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‘Hacks’ Is at the Peak of Its Powers in a Confident Season 3: TV Review
Season 3 of the Emmy-winning Max comedy sees the return of Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder as codependent comedic soulmates.
If any strain came with following through on such a tectonic shift, or getting back in gear after more time than anticipated away, the creative team does an expert job of hiding it.Like a performer with Deborah’s grit and experience, “Hacks” is infectiously confident, deceptively smooth and, most importantly, consistently hilarious. Both women are, by all appearances, doing quite well on their own: Ava’s shacked up with a new actress girlfriend, sharing a hillside house awash in natural light and native foliage; Deborah’s made the ultra-exclusive mailing list for Tom Cruise’s annual coconut cake, the clearest sign possible that One Has Arrived. Perhaps relatedly, the show’s supporting players feel increasingly marginal: off in L.A., managers Jimmy (Downs) and Kayla (Meg Stalter) effectively anchor a wackier show-within-a-show about Hollywood mishegas; Poppy Liu was a scene-stealer in prior seasons as Deborah’s personal blackjack dealer, but here she gets just a few.
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