This will be the year of Hacks at the Emmys. After 22 nominations and six statuettes in the awards for its previous awards, if television justice exists in some form, this year there will be no one to overshadow it. At least it shouldn’t, because in addition to being intelligent and addictive It is the funniest comedy today. The Bear It’s very good, but it’s not comedy, it’s something else.
After a two-year hiatus, partly due to the strike of actors and scriptwriters, but also due to a health problem for Jean Smart, in this third season the series reunites with the characters. one year later from the last time we saw them and at the best moment of their professional careers.
Deborah He has advertisers, brands, critics, the public and even Tom Cruise at his feet and Ava She is co-producer of a prestigious program of the style Last Week Tonight. On the surface they should be happy, but in reality neither of them has managed to capture the white whale of their dreams.
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Not only because they are ambitious or with self-destructive or self-sabotaging tendencies (which is also everything), but because in 2024 the world of comedy continues to be dominated by men whom they see through a transparent roofbut not glass and they have not yet been able to break it.
When the season begins, Deborah and Ava They haven’t spoken since their breakup. at the end of the previous installment. That was a moment of outpouring of generosity on the part of the diva Vance, but for Ava it was unexpected and traumatic, so she still hasn’t completely gotten over it.
I know that technically I should have talked about dismissal and not a breakup, but their relationship is written from the beginning with the romantic comedy codes (and there is more chemistry between them than in many films of the genre), and they navigate the first two episodes, in which, basically, they are two exes who meet again and discover that the spark is still there.
In the world of Hacksas in ours, in prime time in the United States and in seven decades of television history no woman has directed a Late Night. That continues to be the thorn in Deborah Vance’s side and the backbone of this season, which will have a line-up of guest stars (Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks and J. Smith-Cameron) brighter than the sky.
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I won’t say anything else because there is no need to reveal details, just that we are very lucky to enjoy a series in a state of grace like this one, with dream actors, hilarious dialogues and an exceptional rhythm for comedy.
Real comedy, the one that makes us laugh, although it is not afraid to delve into darker terrain or show its protagonists vulnerable from time to time. I wish it would never end.
New episodes of ‘Hacks’ are available Thursdays on HBO Max.
