"Freaks and Geeks" Looks and Books (2000)

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Writers:

Paul Feig (creator)
Paul Feig (writer)

TV Series:

"Freaks and Geeks" (1999)

Original Air Date:

7 February 2000 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A car accident results in Lindsay deciding to stop hanging out with her "freak" friends. She decides...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | 1980s | Geek | High School | Sporting Goods Store

Cast

Linda Cardellini	...	Lindsay Weir
John Francis Daley	...	Sam Weir
James Franco	...	Daniel Desario
Samm Levine	...	Neal Schweiber
Seth Rogen	...	Ken Miller
Jason Segel	...	Nick Andopolis
Martin Starr	...	Bill Haverchuck
Becky Ann Baker	...	Jean Weir
Joe Flaherty	...	Harold Weir
Busy Philipps	...	Kim Kelly
Dave Allen	...	Jeff Rosso (as Dave 'Gruber' Allen)
Steve Bannos	...	Frank Kowchevski
Joel Hodgson	...	Salesman
Chauncey Leopardi	...	Alan White
Susan Krebs	...	Housewife

Runtime:

43 min (approx.)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Apatow Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: The year in the show is 1980, the first graphing calculator was made in 1985 by Casio. Yet some of the mathlete students are heard commenting about Texas Instruments and passing around a graphing calculator. Texas Instruments didn't start making graphing calculators until 1990.

Quotes:

Bill Haverchuck: It's a Parisian night suit in case you didn't know.
Gordon Crisp: A Parisian! Ooh la la!
Neal Schweiber: It's not a Parisian. It's a jumpsuit. My grandfather in Florida wears them all the time because he's too lazy to put on pants.

Movie Connections:

References "Dance Fever" (1979)

This is probably my favorite episode

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This is probably my favorite episode for many reasons.

While it still maintains the wit and great dialog, it is also a more emotional episode. It deals with growing up, changing and trying to be who you are not.

Sam for example tried to be different, someone he is not and did not feel comfortable with just to impress a girl. and what happened? he was laughed at and Cindy remained unimpressed.

Lindsay on the other hand, had an accident and blamed her freaky friends. She tried to be the girl she used to be only to find out that she couldn't because it wasn't her anymore. I loved the last scene of the episode, not only does she care about her friends but they (especially Daniel and Kim) are also very fond of her.

One of my favorite scenes of the episode is when she insults them, it made them think about their future a little bit. Lindsay is a great influence, especially on Kim. And all of them showed up to support Linds during the mathlete thing.

I can relate to both Sam and Lindsay, heck, most people have tried to be someone else just to fit in. But it never works, not for me anyway.

Five stars. Very touching, very funny, very clever. I love this show.