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NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' closed out its season on May 9. Following COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, the show aired episodes recorded by its castmembers at home for its last few weeks.

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00:00Congratulations to the class of COVID-19. Wow, what incredible energy and excitement I'm feeling right now.

00:09Saturday Night Live aired its season finale of SNL at Home, which brought on its usual laughs,

00:14thanks mostly to awkward Zoom calls, surprise appearances, and a nostalgic look back at a pre-pandemic New York.

00:21The finale kicked off with a Zoom graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 as its cold open,

00:25featuring Alec Baldwin making a surprise return as Donald Trump.

00:29I'm so honored to be your valedictator, but today is not about me, it's about you.

00:35Although I should spend a little time on me first.

00:38Meanwhile, Kristen Wiig served as host for the socially distant finale,

00:41teasing it as the Mother's Day episode before singing a tune dedicated to her own mother.

00:46Now.

00:48Close your eyes, now hush little baby don't wait till the morning.

00:56Some standout sketches for the finale included a Zoom catch-up featuring Martin Short and Heidi Gardner

01:01as travelers who just returned from Italy.

01:04Sorry, so you guys voluntarily traveled to the epicenter of the pandemic to quarantine?

01:10Si.

01:10To quarantine.

01:11And a sketch mocking virtual church services featuring Kenan Thompson as a pastor in a Baptist church

01:18who couldn't get his congregation to mute themselves on Zoom.

01:21Why are y'all still not on mute?

01:24And who's got the TV on?

01:26One sketch called Let Kids Drink, which served as a mock PSA,

01:29introducing a special quarantine rule that should let kids drink alcohol,

01:33prompted a minor controversy on social media on Saturday night,

01:36with some saying the parody went too far.

01:45Elsewhere, Michael Shea and Colin Jost did their final installment of At Home Weekend update

01:49for the finale, where Tina Fey contributed, saying that she was trying to focus on the positive.

01:54For example, I'm getting to spend so much more time with my passwords.

01:57All my passwords are a little bit different and beautiful in their own way,

02:01and I see that now.

02:03And also had a fun cooking hack for bakers in quarantine.

02:06Did you know that if you're baking cookies and you don't have any flour,

02:09you can just go to bed?

02:11Yeah, you can all just shut your mouths and go to bed.

02:14Meanwhile, Cecily Strong appeared as Jeanine Pirro commenting on COVID-19

02:18while drinking a carton of wine.

02:19I'm just having a little of this boxed wine.

02:23The last sketch of the finale featured most of the cast members experiencing typical New York City

02:29things in a pre-pandemic world, only to realize it was all a dream.

02:34Cecily Strong wakes up at the end with a slice of pizza in hand.

02:38Oh no, you don't want this.

02:40This is dream pizza.

02:43Okay.

02:44And on the music front, the surprise musical guests of the night were voiced to men

02:48who performed a Mother's Day tribute featuring photos of the cast members with their mothers

02:52playing over the performance.

03:02To read the full recap, head to THR.com.

03:05For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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