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Don\u2019t cry because there\u2019s no spinoff, smile because it ended how the creators wanted. Paul W. Downs, co-creator of Hacks<\/a>, told Variety<\/a> that a spinoff about his character Jimmy and Meg Stalter\u2019s Kayla will never, ever happen. Ever! \u201cThe reason is that the story has been very important to us; we pitched its ending from the beginning,\u201d Downs said. \u201cBecause we were able to end it in the way that we did, it feels like something we do not want to change in any way. We want it to exist the way it did.\u201d<\/p>\n Lots of shows claim they have a plan for how to end the show, but so few actually stick to that plan when rubber meets the road. When you\u2019ve finished the artwork as it was originally conceived, why zhuzh? \u201cWe feel so happy with how it ended, and we are so happy with how people have reacted to the finale of the show. For that reason, it\u2019s something that we want to leave [as is]. I\u2019ve never definitively said that, but I\u2019m definitively saying that. I\u2019m not being coy, I\u2019m telling you the truth. It\u2019s not happening.\u201d<\/p>\n Hacks final season ended with Kayla and Jimmy triumphant over Kayla\u2019s soulless exec father, with them now heading Latitude. It\u2019s a happy ending, but also a potential open window for further shenanigans in the industry. And with Hacks breaking the record for most Emmy noms for a comedy,<\/a> the temptation to take things in the \u201cCheers begat Frasier\u201d direction is tempting. But not quite tempting enough to derail Stalter\u2019s nascent pop career<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n