"Best S.N.L. parody: Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’
Introduced by her friend and co-star Dakota Johnson, Taylor Swift accepted the inaugural Artist Director Honors award and debuted the video for “Patient Zero”: a cross between a sterile car commercial and a sexless "Fifty Shades of Grey," it stars Johnson as the wife of an abusive husband, who blames her mysterious illness on drinking. Johnson is haunted by the ghost of Farrell’s former partner, played by Swift, whose tragic fate is revealed through flashbacks in a plot-twist ending that serves as a warning for Johnson to get out. The darkly slick look and self-serious vibe seemed like it would be interrupted at any moment by a laugh track."
