Matt Damon is back doing what he does best: embodying Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday Night Live—and this time, he's got a scandal to spill.
In the latest SNL cold open from Rolling Stone, Damon's Kavanaugh finds himself in a Washington, D.C. bar with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Colin Jost) and FBI Director Kash Patel (Aziz Ansari).
The trio brag about their greatest hits—ending abortion, starting a war—before Kavanaugh pivots to male loneliness. "I used to have all my buddies to hang out with," he laments. "I just wish there were more people in this administration who could really hang."
Patel arrives with bourbon bottles engraved with his name and a deadpan joke about looking too young for bars. "They say, 'Nobody would make this face in official photos,'" he quips while doing the wide-eyed expression Patel's become known for.
Kavanaugh then drops the bombshell to his drinking buddies: "We're going to let Trump do a third term," he whispers, sending Hegseth and Patel into high-fives and celebration.
Hegseth responds with confusion: "I thought that was unconstitutional?"
Damon's deadpan delivery as Kavanaugh remains the sketch's strongest element, while Ansari steals scenes as the hypervigilant Patel, complete with paranoia jokes about polygraph tests and relationship drama. The sketch trades in SNL's familiar political satire: sharp, timely, and absurd.
This isn't Damon's first appearance as Kavanaugh—he's made it a signature SNL bit—but each outing proves the bit still works. The internet will replay this one.
