- Low key. Molly's a hater.
- All right. So let me pop this off by saying,
I am Lawrence Hive.
- In your relationship. You're either a Lawrence
or you're like a Issa.
Apparently
(beep)
don't watch Insecure.
- [Drew] A show as iconic as Insecure coming to an end,
- It's only right. We started at the beginning.
We going back to the Dunes, y'all.
We going to answer all the questions
you guys came up with over the last five seasons
such as, are y'all really them AKA colorism,
half y'all didn't even pledge.
Is Lawrence really trash, even though Issa cheated
on him first?
And let's be honest, Issa and Molly are problematic
all five seasons. Let's be real.
We're gonna talk about this and so much more.
We're rewatching Insecure from a man's perspective.
Here we go.
(soothing drums playing)
Alright. Insecure from a man's perspective,
let's dive right in.
I'm going to call some of my friends up.
See if they know anything,
see if they could give me something to kind of look out for.
And we're going to see what we have.
Jeremy, what's good bro? How you doing?
- Yo. What's up?
Insecure? I haven't really watched that since season one.
Is that show even for guys?
- Uh, okay.
Jeremy thinks the show's not for guys.
Let's hit Q up. Q's a homie. Q's seen Insecure.
All right. Let's hit Q up. Let's see what Q say.
Q, what's up bro?
You watched that final season of Insecure yet?
- Insecure? Nah, I actually never watched Insecure, bro.
I heard it was a good show,
but I just never tapped in and watched it myself.
Like I know my homies are definitely piqued.
You know, they say it was a good show,
but I never tapped in to watch it.
- Apparently
(beep)
don't watch Insecure.
So here we go. Let's jump right in.
Let's see what we doing
(fun drum music playing)
Low key.
I really wish they would have like almost 8 Mile'd it
and like turn Insecure into like a rap career thing
because her rapping meant so much in the first season.
Like it was her connection to Daniel.
It helped her got out... It is what got her out
the initial situation with Lawrence.
- Do you want your man or not?
Do you know your plans or not?
You going to go back home or not?
You going to claim your throne or not?
Is you Khaleesi or that other
(beep)
who's name I don't remember.
(pounding on door)
- [Girl] Lisa! - Huh?
- Like, it meant so much to her.
So it kind of would have been cool
if she actually would have became like,
a super powerful rapper
or gotten into the music business somehow.
I don't know. We'll see.
But halfway through season one. Eh.
It's like a seven.
I feel like that's the thing though.
It's like in your relationship you're either a Lawrence
or you're, like, a Issa.
Like we're all in that transition.
Like Lawrence started out like he was in the right,
then he became messy.
And then now, he's trying to do right.
Issa, everything while it wasn't right.
She was still right in that relationship.
And she turned messy.
Like it's this transitional thing.
- All right.
So let me go ahead and pop this off by saying
I am Lawrence Hive.
Let's get that out the way.
I don't care about all these new guys.
I don't care about these past guys, except for Daniel.
Daniel was cool. She did my boy down a little bit wrong.
But I'm Lawrence Hive
because that's who we was rooting for from the junk.
Issa, you found...
Like we seen you go from a relationship
to your whole phases. It's cool. Do your thing.
But you gave up on a dreamer.
You cheated first. Issa cheated first.
And that's why Lawrence no matter where or what he's done,
he's always going to be good.
Cause remember he was sleeping on the couch.
He was trying to get his life together
and she just wasn't patient.
I understand, he may've forgot her birthday or XYZ,
but you got to think about the stress
of what this man was going through.
You living on your girl's couch.
You trying to make sure you find a good job.
You want to be paid what you're worth.
And you also still have a dream that you're chasing.
And that's not easy. You know what I'm saying?
I've been in those shoes, in that predicament.
So I don't know what Lawrence was going through.
And so for his girl to go out and cheat on him.
Ooh.
Of course he stepping. Of course he chunking the deuce.
Of course he's about to boss up.
But at the end of the day, I guess he has Issa to thank
because if it wasn't for her cheating
he probably wouldn't
(fingers snap)
you know what I'm saying?
Put that little bounce to his house.
You know what I'm saying? She lit a fire in ass.
I'm here for the toxicity.
- [Ben] I want Lawrence and Issa back together.
- All and all, end of season of one.
You can't be mad at Lawrence.
He did what he was supposed to do.
Molly just went in a big-ass circle. Like she was bitter.
She thought she had all the answers.
