HACKS
- By RICH ANDREW
- Photo Courtesy of HBO MAX
Season One gave us the awesome gift of Deborah Vance, Vegas headliner, living legend, and comedienne extraordinaire whose dwindling star now struggles to sell out the house. So her agent suggests hiring young comedy writer Ava Daniels to help beef up the act and make it more relatable for today’s audiences. Deborah reluctantly takes her on and immediately butts heads against this new style of joke. Through all the bickering, they manage to cobble together new material for Deborah’s final show, but on that fateful night, Deborah decides to stick with the old routine, leaving Ava incensed. When she finds a gift from Ava reminding her of all the risks she took that earned her this career, Deborah performs the new material. And it tragically bombs. But Deborah sees its potential, so for Season Two, she decides to test out her new act on the brutal road. And with Deborah, Ava, and company confined to one giant tour bus, hilarity is bound to ensue. With a stellar cast that includes Emmy-winning Jean Smart (Babylon), Hannah Einbinder (North Hollywood), Rose Abdoo (Call Me Kat), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Candyman), Mark Indelicato (Mélange), and guest stars Ming-Na Wen (The Book of Boba Fett), Devon Sawa (Chucky), Laurie Metcalf (The Conners), and Margaret Cho (The Flight Attendant), Season Two of Hacks delivers double the laughs.
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