Yvonne Orji needed convincing to buy that 'Insecure' finale: 'I never want to settle'
The following story contains spoilers from the series finale of "Insecure."
Though "Insecure" ends with a wedding, the season finale's most tender and affectionate exchange is not between Molly (Yvonne Orji) and her husband Taurean (Leonard Robinson). It is, of course, between the HBO series' two best friends.
"Thank you so much for everything, Issa," Molly says, as she begins to cry. "For being you, for loving me while I was me. And girl, I don't know where life is gonna take us, but I just know that as long as you're around, I'ma be OK."
"Yeah," Issa replies through her own tears. "Me too."
The emotional moment, in an episode written by co-creator and star Issa Rae and directed by showrunner Prentice Penny, caps a five-season friendship rarely represented with such nuance and generosity onscreen. Through Issa and Molly, "Insecure" celebrated the best of what an adult friendship can be — even if schedules get busy, signals get crossed and slumps linger a little too long. And their reconciliation this season is especially poignant after a remarkable Season 4 arc that unflinchingly depicted the pair's falling out.
Molly herself, a successful lawyer and ill-fated dater with a vivid sense of humor and
