Saturday Night Live returned with its first new episode of the year, and it entered the 2026 TV schedule with a bang. The comedy series welcomed Finn Wolfhard as host along with ASAP Rocky as musical guest. Unsurprisingly, given Wolfhard’s presence, the show found a way to lampoon Stranger Things, which aired its series finale weeks ago. The segment specifically played on the possibility of spinoffs and, in the process, it also conveyed an idea that a number of fans were probably thinking about Will’s coming out scene.
Finn Wolfhard’s SNL sketch humorously featured a number of potential spinoff ideas for Stranger Things. Among the concepts were a series involving Steve Harrington becoming an inner city teacher (à la Dangerous Minds) and Nancy Wheeler going to great lengths as an investigative journalist. Wolfhard’s Mike was also made the center of a show called Mike in Manhattan, which followed his adventures as a writer living in ‘90s New York. Check out the sketch, which includes some special guests:
