Deborah fired Ava in the season 2 finale now it’s a year later.
Stars Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and the series creators preview the big moment.
Reunited and it feels so… weird.
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in the season 3 premiere of ‘Hacks’.Courtesy of MAX
How is this going to resolve?
And people thought, oh my God, the show’s over," Smart tells EW.
How to reconnect the two was the biggest challenge of the season, according to Aniello.
And the emotional fallout of what we set up at the end of season 2 wasn’t paid off.
Statsky says season 3 gave the writing team a chance to “show different shades of this relationship.
You’ve never seen it quite be like this between them.
We also wanted it to feel a little bit mysterious for the audience.”
Creating that mystery, she admits, even felt weird during the writing process.
And then you’re like, oh, it’s supposed to feel weird, she recalls, laughing.
“We, as audience members, feel that when we watch our favorite shows.
So that’s the bar for us every year.”
Hacksseason 3 premieres May 2 on Max.
Watch the exclusive clip of Deborah and Ava’s reunion above.
