Will Heath/NBC (NEW YORK) — Alec Baldwin returned in the role of Donald Trump as last weekend’s Saturday Night Live tackled the third and final presidential debate between the GOP candidate and his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, again played by cast member Kate McKinnon.
Guest host Tom Hanks, taking the role of moderator Chis Wallace, set the tone for the sketch by declaring, “Tonight is going to be a lot like the third Lord of the Rings movie: you don’t really want to watch, but hey, you’ve come this far.”
Saturday’s cold open touched on all of the key moments of the debate, from Trump’s pro-life stance, to Clinton’s refusal to discuss her emails.
After announcing that he would start the debate “in the quietest voice possible,” Baldwin’s Trump answered a question on reproductive rights by shouting, “They’re ripping babies out of women’s vaginas!”
In response to a question about her leaked emails, McKinnon’s Clinton “pivoted” by pretending to hear her friend “Carol” call her name, before getting back to Wallace’s question about “how Donald treats women.”
Hanks also joined cast members Sasheer Zumata, Leslie Jones and Keenan Thomson for another edition of “Black Jeopardy,” in which he played a Trump supporter who surprisingly answered several questions correctly.
In another sketch called “Cockpit,” Hanks parodied his role as Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger from film Sully. This time, the “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot had a hard time playing second fiddle to the flight’s rightful captain, played by Alec Baldwin.
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