Hey, y'all! My apologies for the late post. I've been busy working, and I also decided to binge The Last Dance (which I highly recommend), so my recap was put on the back burner. However, I'm back with a short and sweet post that won't follow the format of my other recaps. For one, this was a filler episode, and that's okay because, after the block party, we needed a break and two, I think this episode highlighted real-life coping mechanisms a lot of people use when facing stress, anxiety, and disappointment.
Episode Six, Lowkey Done Synopsis via HBO:
In need of some positive vibes after the block party, Issa goes out of her way to do good for random people across L.A., eventually turning to an unlikely source for comfort. Meanwhile, Kelli urges her friends to reconcile.
SPOILERS BELOW (not that you should even be reading this if you haven't watched the episode).
This episode kicked off with Issa having a heart to heart with Mirror bitch (who we don't see enough) about how to handle her fight with Molly. Issa tells herself that she should probably reach out to Molly, but Mirror bitch tells Issa not to reach out to Molly saying let her reach out to you, she's wrong too.
Issa agrees and essentially begins to stress clean. One thing I love about this show is how it depicts real life. Cleaning/decluttering is a popular method most people use to cope with anxiety and stress. There have been plenty of times over the years when I've gotten extremely upset and started cleaning my bathroom, doing laundry, rearranging the kitchen cabinets, or even just sweeping because the act of doing something productive and quite frankly mindless was soothing. It bought me relief, it still does, so I felt Issa super hard here. She can't really enjoy the fruits of her labor from the block party because her fight with Molly was weighing heavily on her. It is later revealed that Kelli has been harassing both Issa and Molly to talk it out, but Issa lets her know that she doesn't plan to reach out to Molly because she's tired of giving in first when they are on the outs. If that's how she feels, then it is what it is. I found it interesting Kelli's expectations of both Issa and Molly and compared their fight with hers and Tiffany's saying. "When you let your shit sit too long- it may be hard to come back from."
Issa decides to take this self-care act on the road and heads to the grocery store to get wine for a Paint and Sip event she was attending later. While in line, Issa overhears a pregnant woman begging for someone to pay for her groceries. Issa goes back and forth on it, eventually deciding to help her, but her card declines. Yikes.
She later sees an old man named George, who missed the bus and decided to offer him a ride to his destination that was nothing but comedy (he had to pee and told Issa to pull over because he wasn't peeing in his hat again). At the Paint and Sip, Issa meets three women who seem cool (shoutout Black Hollywood royalty Kyla Pratt), who at first seem cool. However, after joining them at a bar following the painting event, they ditch her as part of a scavenger hunt even though they're like 40...get serious.
Issa finally does what I would have BEEN done the night of the block party, which is call her mother (again, shoutout Black Hollywood royalty Wendy Raquel Robinson). So this scene with her mom actually made me tear up because she's standing in her mother's kitchen, and after some rambling, her mom tells her to come here for a hug, and Issa just cries. LISTEN, all any of my family has to do, but especially my mom or dad, has to do is prompt me or hug me, and I'll burst into tears. Sometimes you just need your parents' man. I'm going off-script here, but I am really blessed to have parents that have always cared about my emotional well-being and listen to me, that let me just be. Not everyone has that, and at that moment I felt so seen.
Issa's mom told her she's "entering into a new season in your life," and I feel like that's been the theme throughout this season. Issa is transforming into the woman she wants to be and creating the life she wants for herself. Whether other people in her life are ready for that or not (ahem), she's going for it. Look at Issa...a little rose in the concrete! I'm glad she finally started recognizing the success of her block party and gaining the confidence to say, yeah, there will be more..bought to you by Inglewood's very own cultural curator! The episode ends with Issa going to her favorite Ethiopian food spot to get a celebratory meal, and who does she see through the glass? MOLLY. You know it wouldn't be Insecure if they didn't end with some type of drama. I've seen a lot of people online chime in and share what they would have done in this situation. For context, Issa walked away. I think I would have walked away too, simply because I wouldn't have been in the emotional headspace to have that conversation. Issa had a long ass day, and my girl just wanted some food, not to have World War 25 because you know Molly is on that.
Well, this is the end of my episode recap. Let me know your thoughts on this week's episode and predictions for next week's episode! Last week's recap is HERE.
