What I’m Watching: Insecure (Penultimate Episode)

Insecure: Season 5, Episode 9 “Out, Okay?!” (B+)

This was a great episode to really shake things up, seeming like it could have been fine to have everyone in the same place and that completely imploding at the end of the half-hour, making things completely uncertain for the final installment. Opening with Issa and Nathan looking for an apartment together was fun, and even if they were both equally upset that they didn’t get it, they were united in that sense of wanting to be together and being disappointed that it wasn’t going to happen in that way. Unfortunately, Lawrence got convinced that he didn’t fight enough for her, and when he actually saw her in person, he felt compelled to say something. Bantering with Nathan about the best kind of barbecue seemed innocuous enough, especially with Taurean getting serious about ordering some since he was quite high, but then things got very bad when Nathan walked up to Lawrence expressing his feelings and Issa trying to play it off as nothing. At least Taurean and Molly seem like they’re going to work out and that they’ll be very good for each other, certainly a better fit than Molly and her ex who also happened to be at the party. I loved how awkward Taurean was when he pretended that the edibles he brought were actually just trash he had to throw out since he didn’t think it was that kind of party. I’m looking forward to whatever happens in the finale – this has been a great last season of a great show.