Between singing a beautiful and hilarious tribute to New York City, portraying ‘the chimpanzee’ and playing a fajita-dodging Real Housewife, Jean Smart slayed in her first time as host Saturday evening live. In fact, the show was so packed (and so star-studded in the cold open air), that Smart’s episode includes two short sketches, which you can watch below.

“Honestly, I remember watching the very first episode of SNL and thinking, ‘One day I’m going to host that show.’ And this was the first Saturday that fit my schedule,” the six-time Emmy-winning Hacking the star joked in her monologue, addressing the fact that she had somehow never been a host.

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Jean Smart sings “I Happen to Like New York” by Cole Porter SNL

In Smart’s monologue, she sang a reworked version of Cole Porter’s “I Happen to Like New York,” made famous by artists like Judy Garland.

“I started my career in New York around the same time Saturday evening live started. I didn’t really believe it was live,” Smart said from between the bars, with a delivery that would get her Hacking character Deborah Vance proudly. “Seriously? I thought SNL stood for Saturday night laughs. And then I watched the show and I thought, ‘well, that can’t be true.’

Smart SNL In this episode, she played a novelist turned textbook author, a dramatic classic film actress and, in an unaired skit, a House of the Dragon character. Her reach remains unchallenged.

View all September 28 by Jean Smart SNL sketches below.

“$100,000 Pyramid”

The first game show sketch of season 50 featured Devon Walker as Michael Strahan, Chloe Fineman as current internet celebrity “Hawk Tuah Girl” Haliey Welch, Marcello Hernández as Bad Bunny, Kenan Thompson as disgraced North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson , and Jean Smart as disgraced chimpanzee owner Tonia Haddix.

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“Ghost Halloween”

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“Textbook Writer”

A romantic author turns to writing math books, with accidentally sexy results.

“I Love Lucy”

“Charli XCX Talk Show”

Bowen Yang gives his impression of the “365” singer.

“Real Housewives of Santa Fe Dinner”

Real Housewives of Santa Fe Dinner

While that wasn’t the case SNL‘s first Real Housewives parody, it was definitely the first with sizzling fajita platters.

Cut-for-time sketches from Jean Smart’s episode

The premiere was so packed that it couldn’t fit two more sketches: “Blonde Dragon People,” one House of the Dragon parody where viewers struggled to remember plot points after years off the air, and the pre-recording of ‘A Father’s Promise’.

“Blonde Dragon People”

Andy Samberg and musical guest Jelly Roll showed up as “blonde dragon people” in a sketch that intersects with both the show itself and the networks’ ever-changing names.

“A Father’s Promise”

The heartwarming sketch tells the story of a father (Andrew Dismukes) who surprises his wife (Jean Smart) by showing up at a baseball game with their son (Marcello Hernández). His surprises only increase from that moment on.