I don't know how I've only discovered this show till now but omgoodness, obsessed.
I'm kind of glad I'm a little behind because I'm able to google "will they be friends again? Season 2...3...4" lol. Because while I think they are funny when they hate each other, my poor nervous system can't handle them not being in platonic love. Their chemistry is too good.
The jokes are also too good. I've been cackling and screeching every episode. Christina Hendricks guest star- the bedroom scene- had me on the floor. Also the episode where the leads get lost in the woods was so sweet and intimate, it made me love these characters even more. Gosh. They need to make more TV like this. If anyone has any recommendations please share lol.
(I'm already sad to hear they're ending with season 5. But low key makes me love it even more that they're not trying to drag it out. Keeping the good quality.) Love
Jimmy, particularly in his scenes with Kayla, is one of the more underrated straight man characters in a comedy series
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mbc1063 days ago
+88
It speaks well to Megan Stalter’s abilities that I like Kayla, because normally I can’t stand characters (or real people) who are so “extra.” She manages to take Kayla just to the point of Too Annoying, and then busts out with something really hilarious.
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Upbeat_Tension_80773 days ago
+49
I think what works in her performance is that although she definitely plays a loveable doofus character & takes it to the max, she still has a sense of charm with her genuine love/loyalty for Jimmy, so the viewers also get rewarded with feel-good moments when her help for him and Ava/Deb pays off
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THEpottedplant2 days ago
+20
She really went full gorilla with it
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Own_Faithlessness7692 days ago
+11
Yeah her values are really good when you get down to it, which is very charming in a nepo baby.
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Weekly_Asparagus_3 days ago
+18
I liked her character in hacks so much that I tried to watch her new show but couldn’t get into it
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jabbitz2 days ago
+3
Was that the one based in the UK? Like anything Lena Dunham is involved in, it just felt like so much sex for the sake of putting sex on tv and I eventually got tired of it
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mbc1062 days ago
+3
Yes - this is why I was surprised that I like the Kayla character. "Extraness" and sex and raunchy humor and obnoxious behavior can be really funny if done well. But when it feels like it's been shoehorned into a plot or a character just for the sake of being edgy, it gets tiresome very very fast.
Hacks and Statler do a good job of taking Kayla just far enough before she jumps the shark.
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MelanieHaber17012 days ago
+1
Yeah. We gave it a try as well but it wasn't for us.
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JuWoolfie3 days ago
+10
Or heartfelt.
I love her showing vulnerability and being rewarded for it.
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flamingdonkey3 days ago
+4
Especially when it makes Jimmy look like the idiot even though he definitely was the more rational one.
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Jabbles222 days ago
+5
I never thought about it but you are right. I don't normally like characters like her but she pulls it off. I think it's because she can actually be nice to people she likes. Often such characters are jerks to everyone.
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mbc1062 days ago
+3
Right - it works because she very clearly cares about both Jimmy and their work. Her methods are very unconventional and at times unprofessional, but at the end of the day it's obvious that she wants them to be successful and that she wants their clients to be happy.
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Mamasun33 days ago
+33
He's also co-creator & co-showrunner of the Show!
I love they cast Dierdre Hall as herself as his mom.
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Life1234563 days ago
+19
Hes straight?!
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n4t4sh4g333 days ago
+20
Believe it or not
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+8
Omgosh the scene where Jimmy quits and stops himself from hitting that man over the head with his iPad...JC I laughed so loud I scared my animals lol. I love that he has this undercurrent of annoyance and anger that pops out all the time. No other actor could do this part imo I think because he has such a sweet kind face (and talented ofc) I mean the whole show is perfectly cast.
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unfamiliarjoe2 days ago
+4
Jimmy and Kayla are absolutely hysterical in this show.
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TheReaperSovereign2 days ago
+1
I want a spinoff for their agency
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MelanieHaber17012 days ago
+1
That would be great!
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WawaH0agie3 days ago
+64
This show does it all so well too… I usually HATE when characters are fighting because it always seems like the writers are just dragging out the same story. But both Ava and Debra actually grow and change between each fight and it feels so organic. Then when they do make up it feels earned and cathartic for the viewer too.
