Freaks and Geeks
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Of course, every aspect of who you are is a little bit of a show.
The freaks do this, the geeks do this, and theyre allso young.
to finally air out his frustrations toward his cheating father.
Were gonna rise above!
But as soon as Morty appears, you know things are going to get weird and potentiallybad.
He starts blowing off homework.
He talks back to teachers.
What could he possibly tell Neal that would help?
I dont know what youre trying to accomplish, Barry says, and maybe Neal himself isnt so sure.
How much of it is spontaneous?
But theres an important difference here: Neal isnt alone this time.
He has his mother, and they have the truth.
Thats between me and your father.
Being there for Neal, though, is never in question.
What protection does Mrs. Desario have?
From the limited glimpse of her we see, shes the primary caregiver for Daniels ill father.
Daniels brother isnt really around, and she doesnt trust him much anyway.
Hes late to school because hes picking up prescriptions and painkillers for his father.
He doesnt really get much homework done because hes so busy tiptoeing around his own house.
And hes often distracted because of how all those demands crowd out his life as a student.
What do you want me to do?
Im in high school … Youre supposed to go inside, take care of him.
Im supposed to go to school.
How to break the wheel?
He buys that Black Flag record.
But is this no rules ideology really helpful for Daniel?
Is the freedom to get a nose ring really the freedom hes looking for?
Or is what he really craves acceptance and affection from those whom hes already invited into his world?
Its not healthy, really, but loveisthere, and Philipps and Franco nail that moment.
(Im leaning toward undeclared, and Im the handsome, dashing Jew!)
This school turns people into idiots, Lindsay says.
What is it turning Lindsay into?
