in the season finale, michaels invited wayans back to perform stand up on the show, even though he had been fired from the show two months prior. also, in the final sketch, billy martin is shown dumping gasoline around the studio and then setting it on fire. the entire cast is shown to be trapped in a room as a parody of tv show cliffhangers. credits rolled with question marks on each name, signaling that the viewer didn't know which cast members would be returning the next season. cast members were angered by an ending added to the sketch, in which michaels has the opportunity to rescue the cast from the fire, but chooses to save only lovitz.