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+8
Yes!! I completely agree. I would have already given up on the show if it was the same fight each time. Like their last fight for where I am in the series, Ava was so honest about her feelings of hurt and betrayal it felt so raw. Then she came back smarter instead of going on a bender and doing something she'd regret. SUCH good TV gah! I'm currently counting down the episodes for their reunion lol.
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MelanieHaber17013 days ago
+53
Wait till you get to Dance Mom!
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Balbright3 days ago
+26
Julianne Nicholson!! Loved her role and the actress. She was also brilliant in Mare of Easttown and she’s fantastic in Paradise.
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+7
I know her from Paradise, and saw something online that she's on this show too and nearly fainted. It looks like she is playing a character that is wild from a picture I saw, but I didn't look further because I'm excited for the suprise. I love her.
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MelanieHaber17012 days ago
+2
She's hilarious.
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MelanieHaber17012 days ago
+2
I adore her.
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Toby_O_Notoby2 days ago
+12
"What's boofing?"
"It's where you blow cocaine up someone's ass with a straw. Go to ONE f****** party, Jimmy!"
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stretchofUCF2 days ago
+3
The dances are my children!
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wildanimalchiquita2 days ago
+3
Omg, Dance Mom might be my favorite part of this show so far, and there's A LOT to choose from.
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mbc1063 days ago
+19
I didn’t see the Season 3 finale coming at *all*. Holy shit.
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PogoLlama723 days ago
+36
Their platonic love is genuinely my favorite ship on TV. If you want more “messy genius women being hilarious,” try The Other Two next, highly underrated.
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throwawayamasub3 days ago
+3
Wait which women In the other two?
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FZeroDMX3 days ago
+2
Yeah Brooke is certainly a messy woman being hilarious but I’m not so sure about genius 😂
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arbybk3 days ago
+2
Molly Shannon, I suppose. She is great in it.
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cleveruniquename77693 days ago
+29
I really don't want them to put any obstacles between Deborah and Ava during this final stretch. I just want to watch the team overcome obstacles together.
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talldrseuss3 days ago
+10
Honestly this was my issue with Silicon Valley. Found the show hilarious, loved the jokes, but man I was getting fatigued with every season being: the guys have a huge obstacle to overcome, by the end of the season they finally make it big, but then something happens at the very end of that final episode of the season or the first episode of the next season to cause them to collapse and start all over again.
It's like a weird Sisyphus struggle. I'm afraid the same formula might happen with Hacks. They hate each other, the struggle together, they become friends, then something happens and they hate each other again.
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flamingdonkey3 days ago
+4
Well that was definitely supposed to be the point in Silicon Valley. It took me a while to realize and I didn't like the ending the first time I watched it because of it. But I really appreciate it on rewatches. It's not some great tech company that's going to do things differently and fairly *this time* and grow big and get rewarded for it. They bend rules, fake users, stab each other in the back, and sabotage other companies for their own selfish interests or just out of spite. The ending is actually them finally learning their lesson.
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flamingdonkey3 days ago
+3
Well, except Monica.
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Toby_O_Notoby2 days ago
+1
I always find it hilarious how Entourage does the inverse of Silicon Valley.
Vinny will have lost everything and then in the last five minutes it's "Scorsese saw your flop of a movie and loved it so he wants to cast you as the lead of his next movie without even an audition!"
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Windowmaker952 days ago
+1
It has happened. Except it's worse than Silicon Valley because the reason is always the same, Deborah and Ava's personalities.
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mbc1063 days ago
+6
Agreed. It’ll be way too much if they have yet another falling out.
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bakedpatata3 days ago
+12
The creators of Hacks worked on Broad City previously, and that is one of the funniest shows of all time. I'd definitely recommend it if you haven't seen it.
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dobrodude3 days ago
+2
I enjoyed that one, too. I found out yesterday that Ava's mother in real life is Laraine Newman.
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MelanieHaber17012 days ago
+2
Yes! Isn't that the coolest?
