Hacks: Season 3

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HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: May 2, 2024

Summary: Picking up a year later, Deborah is doing well after her standup special while Ava works on new options in the third season of the dark comedy.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E8. Yes, And
Air Date: August 22, 2024
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S3:E7. The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular
Air Date: May 23, 2024
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S3:E6. Power Play
Air Date: August 22, 2024

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100

David Mack

May 2, 2024

The series has never been better. Rather than feeling lazy or bloated, it has found exciting stakes and challenges for its characters that span the professional and the personal. .... Hacks also remains—mercifully—one of the funniest shows on television. Although it’s not a sitcom, it almost competes with 30 Rock for the sheer number of jokes per scene, yet it still manages to remain smart and create a deep sense of pathos. Read full review

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Rob Owen

May 2, 2024

Perhaps more than past seasons, these new episodes deftly balance comedic moments with insightful dialogue that explores generational differences in grounded scenes that don’t come off as preachy. Read full review

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Melanie McFarland

May 2, 2024

“Hacks” returns on a new creative high, one that positions itself to keep going as long as its pins can support it. .... As ever, “Hacks” episodes hum along with a fine-tuned comic cadence, buoyed by the stars’ performances along with that of Downs and Stalter. Season 3 affords Jimmy and Kayla a more extensively developed B-plot, albeit one spun out of sugar and about as substantial. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 30, 2024

In one episode, Ava and Deborah get lost in the woods—is it, at long last, a metaphor? It feels more like the infamous Christmas episode of "Ted Lasso," aka landfill. Mostly, however, "Hacks" is sublime. Read full review

Alison Herman

May 1, 2024

The show still resists the impulse to lean purely into aspiration or empowerment, as strong a sign of its longevity as any. Both Deborah and Ava are often unpleasant people. That’s exactly why they’re such a pleasure to watch. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

May 1, 2024

The new episodes have that easy-breezy style back, without sacrificing substance. The jokes are funny, but the life isn't. .... But when they turn that pain into humor, well, thank goodness it's gold. Read full review

Richard Lawson

May 2, 2024

What’s always been good about the series is still happily intact. .... But the season also requires some padding, which is where it runs into trouble. A few episodes, particularly one that has Deborah and Ava pointlessly lost in the woods while on a hike, play like wheel-spinning. Read full review

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87

Series Overview
Season 5

87
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: April 9, 2026
Season 4

91
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: April 10, 2025
Season 3

90
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: May 2, 2024
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  S3:E8. Yes, And
  Air Date: August 22, 2024
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  S3:E7. The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular
  Air Date: May 23, 2024
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  S3:E6. Power Play
  Air Date: August 22, 2024
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  S3:E5. One Day
  Air Date: August 22, 2024
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  S3:E4. Join the Club
  Air Date: May 9, 2024
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  S3:E3. The Roast of Deborah Vance
  Air Date: May 9, 2024
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  S3:E2. Better Late
  Air Date: May 17, 2024
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  S3:E1. Just for Laughs
  Air Date: May 17, 2024
Season 2

88
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 12, 2022
Season 1

82
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 13, 2021