Saturday Night Live gave viewers some amazing fan service with a wholesome, yet thirst-inspiring sketch that brought in Sarah Paulson as a surprise guest to join her longtime friend and this week's host, Pedro Pascal.
Last month, he said it himself while on the red carpet to promote HBO's The Last of Us.
"I am your cool, slutty daddy." -Pedro Pascal #TheLastOfUs
Which brings us to this week's SNL. The "Fancam Assembly" sketch felt like a lighthearted intervention for Pascal's stans.
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In the sketch, Pascal plays a teacher befuddled by his students. “You’ve made thousands of fancams of me, and I’m not sure what they mean,” he says.
The rest of the cast members, playing high schoolers, attempt to explain the chokehold.
The faux fan edits really are beautiful.
@snlswift got u
Then Paulson, the internet's mommy, makes her surprise appearance as another teacher.
"He's Daddy. I'm Mommy. And we're all a happy family," she said. "No crumbs left."
In real life, the two have shared a decadeslong friendship — since Pascal was 17 and Paulson was 18.
Missing this person toooo much @PedroPascal1
Paulson even interviewed Pascal for Interview magazine, which revealed they met in 1993, during Pascal's first month in New York City.
drunk sarah paulson and pedro pascal for the tl
So seeing it all come together in the sketch was all a LITTLE much.
🚨 SARAH PAULSON IN AN SNL SKIT WITH PEDRO PASCAL AND SHE CALLED HERSELF "MOMMY" HELP
And hit close to home.
Pedro Pascal tiktok editors when they got called out on snl
everyone who makes tiktok edits of pedro pascal watching this sketch #SNL