Mixing these two strong personalities throughHackshas elevated a battle thats usually reduced to disagreements and mockery between generations.

With her show on hiatus, Ava couldnt resist returning to Las Vegas to work with Deborah.

Thus, Ava lives temporarily under Deborahs roof.

Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance awkwardly hugging Hannah Einbinder’s Ava Daniels in Hacks.

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The unraveling between themselves starts to spill into the relationships with those around them.

Butits Deborah who makes even more emotional progressduring the holiday.

The ‘Hacks’ star made a hilarious and completely true point about the current state of TV.

Jean Smart’s Deborah walking down the hall with Hannah Einbinder’s Ava in Hacks Season 4, Episode 1.

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At first, she offers Ava the head writer position.

Butwanting to make her show bulletproof, she backtracks and decides to make her second-in-command.

But Ava had an ace under her sleeve.

Jean Smart accepting her Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

The move is unexpected but earned.

Throughout the show, theyve both grown personally and professionally thanks to each other.

The Season 3 finale ofHacksleaves Deborah and Ava as equals but at odds.

Hannah Einbinder’s Ava and Jean Smart’s Deborah at the magazine photoshoot in Hacks Season 4, Episode 1

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WithHacksreturning for Season 4on April 10, well see where this new work dynamic takes them now.

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