TV Review: Freaks and Geeks, the Complete Series

Freaks and Geeks, like My So Called Life, only lasted one season. But what a season it was!!!
You have Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) and her little brother Sam Weir (John Francis Daley). Both struggle to break free from childhood, and the battles that one goes through for acceptance amongst their peers.

The show is pretty much based on the two of them who are both in opposite cliches in their school.
Lindsay breaks from her perfect straight A student mold to hang out with the freaks, while her little brother Sam rolls with the geeks and seeks out how to be cool. Thus the name of the show, Freaks and Geeks.
 
Sam, who is a complete geek (fluffy brown hair, buggy eyes, and he is always twitchy and nervous about something), fights throughout the show to be cool, and to be recognized by Cindy, the girl who he has always had a crush on.

One problem though; Cindy is popular with a handful of popular cheerleader and football player friends always at her side, and Sam he travels in a small group of three; Neal, and Bill his nerdy sidekicks. Sam runs into another problem, Cindy is dating a really popular guy, and he knows while Cindy is with him, in no way does he even stand a chance at winning her love. However Cindy remains friends with Sam even though he is this huge mega geek.

You will sit through the ups and downs of the Cindy/Sam saga, and Sam's many attempts at getting her to notice him, and the battles Sam faces against school bullies.

Lindsay used to be a perfect straight A student and her favorite subject was Math. However now that summer has ended Lindsay approaches her new year in high school totally different from the girl she was the year before. Her clothing has changed from pretty pastel colors, to dark greens, blues, and blacks. She manages to make friends with a group of kids who are known as the schools 'freaks'. Nick, Daniel, Ken and Kim.

Lindsay however is not accepted by all of the members of this group at first.
Kim the rugged foul-mouthed teen is having a hard time accepting Lindsay into her group. Throughout the beginning of the show there is nothing but tension between the two. The guys though don't seem to have an issue with her, and Nick even takes on an extreme liking towards her.
You will watch as Lindsay battles day in and day out with being liked and accepted by this group, the ups and downs of hanging out with the 'freaks'.
So just how will these two struggle to maintain a healthy balance between school work, and the constant battle of trying to fit in and be accepted by their peers?
Read on...
OTHER CAST MEMBERS
 
THE FREAKS:
 
Daniel Desario (James Franco) is pretty much the misunderstood rebellious leader of the group of freaks.

Ken Miller, (Seth Rogen) is part of the group of freaks. He is a fluffy headed extremely sarcastic fellow. Throughout the show he will crack some really good jokes.

Kim Kelly (Busy Philipps) Is Daniel's girlfriend. She is mean, moody, and probably any nerd's worst nightmare. Although she plays a bully in a few episodes, she however only has a hard exterior; underneath it she is really vulnerable.

Nick Andopolis (Jason Segel) is the nicer member of the freaks. He is the one who introduces Lindsay into the group. He also has an extreme obsession for playing the drums. Not only that but he grows an extreme obsessive crush on Lindsay early on in the show.

THE GEEKS:
 
Neal Schweiber, (played by Samm Levine) is one of Sam's really good geek friends. He is the comedian in the group, and the one who is always seeking ways for the group to become more popular. Even though he is a geek, he thinks otherwise.

Bill Haverchuck, (played by Martin Starr) is Sam and Neal's best friend. He is the mega geek to the extremes. He's got big ears that fan out like wings, huge glasses, and braces. Although he is so obviously nerdy, he actually has a pretty cool sense of humor. You will find yourself adoring this character.

Gordon Crisp (Jerry Messing) appears later on in the show. He is an overweight geek who becomes friends with the group. However he only has roles seldom, and most of the time you will only be seeing him exchanging conversations with the boys in the lunchroom.

THE BULLY
 
Every school has a bully, or shall I say, every 'geek' always has a tormentor. I introduce you to Alan White (Chauncey Leopardi). This kid is mean. He picks on Sam every chance he gets, and occasionally takes a stab at Neal and Bill.

THE BEAUTY
 
Cindy Sanders, (Natasha Melnick) is Sam's friend/crush, most of the time though Cindy ignores Sam, and only comes to him when she needs help or advice about guys. Sam however embraces all of these opportunities and is just excited that someone as pretty as Cindy is even talking to him.
THE BALANCE
 
Millie Kentner, (played by Sarah Hagan) was Lindsay's best friend since childhood, however ever since Lindsay started hanging out with the freaks, Millie and Lindsay grew apart. Millie the slim slender somewhat geeky girl is a member of the "mathletes" the same club that Lindsay has quit. Millie can't understand why Lindsay has changed so much. However whenever Lindsay needs someone to talk to, she turns to Millie every time.

