WATCH: Donald Trump Gives Sean Spicer 'Kiss Of Death' In Latest SNL Skit

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY – Actress Melissa McCarthy returned to Saturday Night Live to reprise her long-standing impersonation of Press Secretary Sean Spicer, with Deadline reporting that the comeback marked the show's most viewed live coast-to-coast episode with 10.337 million viewers.

The skit opened with Aidy Bryant’s portrayal of Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, with a reference made to Spicer’s duties at the Navy Reserve before McCarthy, as Spicer, is seen hiding outside in the bushes just beyond the press room doors.

Just as members of the press begin to praise Huckabee Sanders’ articulation and charm, “Spicey” sprays a fire extinguisher at a journalist before pushing his way to the stage.

“All right,” McCarthy declares in her portrayal. “Spicey’s back, Sarah’s out. Booyah.”

Radio host and conservative political commentator Glenn Beck makes an appearance through Bobby Moynihan, questioning whether President Trump is “unhinged.” An immediately irritated Spicey scolds Beck, calling the question “offensive.”

“Glenn, do I come to your job and slap the seven or eight hot dogs out of your mouth? You’re really going to ask me that?” Spicey offers in a counter argument.

One of the more memorable moments emerges after a reporter asks Spicey whether he was surprised about Trump’s dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey. Spicey departs from the podium, a battle cry erupting from his gnarled expression as he picks up a nearby pillar, hurling it toward the press.

It was the first episode in which McCarthy’s Spicer impersonation “met” Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of Donald Trump, a moment precluded by a journalist’s question on Spicer’s claim in the skit that Trump is his friend.

“If he’s your friend, why is everyone saying he’s about to fire you and replace you with Sarah?” the journalist asks.

“I gotta find Trump. I’m going to New York. The press interview’s over!” Spicey retorts before rolling off the set.

Spicey eventually arrives outside of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan before being redirected to “a golf course in New Jersey,” where Spicey and the president seem to make amends. After a momentary bout of tickling between the two, the pair’s meeting culminates in a final kiss, channeling the “kiss of death” sentiment from Francis Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II.”

Screenshot courtesy of Saturday Night Live