Published April 30, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET

Jean Smart may be a four-time Emmy winner for Hacks alone, but at the end of the day, she’s also a mom, and nothing is going to be more exciting to her kids than their favorite internet celeb appearing on her show. Enter Trisha Paytas in Hacks Season 5.

**Spoilers ahead for the first five episodes of Hacks Season 5, now streaming on HBO Max **

In the newest episode of the HBO Max comedy series, Deborah (Smart) is recruited by her daughter, DJ ( Kaitlin Olson ), to go on an all-celebrity version of The Amazing Race , alongside notable names like Drew and Jonathan Scott — a.k.a the Property Brothers — J.R. Smith and Richard Jefferson, and, of course, Paytas and her on-screen Race partner, Jordan Firstman .…