Freaks and Geeks Episode 16 ‘Smooching and Mooching’
Written by Steve Barros
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Aired 7/8/2000 on NBC
By the time the script for ‘Smooching and Mooching’ was broken in the writer’s room, the writing was on the wall for Freaks and Geeks. Knowing they only had three episodes left to work with, they attempted to cram as much into those episodes as possible – especially ‘Smooching and Mooching’, an episode that pales in comparison to its counterparts, mostly because there’s just too much going on for it all to be effective. It’s a melange of great scenes and performances, no doubt (headlined by Jason Segel and John Francis Daley), but it’s clear that the script tries to pull in one too many directions to really be effective.
The bit that really doesn’t work for me is Bill’s diatribe against Vicki during their ‘Seven Minutes...
Written by Steve Barros
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Aired 7/8/2000 on NBC
By the time the script for ‘Smooching and Mooching’ was broken in the writer’s room, the writing was on the wall for Freaks and Geeks. Knowing they only had three episodes left to work with, they attempted to cram as much into those episodes as possible – especially ‘Smooching and Mooching’, an episode that pales in comparison to its counterparts, mostly because there’s just too much going on for it all to be effective. It’s a melange of great scenes and performances, no doubt (headlined by Jason Segel and John Francis Daley), but it’s clear that the script tries to pull in one too many directions to really be effective.
The bit that really doesn’t work for me is Bill’s diatribe against Vicki during their ‘Seven Minutes...
- 8/15/2013
- by Randy
- SoundOnSight
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