This thread makes me believe you get paid to drum up interest. You're like an internet message board version of Penn Gillette.

Just stumbled across this show and binged both seasons over the weekend. I can't believe how much I enjoyed it. Great cast, great story. Just the right blend of drama & comedy.

It's rare to find a show that lets you get invested in the characters as much as this one does while maintaining a great storyline in the process. Season 3 has already started filming, and I will definitely be there when it's released.

Caught up on the recent season last night. I've got to say, this has taken a really bad dip here in the middle of season 3. This show was pretty quick-witted and funny and jumped from fun character to fun character. Then we get an entire episode of walking through the woods?
And good lord - can we go one episode without proselytizing to the progressive agenda? We've hit sexuality, climate change, anti-billionaire/pro-worker, and we had a main character be like 'Ew a republican!'. But then we find out that republican lady is a gay woman who wants to pee on subordinates? (WTF!)
I have no issue with leading an audience to understand different perspectives, but the interactions on the show are too on the nose for me. It's just been done really poorly.

[This is not intended to start a broader politics-in-entertainment discussion - I'm just saying Hacks is particularly bad at it]

Definitely in agreement that the last two episodes have unfortunately been pretty bad. In addition to the subpar writing, each was also without the broader cast, and the show simply works better when everyone is in the mix, especially Jimmy and Kayla.

That said, I'm going to push back on your latter point because the show is clearly mocking people like Ava and her very specific brand of insufferable Hollywood liberal. The proof is in the way Deborah, along with damn near every other character, reacts to every last ridiculous thing out of Ava's mouth. Taking any offense to that stuff is missing the point, which is ultimately meant to be a meeting in the middle of sorts. On one side, Ava's a super annoying Hollywood liberal, and purposefully so, while Deborah has all kinds of flaws of her own - she's a loner, has a hard time expressing empathy, connecting with others, etc. So, in that sense, each character basically acts as a counterbalance to the other, pulling each other back from their respective ledges. Deborah calls Ava out on her sh*t, and especially in the last episode at the county club, Ava is finally starting to get the message/understand how hypocritical she is. While, as annoying as Ava can be, she's rubbing off on Deborah as well, as evident by the colonoscopy episode when Deborah stood up for bisexuals or whatever. Is she out there marching in the streets? No. But the point was that she finally expressed the slightest bit of empathy because of Ava.

To that end, each character is realizing they can be better people, and more importantly, that they're each other's yin and yang - that they each ultimately bring out the best in one other, even if that means only slightly changing the other's perspective just enough to make them slightly more human. And to your point, I actually think the show is REALLY good at doing that overall.