Issa Rae’s eternally superb drama comedy, Insecure, is now streaming on Netflix. That’s correct, HBO on Netflix.
The Peabody-winning, Emmy-winning HBO series launched on the rival streaming platform in the U.S. on Monday, as part of an agreement between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max, Deadline reports(opens in a new tab).
Insecure isn’t the only HBO title coming to Netflix, with Deadline reporting Six Feet Under, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Ballers also hitting the streaming service. The news outlet revealed in June(opens in a new tab) that HBO was planning to share some of its original titles, and Insecure marks the first ever scripted HBO series to hit Netflix.
Created by Rae and Larry Wilmore, the lauded five-season series centred Black women, following Issa Dee (Rae) along her journey to adulthood, personally and professionally, with all the challenges that come with it. She figured it out, one step at a time, finding growth with her best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji) in their sometimes solid, sometimes strained friendship, alongside a cast of unforgettable characters from Jay Ellis, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales, Wade Allain-Marcus, Kendrick Sampson, and Christina Elmore.
“The show was about our character going from being uncomfortable, and being insecure in her insecurities to being secure in her insecurities,” showrunner Prentice Penny told Mashable during Season 5.
The show wrapped at the end of its fifth season in Dec. 2021. As Mashable’s Proma Khosla wrote in her review of Insecure Season 4, “If you’ve slept on Insecure, it’s time to wake up. You don’t have to thank us. Just tell a friend.”
How to watch: Insecure(opens in a new tab) is now streaming on Netflix (!).
