Greetings and salutations, fellow Coneheads (and perpetual hate-watchers.) It's the season finale of Saturday Night Live and things have come full circle. Tonight Russian Doll star Natasha Lyonne brings season 47 to port with musical guest Japanese Breakfast. 

Season finales are always bittersweet, particularly with a show like this, which is made often in real-time, due to its nature. For what it's worth, there is a thriving stan community that obediently tracks every moment and minor development of this silly live sketch comedy show. People sleep outside 30 Rock like it's a journey to Mecca, with the hope they may get to watch a live episode. (Mostly civil) wars break out online discussing which cast member is the most beloved or which era is best. It cultivates loyalty and obsession in a way few multi-decade TV franchises do. By design, this is a show that ebbs and flows week-to-week — in terms of hosts, guests, subject matter, even quality — interluding sunrises and sunsets that cast light on pop culture, politics, and world events. And here we are, graduation day, befitting a syrupy, nostalgic, heartstring-tugging montage filled with the season's best moments from over the past nine months.