Leslie Jones hits back at hackers with a perfect 'Mr. Robot' sketch on 'SNL'

Leslie Jones took a well-deserved break from social media after cowardly hackers exposed her private materials online, but now she's using Saturday Night Liveas a platform to hit back.

The show's Season 42 premiere featured a Mr. Robot-inspired sketch in which Jones, as herself, enlists some help from Elliot Alderson. Recent Emmy winner Rami Malek wasn't around, so SNLgot castmember Pete Davidson to play the star hacker.

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The sketch leans on the show's trademark visual identity, with Jones effectively plying her comedy against the gritty tone. She even gets a little meta when the titular Mr. Robot shows up ... to which Jones replies, "I ain't afraid of no ghosts."

Whatever you may think of SNL's current cast, it's hard not to root for Jones bouncing back after she was treated so poorly by her anonymous attackers. More sketches like this, please.

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