Insecure Recap: The Season 2 Finale Delivers “Hella Perspective”

Season 2/Episode 8/HBO *Spoilers coming at you as fast as Kelli can throw shade* We made it. The Insecure season 2 finale is here and it is something to behold. Before we jump feet first into the recap, let me break a few things down for you. If you missed this episode then you missed a whole helluva lot. You also need to know that the flow is mad different than our usual episodic recipe of sliding in and out of a 2 day sequence of events. Nope. This episode gives us, you guessed it, different perspectives from the three main characters in a 30 day time lapse. The cinematography draws you into each characters’ perspective, giving you a sense of immediacy in whatever the hell is happening and who is doing it. This episode also does what Insecure does best, give you the angle of the characters’ point of view and then hit you with that shocker! Basically, the cinematography on the finale is on point. It’s a slow winding roller coaster of “oh hell naw,” “what the fuck,” and “pssshhhh.” Let’s do this… OpenerThe finale starts off with Issa walking through the neighborhood with the same N-word sweatshirt we saw in the season opener. She’s eating fro-yo and getting a few reminders of what gentrification looks like. Those reminders include a chipper ass barista with the nerve to shorten Inglewood into I-wood. This barista has no idea what family owned spot used to inhabit her little store front and could apparently care less. Up and down the block, Issa is seeing signs selling and l…