I'ma just be bitter and own it. And then you still mad.
(soothing drums playing)
At the end of season two,
Issa's living on Daniel's couch. That's weird.
Lawrence is doing his best. Living his best life.
Shout out to Lawrence.
Molly's messing with a married dude.
That one broke my heart. I'm rooting for Molly.
Insecure is really about Molly
cause I feel like she's really going through the most.
- Cause she's the one that's the most insecure.
- Yeah. Like she's going through it.
Issa's just being wrong.
This been a season and a half.
- She's... No. She's wrong.
- Her just bouncing around being wrong.
- Yeah. Daniel. Actually if she would've talked
to him about, like, his intention...
That's the problem. Nobody has intentions anymore.
But if she would've just talking about his intentions.
She would've seen that, like, he actually likes her
and like was looking to pursue something.
You saw how hurt he was when she was like,
we seeing other people, right?
- That's a good point.
- Issa's just messy. And then she call her neighbor messy.
I'm like, Issa, you messy.
You don't show up without texting.
- She the same way how Molly was last year.
She's bouncing around looking for somebody
to give her attention.
She's not doing what she's supposed to be doing.
(soothing drums play)
Low key, Molly's' a hater.
- [Drew] Molly's definitely a hater
cause every time she's going through something,
Issa gotta be going through something.
And she tried to talk down to Issa.
- You gotta watch friends like that.
Who can't be excited when you excited.
Who can't be happy for you when you're happy for you.
Yes, they have to hold you accountable
and yes they have to keep it to a higher standard.
But you also have to know there's a time and a place, right?
I'm not gonna lie.
When I first started this show,
I thought it was going to be like,
the black women going to church parade.
I thought it was about to be
about a bunch of black girls, living their best life
and a bunch of problematic men around them.
But in hindsight, like,
Issa and Molly, y'all got y'all problems too.
Molly. She's my favorite.
I feel like the show's secretly about Molly instead of Issa.
Cause I feel like she's the only one who came here
with a goal. Like, yo, I want a dude.
And although she keeps dudes, she keeps judging these dudes.
She thought the dude was too gay,
then the dude was too married. Now he's too Asian.
Every season, she just has a new idea
of why this man is not right for her.
And I feel like Molly, I love you to death,
but like just let somebody love you.
It's okay. Let them love you. You're gonna be okay.
Let them love you.
(upbeat groovy music)
- All right. Let's talk season five.
I'm just go ahead and say it.
I'm not feeling Issa and Nathan. Okay.
It's just dry. There's no chemistry.
She told the man she loved him
and he ain't really had nothing to say.
He said two weeks later, like, oh yeah, I love you too.
If you knew you knew, you know what I mean?
And it just wasn't there. So I think it was forced.
The relationship was forced.
When I see him on screen, I'm bored.
Give me the Laurence back or even give me Daniel back.
Season five. It's been slow.
But at the same time,
it's cool to see where the characters are
and where they're moving.
I think the story
between Lawrence and Condola Hayes is really interesting.
(upbeat drums playing)
- We did it, Joe.
We did it. Five seasons, three days, 23 hours.
We did it. I think that the series as a whole,
there was a lot of growth in the characters.
I really feel like in season five, Molly grew up.
And Molly was,
(beep)
I was running for Molly from the beginning.
I'm like, you can do this, Molly. Let's go, Molly.
You can pull through.
I feel like Issa, it was five seasons of Issa doing this.
Overall from a relationship standpoint,
Insecure kept it real. You know?
And I can't say that they did something wrong or right.
But I would say that generally the women were at the wrong
a lot of times.
And I'm not saying I want to be right. I want to be happy.
But yeah, it was kind of messy in this.
I'm just going.
This is the real question.
Did I need to watch it? I feel like it really wasn't for me.
Yes. I'm a black man.
Yes. I support black women
but I'm like, I'm not the brunch audience.
It's not my crowd. They're not advertise it's on me.
You know what I mean?
Like it doesn't resonate as much with me.
All in all, Insecure was a phenomenal show.
It was well done. The first of its kind.
So of course being the first of its kind,
it's going to hit its steps. It doesn't matter.
There's no show that's perfect.
There's no show that hit everything
as soon as they came out of the gate.
There's always changes.
And as with everything, it transforms with time.
But what it meant to the culture can never be taken away.
what it meant to Issa and her career,
can never be taken away.
And that's really what the important thing is.
(fun drums and trumpet music playing)