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Variety
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"[3rd Season Review]: The show still resists the impulse to lean purely into aspiration or empowerment, as strong a sign of its longevity as any" |
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Collider
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"[3rd Season Review]: Smarter, funnier, and more moving than ever" |
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Screen Rant
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"[3rd Season Review]: it does it again and better than ever (...) It proves that the writers & actors will never do the same thing twice, raising the stakes & creating a well-earned third installment (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)" |
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USA Today
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"[3rd Season Review]: the new episodes have that easy-breezy style back, without sacrificing substance. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" |
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SFGATE
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"[3rd Season Review]: [It] has matured into a deeper, kinder exploration of friendship and creativity while mostly retaining its hilarious edge." |
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Mashable
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Hacks' own third outing just doesn't seem all that funny. It mostly feels safe" |
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rogerebert.com
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"[3rd Season Review]: Its best season to date (...) The third season of 'Hacks' is funny, unpredictable, and even moving" |
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Decider
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Hacks' keeps on keeping on in Season 3, finding a way to keep Deborah and Ava in each other's emotional orbits even though they don't work together anymore" |
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The Wall Street Journal
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"[3rd Season Review]: The secret to becoming a long-running sitcom is to do the same thing, differently. Doing it better is a dream. With its third season, 'Hacks' indicates that dreams may actually come true" |
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Vanity Fair
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"[3rd Season Review]: How many more times can we watch this repetitive process and still find it engaging? The show's creators have proven adept at keeping things interesting" |
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United States |
Salon
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Hacks' returns on a new creative high, one that positions itself to keep going as long as its pins can support it" |
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Chicago Tribune
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Hacks' is more or less doing variations on the same story each season, but it's doing it in interesting ways (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" |
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United States |
Rolling Stone
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"[3rd Season Review]: 'Hacks' finds some interesting and entertaining new dynamics between the duo at the heart of the series" |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[3rd Season Review]: Season 1 is the bickering meet-cute. Season 2 is the honeymoon -when anything feels possible so long as they’re together- and that makes Season 3 the reality-check" |
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The Wrap
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"[3rd Season Review]: This isn't just Einbinder's best season, it's arguably her funniest" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[2nd Season Review]: Hacks emerged fully formed as one of the best TV shows of 2021, so it's an extreme relief to report that the new season displays no sign of the dreaded sophomore slump." |
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United States |
Paste Magazine
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"[2nd Season Review]: the dynamic duo of Ava and Deborah proves as watchable as ever (...) Character development aside, the show is still acerbic and hilarious" |
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United States |
Decider
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"[2nd Season Review]: Jean Smart continues to reign supreme. She once again delivers an iconic performance as Deborah Vance" |
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United States |
Variety
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"[2nd Season Review]: Still, as funny as 'Hacks' is, and as poignant as it can be, the show’s most enduring strength is still its directing" |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[2nd Season Review]: 'Hacks'has done it again. Season 2 leans into its established strengths while recognizing new opportunities. |
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United States |
Collider
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"[2nd Season Review]: Overall, Hacks Season 2 is a higher-stakes, higher-reward season, emotionally." |
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United States |
The Playlist
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"[2nd Season Review]: Although there is still a real pleasure in seeing an actress as accomplished as Jean Smart getting a meaty role, this latest season of “Hacks” does not live up to the bar set by its superior debut season." |
NEU
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United States |
ABC News
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"[2nd Season Review]: Sappy isn't served in this generational battle between two women testing their limits in life and art, just a bonbon of mirth and malice no other sitcom can match" |
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[2nd Season Review]: There are plenty of little reasons why the second season of 'Hacks' doesn't take a leap from very good-ness to greatness, but plenty of big reasons why that isn't really a problem" |
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United States |
Rolling Stone
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"[2nd Season Review]: Deborah and Ava's rocky relationship keeps the hit series' new episodes crackling (...) If anything, Season Two leans even more into the series' strengths" |
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United States |
AV Club
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"[2nd Season Review]: A pitch-perfect second season (...) A study in how hard it is grow as a person in a world that's constantly trying to make you smaller. But the striving is a joy to behold" |
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United States |
The Wrap
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"[2nd Season Review]: As it muses on change and accountability in its second season, 'Hacks' remains one of the most consummately funny shows on TV" |
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United States |
rogerebert.com
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"[2nd Season Review]: Confident, ambitious second season (...) A remarkably smart comedy, one that understands human behavior and how it's warped by show business (...) There's not a weak link in this cast" |
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United States |
Salon
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"[2nd Season Review]: Showrunners deserve much of the credit for steering the comedy right on that line between droll and devastating, but none of their efforts would land if Smart and Einbinder weren't such a phenomenal team" |
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United States |
USA Today
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"[2nd Season Review]: A show that appeals to multiple generations because it intimately understands what it's like both to be an aging woman not ready to retire and a young woman just starting out (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" |
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United States |
Vanity Fair
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"[2nd Season Review]: The new season, for anyone concerned that it wouldn't live up to the first, aims higher and deeper, expanding the dynamic between Ava and Deborah while keeping both the wit and pathos largely intact" |
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United States |
Variety
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"[1st Season Review]: A thrilling turn for Jean Smart (...) This series is a novel next step for creators Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky" |
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"[1st Season Review]: Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder kill (...) [It] is the rare show about the business of comedy that actually manages to be funny" |
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United States |
Decider
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"[1st Season Review]: Jean Smart dazzles in this genius dark comedy (...) It’s a spectacular showcase for its leading ladies, and above all, a love letter to life in the comedy trenches." |
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United States |
Chicago Sun-Times
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"[1st Season Review]: An instantly addictive, bitingly hilarious situation comedy (...) Smart and Einbinder are stunningly good together (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" |
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United States |
The Playlist
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"[1st Season Review]: A great portrait of what the entertainment industry does to women as they age out or as they start out (...) This is a good series well on its way to great" |
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United States |
Rolling Stone
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"[1st Season Review]: Hacks is terrific in a lot of ways, but it’s also a reminder that writing fake comedy — fake stand-up comedy in particular — is one of the hardest things to do in the world of filmed entertainment (...) Rating: ★★★½ (ouf of 5)" |
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"[1st Season Review]: Smart is convincing as a standup, but Hacks isn’t especially funny" |
NEU
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United States |
Vulture
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"[1st Season Review]: Give Jean Smart all the awards for Hacks (...) ultimately, Hacks is about two women struggling against similar forces even though they may not realize it." |
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United States |
IndieWire
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"[1st Season Review]: It’s clear this series has legs, as a much-deserved showcase for Smart, as a thoughtful story about the evolution of comedy, and as an original series that’s very much its own thing." |
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