There’s something so sad about the way Kaitlin Olson tries to spin a certain profane jab into a catchphrase in this week’s new Hacks episode, “The Roast of Deborah Vance”—and so strangely triumphant at the end of it, when she actually pulls it off: “What a cunt!” Portraying the neglected and at times desperately needy daughter of Jean Smart’s legendary Vegas comic, Olson has always seemed like a natural fit for the role, having spent most of her career breathing furious, painfully funny life into women on the verge. (She received an Emmy nod for her performance last season.) But as Olson’s DJ nervously prepares to burn her famous mother before a live audience, she gets to show what’s underneath DJ’s despair. She’s still a riot, but she gets to break your heart a little too.
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