Harris Trinsky, (acted out by Stephen Lee Sheppard) is an extremely strange sophomore who gives advice to the geeks whenever they need it. He has re-occurring roles in the show. He could be considered a geek, however, he is more of the hippie 'I like everyone' type.

THE TEACHERS
 
Jeff Rosso, (Dave (Gruber) Allen is McKinley Highs guidance counselor. He has the whole hippie vibe, cool teacher thing going on with him. He has frequent roles keeping the peace within the school.
Coach Ben Fredricks, (Tom Wilson) is the boy's physical education teacher. He is a sporty beefy coach, which the boys cannot tolerate at first. Because he seems to takes sides and only get friendly with the more sporty boys.

Mr. Kowchevski, (played by Steve Bannos) is Lindsay's math teacher. He is upset with her dropping out of the 'mathletes', and how he notices that she has stopped caring about math, and the new group of friends she is hanging out with.

THE PARENTS
 
Jean Weir,(played by Becky Ann Baker) is Sam and Lindsay's stay at home overprotective mother.
Harold Weir,(played by Joe Flaherty) is Lindsay and Sam's strict father. Lindsay struggles to break free from his demanding ways.

Each and every episode is filled with some sort of drama facing Lindsay and her younger brother with a mix of some really good comedy in between, by the end of the episode though, there is always a solution to the problem. It's like the Brady Bunch, only very very modernized.

1. PILOT-
Lindsay-

Everyone is worried that Lindsay has quit the mathletes and has started hanging out with the schools freaks, Nick, Kim, Daniel, and Ken. Her parents are concerned, her teachers, and her friend Millie.
Sam-

Is being faced with constant teasing by Alan White the schools bully. They have a stand off after school, where all of the boys teach him a good lesson.

He is also pondering whether or not he should ask Cindy out to the homecoming dance. Bill and Neal root him on.

2.BEERS AND WEIRS-
 
Lindsay and Sam's parents are going away for the weekend. This could mean trouble!

Lindsay-

When she tells this to her new friends they all suggest that Lindsay throw a party. She tells them no, but when Kim calls her a wimp, she is pressured into saying okay. When the parents are gone, a beer keg is brought into the home for the party.
Sam-
When Sam learns of the party he tells his Neal and Bill how it is a bad idea and how he doesn't like the way his sister s anymore. How she is going to get into trouble. The three team up and Neal comes up with the idea to buy a keg of non-alcoholic beer and to replace it with the real beer.

The boys manage to do just this, and hide the other keg in Sam's room away from everyone.

However even with fake beer the party gets out of control. Lindsay goes to Nick to talk about how the whole thing was a terrible idea. Nick responds by trying to feel her up. She gets upset and goes to Sam's friend Neal who calls the cops for her to break up the party.

3. TRICKS AND TREATS-
 
Lindsay-
She promises her mother that she and her will do the tradition the Weirs had been doing every Halloween. The two would dress up together and hand out candy. However when Lindsay's new friends urge her to come and hang out with them for Halloween she bails on her mother to go have fun.

The fun ends up getting out of control. They all end up taking turns smashing pumpkins, mailboxes and egging kids on the sidewalk. One kid Lindsay eggs however, ends up being someone she wasn't expecting.

Sam-

Sam decides it would be fun to dress up and go out trick-or-treating one last time with Neal and Bill before they are too old to not go anymore. Soon enough the school bully and his bully friends run into Sam and his friends demanding their candy. They lose their candy to the bullies and end up arguing with each other over how stupid the whole idea was. In the middle of the argument, a car drives by and throws an egg right in Sam's face. The girl who threw the egg was his sister.

4. TESTS AND BREASTS-
 
Lindsay-

She tries to help tutor Daniel in algebra because if he fails one more test he will be expelled. However when Daniel goes over to her house to get tutored he shows no interest in it what so ever.

The next day instead he goes into the teacher's office to steal a copy of the test. When he gets the copy he asks Lindsay to do it for him. She protests at first but then ends up doing the test for him. All hell breaks loose when the teacher knows Daniel did not pass this test on his own. He knows Lindsay has a hand in it, seeing how she is now hanging out with him.

