Saturday Night Live, 2020–21, #3: Watch until the end

Issa Rae was thrilled to be there. And SNL was surely thrilled to have Issa Rae.

The show is still working out some bugs. Sketches with good premises, like the 5-Hour Empathy sketch (on avoiding racial issues) and the militia sketch, just aren’t connecting, whether it’s due to unpolished writing or lack of rehearsal time. A Canadian news broadcast featuring “Drake Watch”…