Not to discredit other memorable performances, such as Will Ferrell’s ongoing interpretation of George W. Bush or Tina Fey’s unforgettable appearances as Sarah Palin, but Saturday Night Live really hits gold when comedians outside of the cast are brought in for political skits.

We saw this earlier in the year when Larry David came to the show to play Senator Bernie Sanders. His impression of the presidential hopeful hit every nail on its head, from his speech patterns all the way down to the way he moves his hands when he speaks.

Cue October 2016, when another outsider gets the SNL treatment. This time, it’s Alec Baldwin playing Donald Trump. Baldwin’s imitation of Trump is far better than any SNL parody I have ever seen. He hits every note right, in a way that almost makes us appreciate Trump’s braggadocious manner.

The very least we can say about his performance is that it far exceeds Darrell Hammond’s Trump impersonation last season, and any impersonation ever seen on the show.

This is not just a compliment to Baldwin’s abilities as an actor, but to his ability to change the very face of SNL. The show is at its highest peak since 2008, and I wouldn’t doubt that this is because of Baldwin’s impersonation of Trump. The season premiere averaged a Nielsen rating of 2.7, up 35 percent from last year’s debut, which averaged 2.0.

The show’s impact on the election itself is bigger than you might think. In a Reuters poll from shortly before the 2008 election, two-thirds of voters said that they had seen the political skits in SNL, and 10 percent said that it had an influence on their vote. This year, that could mean as many as 13 million votes—and perhaps even more than that—influenced by SNL.

We have seen Baldwin’s “intrumpretation” in the show’s take on the first debate, we saw the Alec Baldwin hysterically in character, launching outdated racial epithets at the part-black moderator, Lester Holt, referring to him as “jazzman” and “Coltrane.”

The following week, we saw a parody of the vice-presidential debate, interrupted by an interview, with Trump responding to the release of the now-infamous taped conversation between him and Billy Bush. Baldwin’s interpretation of the Donald this time around was exceptionally funny, but also exceptionally creepy, as he likened his sexual desires to the force of Hurricane Matthew.

The week after that, Baldwin ridiculed Trump yet again. Where we saw Trump frequently standing a little too close for comfort behind Clinton in the actual debate, the SNL coverage shows him darting around the stage and creeping up behind her à la the shark in Jaws.

And last week, we saw SNL send up the third and final debate, pointing to several memorable Trump one-liners, including his explaining the threat of “bad hombres,” calling Clinton a “nasty woman,” and, of course, “they’re ripping babies out of vaginas!”

But perhaps the funniest part of SNL is the real Trump’s reaction to it. Trump, who hosted SNL on Nov. 8, 2015, exactly one year before his fateful Election Day, took to Twitter just hours after Baldwin’s third impersonation to express his sudden distaste in the show. “Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me,” he wrote. “Time to retire the boring and unfunny show. Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!”