12 'Alternatino' Sketches You *Need* To See Whether Or Not You're Watching The Show

In the premiere episode, Castro set the tone of the series with a musical spoof on Trump's reaction to Hurricane Maria during his press conference in Puerto Rico. "I never thought I'd be able to laugh at Hurricane Maria, so it's become kind of a healing thing for me and my family to be able to show the absurdity of what that press conference was meant to do and then to laugh at it," Castro told Fast Company of the sketch.

Castro's Broad City co-star Abbi Jacobson joined him for a Fifty Shades of Grey parody: instead of engaging in BDSM, Castro's character spends the sketch giving Jacobson's tiny little kisses. (Abbi's unofficial Broad City roommate Bevers, aka John Gemberling, also showed up on Alternatino as Barry the deer spirit animal).

"At the end of the day, we just found it funny and appealing to explain to this older, middle-age person how to talk about sex," Castro told Fast Company of this sketch, in which a father tries to have a sex talk with his son, only to learn his son knows way more than he does. "It's not meant in a mean way, though. This show doesn't have a mean bone in its body. It's about empathy."

In this powerful sketch, Castro embodies every negative stereotype that Trump has promoted in his rhetoric about people immigrating to the U.S. from Mexico.

Here, Castro shows off his versatility by playing Jecca, a woman who expected to be the first of her college roommates to be married, but instead ends up as "the drunkest person at the wedding." For millennials spending nearly every weekend at a wedding, this might hit particularly close to home.

Castro's "Welcome to America" sketch was postponed following the shooting at the garlic festival in California. But then two more shootings occurred, including the El Paso shooting that reportedly targeted the Latinx community. Rather than keep delaying the sketch, which shows a newly immigrated man from Central America not being able to comprehend mass shootings, Castro decided to air it.

He shared his reasoning in a video posted on Twitter as well as an op-ed for The Washington Post, writing "... in the wake of the largest attack on the Latino community in modern history, in El Paso this past weekend — I feel compelled to use my voice and platform to respond to this terrorist attack, in which a supposed 'Hispanic invasion' was cited as the hateful motive. I feel compelled to help people see and understand the real causes of this act of domestic terrorism."

Instead of Trump or current events, Castro decided to lampoon Pitbull in this sketch where the rapper realizes he might not be as cool as he thinks he is. Castro also called out Macklemore in a Make-A-Wish-themed sketch.

Here, Castro helps to dispel the misconception that every Latinx person can dance. As he told Entertainment Weekly, the sketch is based on some real dates he had with women who expected him to fit into this stereotype, since he's from Guatemala originally. "I've had dates where they want me to take them salsa dancing. I'm a terrible salsa dancer! So I'd try to dance and they'd say, 'Oh keep going! That's so spicy,'" he said. "So I found it hilarious to hear about all these expectations they had of me being this macho Latino lover. When all I really love are mimosas, man. There's nothing wrong with that."

Children of immigrant families started being separated from their parents in 2018 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Castro addressed the unethical and unhealthy conditions of these detention centers with his "Cage-Free Kids" skit, but it may be hard to laugh at considering these inhumane conditions still exist in 2019.

Even though Castro's series is on Comedy Central, he knows all too well that Netflix has taken over the TV landscape. In the Season 1 finale, Castro riffs on the absurd number of shows the streaming service pumps out — including cheeky titles like Britain's Smallest Pies, Big Pointy Houses, and The Shrimp Whisperer.

Castro and his team predicted the future with their sketch about the White House wanting to rewrite the poem on the Statue of Liberty since, speaking to NPR earlier this month, the acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli essentially did just that. "Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge," he said, twisting Emma Lazarus' famous words to serve his agenda.

Speaking of the future, another series finale sketch starts off happy with Castro learning that minorities are projected to be the majority, but when he then finds out the effects of climate change won't make that future too great to live in, it dampens the mood.

Whether Alternatino is taking on heavy topics like immigration reform and climate change or lighter fare like weddings and planning a quinceañera, all of the sketches are equally funny. Here's hoping Castro gets a chance to continue his unique brand of comedy with a second season.