SNL performance marks a comeback for Lohan?

Is Lilo attempting a comeback? Actress Lindsay Lohan came back to host the variety comedy show Saturday Night Live for the fourth time March 3 as one of the first stops on her seeming career comeback.

Lohan's recent past has gotten worldwide attention and has caused some resentment toward her. She has a recent history of drinking while driving with a suspended license, being caught with cocaine in her car and stealing from a jewelry store. In 2010, she attempted to make a comeback from these incidents by playing a supporting role in the film "Machete," in which her acting got mixed reviews.

Lohan hosted SNL on her own terms, as she asked Executive Producer Lorne Michaels if she could come back to host. Her attempt to make a comeback in her career and for the general public to like her again was partially successful. In Lohan's monologue, she made fun of her past theft and drug use history by having cast members check her eyes and pockets and having an alarm set off if she tried to leave the stage, with a fan in the audience blatantly shouting "Kristen Wiig!"

There were even some surprise cameos, such as Jon Hamm from "Mad Men" and Jimmy Fallon, a former cast member and a current talk show host. Side note: Lindsay Lohan appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon the Thursday before she hosted and asked Fallon to stop by the show.

Getting into the sketches, Lohan killed it in the commercial parody of the Real Housewives of Disney, playing Rapunzel, who throws a fake but believable punch at Cinderella (played by Wiig). However, going into the Scared Straight sketch, a recurring sketch where Kenan Thompson talks some sense into three teenagers (Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Bobby Moynihan), Lohan fell flat in comedy. Lohan played a partner alongside Thompson, but had almost the complete opposit! e tone a s Thompson, which made her sound as if there was no feeling. Plus, it became obvious that she was looking straight at the cue cards.

Overall, Lohan's acting was flat in the sketch. A redeeming quality, though, was the fact that Hader, Samberg, Moynihan and even Jason Sudeikis cracked up uncontrollably at the end of the sketch. The monologue and the commercial parody were the only two parts of the show where Lohan shined.

In most of the other sketches, she played supporting characters that didn't do anything unusual or wacky.

However, the audience had a generally good reaction. Even in Lohan's monologue, Wiig stated that they all believe in her, and the audience applauded

Lindsay Lohan's fourth hosting gig has brought up better hopes for her in making a comeback for her career, but she still has a lot of acting work to do if she wants to make a full recovery. Frankly, her fourth time hosting wasn't necessarily as great as the first three times she hosted. She has, on the other hand, done a good job of getting fans to like her again and forget about her past.