Damien, also on the road with the pair, asks Ava why Deborah doesn’t just fire her instead of keeping her around and being mean to her (but only sometimes). But even Hacks itself acknowledges that the device is a bit thin. Once Deborah finds out, she decides to sue her writing partner for violating her NDA, giving the season the plot thread it needs to generate continued conflict between the two. The new episodes find Deborah and Ava on the road, touring small venues and dealing with the consequences of a defamatory email Ava sent to some TV producers eager for dirt on Deborah. Much of the first season of Hacks revolved around the love-hate relationship between Ava and Deborah, and the series is determined to keep that push and pull going. If season one hadn’t set such a high bar, these issues might not be quite as striking. Where narrative focus and sharp dialogue were hallmarks of season one, season two sometimes feels aimless and unsure of the underlying points it’s trying to make.
Others, particularly those involving secondary characters like Marcus (Carl Clemons-Hopkins), the CEO of Deborah’s business, and Jimmy (Downs), Deborah’s and Ava’s agent, have little reason to exist at all. Some scenes last a beat longer than they should, as if they’re holding for more laughs than they’ve earned. But especially in the first couple of installments - HBO provided six out of the eight that will roll out two per week starting today - there’s a fair amount of trying too hard, and it is indeed awkward.
Downs, and Jen Statsky, slowly get their rhythm back as each episode progresses, and Smart and Einbinder still have an energetic rapport that’s fun to watch. The show and its central creative team, creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. While season one immediately locked into its observational, wry tone, its follow-up starts out like a series that lost its keys and can’t remember where it left them. The second part of his statement also happens to apply to the beginning of the second season of Hacks, the Emmy Award–winning HBO Max series centered on the generational differences between Deborah, an old-school comic, and Ava (Hannah Einbinder), the young comedy writer Deborah hires to punch up her jokes.
That’s Damien (Mark Indelicato), personal assistant to legendary comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), explaining why watching Deborah’s stand-up - or any stand-up, for that matter - doesn’t really move him. Everyone’s trying too hard it’s, like, so awkward.” Despite some early-season wobbliness, the performances by and chemistry between Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder stay on point.
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