Hannah Einbinder and ‘Hacks’ Creators On the Season 3 Showdown, Where Season 4 Begins and Ava’s ‘F— A– Bob’

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Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com In the final moments of Season 3 of Max’s critically adored comedy “Hacks,” a new character element was introduced: Ava’s “fuck-ass bob.” Named by the episode director and series co-creator Lucia Aniello, never has a haircut heralded a shift in power dynamics quite like Ava’s (Hannah Einbinder) new look, which debuted right before the credits rolled.

Betrayed by her boss, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), the comedy writer puts everything she’s learned from her former mentor into action, blackmailing her friend and solidifying her job as head writer on Vance’s new late-night show. “Ava is embodying a new version of herself,” says co-creator Jen Statsky. “It’s not a totally new version, of course, but it is the next level of taking everything Deborah has taught her and implementing it into her life and into what she wants and feels she deserves — and also, what she feels she must do to make the show work and to keep what Deborah and Ava have built alive.

So, yeah, it was intentional that it felt like her hair should be a fuck ass bob, straight.” Statsky, Aniello, co-creator Paul W.

Downs and star Einbinder sat down with for Variety’s “Making A Scene,” presented by HBO, to analyze the epic final moments from the season closer, “Bulletproof” — and what it means for Season 4. “It felt severe,” Einbinder remembers. “Obviously, we straightened my hair, the bob going crazy.