Sam-

is learning about sex education in school by their coach. When the coach makes a mockery of Sam in the classroom in front of everyone and asks Sam to teach the class seeing how he won't stop talking. (In reality he was a victim of circumstances) When he realizes he knows nothing about sex he tries to read as much as he can in textbooks. However when Daniel catches him out on the Weir's porch trying to learn about sex through a textbook, he gives him a tape. The tape is porno.

Sam and the boys are pretty much disgusted after watching the film, which brings Sam to talking to the coach about sex.

5. I'M WITH THE BAND-
 
Lindsay-

when she hears from Nick that if his grades don't improve his father is going to send him away to the army. When Lindsay hears this she encourages Nick to pursue a music career. She hooks Nick up with a band so he can play as the new drummer. However when he is at audition Lindsay realizes that just because he loves the drums, does not mean he is any good at playing them. He bombs the audition and gets depressed about it. Lindsay gives him a kiss to cheer him up and he gets the wrong idea. Nick now believes that him and Lindsay are boyfriend and girlfriend because of this kiss on the cheek.

Sam-

has just been given the news that it is now mandatory that everyone has to take a shower after gym class. Neal and Bill endure teasing while Sam escapes each day without taking his clothes off and showering. However when the coach catches him not showering day after day, Sam finally takes a shower. Things go very wrong when Alan throws him out of the locker room and into the schools hallway. Sam is now left naked with nothing but a towel over his private areas. The school bell rings...
This was a really funny episode.


6. CARDED AND DISCARDED-
 
Lindsay-

her and her friends decide to ask Millie's crazy older cousin to make them fake ID's so they can get into a bar and watch a local band they all really like (the who) play. However all goes wrong when they realize that 'the who' is actually being performed by their guidance counselor, who catches them in the crowd and makes a mockery of them over the microphone. He just anted to make sure they were not served any alcohol.

Sam-

a new transfer student makes buddies with Sam, Neal and Bill. This excites them because she is extremely pretty and she seems to enjoy hanging out with them. All of them have a crush on her, which eventually leads the boys into arguing over who she likes more.

However when they watch as she slowly starts to become friends with some of the cheerleaders in school, they know that it is only a matter of time before she dumps all of them to hang out with the cheerleaders.

7. GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS-
 
Lindsay-

Gets warned by Millie when Millie finds out that she is dating Nick, (or sort of dating Nick), that boys like Nick (freaks) only want sex. Lindsay gets mad at her for judging people she does not even know.
Even though she gets mad at Millie, when Lindsay is invited over to Nicks house she worries that she is being invited over so he could have his way with her just like Millie had said. However when he reassures her that he wanted to take things slow, she is no longer worried.

The next day Nick gives Lindsay a rose, and her parents get worried about this new relationship. Lindsay ends up getting a lecture on sex, and boys.

Sam-

He gets excited when he hears that everyone will be assigned a lab partner in science class. He is hoping that he gets paired with his crush Cindy. However when Bill gets paired with her he gets very jealous.

Sam is paired with an extremely heavy kid names Gordon. At first Sam hates him. He's fat, he smells, and he is annoying. Over time though the two get friendly, and Gordon even gives him tips on how to get Cindy to like him. Sam absorbs all of Gordon's advice, and decided to join the yearbook club so he can work with Cindy. However when the two start talking Cindy refers to him as her 'sister' she can tell anything to, which upsets him. Even though he is upset he never shows it, and remains silent.

8. WE'VE GOT SPIRIT-
 
Lindsay-

she wants to break up with Nick because all he ever does is smoke pot, and drown her with his presence. Kim warns her not to break up with him because he has psychotic tendencies. She does not know what to do, so she goes to her mother for advice on whether or not she should dump Nick.

Her mother tells her to dump Nick, if that's what she wanted to do. Lindsay chickens out though. But when Nick and Lindsay's mom have a run in, she says she is sorry about the break up. Nick didn't even know that Lindsay was going to break up with him. So when he hears this from her mom, he tries to break it off, but in a cool, 'I don't care way'. He gets depressed afterward.



Sam-
When the schools mascot is injured, Cindy pressures Sam into becoming the new mascot to take the old ones place. He gets the position, and dreads the practice drills that they have. Neal on the other hand, is the one who really wanted to position of mascot, because he said the old one was too boring.

