Warning: This article contains spoilers from the series finale ofInsecure.
Insecure’s series finale definitely offered an answer to the inherent question of the show’s title.
(Remember how the pilot used Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright”?)
Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji on HBO’s ‘Insecure’.HBO
Picking up where the penultimate episode left off, “Everything Gonna Be, Okay?!”
Meanwhile, Issa’s business took off and she got engaged to Lawrence (Jay Ellis).
What did you end changing about the finale?
Jay Ellis as Lawrence in ‘Insecure’.HBO
Initially the finale was mostly set in Morocco.
It just wasn’t right, and so [I added] the birthdays and traveling.
Did you always know you wanted Issa and Lawrence to end up together in the end?
I know a lot of people were very invested in whether Issa would choose Lawrence or Nathan.
That scene they have at Molly’s wedding was genuinely moving.
Was it hard figuring out how to convey that sentiment in Molly’s dialogue?
No, because it really just came from the heart.
and these characters thematically thinking about like, “Am I going to be okay if this happens?
Am I going to be okay with the cards I’ve been dealt?”
Molly and Taurean’s pairing in the season and eventual wedding definitely surprised me.
How did you decide to put those characters together?
He’s seen every ugly part of her.
What made that the perfect final visual?
Was it hard figuring out what the very last line of the show would be?
It’s a sign of the strength of their friendship.
From your perspective, what aspects of the finale were the result of that approach?
In some ways, their lives are just getting started.
That’s not the ending that she imagined, so navigating that is work.
Tiffany [Amanda Seales] is pregnant again, separated from all her friends in Denver.
[Laughs]
We saw Dro in the penultimate episode and Frieda pops up in the finale.
Was there anyone else you wanted to bring back for the finale season but couldn’t for whatever reason?
Beyond that, I don’t think so.
We got our little Thug Yoda sighting in the finale, and he’s always been a fan favorite.
This story has been updated.
