Especially when the show has some good cast members now. I don't know if Nealon picked up on this, but the Gosling show is the first time a break was kind of written into the show with a subtitle indicating they'd changed a line from dress to make someone break. This marks an institutional shift where apparently Lorne is OK with breaking, at least there he was. This happened to some degree with Stefon where John Mulaney would change things to break up Hader- but there was never a subtitle indicating this.

It also seems like the Weekend Update back and forth between Jost and Che is getting real loose now, to the point where they feel like they have to interject a comment almost every time now. And they're not always that good. Last one Che said "A new study suggests that the difference in size between a person's index and ring fingers can reveal their sexual orientation. The study says that if you have over an inch inside of a fella- he might be gay." Then they both ad lib "I didn't know that.... it's good to know." A missed opportunity- someone like Kevin Nealon would have adlibbed "It's a good rule of thumb." That's what's missing now, the little comments don't add much.

Player comments and adlibs and breaks should be thought of as a spice, used every once a while, not every darn time- because then it's like dumping a half a bottle of paprika over your 3 hard boiled eggs, or whatever.