Issa Rae’s Emmy Winning Series: Insecure Official Thread

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Great Episode. The other two were good but Insecure is at its best when Lawerence is involved. Talk about triggering, I felt this episode for real being in that situation before. The only difference is I was much younger. That first year, especially if you aren’t together is usually kind of hell. I felt both perspectives and thought they both did great acting wise. That last fight struck a nerve because when she was like “I Don’t trust you!” that’s the point young me would’ve been like “You don’t trust me but you had a baby by me? :ld: Damn, Ima miss this show
 
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Milk N Cookies said:
Damn Lawrence is TIRED Countertop being funny acting!! But it’s understandable with the co-parenting situation. This is the first time I’ve felt for her.
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Yea. This was the first time the show has been able to show two characters who both are sympathetic and wrong at the same time. Condola wasn’t giving Lawrence grace for the effort he was giving. But Lawrence thought he was giving more effort than he actually was. Two people who literally thought they were trying to meet in the middle while not budging.
 
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First time I’ve been really impressed with Lawrence’s acting. Good episode, nice change of pace. Gave me early season Master of None and Louie vibes with a man just going through it.
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did you forget his meltdown when he found out issa cheated on him? that put him on the map.

as for this ep. good stuff. I felt like lawrence was putting in effort tho. I mean traveling back and forth every week isn't easy. he tried many times to take the baby so she can rest too. how could she not see he was at least trying? pfff many would have just ghosted. but hes there, maybe not every day, but he's there.

has lawrence ever caught a break other than that one season i think, where he was single and smashing the whole city lol? he was living his best life when detached from all of them women and living free. he's living in a new city, baller job, dope loft. he should say fukk all yall and go back to the dating scene. he'd eat good.
 
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As a father with a wife and kids this episode got me triggered. I have never been through any of that shyt and I was about to throw the remote. My wife kept hitting me with the :mjgrin: face every time I got mad :russ:

Constipation was a whole a$$hole from the first scene. Not even giving him the chance to see his kid brought into the world and letting him know he has a baby through a text message is foul as fukk.

Lawrence is definitely not without fault either though. You gotta put that pride aside and do what you have to for the baby even though the mom in this situation was not making it easy.
 
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Baby Mama is tripping and listen to her sister bad mouth at Lawerence. How you gonna make the all decisions without Lawrence especially without discuss about their Baby's name, etc. Both of them have rough thou :francis:

Wonder why Issa Raye ended Lawrence relationship cause she doesn't want to deal with the baby situation especially dont want to get involved drama?.
 
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THIS is why I watch this show. Amazing episode to me. I've been in Lawrence's exact scenario and it perfectly wrote in all the complications.

I was much younger but when my youngest was born it was two weeks after I had turned 18. I was in college an hour and a half away. I drove down every single weekend and would take my daughter to my mother's house for the weekend to give the momma a break or she'd come stay with us.and that shyt was tiring and completely wore me out. I was on zombie mode that entire time. While I was doing everything I could do I fully understand the mother being frustrated because it doesn't compare to the mother having no sleep for months on end and dealing with a child 24/7. So both sides are tired wore out and feeling unappreciated. There was also the back and forth about making decisions and the fights over the tiniest things. Getting pissed at the mother making decisions without you or treating you like you're not an equal because you aren't there day to day. Also the guilt of being out living your life knowing the baby's mother whoel lifestyle is compromised raising your child and the BM having resentment towards that. Even with him not coming due to work and her probably assuming he's out partying and doing it up.

Add on dealing with the family members throwing shade your way cause they want you doing more and not understanding the long game of establishing a career. shyt my BM's family wanted me to join the military or work at a fast food spot as a manager versus getting my degree and getting a real career.

Sometimes nobody is in the wrong just dealing with different sides of the truth which is how I come away feeling about Lawrence and Condola.
 
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did you forget his meltdown when he found out issa cheated on him? that put him on the map.

as for this ep. good stuff. I felt like lawrence was putting in effort tho. I mean traveling back and forth every week isn't easy. he tried many times to take the baby so she can rest too. how could she not see he was at least trying? pfff many would have just ghosted. but hes there, maybe not every day, but he's there.

has lawrence ever caught a break other than that one season i think, where he was single and smashing the whole city lol? he was living his best life when detached from all of them women and living free. he's living in a new city, baller job, dope loft. he should say fukk all yall and go back to the dating scene. he'd eat good.
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I agree. But the truth is, you don’t get credit for doing your job. He felt like him trying the way he was, was enough since “some guys don’t even do that”. But that doesn’t mean what your doing is actually enough for the baby’s needs.
 
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RickyGQ said:
I agree. But the truth is, you don’t get credit for doing your job. He felt like him trying the way he was, was enough since “some guys don’t even do that”. But that doesn’t mean what your doing is actually enough for the baby’s needs.
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Agreed. I don’t mind the 30 minute episode but I wish we could have had a little more time dedicated to their relationship and how they got to the toxic co-parenting we saw on the screen.

Lawrence thought he was really doing father of the year shyt even though he was doing the bare minimum (just showing up). Admittedly it was a lot (traveling back and forth) but in the grand scheme of things it was self-inflicted.

Consuela was also acting like she was a single mother with zero help and in it completely alone when she was giving Lawrence the heisman stiff arm the second the baby was born. After a certain point, anybody is gonna fall back being treated like that. Especially when you pump fake on him trying to get the kid. I would say she’s going through postpartum but Issa just had that with Tiffany last season.
 
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