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Season 5 – Hacks

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Season 5 – Hacks

Next Ep Apr 16

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A year after parting, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) is riding high off the success of her standup special while Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pursues new opportunities back in Los Angeles.

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Critics Consensus

Hacks takes a triumphant bow with a final season that keeps the pace and jokes right on par with its previous installments, bidding farewell to Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels with all the flair and care this world has to offer.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

3.5/4

The pain that lies simmering under a joke has rarely been as powerfully conveyed as it is by Jean Smart in a farewell to her career-defining role as a comedy diva in which she and costar Hannah Einbinder sweeten their snark with genuine mutual affection

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Roxana Hadadi

New York Magazine/Vulture

Hacks makes Deborah’s resilience not just individually laudable but morally correct: She’s a champion of free speech, womanhood, and independence that won’t let a man, a corporation, or the march of time hold her down.

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Verne Gay

Newsday

4/4

Funny, melancholy, flawless.

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Alberto Carlos

Espinof

5/5

It's a real treat to see how 'Hacks' has evolved over all this time. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alan French

FandomWire

10/10

Hacks returns for Season 5, giving Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder the chance to leave a mark on the history of television. Behind their incredible performances, Season 5 is one of the year's best shows once again.

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Joey Moser

The Contending

Hacks is everything you want a comedy series to be. It's biting, naughty, ballsy, fiercely intelligent, and, after this season, sorely missed.

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Pedro T

@pedrodteixeira 7h

There is a growing trend of performers mistaking a large platform for expertise, often falling victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect by opining on complex geopolitical issues without the necessary depth. This show, once an enjoyable escape, has become unwatchable due to the lead's choice to alienate her audience with radical political rhetoric. It is a masterclass in how an actor can dismantle their own professional goodwill by failing to recognize the value of discretion.

Robert B.

@NevadaBuck 1d

Great chemistry, lots of laughs

Xander E

@RT03238360 1d

This season premiere was viciously funny. The plot line is truly genius and the characters mantain their flair. Meg stalter truly shone this time, give her her emmy now!

Taj M

@RT67826069 1d

I had to turn off the first episode halfway through. It feels like it was written by ChatGPT -- unfunny, expected, and overexplained. Take this scene: Deborah says she wants an O for an EGOT, Jimmy says "oh," Damien says "it means Oscar," and Jimmy explains he was just registering a reaction. A laugh riot, right? Right? The only -- and I mean ONLY -- saving grace is Megan Stalter. Her lines are actually funny and her delivery is funnier. But that doesn't make up for the rest.

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Episode 1

Aired Apr 9, 2026

EGOT

After returning from Singapore, Deborah focuses on shifting her career narrative and cementing her legacy.

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Episode 2

Airs Apr 16

The duo returns to the Palmetto to reclaim their territory.

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Episode 3

Airs Apr 23