And with that, another season of Insecure comes to an end. “Ghost-Like” is an amazing finale. Sadly, it comes at the end of an oddly paced season that leaves things feeling rushed. As the show celebrates Issa’s 30th birthday, there’s some beautiful symmetry at play. Issa has come a long way since her 29th birthday in…
This was a difficult episode of Insecure to review. As a standalone episode, it had some of the show’s most hilarious moments of the season. But, when you examine “Obsessed-Like” against the show’s entire third season things start to fall apart. This is the penultimate episode and there’s no real momentum taking us…
Okay. Lawrence came back and the show didn’t implode. I know some of us were disappointed about Lawrence’s return, but I think anyone can admit that this was a great episode of Insecure. Season three has focused on some major changes paying off for Molly and Issa, but the show’s ensemble has always been strong. With…
Last week’s episode, “Fresh-Like” felt like a huge step for Insecure. The episode felt like an exciting pivot for Molly and Issa that set up momentum for the rest of the season. It’s fair that “High-Like” doesn’t try to build off that momentum (obviously Issa wasn’t going to tackle her unemployment immediately), but…
Variety says HBO has renewed both Issa Rae’s Insecure and Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers. This will be the fourth season for Insecure and the fifth for Ballers, and neither one has a set premiere date yet.
We may be four episodes into this season, but “Fresh-like” would’ve served well as the actual premiere. There are major changes with shifts we’ve been waiting for Issa to take since season one. Issa’s journey to adulthood hasn’t necessarily been frustrating or prolonged, but she’s definitely moving at her own pace.…
“Backwards-like” is a frustrating episode of Insecure because it covers a lot of ground we’ve seen before. Molly and Issa may be in new stages of their lives, but “Backwards-like” proves the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Even though Molly has the job she wanted and Issa is finally making her Daniel…
“Familiar-like” is a slower episode of Insecure. Last week’s premiere got us right back into the action and dealt with some major blow-ups. Episode two takes time to set a mood for the season. The issues at the center of this episode feel pretty familiar. There’s Daniel and Issa’s usual relationship drama. There’s…
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, August 19. All times are Eastern.
“Better-like” is an incredible episode of Insecure. While it takes place only a few weeks after the events of season two, it sets Issa and Molly on new paths that make me excited for the show’s future. Opening with slick overhead shots of Los Angeles set to Ravyn Lenae’s “Sticky,” Insecure feels more polished than…
As good as Justice League was this month, HBO Go and HBO Now are getting a couple of legitimately acclaimed films as part of their new streaming offerings in August: Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Of course, the acclaim those movies received was also a bit controversial, with Gary Oldman…
We don’t know about you, but today we feel a little more ready for Trailer Happy Hour than we normally do. It’s a good day to just pour a big glass of trailers, chug ‘em all down, and then quietly contemplate the movies and TV shows that we’ll be seeing in the future. Today we’ve got a teaser for the next season of …
It may seem a little late for happy hour, but it’s never too late for Trailer Happy Hour, the semi-regular A.V. Club feature where we post some trailers that didn’t get their own story earlier in the day. Today we’ve got Matthew McConaughey playing a retro bad dad in White Boy Rick, a teaser for season three of HBO’s …
In 5 To Watch, five writers from The A.V. Club look at the latest streaming TV arrivals, each making the case for a favored episode. Alternately, they can offer up recommendations inspired by a theme. The reasons for their picks might differ, but they can all agree that each episode is a must-watch. In this…
It’s a New Year, and with it comes the opportunity for a fresh start—to take a hard and unflinching look at the areas in our lives that could stand to be improved, then to immediately give up on that and start thinking about how pop culture can better distract us from our problems. In what has become an annual…
Today’s question: What’s missing from our list of the year’s best TV shows?
Back in the 1940s, Kodak tested the color accuracy of its film by using what it called “Shirley cards,” each of which featured photos of various models. Unsurprisingly, this being the ’40s, all of those models were white, and the result was the concept that, when it comes to filming the human body, caucasian skin is…
A lot of shows save the action for their penultimate episode and let things settle during the finale. Last week’s “Hella Disrespectful” felt like that. A lot went down–Molly decided to leave Dro, Issa told Daniel and Lawrence to fuck off forever, Issa destroyed her apartment. But, “Hella Perspective” doesn’t really…
Insecure can be a hard show to watch because it’s so awkward at times. “Hella Disrespectful” is the first time the show has just felt too tense to watch. Conflicts have been bubbling under the surface and they’re forced into the spotlight. From Issa’s tension with Frieda to Molly’s inevitable showdown with Candace,…
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, September 3. All times are Eastern. BYO cherry pie and coffee.
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