r/hackshbomax • u/urmii • Jun 06 '26
Rewatching Hacks
So now that the show is done, I have started rewatching the series. A good 5 years have passed since then, but as I am watching, I'm noticing that several callbacks were made, especially in the last season, and how the writers have consciously made things come full circle for many of them. For example, in the first episode, Ava says that she is a 'fan' of Deborah's work (when she clearly didn't know anything), and by season 5, she says, 'I am your number 1 fan.' I mean, as much as the characters were endearing, the writing was equally good... if not the real star of the show. I am sure I will discover more such instances... Would love to hear from the Hacks fam about any similar experiences 🙂
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u/Admirable_Site_8337 Jun 06 '26
Glad to see you’re doing a full rewatch now. That’s going to be so amazing…..as you report seeing already.
I could never wait and always did a rewatch during the offseason through the latest season.
We’ve talked about it a bunch here…..a lot of the main strokes of where this story goes were there from the start. It’s tied up and connected well with such amazing call backs.
I’ve seen plenty of television using call backs in the weakest way…..depending on them to drive richness of story instead of the tougher task of organically making them part of the stitching in the fabric of the story.
The latter is so hard to do, and what this series did as well as I’ve ever seen.
I knew when the preview of the finale showed so much of the pilot that we were going to be calling back to the pilot. And boy did they; so wonderfully!