Freaks and Geeks
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When is the end of childhood?
Whats the candy you keep, and whats the candy you trade?
Theres so much planning that goes into all of this, but simultaneously, exaltation and abandon.
You get to be a different version of yourself, and its not only allowed, butencouraged.
And then, all of a sudden one year, you just dont do it anymore.
Not the candy haul of it, and not the innocent exuberance of it.
The whole process juststops, and all that emotion and energy where does that go?
(See also: his very committed Bionic Woman costume.)
But isnt it normal for children to outgrow their parents?
you might ask, and of course!
Jean can be kind of a nag!
(You head to class, but you never seem to get there.)
Jean can guilt trip.
She can be judgmental.
But does Jean deserve Lindsay running out on her on Halloween?
One lady almost refuses to give them candy.
But every other element is heartbreaking in its irreversibility.
Lindsay saw Sam as just some geek she and her friends could attack with no consequences.
Sam saw Lindsay as a freak who didnt care what she did, or whose feelings she hurt.
They havent bought into the narratives and labels others assign.
Theyre not children anymore.
Its time to grow up.
And maybe that means its time to grow apart, too.
