What Did Hannah Einbinder Take From the ‘Hacks’ Set After Filming the Final Season?
A 12-time Primetime Emmy winner, Hacks is in its final season — and its beloved stars are already confessing to a little light theft. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder appeared on Good Morning America on April 14 to discuss season 5, and the conversation quickly veered into unexpected territory: the 2025 Louvre robbery.
The duo, who play Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels, teased what’s ahead while dropping revelations about pilfered wardrobe and a real-life heist that disrupted their Paris shoot.
What Did the ‘Hacks’ Cast Take From Set?
When asked whether they took anything from the Hacks set after wrapping the final season, both stars admitted they didn’t leave empty-handed.
“I managed to cop a few souvenirs, yeah,” Smart coyly said.
Einbinder was more specific. “I will admit I took a lot of Ava’s clothes,” she said. “So if you happen to see me out in one of Ava’s shirts just look the other way. No you didn’t.”
Smart also reflected on the partnership at the heart of the show. When asked about its success, she credited her costar.
“I knew that we worked well together. I saw her do some standup online and I met her along with a few other girls that they had narrowed it down to. I just thought she was so unique,” Smart said.
How Is the Louvre Robbery Connected to ‘Hacks’?
The interview took a hilarious turn when host Sam Champion pointed out that the Hacks production was filming in Paris around the time of the 2025 Louvre heist.
“I’m not making any accusations, I’m just following a timeline because you were there at the exact same time that the Louvre was robbed. I mean I just happened to notice coincidentally,” Champion said.
“We were there shortly after, not at the time,” Einbinder said while everyone on stage laughed.
“The tiara you wore at the last event was a little familiar,” Smart joked.
Einbinder committed to the bit, joking she was being called by a producer offstage and getting up to leave the stage as everyone around her laughed. When she sat back down, she had one more line ready.
“Yeah, Ava has one of the crown jewels from an ancient prince. She wears it with her Ramones T-shirt,” she quipped.
But the Louvre connection wasn’t entirely a joke. Smart revealed the heist genuinely disrupted production.
“Actually, they told us that we could not shoot in the Louvre after they said we could because the robbery was sort of an embarrassment for them, but also when they found out it was an inside job, that was not a good thing. So then they said, ‘No, you can’t shoot here.’ But our producers, man, they don’t take no for an answer, and they kept begging and begging, and finally they said, ‘OK.’”
The original plan would have given the production exclusive access. “Because we were going to have the whole place to ourselves, it was going to be after hours, but they said, ‘You can shoot here, but it has to be when the museum is open, you can shoot in this one small section of the Dutch masters.’”
During the reported 2025 heist, a small, organized group of thieves targeted the museum’s Apollo Gallery, where France’s crown jewels are displayed. French authorities began making arrests tied to the case, though the stolen jewels were not immediately recovered.
What Is ‘Hacks’ Season 5 About?
After a fourth season that took a darker turn — Deborah and Ava had a major falling out before patching things up — the final season promises a return to the show’s comedic roots.
“Season 4 got a little bit dark,” Smart said. “I was worried that people would hate me, but I think, because they cared so much about the relationship, they were willing to go anywhere with us, which was really wonderful. But Season 5, we get back to being profoundly silly, which is really, really fun.”
“Of course, we have our sparring throughout, which we also enjoy just as much,” Einbinder added. “It’s so nice for us to be working toward the same goal.”
Showrunner Lucia Aniello said the team treated the final season as a chance to do everything they had been saving. “There’s so many episodes we’ve been wanting to do for a very long time,” Aniello said during a press conference via Zoom from Los Angeles. “It was kind of like, well, here’s your last chance to do it.”
Smart has won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series three times — in 2021, 2022 and 2024 — as part of the show’s 12 total Primetime Emmy Awards.
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