Screen: NBC
What Will Happen When Paul Rudd Hosts (this time)?
A Ron Burgundy walk-on seems kind of likely.
President Obama (Jay Pharoah) addresses the nation about the recent rash of out-of-control animals in and around the White House, from overly friendly puppy Sunny, who knocked over a disabled child at a holiday event, to Popcorn, the turkey who followed his official Presidential pardon with a multi-state crime spree.
Host Paul Rudd mentions that he's hosting for the third time and tries to get traction for a "3-Timers' Club," with little success.
On the Girlfriends Talk Show, Kyra (Cecily Strong) catches Morgan (Aidy Bryant) completely off-guard when she introduces their guests: their school's five cute new British exchange students (the members of One Direction).
At an Amazon fulfillment warehouse, anxious staffers report on mishaps customers have experienced with the company's new delivery drones.
A bored airplane passenger (Kyle Mooney) spends his whole flight sending passive-aggressive notes to other flyers, until they band together to fight back.
One Direction performs.
The GOP's terrified social media intern (John Milhiser) tries to do damage control for tweeting about the supposed "end of racism"; Ron Burgundy (cameo by Will Ferrell) and Brian Fantana (Rudd) offer their scotch-fueled critiques of Update co-anchors Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong.
At a Christmas tree-decorating party, the exceptionally festive hostess (Kate McKinnon) notices that the ornament she's received as a gift reads "Don We Now Our Fun Apparel," not "gay apparel" as in the carol, and throws a hysterical fit.
Bakstage after a show, the members of One Direction (as themselves) have to fend off the advances of a trio of aggressive marketers (Ferrell, Rudd, and David Koechner) trying ineptly to get the band to endorse their products.
The Thanksgiving leftovers in a family's fridge seem to take up more and more space no matter how much they eat.
One Direction performs.
At her birthday party, Bedelia (Nasim Pedrad) ignores her guests because she'd rather spend all her time with her cool uncle Ted (Rudd).
In a seedy bar, four inebriated salesmen (Ferrell, Koechner, Rudd, and Taran Killam) share their recollections of their legendary old friend, Bill Brasky.
People wave goodbye, hug.