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Insecure’s Executive Producer on That Epic Season 4 Finale

The emotional damage of falling out with your friends, explained

Ronda Racha Penrice
ZORA
6 min readJun 16, 2020

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Lawrence and Issa in season four of “Insecure.” Photo courtesy of Netflix.

Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers from the Season 4 finale of Insecure.

Just as many fans were beginning to fawn over an Issa-Lawrence reunion and others were warming up to the idea, Insecure goes and drops the bomb to close out season four. While rumors of Condola possibly blowing up the happy moment circulated, there were fans who doubted Insecure would do us like that. Well, they did. And, in Insecure fashion, we have been left with more questions than answers. So ZORA caught up with Insecure executive producer and writer Amy Aniobi to chat about season four, particularly the finale’s last-minute fireworks. After all, who better to dish than Aniobi? She has been on the Issa Rae team since the very beginning, with The Misadventures of AWKWARD Black Girl. What she has to say about the P-bomb, who Lawrence really is, the state of Issa and Molly’s friendship, and more may be too hot for some to handle. So do know that you have been warned.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

ZORA: Why did you guys reunite Issa and Lawrence this season?

Amy Aniobi: We’ve always talked about wanting to get them back together and it just…

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Ronda Racha Penrice
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Written by Ronda Racha Penrice

ATL-based Ronda Racha Penrice is a writer/cultural critic specializing in film/TV, lifestyle, and more. She is the author of Black American History For Dummies.

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