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    What <em>Saturday Night Live</em>'s Departures Mean for Its Future

    Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, and Sasheer Zamata all said their goodbyes last weekend—in very different ways.
    by David Sims May 23, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: NBC

    In the past, departing cast members have gotten whole sketches devoted to sending them off. Kristen Wiig with song and dance from Mick Jagger and the rest of the crew; Bill Hader’s Stefon ; Will Ferrell got a . On last weekend’s 42nd season finale, the show said goodbye to three cast members with varying tenures and legacies: Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, and Sasheer Zamata. The first got a goodbye sketch of sorts, the second a couple of featured roles on her last night, and the third no acknowledgement at all. It was a slightly muddled end to what feels like one of ’s weaker eras—even as the show breaks ratings records in the age of Donald Trump.

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