Damn you, Covid!!! In what seems like ages since we last recorded due to pandemic related scheduling difficulties, we are finally able to get together to talk about Episode 3 of Freaks and Geeks. And in keeping with the tradition (?) of not talking about unbelievably good television, we instead spend way too much time reliving traumatic childhood experiences, discussing pre-teen boredom, and how all but one of us avoided the dreaded pantsing. (That’s how its spelled, we looked it up.) Again, let’s be clear….Freaks and Geeks is incredible. If you can find it…watch this show.
Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season. The show follows gifted high schooler Lindsay Weir, who befriends a gang of slacker "freaks", and her younger brother Sam, as he and his geek friends navigate high school. Eighteen episodes were completed, but the series was canceled after only 12 had aired. A fan campaign persuaded NBC to broadcast three of the remaining episodes in July 2000, with the rest of the unaired episodes airing that fall on Fox Family Channel.
