“It was a very dog-eat-dog environment,” former cast member Julia Louis-Dreyfus once said.
But it was very political and very male-centric" (viaThe Things).
And Lorne Michaels is a notoriously tough boss.

“It’s the same techniques cults use,“Taran Killamrevealed.
Michaels is aware that he can be a tough boss.
“From my side of things, you only see the mistakes.

“It’s like a sport, you play it.”
“The feeling in the room was so warm and so supportive, Michaels said.
“In that very cliched sense, it’s a family.”
We’re definitely going to give this episode another watch.