After 5 emotional seasons of Insecure, it is time to say goodbye to our favourite LA crew. The ultimate episode of season 5 aired on Dec. 26, and it gave us all the total circle moments we would have liked to see to formally say goodbye. Over these previous 5 years, we have laughed, cried, yelled, and screamed at our TV screens as Insecure mirrored younger Black millenials’ lives in a means that is by no means been finished earlier than. And so many people are grateful to have a present that is given us the varied illustration we have at all times hoped to see.
“For me, it was realizing [that] that is it, that is actually it.”
Insecure started its journey on HBO in 2016, however authentic Issa Rae followers know its historical past dates again to its YouTube days when it began as The Misadventures of Awkward Black Lady. Similar to the beloved characters on Insecure — Issa (Rae), Molly (Yvonne Orji), Lawrence (Jay Ellis), Nathan (Kendrick Sampson), Kelli (Natasha Rothwell), and Tiffany (Amanda Seales) — many people have grown up with the sequence as effectively, so it is arduous to fathom life with out it.
Even Orji beforehand advised POPSUGAR that it was arduous for the forged to bid the present farewell. “[It] was very emotional. Tears had been shed,” she mentioned. “For me, it was realizing [that] that is it, that is actually it . . . Nothing will ever be the identical, however we can’t get these moments once more as a result of it already occurred for the primary time with one another, so now now we have to let one another go to go do different dope issues.”
With a lot anticipation for Insecure’s ending, the stress was on to see the present finish completely. Throughout the tenth episode titled “Every part Gonna Be, Okay?!,” Issa displays on every little thing it took to get her the place she is right now — which is a large milestone contemplating the place she began in season one. As a substitute of conventional time jumps, each scene of the finale is marked in line with every character’s birthday — accompanied by nearly each noteworthy birthday anthem. And simply as we hoped, the finale additionally closes the chapters on Molly, Lawrence, Nathan, Kelli, and Tiffany’s storylines.
We could also be saying goodbye to those insecure-turned-secure characters for now, however the ultimate episode assures us that life goes on for all of them even after the present ends. Forward, attempt to not tear up as you examine every little thing that occurs throughout Insecure’s sequence finale.