When to Watch New Episodes of Hacks Season 5
2 min readHacks is back for season 5. The HBO Max show made its grand return to the streamer on April 9, and a season full of punchlines awaits its viewers.
Shenanigans will no doubt ensue, and fans will see Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart giving fans a final farewell, as the show is concluding with its fifth season. “In the aftermath of mistaken and unflattering news reports that she passed away, Deborah Vance (Smart) and Ava (Einbinder) return to Las Vegas more determined than ever to secure Deborah’s legacy as a comedian,” the official logline reads.
The ending for Hacks has been a long time in the making. Showrunner Lucia Aniello revealed in a March 2026 interview with Vogue that “part of our original pitch for the show was the very last scene. We knew how the season would end and how the show would end if we were so lucky as to get to imagine it how we wanted. It’s very full-circle, and there’s a lot of mirroring and callbacks and things. Hopefully people will find it as satisfying to watch as it was to write.”
Aniello added that Einbinder and Smart are “better than they’ve ever been. After five seasons of playing these characters, it’s such a lived-in performance, but they still find ways to be surprising and do things that we don’t expect from Deborah and Ava.”
Hacks season 5 ends on May 28. Here’s how to watch the show as each episode rolls out.
How many episodes are in Hacks season 5?
Hacks season 5 will contain a total of 10 episodes.
When do new episodes air on HBO Max?
The first episode of Hacks premiered on April 9. According to Warner Bros. Discovery, Hacks will “debut new episodes weekly, with two new episodes on April 30 and May 7, leading up to the series finale on Thursday, May 28.” The episodes will premiere at 9:00 P.M. ET.
Check out the full release schedule below:
- Episode 1: “EGOT,” streaming as of April 9 WATCH NOW
- Episode 2: “TBD,” premiering on April 16
- Episode 3: “TBD,” premiering on April 23
- Episode 4 and 5: “TBD,” premiering on April 30
- Episode 6 and 7: “TBD,” premiering on May 7
- Episode 8: “TBD,” premiering on May 14
- Episode 9: “TBD,” premiering on May 21
- Episode 10: “TBD,” premiering on May 28