About this episode
The creators of Hacks discuss the third episode of the final season, touching on themes of love, creativity, and collaboration.
Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky dig into the third episode of the final season. They share how cathartic it was to let Deborah and Ava get giddy about love interests, what making Hacks has in common with Dr. Frankenstein creating his monster, how they convinced 17-time Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren to write an original song for this episode, and, last but certainly not least, what Harry Styles sent Jean Smart in the mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Max
Guests: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky
Topics covered
- Hacks
- final season
- love interests
- songwriting
- catharsis
- creativity
Keywords
- Hacks
- final season
- Diane Warren
- Harry Styles
- Jean Smart
- love interests
- songwriting
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