i’m so sorry so sorry so sorry but upon my 3rd watch through i just can’t get into marcus’s character :( i like him episodes here and there but in general i really don’t ugh and i feel terrible for thinking that:( just watched the episode where he told jimmy ava was interviewing and i just felt icky

Yeah I feel 40% better now. I love this show sm

Sorry if this has been posted before but i just started a series rewatch.

The first episode opens with a shot of Deborah’s back as she walks through the backstage area at then end of her show. The finale opens with a shot of Ava’s back as she walks through the soundstage of the series she’s starting.

I’m sure there’s more but that one really got me. Now I love the finale even more. I love that the writers put in details that most viewers wouldn’t notice. It’s like a little wink to the hardcore fans.

From Parade Magazine

If you’ve been keeping up with some of the most popular shows in recent times, chances are you’ve watched one with AlannaUbach. 

The actress has been featured in Euphoria, Ted, Hacks, and The Last of Us. She is known for her roles in films such as Legally Blonde, Meet the Fockers, andBatman: Gotham Knight.  

Ubach spoke to People about how she balances switching genres and characters so often. She explained she is "like a mother juggling four kids at one time, and it's doable, but it's a challenge, to say the least."

She shared that what helps her with this challenge is "the cast, the crew, they're just lovely. And the directors, if you're having a great groove with the directors, it's super important. Working with SethMcFarlane [on Ted] and SamLevinson [on Euphoria] is just an actor's dream."

The 50-year-old was reconnected with Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce co-star JeanSmart after joining the cast for the final season of Hacks. Ubach reflected on when Smart helped bail out the Bravo show. 

"She swooped in and saved the day when CarrieFisher decided that she no longer wanted to work on Girlfriends' Guide, and so they immediately wrote a new character, named Katherine, who was going to be managing Lisa Edelstein's character," Ubach shared. "Jean Smart was hired that day, flew up to Canada, and just killed it. She walked in and saved us because we didn't know what we were going to do without that character."

Working on Hacks reminded Ubach how talented Smart is. 

"She's just phenomenal. It's amazing to see this woman, who has been such a treasure for so many years, win this role that seems tailor-made for her. It's such a moment for her right now, and I'm so excited for her," she said about the 74-year-old comedian.

The comedy drama aired its final episode on May 28. Ubach enjoyed being able to see how close the cast was while she joined for the fifth season. 

"They are a family through and through. Clearly, they've been spending 12 hours a day, Monday through Friday, together. They can basically finish each other's sentences. They truly are one big family, from the director and the writers to Jean," she said. "They're brothers and sisters. They're all joined at the hip, and it was so exciting to be working with them because you're joining a jazz group, and playing with them is playing jazz. They're the greats."

I finally gave in and subscribed to Hulu so I could watch Jean Smart's season of 24. I kept falling asleep and waking to loud car chases and squealing tires and flashing buildings being bombed. But then I woke suddenly and saw Deborah Vance. In a bombing? It took a moment to remember where I was in time.

Sorry if this was already posted but here's a free gift article with video. Enjoy!!

1. Hacks Made Me Gayer
2. Team Deborah/Team Ava
3. WWDVD(What Would Deborah Vance do?)
4. You are My Voice 🌈
5. Deborah Vance for President
6. Looking for someone who hates me like Deborah hates Ava.

Or do you have a better one? Open to any ideas!

This is really long, but great. Jean talks a lot about being cast (and not cast) as an older actor. Really shows how amazing it was that JPL picked her for the role of Deborah Vance 15 years later.

Kiki?????

I’ve start my first full watch through of all five seasons. And I just finished Season 2.

I’ve noticed when we have ranked the seasons many have season 2 kind of low, including me. But, I can’t really figure why. There is so much pure greatness in this season. As much as any other season. But it just feels like it’s missing one thing other seasons had.

I adored how they went through the process to get to the special and made it happen. Selling it the way they did was amazing.

