Dwell from New York, it's Amy Poehler parodying The Looking Wives with a bit of assist from her Parks and Recreation pal Aubrey Plaza.

Whereas internet hosting Saturday Night Live for the primary time in additional than a decade, Poehler referred to as upon a number of buddies, including fellow SNL alums Seth Meyers to Tina Fey, for an help. However one huge spotlight was Plaza becoming a member of her for a pre-recorded sketch poking enjoyable at Netflix's trashy drama about Texas housewives wrapped up in homicide plots and poisonous relationships.

Providing a fake sneak peek on the present's much-anticipated second season, the SNL spoof acted as a trailer for what's to come back.

"Tens of millions of Individuals tuned into season one in all The Looking Wives, the straight-but-lesbian, attractive Republican homicide drama," the narrator declares on the high of the trailer. "And now, it's again for extra."

Then comes Poehler, sporting a purposefully terrible wig. "Look what the cat dragged in," she says, knocking down the straps of her costume to indicate off her (blurred out) boobs. From there, the satire embraces all of the hallmarks of The Looking Wives, from the gratuitous thigh-touching to the overly sexual "educating moments."

"All of your faves are again, they usually're as naughty as ever," the narrator teases. "Thighs can be squeezed, weapons can be drawn." The voice additionally jokes that the present is as soon as once more full of wigs "which are doing their finest," with Poehler at one level pausing a scene to readjust her purple hair.

For these out of the loop, The Looking Wives follows Brittany Snow (performed on SNL by Chloe Fineman) as an East Coast girl who relocates to East Texas together with her husband after a lethal drunk-driving accident. As soon as there, she turns into infatuated together with her husband's boss, performed by Malin Akerman within the collection and Poehler within the sketch. Collectively, they start a turbulent relationship stricken by secrets and techniques, medicine, and a neighborhood woman's homicide.

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Within the sketch, Poehler, Fineman, Sarah Sherman, and Ashley Padilla star as the unique looking wives, however quickly Plaza joins the equation as a newcomer (a second that prompted some loud cheers from SNL's studio viewers).

Instantly, the ladies bounce on the likelihood to sensually present Plaza the right way to make a mimosa and deal with a gun. Issues are about to get steamy when Plaza's character reveals that she doesn't have a boyfriend — however, quite, a girlfriend, which causes the ladies to recoil and pull their weapons on her, shouting, "Lesbian?! That is Texas!"

A number of of the particular Looking Wives stars had been fast to share their reactions to the parody on social media. Posting it, Akerman wrote, "Omg @nbcsnl that is the most effective factor I've ever seen!!! 😂 Looking Wives season 2 premiere (?!) Yessssss!!!!"

Jaime Ray Newman, who performs Callie on The Looking Wives, additionally shared the spoof, writing, "SNL?!?!? Thoughts formally BLOWN." On her personal Instagram Tales, Katie Lowes, who performs Jill, revealed that the trio had been all collectively when the parody dropped and shared a video of them reacting.

In the meantime, Snow joked, "It's simply us & the beans. My life is made."

Plaza has maintained a low profile for a lot of 2025 after her husband, Jeff Baena, died in January. The author-director's dying was dominated a suicide, based on health worker information that Leisure Weekly reviewed on the time.

The previous SNL intern and web page made her first public appearance after Baena's death on the Feb. 16 SNL50 telecast. One other uncommon look got here in August, when Plaza joined Poehler for an episode of her Good Cling podcast, getting candid about her grief and the way she has been processing Baena's dying.

"To get it out of the best way, folks need to see you and see how you’re. They love you, they usually need to see you," Poehler instructed her buddy. "You had this horrible, horrible, tragic yr. You misplaced your husband. You've been coping with that, and also you've been searching for all alternative ways wherein to really feel and discover assist. On behalf of all of the individuals who really feel like they know you, and the individuals who do know you, how are you feeling as we speak?"

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Plaza paused briefly, then instructed Poehler that she was residing in a "very, very current second" and that she was pleased to be together with her outdated Parks and Recreation colleague. "General, I'm right here and I'm functioning," she mentioned. "I really feel grateful to be shifting by the world. I feel I'm okay."

Watch Poehler and Plaza reunite on SNL above.

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