“Saturday Night Live” really doubled down this weekend. And this wasn’t even the Alec Baldwin-hosted installment, which airs next Saturday, Feb. 11.

Sure, Baldwin showed up in the cold open as President Donald Trump for this episode, with Kristen Stewart hosting. But Baldwin, as hard as he’s been working on his Trump impersonation, was far overshadowed by the presence of actress Melissa McCarthy, who went to town as White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

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Clearly there are some staffers at “SNL” still in stitches over the last time McCarthy went all ornery on the show playing someone unexpected; that time, it was Middle Delaware State basketball coach Sheila Kelly. In a lot of ways, McCarthy’s Spicer is a page from that same book.

What was McCarthy plugging? Well, nothing. Heck, Baldwin hasn’t been plugging anything for months, either. Somebody just had the bright idea that the over-the-top actress, whose “Ghostbusters” with “SNL” star Kate McKinnon landed with a thud this past summer, would be ripe for  making a mockery of Spicer, plus … gasp … she’s not even a dude!

The crowd couldn’t seem to get over her surprise stint.

McCarthy gave it all she had, and so did the writers. As Spicer — which “was a sight to behold,” as The Daily Beast put it — McCarthy told the press corps gathered for the sketch that she would be “apologizing, on behalf of you, to me, for how you have treated me these last two weeks. And that apology is NOT accepted!”

That’s when McKinnon made a brief cameo as Betsy DeVos, signaling the only “Ghostbusters” reunion we will ever get.

Stewart’s monologue was 90 percent Trump-related. She recounted the time, several years back, when her public breakup with “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattison was front-page news and Trump tweeted about it. She noted just how many tweets there were (11, to be exact) and that it ended with an invitation to Pattison to join him at the Miss Universe pageant. Stewart then accepted Trump’s apparent dislike of her and assumed aloud it’d now only be worse, as she’s hosting “SNL” and “totally gay.”

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One is left to assume that this Twitter encounter with Trump several years back is the lone reason Stewart was invited to host. She made no mention of any big blockbuster opening this weekend, which is the norm for a host — only a short film that she directed that just premiered at Sundance. Laughably, she even opened her monologue by saying, “I’m here to promote ‘Twilight,’ which has now been on iTunes for eight years.” This is practically an admission that she got this gig solely for the Twitter event of several years ago. Count on Rosie O’Donnell to host soon.

Then there was Baldwin as Trump himself. One of the “big laughs” of the night came from someone playing Steve Bannon in full Grim Reaper regalia. The Reaper compels Baldwin’s Trump to call Australia, which he does — despite having not been briefed. The call ends with Trump declaring war on Australia. Baldwin’s Trump then makes calls to Mexico, Germany, and Zimbabwe — with each call ending pretty much the same way.

If all of this doesn’t send shivers down your spine for next week’s episode, where Baldwin will no doubt be in Trump mode for the majority of the episode, consider yourself warned. Robert De Niro will probably show soon.

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One thing is for sure: If Hillary Clinton had won the election, Stewart’s phone never would have rung. The McKinnon/McCarthy reunion would have never happened — and there would have been a lot more of Cecily Strong’s “Girl you get stuck talking to at a party” so far this season.

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