The last sequence of the Hacks finale will make you question whether the show is still a comedy.

It’s been a turbulent ride for seasoned comedian Deborah (Jean Smart) and head writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder), as the pair got their dream late-night show and lost it, made up and fell out, and swapped Los Angeles for Singapore when they got contractually barred from performing. But, as the fourth season comes to an end, Hacks still has one surprise up its sleeve.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)

Deborah Vance is dead and Ava Daniels’s world is over.

The finale’s final sequence opens with a bleary-eyed Ava waking up in her Singapore hotel room. Her phone alarm cuts through the silence, and sunlight pours into the dark room as she sluggishly rises. Memories of the night before flood back: She and

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