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Hacks Podcast

Ep.4: “Who’s Making Dinner”

5/1/202633 min

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky dig into the fourth episode of the final season. They share how their Hacks pitch relates to Ava’s Mall Girl pitch, what inspired them to use flashbacks on the show for the first time, and which two characters Cole Escola ships.

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Clips

Deborah’s Jailhouse Awakening
What You Don’t Process
Writing A Scene Mid-Season
COVID Shaped The Series
Invisible Work Of Producing
Kayla’s Brutal One-Liner

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  3. Lucia Aniello· Host0:59

    [upbeat music] Welcome to the official Hacks podcast from HBO Max and Same Boat Studios. I'm Lucia Aniello, co-showrunner and co-creator of Hacks. Joining me are the other fab UW Hacks showrunners, creators, and the always yassified Jen Statsky [laughs] and Paul W. Downs.

  4. Paul W. Downs· Host1:19

    Hello.

  5. Lucia Aniello· Host1:20

    Hello.

  6. Paul W. Downs· Host1:20

    How are you guys? Thank you so much, Lucia, for saying that.

  7. Lucia Aniello· Host1:23

    [laughs] That you're always yassified?

  8. Paul W. Downs· Host1:24

    Yep.

  9. Lucia Aniello· Host1:25

    Yep.

  10. Paul W. Downs· Host1:25

    We are back to talk about episode four of season five, which is entitled Who's Making Dinner?

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