Watch 'SNL' Spoof 'Dead Poets Society' With Bloody Ending

May 22, 2016 1:38 PM EDT

Comedian Fred Armisen returned to Saturday Night Live to help the show spoof the 1989 Robin Williams drama, Dead Poets Society, in its season finale.

Armisen plays Mr. Bunting, a poetry teacher who had been fired from an all-boys preparatory school for his “unorthodox” teaching methods. As he returns to collect his belongings, his students decide to take turns standing on top of their desks to protest his exit.

“I sing my song for all to hear,” each student says in the Farewell, Mr. Bunting sketch.

But in a Quentin Tarantino-like twist, one student stands too close to the ceiling fan and has his head decapitated. Chaos and a very bloody scene ensue.

The sketch was widely praised by viewers after it aired:

This #SNL finale w/ brilliant Fred Armisen is excellent. "Farewell Mr. Bunting" sketch an instant classic. Find it if u missed it.
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) May 22, 2016

Farewell Mr. Bunting might be the hardest I've laughed at an #SNL skit in the last 5 years. I'm still crying. #SNLFinale
— Rob Simms (@IamRobSimms) May 22, 2016

One of the greatest SNL sketches of all time: "Farewell Mr. Bunting" (Dead Poets Society) https://t.co/aPQsreEAnh
— Daniel Rubin (@DanielYRubin) May 22, 2016

Farewell, Mr. Bunting was one of the best SNL skits in a long time. Tonight was one of the better episodes in quite awhile. Armisen is great
— John Ernenputsch (@jpooch21) May 22, 2016

Watch SNL Spoof Dead Poets Society — With a Surprisingly Bloody Ending

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