Hacks
Mrs. Table
TV Flash files “Mrs. Table” as hour 33 of 47 in the TV Flash guide — Hacks (2021–) on Max, season 4, episode 6, aired 2025-05-08, 36 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E06: listed hour 33 of 47 in the Hacks guide, hour 6 of 10 in season 4. It aired 2025-05-08 (36 min). The listed hour before it is “Clickable Face” (S04E05). Next is “D'christening” (S04E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Deborah receives the "Courage in Comedy" award, while Ava reaches a breaking point.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mrs. Table sit in the Hacks guide?
S04E06 is listed hour 33 of 47 — hour 6 of 10 in season 4, season 4 episode 6.
When did Hacks S04E06 air?
Mrs. Table aired 2025-05-08 and is listed at 36 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season one, when Deborah hires Ava. The mentor-monster bond is the engine; later seasons deepen it through industry upheavals rather than replacing the pair.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Jean Smart's career-redefining comic monster opposite Hannah Einbinder in Max's flagship showbiz satire. A legendary Vegas comic hires a canceled young writer; punchlines are the love language. Best when you want Hollywood half-hours with teeth and a writing staff that knows the mic.
Fading Vegas comedy icon Deborah Vance hires canceled young writer Ava, and suddenly the old network night has a new two-hander: punchlines as love language, knives out, mutual reinvention. Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky's Max series premiered May 13, 2021, and Jean Smart's late-career supremacy became inseparable from Deborah. Hannah Einbinder matches her. Carl Clemons-Hopkins orbits the workplace. Showbiz cruelty is the office; respect is the long game. On the palate: cigarette haze and perfect…
Filed against
- Jean Smart as Deborah Vance
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- Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels
Hannah Einbinder's Ava Daniels is the canceled young writer across from Jean Smart's comic monster on Hacks — Max flagship showbiz satire, punchlines as a love language, Vegas legend hiring the intern the industry already tried to throw…
- Carl Clemons-Hopkins as Marcus
Carl Clemons-Hopkins plays Marcus on Hacks — the staff-room pulse around Jean Smart's career-redefining comic monster and Hannah Einbinder's canceled young writer. Punchlines as a love language, Vegas as a workplace, Hollywood half-hours…