In Season 3, Insecure undercut its own potential with an aversion to take risks
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"Insecure is often spoken about ... as the journey of two good friends entering their 30s and navigating the various romantic and professional obstacles that appear along the way," says Angelica Jade Bastién. But she says Sunday's Season 3 finale, titled “Ghost-Like," "makes it evident this series is about Issa’s romantic journey, particularly with Lawrence. By making the thrust of this most recent season Issa’s dynamic with Daniel, Nathan, and then Lawrence (who made a surprising return in episode five), the show undercuts its own potential with an aversion to taking risks. What makes this season so frustrating is how close Insecure is to being a great series charting the internal lives of these black women with joy, a bit of pathos, and some much-needed emotional honesty. All this isn’t to say Insecure has become a bad show. Far from it." The season finale, she adds, "has a number of pleasures as it tracks Issa on her 30th birthday ... But these joys are dimmed by emotional dishonesty and an adherence to twists meant to set Twitter aflame."
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