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Variety’s Showrunners Sitdown: ‘Hacks’ Creators Talk Deborah and Ava’s ‘Love Story,’ That Shocking Final Scene and Casting Deidre Hall
'Hacks' creators break down that shocking Season 3 finale, the show's queer fandom — and navigating Jean Smart's heart surgery and two strikes.
The season returned with a time jump, with legendary comedian Deborah Vance (Smart) basking in the triumphant success of the deep, thoughtful and hilarious stand-up special she created with her partner in comedy, Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder). To achieve that goal, Deborah brings Hannah — whom she’d fired in order to set her free — back into her life, with her managers Jimmy (Downs) and Kayla (Meg Stalter) trying to help her cause. But since she’s never one to allow herself unmitigated joy, and remains governed by her own fear and past hurts, Deborah offers — and then retracts — the talk show’s head writer job to Ava.
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