At her ten-year college reunion, Issa’s self-doubt quickly surfaced, while Molly struggles to get out of her own way. 

The return and final season of Issa Rae’s  Insecure on HBO premiered tonight and the initial takeaway from this episode is that not all the questions left in season 4’s finale will be answered just yet. Seems as this season will take its time like a slow-burning incense. 

This weekend is for us so let’s talk about all the mess, Molly’s (Yvonne Orji) mess, and Issa’s (Issa Rae) messy mess. 

Issa arriving at Stanford’s Campus

Entitled ‘Reunited, Okay?!’ Issa, Molly, Keli (Natasha Rothwell), and Tiffany (Amanda Seales) are back in the bay headed to Stanford for a ten-year college reunion. Things seem to be weird between Issa and Molly, but the two are on speaking terms so that’s good. This trip does help the two mend things a lot faster reminiscing on how the two became friends, Issa needs someone to cheer her up after an underwhelming performance on a panel, and being set up by an old acquaintance. 

Now Issa going back as alumni to speak on a panel about her business the Blocc (Black Life, Opportunity, Culture, and Connection), she is feeling super official. However, Issa comes down off that high real quick when the other panelists answer questions and were given emphatic applause, while it was dead silence after she spoke. This created self-doubt in Issa. Molly is able to read Issa’s body language the two talk about everything that has been happening. 

Issa and Molly talked about her underwhelming experience on the panel.

“I thought it was gonna make me feel like somebody. Like I was somewhere. But all it did was remind me where I’m not.”

Molly tells Issa she wants things to be cool between again and it seems the perfect situation for that was being set up by Cheyenne (an old “friend” from freshmen year) after returning to the car the two breakouts and laughter as Cheyenne took everything from them but Issa’s shoes.

This episode wraps up as Issa calls it quits with Lawrence (Jay Ellis) who has a baby on the way. 

The music from tonight’s episode:

https://www.tunefind.com/show/insecure/season-5/112810

https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/insecure-season-5-ep-01/pl.u-11zBXNBC8GYJxk2