Hacks Recap: Challengers

As this recapper anticipated — as you surely did, too — Ava’s working relationship with Deborah comes with zero boundaries. She is staying in the 1987–1992 guest suite, surrounded by era-appropriate Deborah paraphernalia (photos with war criminals, Oprah), and no one even knocks before they enter her room.

Deborah has been waiting for over 40 years to host Late Night. The only catch is that the network has never hired a woman for 11:30 p.m., or anyone as old as Deborah, or a blonde.