A version of this story about Issa Rae first appeared in the “Race Begins” issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. It is one in a series of conversations about the effects of the coronavirus on the TV industry.
Alongside its continued focus on Issa’s (Issa Rae) complicated relationships, even more complicated friendships, and her dreams of making a career out of bettering her community, the fourth season of HBO’s “Insecure” has featured a running side story about LaToya Thompson, a fictional missing 26-year-old black woman who is at the center of a true-crime TV series that everyone in-universe has been watching all season long.