Freaks and Geeks
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I would not blame you.
Because yeah, I was afraid for Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) this episode!
Whose friend are they, really?
When is someone going to stand up for her like she has stood up for them?
It sounds here, I suppose, like Im disparaging Nick.
But Danny Leiners screenplay for Weve Got Spirit doesnt really give him many redemptive moments!
Nick is rolling in it, and the freaks noninterference is its own kind of enabling.
So Lindsay finally takes action.
I just had to see your face.
Sheltons scene is brief, but she makes quite an impact with her unfiltered disgust.
Nick broke into her house.
He fought with her father.
Dating him was a nightmare, Heidi insists, and if Lindsay can get out, she should.
She likes to screw people over.
But all of the freaks requests that Lindsay stay with Nick belie that denial, dont they?
Enter Jean Weir (Becky Ann Baker), who sees her daughter in crisis and steps up.
Is her execution perfect?
… Im so tickled!)
But for this moment in time, Lindsay needed her mother, and her mother was there.
Theres something beautifully affirming about that, short-lived as it may be.
Who could have guessed it would have involved some school spirit?
Of course Matt Czuchry, in baby Logan Huntzberger mode, is their leader!
Everything about that casting decision makes sense!
Come sail away with me this isnt, and We live happily ever after this isnt.
Better luck next time, Styx.
