Saturday Night Live Season-Finale Recap: Scarlett Johansson Gets the Job Done

Will Heath/NBC My expectations were high for the finale of SNL 50. This has been an okay season, relatively speaking, perhaps slightly energized by the writers hearing the phrase "50th anniversary" over and over, and there was no reason to think the show wouldn't pull out all the stops for its conclusion. So I did feel a little let down by the result; this is by no means a bad episode, and it has some great standout moments, but it might've been nice to end on a more momentous note. But Scarlett Johansson is an actor I like a lot, and she's a fitting enough choice for the finale. . . .