Spoilers for Tips season 5 episode 7 coming soon.
Look Alive, Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) talk about the Internet: Tips Season 5 Episode 7 finally delivered what you were waiting for.
In fact, fans’ calls for a sapphic storyline became so synonymous with the series that Einbinder responded to their wishes live. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2025:
A quick search of Reddit and Wattpad reveals how the non-existent love story manifested itself – and Tips season 5 didn’t miss its chance to get in on the joke before it ended for good.
Episode 7 is the perfect fever dream for a lot of stress and lust that has nowhere to go but make out sessions between our main duo. But it’s not really a victory for Tips fans… because none of this is real.
Ava and Deborah’s fake romance in Hacks Season 5 Episode 7 is both clever and frustrating
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Let’s set the scene. Deborah gets closer and closer to her goal of resurrecting her career by putting on a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. Now she’s outfit obsessed and wants to wear Carol Channing’s bedazzled white outfit seen in her last appearance in The Carol Channing Show.
This should be an easy victory, right? Fake. The outfit now has a private owner, played by Cherry Jones, and his young girlfriend, played by Leslie Bibb.
In an attempt to “steal” the outfit, Deborah goes to the couple’s house to try and chat with them – but so that her true intentions remain undetected, she visits them under the guise of introducing them to her new girlfriend… Ava.
From the moment the four meet, there’s obvious sexual tension as Ava lusts after Bibb’s effortless love interest…but there’s also a simmering pressure between Ava and Deborah. Of course, it’s for a completely different reason, as Ava realizes that Deborah is hiding something from her.
To get back to everything she’s hiding (which we later find out is health-related), Ava tricks Deborah into kissing her in front of the others, which she reluctantly does. It’s a master class in power plays and deception, and it’s also the closest we’ve ever come to realizing our fan-fiction dreams.
If we’re being completely honest, what we see in Episode 7 is probably the best choice we could make. The kiss taps into Ava and Deborah’s playful side, but more importantly, highlights their messy and destructive best friend bond that definitely still has its issues.
The saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” comes to mind here. The couple’s friendship may be wacky, ridiculous, and often self-sabotaging, but why change something that works (for the most part)?
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