Sam decided to give the huge costume to Neal to wear at the game after he catches Cindy making out in the hallway with Todd. He gets his heartbroken, however Neal manages to cheer him up with his quirky strange display as mascot on during the game.

9. THE DIARY-


 
Lindsay-
Kim and Lindsay decide that it would be a good idea to go hitchhiking. When they are picked up by one of Lindsay's dad's regular customers at his store, he drops the girls off, and tells Lindsay's father. Lindsay gets grounded.

The next day at school Kim asks is she got into trouble, naturally she did, and Lindsay told Kim that her parents think that Kim is a bad influence and how they don't want Lindsay hanging out with her so much anymore, and how she should be friends with Millie again.
When Lindsay's parents realize that she is up to no good, and they no longer know what is going on in her life, they decide to go into her room and read her diary. They read a few things Lindsay had wrote about them that upsets them.

Kim is now ignoring Lindsay because of the whole bad influence thing. She is not mad at her for telling her what her parents said, but she is mad that Lindsay didn't stick up for her. By the end of the show though, the two make up and have a greater friendship than they had before.

Sam-

Sam's friend Bill is annoyed that the three of them are always picked last for teams in gym class, and he is taking his anger out on the coach for not doing anything about it. They sneak into his office to steal teachers phone numbers. Bill decides to call the coach and pose as Bills father, to let him know to give Bill a chance at a better spot on the baseball team. When nothing is done the next day, Bill makes another prank phone call to the coach. When the coach finds out that it was Bill who made the phone call, Bill tells the coach he did it because he was sick of not getting a chance at a better spot. So the coach makes Bill the team captain that day. Bill gets a chance in the spotlight, and it turns out he is actually really good at baseball.

10. LOOKS AND BOOKS-
 
Lindsay-

Her friends convince her that it would be a good idea to steal her parent's car. She protests, but again gets pressured into taking the car out. When she hits another car while pulling out of the driveway, she gets into big trouble with her parents. They tell her she is no longer allowed to hang out with any of the 'freaks'. Lindsay is actually not upset by this, she feels that all of them are just using her, and constantly getting her into trouble.

Lindsay goes back to her old group of nerdy friends and rejoins the mathletes, and grabs the 1st slot on the mathletes club. When she goes up in competition against other students, the 'freaks' actually show up to root her on and cheer for her. Afterward she realizes that they're not such bad people after all. She ends up hanging out with Daniel, Nick, Kim and Ken again.

Sam-

Decides to do his hair in a new style to try and impress Cindy. When she asks him if he had worn a hat all day because his hair looked flat, he gets embarrassed. In an effort to try and look good and impress Cindy he and his friends go out to the local mall to buy Sam a new wardrobe that would impress Cindy.

They are approached by a disco loving salesperson, that talks Sam into buying the newest 'coolest' trend, a tacky blue disco fever jumpsuit. When he arrives at school the next day he thinks he looks good, up until everyone who lays eyes on him laughs, and points.

11. THE GARAGE DOOR-
 
Lindsay-

Lindsay makes an effort to hook Ken up with one of her acquaintances, a tuba player in the marching band. Everything goes smoothly when Lindsay finds out that she thinks Ken is cute, and that she kind of likes him, and his fluffy sideburns.

Kim tells Lindsay to act nasty towards Nick, because he still has a crush on her. Daniel ends up giving Nick the same advice because girls like that, so the majority of this episode, the both of them act a little cold towards one another. When the group go out to the laser show with one another, Ken ends up making out with the tuba player, Kim and Daniel whom have been fighting also make up, and Lindsay and Nick apologize to one another for being cold towards each other.

Sam-

on the other hand has caught Neal's father in the department store hugging another woman. When Neal's father approaches him and sort of tells him to be quiet and how the woman is just his friend, Sam tells Bill, who tells Neal.

When Neal doesn't believe them he ends up throwing then out of his house. However the next day he tells them he found a garage door opener that didn't open his garage, and that it must belong to the woman he is cheating on his mother with. The 3 of them spend the entire day riding their bikes up and down street, clicking the remote at every garage door. His friends tell him they have to go home, and that it was hopeless and that she could live across town, and they'd never find her.

After his 2 friends bail on him, he clicks it on one last garage door feeling helpless. The door opens, and inside is his father car.

