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TheGame of ThronesprequelHouse of the Dragon?
Jean Smart should be in that.
TheSex and the Cityreboot?
Obviously, Jean Smart should be in that.
How to With John Wilson?
I mean, thats fine.
But what aboutHow to With Jean Smart?
This is a long way of saying that, not surprisingly, Jean Smart is fantastic inHacks.
Theyre like thought poems.I had a horrible nightmare that I got a voice-mail.
Then she turns her gaze back to Einbinder and squawks: What?
In that same conversation about Avas thought poems, Deborah says that jokes have to have a punch line.
Even though its about the art of crafting comedy,Hacksdoes not operate by cranking out gag after gag.
Generational conflict is also a driving force inHacks.
Their mutual agent, Jimmy (Downs), sets them up to meet anyway.
Its the beginning of a love-hate relationship in which two comedians routinely communicate by heckling each other.
Avas voice-mail-nightmare joke, for example, subtly comes back to haunt her in episode six.
Both are judgmental, often for opposing reasons.
They are both blunt as a hammer on an untapped nail.
They hate that about each other, but they also respect it.
When she does allow her shell to crack just enough to reveal some vulnerability, its a revelation.
Einbinders portrayal is, deliberately, the opposite of elegant.
(When Jimmy asks for coffee with natural sugar, she brings him coffee with honey in it.
You said natural, she explains.
It comes from bears.)
But ultimately,Hacksis about two women struggling against similar forces even though they may not realize it.
Its obvious that they can learn a lot from each other.
One of the joys ofHacksis watching how hard and how long theyll knock heads until they realize that.
