Since 2016, Issa Rae and Penny Prentice’s irreverent series Insecure has led HBO’s comedy block and delivered vibrant social media debates on a silver platter. Few shows—on cable or otherwise—have managed to get the complex nitty-gritty of modern interpersonal relationships like the Emmy-nominated hit, and fewer than that have featured Black women so prominently and authentically. Also true: Since the show’s inception, the cast has had to juggle a successful series and their own quickly ascending careers, especially when it comes to creator Rae herself, who fashioned Insecure out of very humble beginnings as an independent web creator and is now perpetually busy. We can only imagine that such a juggling act gets tougher as the years trudge on. With that in mind, we’re not terribly surprised by HBO’s announcement confirming that Insecure is coming to an end with season 5, but that doesn’t preclude us from wailing obscenities into the void.
