The season finale of Saturday Night Live borrowed from another classic series finale as Alec Baldwins Donald Trump and his Mueller investigation legal team reunite at a diner in a cold open sketch that reimagined the famed closing scene from The Sopranos.
Trump sits in the booth of a New Jersey diner and waits for his guests to arrive, pumping change into the tables jukebox to play Journeys Dont Stop Believin, which also soundtracked the muchdebated final moments from the HBO mob drama.
Trumps legal team then begins fill the diners booth: First Kate McKinnons Rudy Giuliani, followed by Ben Stillers Michael Cohen. Im mostly just preparing to go to jail and stuff. They said I might get 20 years unless I give you up, Cohen tells Trump.
Trump then tells Cohen all the great things about going to prison. They even have programs in jail where you can get a real law degree, Giuliani tells Cohen. Mikey Days Donald Trump Jr. then bursts in and sits next to his father.
I couldnt think of three people Id rather be with tonight. My best son and two of my 15 lawyers, Trump says as Alex Moffats Eric Trump attempts to parallel park his tricycle outside, a nod to Meadow Sopranos curb issues in The Sopranos scene. To a great first year of the Russia investigation, Cohen says.
Finally, Robert De Niros Robert Mueller enters the diner and sits ominously at a distant booth. De Niro, who previously portrayed Mueller in a Meet the Parents riff with Stillers Cohen, again taps his character from the comedy to give an Im watching you signal to Trump.
The cold open sketch, like the Sopranos finale, suddenly cuts to black and the Journey stops before all the actors appear together to announce And live from New York its Saturday Night for the last time in Season 43.
Compare the SNL cold open to the final Sopranos scene below: