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Insecure – Season 3, Episode 2 Familiar-Like

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Insecure – Season 3, Episode 2

Familiar-Like

Aired Aug 19, 2018

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Issa gets advice from Kelli about her financial situation and plays wingwoman as Daniel tries to make a music-industry connection.

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Stuck between a hard rock and a tight space, Issa is forced to balance the woes of adulting while defining what she wants out of life.

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Issa Rae

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Larry Wilmore

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Issa

Yvonne Orji

Molly

Lisa Joyce

Frieda

Y'lan Noel

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Aisha Harris

New York Times

08/20/2018

The paradox of Issa is that she feels much more confident encouraging others to go after the things they want in life than she does herself. This has been true when it comes to Lawrence, Molly and now Daniel.

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Jasmine Sanders

New York Magazine/Vulture

08/20/2018

Issa's role as motivator to her male partners in their professional pursuits is again, familiar from her relationship with Daniel.

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Ashley Ray-Harris

AV Club

08/20/2018

B+

Why haven't Daniel and Issa been able to make it work? Why did they even think it would work in the first place? "Familiar-like" explores these questions and let's us see their relationship from a different perspective.

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Kay-B

Decider

10/31/2018

This episode proves that Daniel and Issa are actually really good as friends.

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Lindsay Pugh

Woman in Revolt

08/23/2018

In Familiar-Like, Kelli tells Issa she's not financially ready to move out on her own yet, but this news isn't as disappointing now that she and Daniel are vibing.

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Lauren Wheeler

Black Nerd Problems

08/22/2018

Issa doesn't want to play the role of the Angry Black, but they tell her that's the way things are. The onus is on her to speak up about Blackness the same way they have to cape for queerness and white feminism.

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Synopsis

Issa gets advice from Kelli about her financial situation and plays wingwoman as Daniel tries to make a music-industry connection.

Director: Pete Chatmon
Creator: Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore
Executive Producer: Issa Rae, Prentice Penny, Melina Matsoukas, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky, Jonathan Berry
Screenwriter: Amy Aniobi
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Aug 19, 2018