12. CHOKIN' AND TOKIN'-
 
Lindsay-

She confronts Nick about his constant pot smoking. He gets mad at her and throws his bag of weed at her telling her to take it and how he doesn't need it. When she goes home, she actually decides to smoke some of it herself. She gets wasted, and she also has to baby-sit. She calls Millie up for help. Millie gets angry with her, but comes along just for the child's welfare. She ends up freaking out for the majority of the time. Afterward though she bonds with Millie again, whom she hasn't hung out with in quite some time.

Sam-

Bill tells his teacher about various allergies he has, and when he lets her and the rest of the class know that he is allergic to peanuts and how he could die if he eats one, no one in the class believes him.
Of course it has to be the bully Alan who slips a peanut into his sandwich while he is away from his lunch table. Bill eats the sandwich and immediately recognizes it is crunchy, like peanuts. He thinks Neal or Bill put the peanut into his sandwich up until Alan gets up laughing. Before you know it, Bill is rushed out to the hospital. Alan is forced to go and apologize; however Bill is in critical condition.

Alan gets upset, and begs that Bill does not die, and explains that he is only mean because they were mean to him at one time, how they would not let him play with their gadgets and geek things. When Bill awakens, he faces off with Alan again, who tries to act all bully like. Bill tells him though that he heard him before and invites him to a star wars convention.

13. SMOOCHING AND MOOCHING-
 
Lindsay- When Nick comes home and discovers that his father has sold his enormous drum kit, he runs away from home, and shacks up with Daniel. However after one night at Daniels he gets told he can't stay over again because Daniels nutty mother went nuts when Nick didn't flush the toilet. When he is out of places to crash, he shows up at Lindsay's parents house, they take him in with open arms. He appreciates everything they do for him, from the home cooked meals, to Lindsay's father giving him a part time job at his store so Nick could pay for drum lessons for Nick. Lindsay gets jealous, however her father explains to her that Nick needs guidance, where Lindsay does not. Nick crashes on Lindsay's couch up until his father comes over demanding Nick come back home. Nick does not protest.

Sam-

Sam recently learns that Cindy and Todd are broken up. Cindy tells Bill to tell Sam that she has a crush on him, and that she likes him, and to tell Sam to ask her out to some school party. Sam asks her out, and she says yes. Bill and Neal feel left out, and tell him to ask Cindy if they too could attend the party.

She says that it is okay, and Neal and Bill tag along.

When they realize it is actually a make-out party they all get nervous. While playing spin the bottle, Bill ends up having to go into the closet to make out with a more popular cheerleader girl. However in the closet, all she does is ridicule him, and make fun of him. He yells back saying that she is nothing special, and that he doesn't want to kiss her anyways. Afterward, the air is calm, and the two get to talking, and the girl changes her mind and ends up kissing Bill. His very first kiss! Sam also gets his first kiss from Cindy, even though he was excited, he was also taken aback by how quickly she went in for the kiss.

14. THE LITTLE THINGS-
 
Lindsay-

Vice president Bush is coming in for a school visit. Lindsay is given the chance to ask him one question at the assembly. However when the vice presidents staff, before the assembly, declines her question. Lindsay seeks revenge, and asks why his staff rejected her question.

Meanwhile Ken is battling whether or not he is gay because he has just found out that his girlfriend was born with both a male part, and female part. However she had the operation as a baby and now she only has the girl part.

Sam-

has come to the realization that having Cindy as a girlfriend isn't all its cracked up to be, in fact he finds her quite boring, and when he tries to get her to participate in some of the things he likes, she gets annoyed, and shows no interest in it.

When he dumps Cindy, she tells him she is only dating him because he is a nice guy, and nice guys have to be nice to her.

15. DISCOS AND DRAGONS-
 
Lindsay-

when Nick gets busted dancing at a local disco all of his friends make fun of him. Nick also gets a new girlfriend. Lindsay shows that she may be a little bit jealous by the whole thing, especially when he tells her that his new girlfriend loves him, and how he has quit smoking pot, and that he is having more fun with her than he had ever had with Lindsay. However you can tell towards the end of this episode that he's not so sure about his new girlfriend, and that he may still have feelings for Lindsay.

Sam-

All of his friends are planning a dungeons and dragons game for that night. Sam tells them it's a geek thing to do and that he does not want to participate. However when Daniel shows interest in it, he is invited along to play. When Daniel has a good time playing, the boys wonder if Daniel is a geek for playing, or if playing is a cool thing to do.

