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I really enjoyed the premiere.

Agreed Leslie Jones has a star quality to her. Will be interesting to see if she can reach beyond her usual loud, outrageous persona or if she'll stay typecast in those roles.

Taram Killam is the heavyweight. Loved his bit as Trump. I see him and Kate McKinnon as the new Hader and Wiig. Then IMO the strongest are the overweights and the non-whites (hope that's PC). Aidy Bryant, Moynihan, Thompson, Jones, Pharaoh... Who wasnt used much last night. The rest of the cast doesn't really spark a lot of hilarity. But I'm glad they kept it largely the same, just for continuity to see what develops. And the new guy showed good range last night.

So all in all excited to see what the new season will bring. I feel the show has gotten stronger recently and hope it continues.