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Hacks Recap: The Heart of the Matter
The premiere of the late-night show is the millionth reminder that Deborah and Ava are a perfect team when they can put their differences aside.
Ava’s efforts involve moving around the index cards with jokes and sketches (tag your favorite; mine is “Desert Island DILFS”) and squeezing the stress ball so hard that it explodes its gooey blue innards all over her hand. The behind-the-scenes reality of Hacks disproves the popular belief that success has to cost you the most important relationships in your life (as you all know by now, the show is helmed by married couple Paul Downs and Lucia Aniello and their best friend/wedding officiant Jen Statsky). I was worried this would backfire in a “you’re a public figure now” way, but instead, things go sideways in a more slapstick direction: Deborah accidentally does poppers while dancing in a go-go cage, slams her head against the bars, and winds up in the hospital.
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