--- description: Saturday Night Live bid farewell to two of its cast members, Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan, in its Season 42 finale title: 'SNL' bids farewell to these two cast members in season finale image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112c6ec3b4e4f2e2/6988ce370a4a2235759ce3ee/bayer-moynihan-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _SNL_ Bids Farewell to These Two Cast Members in Season Finale  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2017 3:01 PM CUT  D. Dipasupil, Walter McBride—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2017 3:01 PM CUT [Saturday Night Live](http://time.com/4782132/melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-outtakes/ "undefined") bid farewell to two of its longtime cast members, Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan, in a graduation skit during the season finale. Moynihan and Bayer played two graduating seniors from Millwood High School participating in a skit for Senior Awards Night that parodied the popular Netflix show [“Stranger Things.”](http://time.com/4770216/stranger-things-millie-bobby-brown-mtv/ "undefined") “Something isn’t right. Are we in the upside down?” SNL’s Kyle Mooney asked, referencing the parallel universe in the show. “No, we’re graduating bro,” Bayer responds. “Man, that’s a stranger things,” Moynihan quips back. Bayer had been on _SNL_ for seven seasons and Moynihan for nine, according to [Deadline](http://deadline.com/2017/05/bobby-moynihan-departing-saturday-night-live-9-seasons-1202096596/ "undefined"). She posted about her tenure on the show just hours before the finale aired, writing, “Thank you SNL for 7 years of laughs, love and incredible memories. It has been a dream come true.” Both Moynihan and Bayer were featured throughout the finale, bringing back some of their most memorable roles. Moynihan stopped by the show’s [Weekend Update](http://time.com/3771749/walking-dead-weekend-update/ "undefined") as a “drunk uncle,” where he praised President Trump for giving him a renewed sense of opportunity, rejoicing that “a white guy has a chance to make it in America again.” And Bayer reprised her role as the meteorologist Dawn Lazarus, where she provided a forecast for [Memorial Day Weekend.](http://time.com/4351502/manhattanhenge-memorial-day-weekend-2016/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4787490/saturday-night-live-finale-vanessay-bayer-bobby-moynihan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4787490/saturday-night-live-finale-vanessay-bayer-bobby-moynihan/"},"headline":"SNL Bids Farewell to These Two Cast Members in Season Finale","datePublished":"2017-05-21T15:01:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:02:16.746Z","description":"Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan signed off the show","url":"https://time.com/4787490/saturday-night-live-finale-vanessay-bayer-bobby-moynihan/","keywords":["Television","Saturday Night Live","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112c6ec3b4e4f2e2/6988ce370a4a2235759ce3ee/bayer-moynihan-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt112c6ec3b4e4f2e2/6988ce370a4a2235759ce3ee/bayer-moynihan-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bayer-moynihan-fb","caption":"bayer-moynihan-fb","creditText":"D. Dipasupil, Walter McBride—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4787490/saturday-night-live-finale-vanessay-bayer-bobby-moynihan/","name":"SNL Bids Farewell to These Two Cast Members in Season Finale"}}]}] ```