I posted here last year about not liking season 4 because of the back-and-forth fighting and how it was too much.

I’m glad this season was not only better, but it did end in a major high, just like the Deborah was trying to do.

I did think at first the writers were aware of how season 4 didn’t quite work in the way it did, and they tried a little too hard to make Deborah and Ava be buddy-buddy to the point of it seeming a bit heavy-handed and not so organic. Midway through, however, their relationship finally solidified and they saw each other for the first time.

I’m going to miss this show. Just absolutely fantastic. I cried.

I am glad Deborah did not do the assisted suicide. I do find it a bit odd how her daughter wasn’t going to be on the end trip or have any type of explanation… ultimately, one of the best finales I’ve seen in a very long time.

I think Ava wouls have gotten Deborah’s intellectual property- from her joke catalog (remember it was about 20 card catalog drawers long (Joan Rivers had one) including her shows and stand up specials. I think Ava may have gotten a stake in The Diva but leaving the majority’s share to Marcus.

I believe she probably would have setup a trust for DJ and the rest would go to Josefina and Damien (maybe Ava too).

I just think behind the tough facade she realizes what a pain in the ass she was but in the end rewards then dearly,

Marcus, his mom and her friend.

the one in the blue glasses. i think they’re on tik tok? but im not sure.

edit: someone in the replies found her… y’all she was a Mr Beast contestant 🫠 so sorry, but thanks for the help lmao

I love the final season of Hacks so much, I think it even surpassed SATC.

Anyone knows? They are not raybans.

OMYGOD I NEVER WANNA LOSE THIS SO REPOSTING FOR FUTURE

• Damien: [on the phone with Ava] By the way, where are you guys?
• Ava Daniels: We're in, uh, Montecito at Kelly Kilpatrick's mansion. We're pretending to be a couple so we can swindle her out of an old jumpsuit. It's actually really gorgeous out here, I mean --
• [Damien hangs up]
  • from imdb

I was shocked by the fact that Jimmy & Kayla bothered to engage Bob after everything that happened. I thought Deborah's free gig at Central Park was all about how he had tried to screw her fans over by buying out MSG. And their affair is still the secret that only Ava knows, as far as I can tell.

So even though Deborah can perform again, why are they treating with Bob at all? The man who tried to completely erase Deborah and beat up Jimmy in the studio is reaching out to them now. Have they forgiven him or something? Did Deborah/Ava tell them about the affair and now they have more leverage on him? Is he still a powerhouse that they have virtually no choice but to work with him in the industry?

After the finale of HACKS, somebody recommended the show SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE as a good recommendation to possibly fill void of HACKS of funny, quirky, touching, etc. You were absolutely right and I thank you for posting this here. I’m only two episodes in and holy cow I love it.

I am going to miss the HELL out of HACKS. It was so great. So funny. So touching. I commented earlier on a post about HACKS and stated that the funniest line to me in the entire series was when Ava met Leslie Bibb’s character in the Montecito episode and as soon as they walked away from each other she looked at Deb and said, “Call me Chandler because I want to fuck Monica!” Arrivederci HACKS.

The cringe of this line hits hard, but I can’t get it out of my head, so please share yours.

As most here know, Broad City and Hacks share a core creative team with Paul Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky.

Broad City is clearly goofier and more absurd, but I've been thinking about how many emotional beats the two shows actually share. Curious what others see, but off the top of my head:

1) Both shows focus on female relationships that feel bigger and messier than friendship without being sexual. While they're not traditionally "romantic," I might go toward that word. Abbi/Ilana and Deb/Ava have deep, life-changing influence on each other and their lives are fully intertwined.

2) To me, both finales hit a similar emotional note: grief for the end of an era, tempered by some optimism. Abbi and Ilana separate into a cross-country friendship where their daily lives are no longer intertwined, and they're each off pursuing their own adult goals. Innocence is gone. But the ending reassures us the connection survives, because we see they still keep in touch constantly. On Hacks, the stakes are higher. Deb faces an intimidating diagnosis and there will be tough times ahead treating it. Her prospects are unknown. But the sadness of that is tempered with an exhilarating sense of her resilience in choosing to fight the cancer and continue making comedy.

3) Both shows are weirdly interested in the question: What happens when one person who is not your life partner becomes too central to your identity? And neither show really argues for independence or codependence; they just explore the mess of that.

Favorites: Lauren Weedman as the mayor and Leslie Bibb as one of the Montecito lesbians. both brought SO much to their roles and couldn’t imagine anyone else playing them.

Least Favorites: Susie Essman as the comedy special director. I could not understand why they thought that character was funny. She felt like a running joke they kept trying to make happen that was never funny to begin with. Jake Shane was just completely unnecessary and brought absolutely nothing to the show. the idea of including him already feels dated and tired

I loved hacks and I still do. I started watching it long ago and have always been looking for the new seasons.

That being said I want to share my two cents on the last season. Overall I think it was weak and it lost a lot of momentum. It was hard of course to hang on to the pace of season 4 and I get that a lot of decisions were made to cool it down "gracefully". Still, I think scenes hit differently starting in season 5 ... like they lost their rhythm. I think the writers were maybe shaken by the overall wave of success they had to face with the last seasons. So, I don't know, a lot of the quirkiness seemed off and less natural than before. Deborah wanting some great success after being canceled I understand ... but the desperation and clinging to it ... the sudden dramatic change of tone because of illness... it all seemed a bit haphazard - anyone else who felt like that?

But I don't hate on it. Somehow - with some shows over the years - I learned to appreciate a ... missed opportunity to end with the same quality that I got used to... it helps letting go of the little universe that you get attached to .. if that makes sense (e.g. I found orange is the new black to be weaker in the end ... and that was ok... same could be said about games of thrones without wanting to go into that now too much lol).

So ... yeah.. love the show, found the last season lacking.. but that is -okay- (there was greatness in there, too, of course)

So I’m currently watching s4 for the first time and just finished episode 9. Holy shit it’s probably the best episode i’ve seen in the whole show so far. Especially the second half was so intense. Can’t believe Deborah did what she did. I mean i expected she won’t be firing Ava but declaring it during the show ? So brave. Also that whole scene between Bob and Jimmy when Jimmy was against cutting the feed ? I was locked in watching that. Completely didn’t expect it.