Where’s there a Will, there’s a Ferrell (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

Congratulations, we’ve made it to the very end of Saturday Night Live Season 51. And for the finale, it’s quite a lineup, with host Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney. They’ve both been part of multiple previous SNL episodes, and they also both boast sizable fanbases, myself included among them. So I think it’s reasonable to expect that this should be an enjoyable hour and a half of television. Let’s proceed into my review and discover if that indeed turned out to be the case.

For my Review Gimmick for this episode, I shall be taking inspiration from my favorite thing that Will Ferrell has ever done by saying “You stay classy” to a particular element of each sketch and segment.

The Ghost of Jeffrey Epstein Visits the White House: You stay classy, gallows humor puns.

Will Ferrell’s Monologue: You stay classy, bait-and-switch premises.

Hospital Wake-Up: You stay classy, radical honesty.

Midnight Matinee: Bobbin’s Sacrifice: You stay classy, monocultural references.

Spring Musical Cast List: You stay classy, delightful recurring sketches that originated as Cut for Time.

Paul McCartney, “Days We Left Behind”: You stay classy, pictures on the wall.

Weekend Update: The Jokes: You stay classy, paraprosdokians.
Weekend Update: Mr. On Blast: You stay classy, everything about this bit.
Weekend Update: Joke Swap: You stay classy, lack of class.

What it feels like talking to a mechanic: You stay classy, short-sleeve shirts.

Paul McCartney, “Band on the Run”: You stay classy, dropping your drumstick and nonchalantly picking it back up.

Meeting the Nudemans: You stay classy, pizza.

Paul McCartney, “Coming Up”: You stay classy, SNL episodes that let us see the full end credits during the original NBC airing.

Well, it’s the middle of May 2026, so as the oracles foretold, Saturday Night Live Season 51 has indeed concluded. I’ll be back on this Internet domain in about a week to provide my own skewed recap of the entire season. And then come sometime in probably September or October, I’ll be ready to start sharing reactions to the 52nd edition of this show that we just can’t seem to get enough of.