- Hacks season 5 will be releasing two episodes per week on HBO Max for the next fortnight
- Episodes 4 and 5 drop on April 30, with episodes 6 and 7 on May 7
- Season 5 will return to a weekly release schedule for the final three weeks (eps 8-10)
We're only three weeks into Hacks season 5, and it's already been so good to us.
We've had Deborah (Jean Smart) singing in Spanish with a Mexican band in a bid to land EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), Hannah Einbinder being serenaded by her real-life childhood crush Jesse McCartney, and Ann Dowd dressed as a blue alien while giving life advice at a Vegas fan expo.
Season 5 episode 3 is equally one for the books. Deborah hits it off with a new artist playing at the Palmetto, sparking an age gap romance worthy of a double-page spread in US Weekly.
However, there's more good news to come for devoted Hacks fans (or should I say Little Debbies?). HBO Max is changing the hit show's release schedule for the next two weeks... meaning we're doubling our binge for the foreseeable.
Hacks season 5 to air two episodes per week for the next fortnight on HBO Max
You read that correctly: Hacks season 5 will be releasing two episodes per week on HBO Max for the next fortnight.
This means that episodes 4 and 5 drop on April 30, with episodes 6 and 7 following up on May 7.
However, from episode 8 onwards, we return to a single episode weekly schedule for the final three weeks.
The full release schedule looks something like this:
- Episode 1: out now
- Episode 2: out now
- Episode 3: out now
- Episode 4: April 30
- Episode 5: April 30
- Episode 6: May 7
- Episode 7: May 7
- Episode 8: May 14
- Episode 9: May 21
- Episode 10: May 28
HBO hasn't specified a reason for the mid-season schedule change, but who are we to complain?
At the time of writing, there are no episode synopses publicly available. But as Deadline reports, episode 5 will be an unexpected crossover with the hit reality TV series, The Amazing Race.
It's set to show "Deborah Vance and Kaitlyn Olson’s character DJ compete in a fictional celebrity episode of The Amazing Race featuring the CBS reality competition show’s host Phil Keoghan, its crew and actual props."
