What I’m Watching: Insecure

Insecure: Season 5, Episode 4 “Faulty, Okay?” (B+)

I’m not sure there’s anything I enjoy more on this show than Issa being incredibly awkward and just committing to it even when it becomes painfully obvious. Responding to a question Nathan didn’t ask in front of everyone else was one such moment, and things didn’t get much better after that. The earthquake happening at the beach was an interesting moment, and of course that meant that Nathan dropped all the pizzas, resulting in one of those sand-covered slices being rescued from the ground and eaten anyway. I loved that Issa thought for a moment that Resha and Nathan were literally having sex in front of her when he was applying sunscreen for her and then thought that they must be sleeping together in general, something that Molly helped to clarify instantly by bluntly asking it in the car. Issa was quite distracted by the aggressive social media campaign that Crenshawn was leveling against her, but it’s good to see that she was able to be open and honest with Nathan at the end of the episode, indicating, as he echoed, that she didn’t want to be friends with him. Following that moment up with another minor earthquake was a fun way to highlight the instability of everything, both literally and metaphorically. Molly trying to decide between two of Nathan’s friends was an entertaining subplot, and she seems to be in a pretty good space at the moment. Kelli is still hooked on that whole being dead thing, telling anyone who will listen all about it.