This week’s Saturday Night Live episode featured a cold open with Sarah Sherman as legal commentator Nancy Grace. In the sketch, Grace shames the internet for openly thirsting over Luigi Mangione, who was arrested in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, after photos of him circulated on social media following his arrest.
Mangione is a 26-year-old who was arrested last week in connection with the Dec. 4. shooting after police responded to a call from a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. After his face was revealed, social media found pictures of him shirtless and shared them across platforms like X and TikTok, becoming somewhat of an internet darling.
The cold opening starts with a joke about Mangione’s name, as Grace says, “It’s game over, Luigi,” with the sad sound from the Super Mario Bros.game. She’s shocked that people are “hot and bothered” by photos of Mangione saying that he “looks like Dave Franco with Eugene Levy eyebrows” and …