Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almost immediately after they both arrive in England, he becomes Poirot's partner, and appears in many of the novels and stories. Poirot's view of Hastings was of a man with plenty of imagination but not a great deal of brains. Hastings was capable of great bravery when the going got tough, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by the "Big Four"
Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2012–2013 obnoxious son Eddie (Taran Killam) proceeds to mock the guest mercilessly. Russian native Olya Povlatsky (Kate McKinnon) appears on Weekend Update to describe the hellish conditions of life in her impoverished village. Sheila Kelly (Melissa McCarthy) is an extremely rude, aggressive, and violent woman. Donna Fingerneck (Cecily Strong) and Jodi Cork (Kate McKinnon) host a series of instructional videos on dating etiquette in the 1990s. Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2012–2013 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced during the thirty-eighth season of "SNL", which began on September 15, 2012.