16. KIM KELLY IS MY FRIEND-
 
Lindsay-

When Kim and Lindsay go for a ride in 'her' car, she brings Lindsay over to her house, in efforts to make herself look good in front of her mother who views her as a bad daughter (her mother though is crazy herself).

By bringing Lindsay over and saying Lindsay is a rich awesome straight A friend, she thinks her mother wouldn't look down on her anymore and lighten up on her a bit. Kim also lied and said she was away with Lindsay a few weeks before, (we learn that she was really with Daniel). However when she is exposed as a fraud, her mother threatens to take away her car and sell it. Kim and Lindsay bail and Kim decides to go and look for Daniel and tell him about it. When she discovers him out on the school field flirting with one of her good friends, she flips out. She ends up going over to Lindsay's house where chaos follows.

Sam-
when he makes it to his locker, he has a run in with the very same girl that was caught with Daniel. She picks on him for a good minute, and then writes 'GEEK' on his locker in lipstick. Later on when she is gone, he smudges it off of his locker, just as the girl walks up to him again, and yells at him for erasing her artwork. She then takes out a black permanent marker and writes it again. When she leaves Sam begins to scratch it out in marker, and gets into trouble for writing on it.

The next day the girl approaches her locker with a giant 'SL-' written on it in black marker. She accuses Sam of writing it, when Kim steps up and from the corner, and says she did it, she then threatens her to stay away from Daniel, and how she will be seeing her after school for a royal butt stomping. Sam now realizes that Kim isn't such a bad person after all.

17. DEAD DOGS AND GYM TEACHERS-
 
Lindsay-

when Kim and Lindsay are driving at night, Kim runs something over, Lindsay urges her to stop, but she keeps going anyways. The next day they learn that Millie's dog was ran over the same night. In attempts to cheer Millie up while covering up her own guilt, Kim decides to become friends with her. Millie now is acting all rebellious and going against her mothers will while hanging out with the freaks.

Lindsay does not like seeing her innocent friend acting like this, so she comes clean about her dog.

Millie no longer wants to be around them. Lindsay follows her and apologizes, and the same day they have a funeral or her dog.

Sam-

Bills mother is bringing home a date, only when the date shows up things go a little crazy. Bill's mom is dating Bills gym teacher! The gym teacher struggles to become friends with Bill, who at every moment is finding more and more ways to make the guy feel bad. At the end however they make amends. Bill realizes he loves his mother, and he should be happy about that.

18. NOSHING AND MOSHING-
 
Lindsay-

when Neal's older brother comes home for a visit, Lindsay takes an immediate liking towards him. Neal catches Lindsay and his brother share a kiss outside during a family party. He gets jealous, and tries to act as if he does not care.

Kim and Daniel break up in this episode, Daniel rebels by hanging out with a girl in the 'punks' group. He tries to become all punk, however when he sees the girl making out with someone else, he goes back to beg for forgiveness from Kim.

Sam-

Neal decides to tell his mother about his fathers infidelities, however she tells Neal she already knew, and that they stay together because of the boys (him and his older brother).

Discos and Dragons should have been aired, as the last show in the series, however was not. Lindsay is invited to participate in an educational summit. Only given out to the smarter of kids. She however bails, and follows the Grateful Dead around all summer with Kim. And this is how the show ends.

Freaks and Geeks was and is an excellent show even still today. It covers issues that many teens may be going through right now. The struggles to fit in, and to be 'cool' and accepted in the world of school 'cliches'.

This particular show covers everything from heart ache, comedy, make ups, and break ups, sexuality, love and hate, and the division of groups, and how others outside of that particular cliche's views others outside of their groups.

It was very interesting to see through the eyes of each.

Not many shows these days provide an insight quite as uniquely as Freaks and Geeks did.

I do however wish that Freaks and Geeks could have continued into a second season and maybe patched up some questions. Like any show that only lasts a season, there are always questions that a fan of the show would like to ask.

I'd recommend Freaks and Geeks to everyone really; you get connected to the characters just by watching the pilot.

I will say that this will be most adored by older teens and adults. Younger children might not really like it, and parents may not want younger children watching it seeing how there are some issues involving sex and drugs.

But sigh, and sniff. I really wish it continued.

For me Freaks and Geeks is a 5 star series from beginning to end. There was not an episode I didn't like. The acting was flawless, the characters are all adoring and hard to forget.

What is neat about Freaks and Geeks is how some of the actors are in new movies starring together. Seth Rogen in particular can be found in a few films with some of the geeks playing smaller parts.