Hacks season 5 episode 7 finally gives us the Ava-Deborah romance fan-fiction we've been waiting for it's just a shame that none of it is real

Date:
Fri, 08 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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Did we all just collectively hallucinate? Hacks season 5 episode 7 gave us
the Ava-Deborah fan-fiction plot we've been dreaming about... but it's not exactly real.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Disclaimer Spoilers for Hacks season 5 episode 7 ahead. Look lively, Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) stans of the internet: Hacks season 5 episode 7 has finally delivered what you've been waiting for. Let me catch you up. Since season 1 aired on HBO Max in 2021, the internet has made a mission out of getting wayward comic Deborah and long-suffering writer Ava together romantically. At times, there has been a brooding tension between the two that could easily be mistaken for sexual interest... if Deborah were ever to join the LGBTQIA+ community. In fact, fans' pleas for a sapphic storyline have become so synonymous with the show that Einbinder addressed their wishes live on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2025: You may like Hacks season 5 is sensational but the best goodbye has already happened Hacks season 5 episode 1 release date and time on HBO Max Hacks season 5 episode 2 Handmaid's Tale cameo is almost unbelievable Latest Videos From @colbertlateshow

original sound - colbertlateshow A quick search of Reddit and Wattpad reveals just how much the non-existent love story has been manifested and Hacks season 5 hasn't missed out on its chance to be in on the joke before it ends for good.

Episode 7 is the perfect fever dream for heaps of stress and lust that has nowhere else to go but a make out sessions between our leading duo. But it's not actually a win for Hacks fans... because none of it is real. Ava and Deborah's sham romance in Hacks season 5 episode 7 is simultaneously shrewd and frustrating Hacks Season 5 | Weeks Ahead Trailer | HBO Max - YouTube
Watch On Let's set the scene. Deborah is inching ever closer to her goal of resurrecting her career by staging a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. Now, she's fixated on the outfit and wants to wear Carol Channing's white, bedazzled outfit seen in her final-ever appearance on The Carol Channing Show .

Should be an easy win, right? Wrong. The outfit now has a private owner, played by Cherry Jones, and her younger girlfriend, played by Leslie Bibb.
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In order to try and "steal" the outfit, Deborah heads to the couple's house
to try and talk them over but for her true intentions to stay undetected,
she visits under the guise of introducing them to her new girlfriend... Ava.

From the moment the four meet, there's clear sexual tension as Ava lusts
after Bibb's effortlessly hot love interest... but there's bubbling pressure between Ava and Deborah too. Of course, this is for a completely different reason, as Ava realizes Deborah is hiding something from her.

To get back at whatever she's concealing (which we later find out is health-related), Ava goads Deborah into making out with her in front of the others, which she reluctantly does. It's a masterclass of power play and deceit, and is also the closest we'll ever come to realizing our fan-fiction dreams.

If we're being completely honest, what we see in episode 7 is probably the better choice to have made. The kiss taps into Ava and Deborah's playful
side, but more importantly, highlights their messy and destructive best
friend bond that definitely still has its issues.

The saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind here. The pair's friendship might be off-the-wall, ridiculous, and often self-sabotaging, but why change something that (mostly) works? Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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