Issa Rae’s Emmy Winning Series: Insecure Official Thread
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mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
That makes a lot of sense. It felt like a different show the last two seasons.
Watching that documentary Issa put on a lot of black people. She had a hit show and was putting on nobodies with minimal experience
unsticky this trash
I liked S4 tho
The entire season was inconsistent to me. I wasn't expecting the Finale to fix it either, that's why I'm not really disappointed. It felt like they wanted to cram in a lot of key moments and milestones into 30 minutes that were missed in previous seasons.
There were multiple BDays, Kelli's baby announcement, Nathan and Issa breaking up, Molly's mom passing, Molly's wedding, Issa and Lawrence getting together and getting engaged/married...
There was a lot going on and I'd even say that a much better way of wrapping up the season would have been to focus an episode on the events mentioned opposed to having 1 episode with everything together. That would have given the story a defined timeline that made the time jumps make sense and not feel rushed.
Die hard fans on Twitter happy that Issa got a ring and that they caught it like it was an Easter Egg. How much bigger would the fan reaction be if we actually saw the proposal? I remember hearing that they weren't sure if this was the last season when they started it. It felt like that because they literally could have leveraged like 6 narratives from the finale as standalone episodes.
shyt crazy
There were multiple BDays, Kelli's baby announcement, Nathan and Issa breaking up, Molly's mom passing, Molly's wedding, Issa and Lawrence getting together and getting engaged/married...
There was a lot going on and I'd even say that a much better way of wrapping up the season would have been to focus an episode on the events mentioned opposed to having 1 episode with everything together. That would have given the story a defined timeline that made the time jumps make sense and not feel rushed.
Die hard fans on Twitter happy that Issa got a ring and that they caught it like it was an Easter Egg. How much bigger would the fan reaction be if we actually saw the proposal? I remember hearing that they weren't sure if this was the last season when they started it. It felt like that because they literally could have leveraged like 6 narratives from the finale as standalone episodes.
shyt crazy
Jaylen Tatum
Superstar
finale shoulda been a movie lol.
I feel like they didnt even realy show Molly grieve over her moms death, just the quick cry
And one thing i will say, modern technology has made it where black film makers can shoot things beautifully but now they rely on visuals and the writing has gone down the drain. I feel like its the Belly effect.
valet
The official Chaplain of the Coli
Finished this series. Didn't know their episodes were 30-40. I planned on weeks to finish this like I'm going to do with The Walking Dead whenever that ends. Oh well. Haven't read a review or this thread yet. But I will now. Have no idea how people rank the seasons but season 4 was clearly the best. I was laughing at that white humor like I was watching Atlanta. The episode with Vince and then Issa focused episode with that old ngga from All American was classic. Then you got more in depth of why Molly is the way she is. And not just some sista with an attitude. Very good. Molly telling her how she really felt about using her.
But season 5, what in the world? What happened to this show? All the fun was gone. You can have serious topics but you can tell this was the last season. Just that magic wasn't there. Not saying this is on the Wire level at all. But it was like Season 4 was at its height. Then Season 5 going through the motions. They should at least focused on how her and Issa reconciled.
Molly character lost all her soul. It was like she was Sampson in the Bible. Once they cut her off she lost her power. And that corny ending to the throwback to the 1st episode with the Issa lame rap. As far as Issa. This show worked best with her being a loser. I mean having her win at the end is fine but was not as enjoyable. Don't really care that she ended up with him. He's a lame and they deserve each other.
This series was straight though. Especially since the episode was short and I binge it in less then 4 days. Just glad I don't have to hear Issa rap or see they fat friend (only liked her when she pretended to be English. She did a good impression )
But season 5, what in the world? What happened to this show? All the fun was gone. You can have serious topics but you can tell this was the last season. Just that magic wasn't there. Not saying this is on the Wire level at all. But it was like Season 4 was at its height. Then Season 5 going through the motions. They should at least focused on how her and Issa reconciled.
Molly character lost all her soul. It was like she was Sampson in the Bible. Once they cut her off she lost her power. And that corny ending to the throwback to the 1st episode with the Issa lame rap. As far as Issa. This show worked best with her being a loser. I mean having her win at the end is fine but was not as enjoyable. Don't really care that she ended up with him. He's a lame and they deserve each other.
This series was straight though. Especially since the episode was short and I binge it in less then 4 days. Just glad I don't have to hear Issa rap or see they fat friend (only liked her when she pretended to be English. She did a good impression )
The finale was okay but they could have made the episode an hour long to really flesh out a lot of the storylines.
It will for the most part. And then First Wives Club second season will air on BET, so shout out to them.
Voice of Reason
Veteran
I've only seen the episode about Lawerence being a new father. Should skip straight to the last episode?
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
Finale and the whole last season were wack.
One of the reasons why I fukked with the show was it wrote realistic situations, characters and responses. Personally the time jumps didn't bother me, I followed it. My girl didn't, but it was apparent they were just showing the growth while still coming together to connect on each other's birthdays.
Keeping with the theme of the show, it shouldn't have ended that way. Everything was predictable as hell. Issa could've stayed single after coming to the realization that her and Lawrence just weren't meant to be. Could've made her stronger in the end to counter the whole theme of her being an "awkward, 'insecure' black girl."
Felt like she just wanted to get the season over with so she could move on to something else.
One of the reasons why I fukked with the show was it wrote realistic situations, characters and responses. Personally the time jumps didn't bother me, I followed it. My girl didn't, but it was apparent they were just showing the growth while still coming together to connect on each other's birthdays.
Keeping with the theme of the show, it shouldn't have ended that way. Everything was predictable as hell. Issa could've stayed single after coming to the realization that her and Lawrence just weren't meant to be. Could've made her stronger in the end to counter the whole theme of her being an "awkward, 'insecure' black girl."
Felt like she just wanted to get the season over with so she could move on to something else.
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the bossman
Superstar
can't be mad at all. It felt really rushed trying to cram everything in that they did but it was still enjoyable to watch it all come to a close.Kellis story left my head scratching. I thought towards the end of the first episode when they showed how distraught she was when everyone at the alum weekend thought she died, it was a sign of them planning to really dig into her story this season. She even had a podcast it looked like towards the end of that episode.
However I don't think they ever made another reference to it at all the rest of the season.
The episode preview that showed everyone in the hospital I was certain it was because Kelli may have tried to commit that.
But throughout the rest of the season they never focused on her then all of a sudden she gets put onto the law firm and she gets pregnant. Kinda weird how that all played out
