Insecure
Ghost-Like
TV Flash files “Ghost-Like” as the last listed hour of season 3 — Insecure (2016–2021) on HBO, season 3, episode 8, aired 2018-09-30, 35 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E08: listed hour 24 of 44 in the Insecure guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 2018-09-30 (35 min). The listed hour before it is “Obsessed-Like” (S03E07). Next is “Lowkey Feelin' Myself” (S04E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After facing numerous obstacles, Issa gets discouraged about her project. Molly helps give Issa a drama-free 30th birthday.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ghost-Like sit in the Insecure guide?
S03E08 is listed hour 24 of 44 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 8.
When did Insecure S03E08 air?
Ghost-Like aired 2018-09-30 and is listed at 35 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season one, from the Awkward Black Girl web-series roots. The Issa/Molly friendship is the spine; needle drops and fantasy interludes are the house style from the jump.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Issa and Molly keep ambition, romance, and friendship aligned in Los Angeles while awkwardness stays on camera. Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore's HBO comedy — needle drops, fantasy interludes, dating math — quietly redefined the network's half-hour. Five complete seasons of Black professional life that is specific, funny, unsentimental, and unwilling to fake a perfect landing.
October 9, 2016. HBO premiered Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore's comedy from Rae's *Awkward Black Girl* web-series roots, and the half-hour quietly changed the network's inventory mix. Issa and Molly try to keep ambition, romance, and friendship aligned in Los Angeles while awkwardness refuses to stay off-camera. Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji lead; Jay Ellis, Amanda Seales, Natasha Rothwell, and the circle keep the dating math painfully honest. Music, fantasy interludes, local Black professional life. Rex can toast the old…
Filed against
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- Yvonne Orji as Molly Carter
Yvonne Orji’s Molly Carter kept Insecure’s ambition, romance, and friendship aligned — Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore’s HBO comedy, needle drops, fantasy interludes, dating math, five complete seasons of Black professional awkwardness that…
- Jay Ellis as Lawrence Walker
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- Amanda Seales as Tiffany DuBois
Amanda Seales’s Tiffany DuBois kept Insecure’s Los Angeles circle honest — ambition, romance, friendship, and awkwardness that stayed on camera. Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore’s HBO half-hour quietly redefined the network’s comedy. TV Flash…
- Natasha Rothwell as Kelli
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- Kendrick Sampson as Nathan Campbell
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