Hannah Einbinder on What 'Hacks' Really Meant — and Why She's Thinking Different Now

Hannah Einbinder's been processing the end of Hacks in real time. Working press rounds for her new film "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" alongside Gillian Anderson gave her something unexpected: perspective. Anderson keeps bringing up X-Files in interviews—how it shaped her whole career, how people still care—and that hit different for Einbinder.

It made her think about what Hacks actually built. That HBO run wasn't just a job; it's the kind of thing that sticks around. Paul W. Downs was in on the conversation too, and both of them started wondering: which character deserves to keep living after the show wraps? That's the kind of question you only ask when you know something mattered.

The cast ain't just grateful they got a run at it. They're starting to see the bigger picture—that Hacks landed in people's heads the way the classics do. Anderson's career talk was the mirror they needed.

Read the full story at Variety → https://variety.com/2026/tv/awards/hacks-hannah-einbinder-paul-w-downs-legacy-spinoff-1236825927/