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What "Hacks" Lacks This Season Is A Heart or a Conscience, "Etoile" Breaks a Leg
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What "Hacks" Lacks This Season Is A Heart or a Conscience, "Etoile" Breaks a Leg

The Jean Smart comedy has turned into a drag of a drama with an X rated sex scene no one asked for, or wants

roger friedman
May 04, 2025
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For three seasons, HBO’s “Hacks” has been a smart — as in Jean Smart — comedy about a has been female comedian who has a Renaissance thanks to a younger writer.

Even though the end of Season 2 seemed to wrap up the return of Deborah Vance, played by Smart, a third season had to be hatched. And so it was, with Deborah — now a Vegas star again — hired to h…

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