It’s always a dubious honor for lawyers to be portrayed on Saturday Night Live—for example, Trump tax attorney Sheri Dillon, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, was impersonated by Cecily Strong in 2017, who droned on about “so many dang papers… It’s like, ‘Help, help lifeguard. I’m practically drowning in papers.’”

But Saturday’s cold open skewering Alan Dershowitz may be the most brutal lawyer portrayal yet. Jon Lovitz plays the Harvard Law professor emeritus, who is a member of the president’s impeachment defense team.

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