The last time Maya Rudolph graced the Saturday Night Live stage, she appeared in an ABBA infomercial alongside Kristen Wiig, both of them backing up former castmate Kate McKinnon in her first turn as host. That star-studded episode was among the season’s best, only topped by Wiig’s wild, equally cameo-packed outing last month. When Rudolph was announced for this season’s penultimate show, it seemed like she might complete the trifecta of episodes that treated returning cast members as conquering heroes and leaned on Lorne Michaels’ infinite Rolodex to round out the party roster. This being a Mother’s Day show, however, it turned out to be a different kind of party — with Rudolph’s only high-wattage guests being every current cast member’s mom.
Not that the show disrespected…
