Insecure Recap: ‘High-Like’

Season 3, Episode 5 / HBO ***Spoilers abound like feather headdresses at Coachella.*** Woooo! Been looking forward to this episode for a couple weeks now. And it’s a biggie — amazing how much story can fit in 30 minutes. Let’s see…. Since Issa quit We Got Y’All, she’s Lyfting like a mofo. Which means a rotating cast of characters all up in her backseat: some fratty-looking dude on the edge of barfing, a lonely senior citizen, a cute queer couple, and — WHOA! — her old neighbor, Thug Yoda. She’s racking up all these rides because, as alluded to last week, she and the girls are heading to Coachella! She comes to visit Molly at her office and to drop off a few things for their trip. Since she doesn’t have a full-time job, she’s running errands for Molly like a Girl Friday. Anything to make sure they get to the desert to see the queen Beyoncé without misshap. They are looking forward to this trip, and it’s Tiffany’s last hurrah before her baby comes. As Issa is waiting for an elevator to head out, she gets a text from Nathan Nanceford and side-eyes it. Seems this is the first time she’s heard from him since their impromptu date that ended with eating tacos and kissin’ on the mouth. She almost sends him a slightly salty response, but instead doesn’t reply at all. Bed bugs. Meanwhile, Molly’s still trying to impress her new firm. She’s been helping Taurean with a case, and the partners want to file by Monday. Even though she’s supposed to be going to Coachella, she volunteers…