Insecure Recap: ‘Fresh-Like’

Insecure / Season 3, Episode 4, Fresh-Like / HBO ***Spoiler-y goodness bounds like hipster taco trucks in a rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood.*** What’s up, y’all? After Daniel’s acting out last episode, Issa is down with moving on up, or at least moving on out. She’s all up in her new bathroom mirror cheesing when Daniel knocks on the door to drop off the last of her boxes. Things are still hella awkward between them, and Molly, who is arriving with some housewarming presents for her girl, is glad to see him go. Fresh starts. Molly is big-upping Issa on her fresh start, but Issa is way less certain she’s not going to end up trying to be a whole new me and end up in the same old shit. Wise. At least she’s learning something? Anyway, her bar is off to a good start with a bottle of Henny, and she has a foam mattress to sleep on instead of the floor. Molly insists she get rid of the old birthday cards, Zane novels, and Adele CDs Lawrence burned her after their first date 1,738,992 years ago. Issa’s new life, though, means being the property manager here and on-call at all times. That means Issa finally gets to meet Trina, the resident the landlord mentioned when she first came to see the place. Trina, who is convinced there are squirrels in the walls–and they’re having babies. Ooookay.

Later that night, while going through more mementos, Issa runs across her old rap journal from high school. She was so corny, but also talented, and she’s enjoying her little trip down memory lan…