分开一年之后，Deborah Vance（珍·斯马特 Jean Smart 饰）因其单口特辑的成功而如日中天，而Ava（汉娜·爱宾德 Hannah Einbinder 饰）则在洛杉矶寻找新的事业机会。

“Hacks” explores a difficult mentorship between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), an old-school Las Vegas comedian whose material is a bit passé, and the entitled, but ambitious 25-year-old writer (Hannah Einbinder) she hires to make her act more relevant.