telekinetic Eleven!