Published May 7, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET Hacks fans have waited five seasons and six years for a kiss between Deborah ( Jean Smart ) and Ava ( Hannah Einbinder ), and that moment has finally come. And it was everything we could have wished for. **Spoiler alert for Hacks Season 5 Episode 7, “Montecito,” now streaming on HBO Max ** In the latest episode of the Emmy-winning HBO comedy, as Deborah sets her sights on procuring a particular outfit to wear for her Madison Square Garden show — choosing to pay homage to Carol Burnett by wearing the Bob Mackie-designed white two-piece suit she wore in the finale of The Carol Burnett Show — she realizes that she must cozy up to the outfit’s current owner, Kelly Kilpatrick ( Cherry Jones ), a stand-up comedian who hates Deborah’s guts. Things start to look up, however, when Kelly — an out and proud lesbian — mistakes Deborah and Ava’s relationship for romantic and invites them up to her home in Montecito, where the ruse gets the best of them.…