Hacks intimacy scene breakdown: nudity, nightmares, a fake lesbian relationship, and the intimacy coordinators behind them.

An intimacy coordinator's take on comedy, nudity, and chemistry

This week we cover Ava and Ruby's shower scene, Deborah's bizarre no-clothes nightmare, and that kiss between Ava and Deborah. We get into staging, body doubles, actor boundaries, power dynamics, chemistry, and why sometimes an intimacy scene just doesn't quite... sync up.

Plus: we put all three scenes through the Spice Scale, and one of them somehow got a D.

Hacks: Season 3, Episode 2 & Season 5, Episode 7
Intimacy Coordinators: Chantal Cousineau, Sarah Scott & Adrienne Couper Smith.

Watch along timestamps:

• S3E2 (Better Late) | "Ava and Ruby's Shower Scene": 5:16 – 6:21
• S5E7 (Montecito) | "Deborah's Nightmare": 0:00 – 0:43
• S5E7 (Montecito) | "Ava and Deborah's Kiss": 16:44 – 17:01

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Research sources:

• Rappler (AFP): Nude scenes "incredibly liberating," says Hacks star Hannah Einbinder

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