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WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for Hacks time of year 4 , episode 3 .

Hackswas bound to return to Las Vegas , where the legal age of the Emmy - winning HBO / MAX series has taken place throughout its first three season . Deborah check residency in Vegas for yearsand was one of the hottest amusement tourist attracter . That is , until Marty curbed her residency at his cassino , which sparked Deborah and Ava to come up with a stand - up special that revitalized her career . Now achieve her puerility dreaming of being a late - Nox talking show emcee , Deborah face more insistence than ever to ensure her legacy in showbiz .

Mayor Jo, Loretta & Kiki’s Returns In Hacks Season 4 Highlight What The Show Is Missing In Los Angeles

Hacks Season 4 Thrives In LA But Is Missing Its Original Vegas Feel

Although original recurring characters such asJimmy , Kayla , and Marcus do n’t appear inHacksseason 4 , instalment 3 , the Las Vegas setting invite a ticket of supporting character reference , Modern and old . Poppy Liu ’s Kiki , who was a series regular in time of year 1 , give as a blackjack trader after only appearing in one epiosde of season 3 . likewise , Miss Loretta , played by Luenell , returns for her first invitee appearing since season 3 , while Lauren Weedman ’s May Jo also makes an appearance for the first prison term since last time of year .

The two - episode premiere of Hacks season 4 carries the impulse of the season 3 finis with hilarious authorship and a tense feud between Ava & Deborah .

It would be one thing if Mayor Jo , Loretta , and Kiki shared a storyline together inHacksseason 4 ’s return to Vegas , but each really just stops by to say hello . Each part only get a few minutes of screen time in the sequence when they return , which is a course credit to the actresses since each one leave alone a uproarious and lasting impression . While they ’re all bully to see in the fresh time of year ofHacks , it ’s unfortunate that we wo n’t see them more regularly in season 4 since they ’re all back in Las Vegas and Deborah ’s show picture in LA .

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Hacks' Supporting Las Vegas Characters Don’t Get Their Own Great Subplots Anymore

Hacks' Expansion To LA Has Boxed Out Some Classic Supporting Characters

In retiring season , we might have seen Ava and Kiki have a whole subplot together for an sequence . We also might see Deborah have to spend a luck more time seek to commute favors with Mayor Jo , or more time with Marcus , his mom , and Loretta . However , thatall has to be squished into one episode in season 4when they go back to Las Vegas . Not to mention that Marty , who has been a major fictitious character inHacksseasons 1 - 3 , surprisingly does n’t make an appearance .

Hacks’return to Vegas , however , introduce many new digest character on top of its classic I , which is a welfare to the show . For a show likeHacksthat seldom ever outperform a runtime of 35 arcminute , there ’s simply not enough CRT screen time to legislate around to honor the OGs by rights and showcase season 4 ’s gifted new character accession .

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Marty (Christopher McDonald) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) having a drink at the hotel bar in Hacks season 3 Episode 5, 6

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