A time jump resets this show's character dynamics with Rue (Zendaya) working off her debt to a drug dealer and seemingly nearly all the series' other female characters engaged in sex work of some kind. Sam Levinson's vision of a woman's life is pretty depressing.
If you've been watching the 2025 Emmy Awards tonight, you saw Hannah Einbinder finally win in the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for her work on Hacks. (She's been nominated four times thus far.) Hannah's speech was characteristically charming, riffing on the fact that it took her a few tries to nab the gold - but it was the final moments of her speech that got the internet truly buzzing.
Over its first three seasons, the comedy-drama, which centers on legendary comic Deborah Vance and her behind-the-scenes writer Ava Daniels, has been nominated for 48 Emmy Awards and won six, including Outstanding Comedy Series.
When I walked in that office the first time, I sat down and I was like, 'I don't know how long I'm going to be here. This is very comfortable. Thank you Steve Harvey.'