The upcoming fifth season of Hacks will be the comedy show’s last. Star Hannah Einbinder confirmed the beloved, award-winning series will come to a natural end while speaking on the Emmys red carpet on Sunday.
“I think it will feel different,” Einbinder told E! of filming the next season. “We’re going to start next week, and knowing it’s the last season is really bittersweet. But I think it’s right, you know? It’s nice to do something as many times as it should be done. Not overstay your welcome. Rip it and do it and laugh and cry.”
She added, “You can quote me on that. I’m going on the record on that.”
The show’s creators, Jen Statsky, Lucia Aniello, and Paul W. Downs, have previously said they planned Hacks as a five-season show. Earlier this year, Downs told Variety the writers weren’t currently sure if Season 5 would be their last.
“We are now breaking up Season 5, and we have to see how many episodes it will take us to get to where we know we’re going to go,” Downs said. “The final scene of the final episode has been in our minds since 2015, and we’re excited to get there. But that may take more episodes than we can fit in the season. So the truth is that we don’t know.”
HBO Max renewed Hacks for a fifth season in May ahead the show’s Season 4 finale. Rolling Stone has described the show as one of the “most beloved comedies in recent years” and “one of the funniest shows on TV.”
Both Einbinder and her co-star Jean Smart won Emmys last night for their performances in Season 4. Einbinder used her time on the Emmys stage to deliver a powerful message of support for the people of Gaza and those affected by the Trump administration’s attacks on migrants. After a comical speech about convincing herself that it was “cool” not to win after so many years, Einbinder declared: “Finally, I just want to say: Go Birds, fuck ICE, and free Palestine.”
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“It’s an issue that’s very close to my heart for many reasons,” she told the press room backstage. “It Is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel, because our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state.”
From Rolling Stone US
