Stranger Things Finale Skewered in Hilarious SNL Sketch

Weeks after the Stranger Things finale and the furor over a true finale that must secretly exist, both were the subject of a Saturday Night Live sketch. With Finn Wolfhard hosting for the post-holidays return, the comedy show took time to poke fun at the Netflix show, with Wolfhard and co-stars Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin also popping in throughout the sketch and reprising their roles. With “almost all the main kids back,” the trio find themselves in Iceland where Mike thinks Eleven wound up after defeating Vecna. Sure enough, they find her, and the reveal of who plays her is pretty funny. Before that, the sketch takes jabs at Netflix’s efforts to franchise out Stranger Things—”This is our Star Wars” feels both dead on and maybe a bit too charitable a read—with a number of “sequels, prequels, requels, and spinoffs.” Some concepts poke fun at the show’s long life and characters, others on 90s life or popular tropes and TV. (Mike, Lucas, and Dustin in a Sex & the City-alike is maybe the funniest gag spinoff here.) As for why Will’s not in any of these? He’s still coming out to the cast, so it’ll be a while before he catches up with old friends. Stranger Things has been the subject of a few SNL sketches in the past, with one poking fun at the lack of Lucas’ parents in season one and another “previewing” the then-upcoming third season. During his opening monologue, Wolfhard also took the time to fire off a couple jokes about the show’s end, some at his own expense like his first kiss and having “400 million [getting to] watch me go through puberty.” McLaughlin and Matarazzo also popped in for that, with all of them celebrating being all grown up. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.