Freaks and Geeks, finally!
So, I’ve been watching Freaks and Geeks
. It’s that show that I heard someone somewhere go
all bananas over at least once every three months for the last ten years of my
life. And finally, finally, I’m getting around to watching it.
Totally lives up to expectations. Seriously, yo, if you haven’t seen it, make
it happen.
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I know it means something different to just about everyone who watches it, but it means something for me especially since A) I was a total geek in high school, and B) the show takes place in 1980, which is the year I started school.
As I might have mentioned before, I grew up in exurban Kansas City. Everyone at my grade school, without exception, was really nice. Once people got into high school, though, apparently things changed. I remember when J the Second Grader had to go to the high school, and the place absolutely terrified me. There were high school kids smoking cigarettes out in front of the place, and I swear I saw graffiti on the lockers. I’m not kidding! I saw it! Some of it — you really might want to sit down for this — had dirty words! I think someone might have written the F word in one of the bathrooms!
So the eponymous Freaks, I’m familiar with those people. They still terrify me to this day.
As for the show, I’m only on episode 5, but as of right now, I give the show four and a half Toby Heads. It’ll have to earn the last half a head in these last episodes. Here’s hoping it ends strong!
