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.

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.

“Hacks” excels at giving the audience what they want, even mid-reinvention, and the series continues to exemplify the upsides of excellent episodic structure with half-hours built around Deborah’s roast, a Christmas special and, if you can believe it, a hike in the woods.

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.

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.

We want to see more of Marcus, whom we think got the short end of the narrative stick in Season 2. But for the most part, if the rest of Season 3 of Hacks is as satisfying as the first episode was, we’ll be pretty happy.

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.

Continues the high standards of the first two seasons and remains genuinely funny throughout.

I enjoyed this show quite a lot until I got to the third episode of this third season. Using the "c" word simply isn't acceptable, and the way it's presented here - for laughs - contributes to normalizing its usage. So no, HBO: You went too far this time, and I am done with "Hacks." It's so disappointing that everyone on that set, especially Jean Smart, went along with it. Where are all the viewers who felt the same way that I did? Why is there no outcry?

I enjoyed the show previously , but sometime around their hike I got the feeling I was the recipient of woke propaganda. I want entertainment, not a lecture. Jean Smart was still enjoyable to watch but the assistant girl became so annoying that the show became unwatchable and I stopped watching.

VERY DISAPPOINTED IN SEASON 3 Adding 3 way sex to this show was shocking and disgusting…