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Watch the Very Funny Teaser for Issa Rae’s Long-Awaited HBO Comedy Series

It’s been a long time coming, but Issa Rae’s highly anticipated venture into television is finally (almost) upon us—and if the first teaser for Insecure is any indication, the wait will have been worth it. In it, Rae plays Issa, a young woman who often finds herself in uncomfortable situations at her job (being asked to explain “on fleek” to her white co-workers, for instance) and in her love life, with comfort and support from her friend Molly (Yvonne Orji). It appears we’ll also get some witty internal monologues along the way, commenting on all the uneasy action.

In other words, it looks like a sleeker version of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Rae’s breakout web series that launched her success in the first place. This is a good thing—it’ll be great to see what she can do with a bigger platform while sticking to her strengths in observational humor as it relates to race and gender. Insecure is set to premiere on HBO this fall.