Freaks and Geeks
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Dreams often dont come true, and you cant always get what you want.
Those are realities that Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini) has not been conditioned to believe.
Shes smart, shes good at school, she works hard, she follows the rules.
Within the narrow confines set out for her, shes flourished.
On the other hand, if anyone doesnt make it, its because they didnt want it as much.
They didnt practice hard enough, werent committed enough, didntcareenough.
Well … most of the freaks.
But Jason Segels Nick Andopolis?
Its a little more of one than the other.
He also lives in a fairly large, uniformly wood-paneled home.
His mother takes pride in domestic labor, with a basement full of jars of pickled produce.
Nick is passionate, but hes also goofy and undisciplined.
Hes excitable, but hes not particularly talented.
Hes a high-school kid with a hobby, and for most parents, that would be perfectly fine.
Lindsays regret comes on swift.
When Kim tells her, Youre such a slut, assuming immediately that Lindsay and Nick are now dating.
Does she stay in this relationship because it further cements her inclusion into the freak group?
He wasnt bullied; he was streaking.
Are people really going to worship him, as an awed Bill says?
How long until Lindsay does the same?
