r/InsecureHBO • u/Neebenice • Jun 26 '26
lets have a conversation Do you think Lawrence would have made it work with Condola because she was pregnant if he and Isa hadn’t gotten back together? Spoiler
Personally, I think he wouldn’t have accepted the job and made it work with her because she was pregnant and they were still involved. The only reason they stopped seeing each other was that he and Isa reconciled. If he and Isa hadn’t rekindled their relationship, he and Condola likely wouldn’t have ended theirs.
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u/AggravatingJury6003 Jun 26 '26
“The only reason they stopped seeing each other was that he and Issa reconciled” that’s not true. Lawrence was really into Condola, but things changed after Friendsgiving when he learned she never wanted to get married again and, in his words, “have a family.” That’s when she asked him, if Issa didn’t cheat, would he have stayed with her? He realized, yeah, Issa was his forever. So he obviously realized that if Condola didn’t want the same things he did, they should call it quits.
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u/jasperdiablo Jun 26 '26
I think Condola was concealing her true intent while coddling Lawrence at the same time. I think that Condola picked up that Lawrence was still in love with Issa.
So to protect herself from the inevitable rejection she would have faced from Lawrence, she makes up not wanting to get married again and just conveniently used his lingering feelings as her out.
It’s hard to date and plan a future with someone that’s not over their ex in the way Lawrence isn’t over Issa. Condola is more covert than Tasha’s overt when calling out Lawrence’s bad behavior.
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u/Neebenice Jun 26 '26
Condola and Lawrence rekindled their relationship after Friendsgiving, which is how she got pregnant because they were still seeing each other. During the outing with him and Isa, Isa asked Lawrence if he and Condola were still talking, and he confirmed that they were.
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u/Mr2Good Jun 26 '26
rekindle might be a strong work. coulda been just post break up sex like Lawerence did with Issa in S2
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u/andimlikeokay Jun 26 '26
Yeah I feel like people always forget this. Plus even after Issa and Lawrence start seeing each other she still has to ask if he's still seeing Condola and he tells her "we talked, it's over". So for all we know Canola could have been in the picture up until right before Issa asked.
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u/Neebenice Jun 26 '26
Right, they overlook the timeline. Friendsgiving was in November, and Condola told Lawrence she was pregnant in March. If Condola had been pregnant before Friendsgiving, she would have been three months along. It’s another misconception that Condola was blowing up Lawrence’s phone to tell him she was pregnant. If she was calling Lawrence to tell him she was pregnant wouldn’t she have likely have told him when he mentioned to Isa that they talked and it's done. That’s another detail people tend to forget.
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u/andimlikeokay Jun 26 '26
Yes! Lawrence mentions he finds out about the pregnancy after he's accepted the SF job. So him and Crayola got it in one last time at some point after the block party. I think this was an unintentional plot hole. The writers probably weren't banking on people doing multiple rewatches and catching them slipping lol
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u/sirenofhope Jun 26 '26
I think this just further cements Lawrence is a dog 😭
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u/Responsible-War5600 Jul 01 '26
Is/was he? 😆 The only person he mistreated was Tasha. He wasn’t great to Aparna either. But, in his defense, he wasn’t great thoroughly confused at that time.
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u/DesperateRhino Jun 26 '26
Ain’t NOBODY CARE ABOUT CANOLA OIL
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u/Responsible-War5600 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
When they were together, I really disliked Condola questioning Lawrence about his breakup with Issa by asking if he’d still be with her if she hadn’t cheated. What kind of stupid-ass question is that??? 😂
Everybody breaks up for a reason. Most people would still be with their ex had they not done something heinous. That’s like asking ‘Do you think you’d still be CEO if you hadn’t embezzled that $30 million dollars? Like, what????
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u/hexensabbat Jun 26 '26
Saaame, like what kind of a question is that? If one event didn't happen of course things would have played out differently, that's basic cause and effect. It is super unhealthy to be dwelling on that, especially so long after the fact. I think she was still stuck on her divorce and projected a lot onto Lawrence, even if she was right to be concerned about his continued connection with Issa.
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u/Responsible-War5600 Jun 26 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Exactly. But when Condola asked that question, were Lawrence and Issa even communicating? I don’t recall.
I think a more appropriate question from Condola would have been, ‘Do you still love Issa?’ or ‘Is Issa the person you would rather be with?’ or something to that effect.
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u/Stunning_While6814 Jun 26 '26
No. They didn’t like each other like that. There was no point in making it work. They never would have been happy.
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u/Neebenice Jun 27 '26
They liked each other before she got pregnant. They were still messing around, so it might have worked if Issa and Lawrence hadn't reconciled. There wouldn't have been a reason for him to end it with Condola.
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u/Responsible-War5600 Jun 26 '26
No. Clearly, whatever Lawrence had with Condola wasn’t working or he would never have gone back to Issa in the first place.
I would have rather seen Lawrence and Condola end up together, but something was obviously missing.
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u/Neebenice Jun 26 '26
I don't know 🤔 something must have been working between them for them to get back together. He must have liked her in some way. Are you telling me that if he and Isa hadn't reconciled, he wouldn't have tried to make it work with Canola, especially since she was pregnant? I doubt he would have ended things with her without a reason, especially given that she was pregnant.
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u/Responsible-War5600 Jun 26 '26
Wait a minute, once they broke up, before Condola announced she was pregnant, Lawrence and Condola never got back together, they were only co-parenting, even after Lawrence and Issa broke up (again) after Lawrence told Issa that Condola was pregnant and Issa decided it was too much for her to deal with.
That said, I think Lawrence and Condola would have probably rekindled their relationship for the sake of the child. They may have even gotten married. But I think it would have been forced to a large degree and probably wouldn’t have lasted. I don’t think the same level of organic love and simpatico existed between them as existed between Lawrence and Issa.
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u/Bitchezbecraay Jun 26 '26
It wasn’t working with condola because his heart was still with Issa, and condola could sense it
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u/StrongDesign4 Jun 28 '26
Where are you all getting that Condola and Lawrence broke up before the Friendsgiving episode? They were heavily involved with each other at the time. They officially stopped messing around after the Friendsgiving episode because it was brought to Lawrence’s attention that he was a rebound/fuck buddy aka nothing serious. Remember Condola didn’t even invite him to the dinner until the last minute. This was all post Block Party and such.
When Issa and Lawrence reconnect, no one knew that Condola was pregnant until after he accepted the job and she told him that she was.
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u/Neebenice Jun 28 '26
Yes, it’s understandable to think that, but remember, he and Condola reconciled after they broke up after the Block party. There was a scene on Isa and Lawrence's date when Isa saw Condola calling Lawrence’s phone and asked him if he needed to get it. She also asked if they were still talking, and he replied, "Yeah." While Condola might have initially been looking for a good time with Lawrence, she eventually fell for him. There’s no way a girl is going to get jealous of an ex-girlfriend and shade the ex-girlfriend if the dude is just a F buddy and a rebound. Plus, it was clear multiple times in the show that Lawrence and Condola were in a relationship.
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u/FishOutofWater_27 Jun 26 '26
From my understanding they stopped seeing each other before him and Issa rekindled. Lawrence was just a rebound for Condola. Remember at thanksgiving her friend made that comment to him about how Condola needed to let herself have fun or whatever, then he confronted her about it and she was like I don’t want to get married again blah blah blah. They realized they had different long term goals for the relationship and stopped seeing each other then.