Does Deborah Vance Die in ‘Hacks’? What Happens in the HBO Show’s Series Finale

Thoughts on the Hacks Dramatic Series Finale

It’s a dramatic and compelling presentation of the personal and societal stakes involved in assisted suicide.

"Hacks" finale is a moving tribute to comedy’s power to keep going

On the "Hacks" finale, Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels prove that a funnier world is worth fighting for

Does Deborah Vance Die in ‘Hacks’? What Happens in the HBO Show’s Series Finale

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 final episode, which premiered on Thursday, May 29. The final episode allowed Hacks to end the same way it started — with just Deborah and Ava. “I had a little bit of an idea of how it was going to end, but I just thought it ended absolutely perfectly,”…

"They're going to live on": Kathleen Felix-Hager on dressing Hacks

HBO Max’s Hacks is over, but like Deborah Vance herself, it rides into the sunset with many claims to fame: introducing Hannah Einbinder to the masses, picking up award after award for its crackerjack writing and powerhouse performances, and building one of 21st-century TV’s most dazzling and thought-out array of costumes. The Emmy-winning work of costume designer Kathleen Felix-Hager informed so much about the backstage and onstage worlds occup…

Go Behind the Scenes of Deborah Vance’s Casino on ‘Hacks’

The finale episode of the HBO comedy was a sweet and funny farewell to our favorite fictional comedian, but we didn’t spend nearly enough time inside her new Art Deco palace

The Series Finale of ‘Hacks’ Showed What the Rest of Season 5 Was Missing

The series finale of 'Hacks' on HBO Max had what the rest of the season did not: Deborah and Ava having creative friction at work.