Warning: this story contains spoilers from the series finale of "Hacks," now streaming on HBO. After cementing her legacy as a legendary comedian with a record-breaking show that will polish the lede ...

Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) have gone through it all. Rivalries. Partnerships. Stints in Las Vegas and late night. Vitriol and joy. Too many jokes to quote. The episode opens on a ...

Comedy loves a good callback. The fifth and final season of “Hacks” contains some outstanding nods to triumphs that Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) savored together in ...

The truth — my truth — about the fifth and final season of HBO Max's Hacks is that I would have left it at the end of the penultimate episode last week. Deborah's show in Central Park, improvised ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Hacks” Season 5, Episode 10. While the penultimate episode of “Hacks” saw Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance cement her comedy legacy, the HBO Max show wrapped up its ...

The way “Hacks” would ultimately end hasn’t changed since the series was pitched seven years ago, Lucia Aniello told IndieWire, but the decision to make Season 5 the last was debated late in the ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Hacks” Season 5, Episode 10. Deborah Vance was never going to die. That may be a shock to “Hacks” fans who have seen the series finale to HBO Max’s Emmys ...

The Emmy-winning HBO Max series aired its final episode May 28. The episode opens with an intentional full-circle moment. It begins with a one-shot of Ava walking through the set of the show she is ...

Hacks ended the way it began: with a trio of comedy writers brainstorming on a quaint street in the City of Lights. “We wrote the pilot while staying in an apartment in Paris,” says Lucia Aniello, who ...

Hacks came to an end after five epic seasons — and the series finale was anything but predictable. “I want to go out on top,” Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) told Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) in the ...

Hacks showrunners Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky break down the series finale episode. They discuss Deborah and Ava’s trip to Paris and the life-changing decisions they make along the way. Plus, they ...

Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) are about to take their final bow as the curtain draws on HBO Max's "Hacks," which is ending after an acclaimed five-season run. The final ...