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Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky dig into the series finale with the one and only Hannah Einbinder, who plays Ava Daniels! How far into the episode can you make it before you tear up? Listen and find out!

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky are joined by the one and only Jean Smart, who plays Deborah Vance! Jean shares which actor from this episode is her actual beau, which cameo star she has plans to play blackjack with, and why Season 5 was the most fun.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky are joined by cinematographer Adam Bricker! Adam shares behind-the-scenes details about the cube, what a DIT cart is, and how the show became a reference for itself.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky are joined by writer Bridget Parker! They share behind-the-scenes stories of filming in that house, an extended deleted scene starring Cherry Jones and Leslie Bibb, and more.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky dig into the sixth episode of the final season. They share the long history of a certain King Tut joke, which full-circle moments move them, and more.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky are joined by Assistant Director Jeff Rosenberg! Jeff shares why his job is like A Beautiful Mind and how he channeled his Amazing Race obsession into directing this episode.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky share how their Hacks pitch relates to Ava's Mall Girl pitch and which two characters Cole Escola ships.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky share what making Hacks has in common with Dr. Frankenstein creating his monster, how they convinced Diane Warren to write an original song for this episode, and more.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky share memories of filming on the streets of New York, behind-the-scenes stories of the episode's many cameos, and exclusive Little Debbie content that didn't make the episode.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky kick off the final season the only way that makes sense: with very special guest, Jean Smart, who plays Deborah Vance!