The season five finale aired this week and finally gave fans an answer on whether Issa (Issa Rae) chose Lawrence (Jay Ellis), and if Molly (Yvonne Orji) and Taurean (Leonard Robinson) were the real deal.
The answer is yes on all fronts, phew!
However, it wasn’t just the end of the season but the end of Insecure entirely with the cast ready to move onto pastures new.
Insecure won over its audience thanks to its stark and relatable representation of Black millennials simply existing, covering all fronts from the complexities of dating to trials and tribulations in the workplace.
Before we press replay on Insecure from season one, here are some other shows that give what they’re supposed to give when it comes to Black empowerment.
A very new entry on the scene, Harlem debuted on Amazon Prime Video earlier in December.
Harlem follows Camille (Meagan Good), Quinn (Grace Byers), Tye (Jerri Johnson) and Angie (Shoniqua Shandai), who are all college friends now living in Harlem, New York City in their thirties, while trying to balance their personal and professional lives.
It immediately earned comparisons to Insecure with its all-Black cast and exploration of the lives of millennials living in a big city. In fact, it’s even been touted by some as the ‘Black’ version of Sex And The City.
An OG in the comedy space, Living Space aired on Fox in the 1990s and starred Queen Latifah, Erika Alexander, Kim Fields, and Kim Coles as a group of old college friends living in a New York City brownstone.
With a strong cast of Black women, it’s been said that ‘Living Single walked so Insecure could run’.
With Living Single off-air, Girlfriends arrived to fill the void of relatable Black women on-screen when it debuted in 2000.
Much like Insecure, it was about love and friendship at its core and never failed to confront uncomfortable situations head-on such as conflict within friendships and the road to reconciliation – ring a bell, Issa and Molly?
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