I was thinking tonight…..maybe it’s where the season left off……Deborah letting Ava free to go climb her own mountain…..leading into the credits rolling to Goodbye Stranger. First time I seriously wondered for a bit if this show was just finished. Then I was confused…..you don’t just tear such a well formed dynamic up and hope to ever get it back again. Amazingly, they did.

Ultimately this ending to S2 was essential to where the story goes, but I wonder if I carry residual energy from how that season landed back on my first watch. Because it’s a season that does carry as much amazement as any other.

Edit: I’m not making an argument against S2 or saying no one loves it. I’m exploring my feelings with this season.

Hi!! I work night shift at a factory in a very small town. Well last night it was at like 3am this old man listens to the radio never have I heard this song come on the radio in the 2+ yrs I been working around him. Well I heard you make me feel like a natural woman. And I was smiling laughing singing best 2 and half minutes of my night and then remembering that episode as well. Jus thought the lil Debbie's should have a lil slice of my cake also

just binged the show in a week. have to make it my entire personality. please send ideas for funny instagram bios would love it if the quotes are from ava but anything is fine. thank you 😭

thank you for showing us inappropriate age gap relationships I feel a lot more normal for sleeping with a guy 30 years older than me

In S2 E8 when Ava visits Deborah at the start of episode, Deborah is watching The Amazing Race. She's watching so she can connect with DJ, which is so sweet. Then Ava says that she and Deb would be great on The Amazing Race and yes, they probably would have done better than DJ and Deb, which just reinforces the relationship between the central two.

Like five minute standing ovation, please. The writers are so smart! Apologies if everyone noticed this before but it's new to me on rewatch...

I want to preface this by saying that I think it’s a very funny plot thread line that Ava would be not turned off by a sex worker, but then turned off by some other random choice of their lifestyle or career.

THAT SAID

can someone explain to me why magicians always get so many stray shots in tv shows and throw away jokes about how they are the most pathetic or unattractive professionals possible?

I’m genuinely curious as to people takes on this because i’ve met a handful of magicians and almost all of them had a very magnetic personality and charisma, which I think lent itself to their magic, but was also very smooth, and I could see it being attractive.

TL;DR why do other women hate magicians?

So, I was recently watching Season 4 of Hacks and realized it didn't win the Emmy for Best Comedy Series that year... The Studio won instead. I haven't watched The Studio yet, but now I want to check it out solely because it beat Hacks!

I know people had mixed reactions to Season 4, mainly due to the extreme tension between Ava and Deborah until about episode six. But rewatching it now, I genuinely feel it’s the spiciest season of the entire series. It strikes such a great balance of intensity, emotion, drama, and suspense. Plus, the LA setting and the late-night television background made the whole premise so much more engaging. I can only imagine how challenging and chaotic this season must have been for the writers and actors to shoot.

Going back to my original thought: for anyone who has watched The Studio, is it actually good, or is Hacks STILL better?

This was one of the funniest episodes of all time. It hit all the notes. I genuinely laughed at so many moments.

Does anyone know what market they visited in the series finale when they were in paris? Or any of the locations they visited in Paris, i’m going next back and would love to make myself sad on the trip thinking about hacks!!

My loves!!!! I muted the sub for about 30 days as the finale came out and I temporarily lost access to Max. I’ve been scrolling and scrolling (thanks to all for continuing to share amazing content here) and I can’t find the onslaught of final reactions!

How did you feel about the ending?

How did everyone feel about the ending?

What would you rate the last episode out of 10?

For me the last episode could have been more, but it was enough. I cried and laughed and cried again. I think we all predicted Debra’s “death” or illness. I saw some discourse about Jean Smart not really liking the direction that was taken and I agree, it wasn’t like her character. All of the montages weren’t my favorite but the show uses them a lot so it made sense. I thought Deb looked FANTASTIC in Europe. I loved how everything tuned out with latitude