Ep.9: “The Garden” with Jean Smart

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Jean Smart discussing her role in the final season of Hacks.

Hacks creators and showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky dig into the ninth episode of the final season with the one and only Jean Smart, who plays Deborah Vance! Jean shares which actor from this episode is her actual beau, which cameo star she has plans to play blackjack with, and why Season 5 was the most fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky

Guest: Jean Smart

Topics covered

• Hacks
• TV show analysis
• Season finale
• Celebrity interviews
• Behind the scenes

Keywords

• Hacks
• Jean Smart
• final season
• interview
• TV show
• comedy
• behind the scenes

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Organizations: Hacks

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