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Five years after the debut of \\u201cInsecure,\\u201d the acclaimed HBO comedy-drama is finally coming to a close. Creator and star Issa Rae discusses the characters\\u2019 journeys, personal growth and \\u201cbetting on herself.\\u201d

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For a certain generation of Black women, Issa Rae\\u2019s volume of work is like the Harry Potter books \\u2014 stories about characters who grow and mature alongside their fans.

\\u201cIn shooting this final season, we've been very nostalgic and thinking about where we came from and imagining what our impact would be like,\\u201d says Rae, the creator and star of HBO\\u2019s \\u201cInsecure.\\u201d \\u201cMaybe people will hold on to this show as part of their lives in that way, and we may go down in history, you know, if we stick the landing. \\u2026 And that makes me feel really good.\\u201d

\\u201cInsecure\\u201d debuted on HBO in 2016, focusing on the lives of two late-20s best friends in Los Angeles who are trying to navigate messy romances, social lives and professional aspirations. But Rae has been the voice of millennial Black women for more than a decade, all the way back to her hit Web series \\u201cThe Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.\\u201d

\\u201cI used to binge-watch this show in my dorm cafeteria on Fridays,\\u201d says Martine Powers, \\u201cPost Reports\\u201d host. \\u201cI'd be like, \\u2018Oh, all my essays are done, getting ready for the weekend. I'm going to watch \\u201cAwkward Black Girl.\\u201d This is going to be amazing.\\u2019\\u201d

As Rae reflects on the final season of her show, her characters\\u2019 trajectory, and her own personal growth, she says that she\\u2019s learned to trust the choices she\\u2019s made along the way that have led to greater artistic freedom \\u2014 and power. 

\\u201cOne of the scariest things to me \\u2026 is just, like, the fork-in-the-road choice,\\u201d Rae says. \\u201cThere's something so terrifying about knowing that this is a decision that I could make that could change the course of my life. And I just have to make it.\\u201d