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Hacks Recap: Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

All it took was a public meltdown and a coyote attack to bring our favorite duo back together.

Deborah is “winning” (it’s a publicity stunt sponsored by the network) the “Courage in Comedy Award” (not a real thing) in the hopes of giving the show a much-needed boost (Cher dropped out as tomorrow’s guest: “She, quote, ‘doesn’t want to do it.’”). Her breezy refusal to apologize about the Ruby interview is met with a very steely “fuck you” from Ava, who returns to the writers’ room to discover that a member of her slacker staff skipped half a day of work to get a tooth gem at the orthodontist. Having now been emotionally primed to imagine life without a small redhead upon whom she has come to rely, Deborah springs into action to find Ava, who is still missing and who, according to Kayla, is likely dead.

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