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dobrodude3 days ago
+8
I just got done watching the whole thing in about a week. I really liked it. The scene on the bus where the ashes get thrown away?
"You should get a smart phone, they're a game changer!"
"OMG, I know about smart phones, I'm trying to be a good person, YOU STUPID B****!!!"
That was the funniest line in the whole show.
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abcbri3 days ago
+13
I love it. You should watch The Other Two
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+4
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll give it a try :)
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dtudeski3 days ago
+4
Hacks and The Other Two are my favourite comedies from last few years. Enjoy!
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Square_Saltine3 days ago
+5
I jumped on this show last year right before season 4, and have already binged it through like 3 times. One of the best in the past few years
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+2
I agree. It is restoring my love for comedy.
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desperaterobots3 days ago
+6
This f****** show is so f****** good, my jaw has dropped at the end of some of the episodes because I can't get my head around how f****** FUNNY it is.
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+1
LOL same! What's episode made you laugh the hardest would you say?
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desperaterobots3 days ago
+2
I binged them in a fugue state, i couldnt tell you
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Impressive_Play_25993 days ago
+4
I “learnt” a lesson with Breaking Bad.
Pay attention to the Emmys and Golden Globe noms and winners.
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Ok_Homework52183 days ago
+2
Oh no! I don't know what this means. I don't normally follow awards, I'm scared lol
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Own_Citron62602 days ago
+3
It’s because hacks does well on the awards especially Jean Smart so if someone wins multiple times you check em out early on I guess is what he’s saying lol
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Impressive_Play_25992 days ago
+2
My intent wasn’t to offend you.
These award shows can sometimes highlight tv shows that one (like myself) may overlook.
The synopsis of Hacks felt like a show my wife & I wouldn’t enjoy, similarly we felt the same about BB.
After Hacks started winning more we decided to give it a go, we have caught up and are watching weekly now as the series season finale nears the end.
I apologize if you found it insulting or disparaging.
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Ok_Homework52181 day ago
+2
Oh gosh no, 100% not offended ever. No worries :)
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a_pope_on_a_rope3 days ago
+3
Have you watched PEN15 show?
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Ok_Homework52181 day ago
+1
I'll add it to my list !
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surgeryboy73 days ago
+5
My wife and I just discovered it too, and love it.
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Real-Bluebird-19873 days ago
+2
Its soooooooo good! I found it late too, binged it all and am starting the last season I dont want it to end
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wutangclanthug9mm2 days ago
+2
I caught up with Hacks last year and the one word I’d use to describe the vibe from the show is ‘magical’
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Apprehensive_War1732 days ago
+2
Same, I need them to be okay, or it genuinely stresses me out lol. Their chemistry just hits different.
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lobotomy422 days ago
+2
Seasons 3-5 are not as amazing as 1-2 but it’s still a good time
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DietPepsiEvenBetter2 days ago
+1
Hacks is amazing. Looking forward to the new season. Not sure where it's streaming, but I recommend giving Episodes a try. So funny.
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Saphronia72 days ago
+1
I keep hearing such good things about this show! I seem to enjoy other shows that get cross recommended with it, but I've tried to watch the first episode a couple of times and I just can't get through it .
Is there a better point to jump in ? If I like it, I'll definitely go back to the beginning ....I'm just having a hard time connecting with any characters in the pilot .
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itssmad2 days ago
+1
Hacks is so good. I second the people recommending The Other Two, Broad City, Pen15. For other shows with great female friendships I’d say Derry Girls (so funny), Dead to Me, and Bad Sisters (both dark comedies, different vibes)
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SubstantialWonder2912 days ago
+1
I just started watching it and it's one of my current favorite shows.
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TeddyGrahamNap2 days ago
They're my characters in Tomodachi Life. In my game Jimmy and Kayla have moved in together, so their house is now called LuSaque and Schaeffer.
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General_Membership642 days ago
-1
I think I may be a few seasons behind, I enjoyed it, but got a bit bored of
Ava is struggling and broke = funny
Deborah is struggling (while still rich)and facing consequences = sad.
Do they get beyond the misery p*** in later seasons?
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