Lifetime's 'A Deadly Adoption' was NOT (completely) a joke and we kind of love it

So, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig's confusing Lifetime movie turned out to be a real Lifetime movie after all!

After weeks of chatter about whether A Deadly Adoption was just one big parody, we knew within five minutes that it was typical television movie fare.

Bravo to Wiig and Ferrell for staying committed to the cheesy dialogue and for hitting so many of the standard Lifetime movie tropes with cliched perfection, like....

The tragic, life-altering accident.

Wiig's character Sarah miscarries after falling into a lake two minutes into the movie.

The fresh start.

They find a beautiful surrogate, Bridgette/Joni (Jessica Lowndes), who, of course, plans to replace Sarah and have Robert (Ferrell) ALL. TO. HERSELF.

The philandering/alcoholic husband.

Robert is a best-selling author who got TURNED UP on his book tours. He bedded lots of broopies (book groupies), which is how he met Bridgette/Joni in the first place.

The naive/weak-willed wife.

Sarah wears overalls exclusively, operates an organic fruit stand and doesn't like confrontation.

The deranged, jilted ex-lover.

Bridgette/Joni will stop at nothing -- fake pregnancy, kidnapping, murder, sunblock -- to get her man. And, with Robert's studly facial hair, who could blame her?

The fragile child who knows too much.

Their daughter Sully (Alyvia Alyn Lind) is diabetic and discovers that Bridgette, gasp, isn't pregnant after all!

The knows-too-much best friend.

In Deadly Adoption, it's Sarah's sassy gay BFF Charlie (Bryan Safi), who, like Julianne Moore in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, pays the price for his curiosity.

The everything's-OK-now showdown/conclusion.

Of course, Bridgette/Joni leaves a wake of destruction in her path, but Sarah is able to save the day and send Miss Crazy on her way! "No one messes with my family."

Thanks for another amazing Saturday night, Lifetime!