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Insecure’s first season will be free on YouTube all day Sunday

By Gwendolyn Purdom

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Insecure, Issa Rae’s critically-acclaimed HBO series, launches its second season Sunday night. But those new to the comedy (or who don’t have HBO) are in luck: the entire first season will be available for free.

If you’re not watching Insecure, you really should be. The show, created by and starring comedian Issa Rae, is smart, funny, and refreshingly honest. Plus, Issa’s rhymes to herself in the mirror are sick. Season 2 of the HBO comedy series premieres Sunday at 10:30 p.m. ET, but if you haven’t been keeping up, or if you just don’t have an HBO account, you’re in luck: you can binge all of season 1 starting at 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Rae and HBO announced the event on social media earlier this month and as you can hear in the video post, there’s a lot of fun stuff to look out for if you’re new to the series. A little primer: Rae plays a fictionalized version of herself, living in L.A. and working at a non-profit where she’s often put into awkward and downright uncomfortable positions as the only person of color at the organization. Her best friend Molly is a successful lawyer and has her own professional obstacles to overcome. The charming show follows Issa as she navigates work, her romantic life, and becoming the person she wants to be.

The show’s first season, based on Rae’s hit web series Awkward Black Girl, has been almost universally applauded by critics for its ability to take some seemingly tired TV tropes and make them feel authentic and new. And early reviews of season 2 are getting just as much praise. As the Washington Post pointed out Friday, however, the show has still not reached the level of popularity it deserves, especially among white audiences. With a new time slot immediately following Game of Thrones on Sunday nights, that could change. And it should.

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But before you turn in Sunday night, check in with Issa and company on YouTube or at Watch.HBO.com. You won’t be disappointed.

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