Should you watch Freaks and Geeks?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Freaks and Geeks
Series · 1999
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
The sides of Freaks and Geeks
- A mathlete who starts hanging out with burnouts
- Her little brother and his nerdy friends
- A Michigan high school in the early 1980s
Freaks and Geeks is good for you if…
- you remember how awkward high school felt and like seeing it told honestly.
- you care more about Lindsay, Sam and their friends than about plot.
- you like laughing at Sam, Neal and Bill getting through gym class and school dances.
Freaks and Geeks is bad for you if…
- you need something to happen fast in every episode.
- you can't stand a show that stops after one season with stories left open.
About: fitting in · adolescence · family · friendship
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