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Episode: Meet the Freaks and Geeks
Original Air Date: 09-25-99
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Lindsay Weir is a high school student in a small Michigan town in 1980.
When she starts hanging with a group of burn-outs known as the "³freaks,"
everyone who knew and loved the shy, brainy Lindsay has a conniption.
Meanwhile, Lindsay's brother Sam, a freshman "geek," gets picked
on by a bully named Alan who crushes his lunch, then pummels him in dodgeball.
Sam's friends Neal and Bill agree to help him kick Alan's butt. They end
up in a ridiculous fist-fight while Sam is asking his dream girl Cindy
to the homecoming dance. In a compassionate gesture, Lindsay asks a retarded
kid to the dance. When her good deed backfires, Lindsay's angst over the
unfairness of high school can only be cured by a healthy dose of Styx's
"Come Sail Away" and the unlikely sight of her brother dancing
with a girl.
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Episode 2: Beers and Weirs
Original Air Date: 10-02-99
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When Mom and Dad go out of town, Lindsay throws a keg party to impress
her new freak friends, particularly Daniel, who just broke up with his
girlfriend, Kim. An anti-drinking assembly convinces Sam that his sister
is in danger of becoming a statistic. To save her, Sam, Neal and Bill
replace the keg at Lindsay¹s party with non-alcoholic beer. The party
turns raucous anyway. Some older, scarier freaks show up. Millie plays
a rockin' tune on the piano. Lindsay finds Daniel and Kim making out on
her bed, then turns to Nick for comfort, only to find him trying to undo
her bra strap. But it's a great night for Neal when he consoles Lindsay
and gets a peck on the cheek in return. And the only one who'll have a
hangover is Bill, who guzzles the real beer while everyone else just thinks
they're "so wasted!"
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Episode 3: Tricks and Treats
Original Air Date: 10-30-99
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Is a high school freshman too old to go trick-or-treating? That's the
question facing Sam this Halloween, when a dreaded book report on Crime
and Punishment makes him feel like he¹s growing up too fast. Sam decides
that a romp around town in a homemade robot costume is just what he needs
to ward off adulthood. Neal, dressed as Groucho, Bill in Bionic Woman
drag, and geek guru Harris with a bloody ax in his skull, join Sam for
a humiliating evening of insults, stale Circus Peanuts, and a run-in with
the freaks, including Lindsay who nails Sam with a raw egg. Instead of
tattling on his sister, Sam takes off his costume and takes it like a
man. But Lindsay already feels guilty for blowing off her mom to spend
Halloween causing mayhem with her friends in an era when smashing pumpkins
was a nasty prank, not a cute rock band.
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Episode 4: Tests and Breasts
Original Air Date: 11-06-99
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When the geeks are humiliated in sex ed class and puzzled by the punchline
of a dirty joke, they realize that they're painfully behind in their knowledge
of sex. They decide to watch a dirty movie to further their education.
But the porno turns out to be more than they can handle? and may kill
their interest in sex forever? until Sam gets the real scoop from the
unlikeliest of sources: Mr. Fredricks. Meanwhile, Lindsay offers to tutor
Daniel, who¹s flunking math. But he convinces her to help him cheat instead,
using a combination of good looks, charm and crying like a baby to manipulate
her. Lindsay must deal with the guilt of lying to her parents and the
well-meaning Mr. Rosso, whose liberal (i.e. hippie) approach to teaching
never ceases to piss off the hilariously smug Mr. Kowchevski.
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Episode 5: I'm with the Band
Original Air Date: 11-13-99
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The freaks have a rock band. They're no Led Zeppelin. Problem is, Nick
wants to be John Bonham. After hearing the band's pathetic rendition of
"Sunshine of Your Love," Lindsay helps Nick get an audition
for a real band, only to watch him bomb horribly. But one good thing comes
out of Nick's ordeal: a kiss from Lindsay. For anyone who played in a
high school rock band, this episode brings back all the in-fighting, terrible
cover tunes, and ridiculous band names. You'll be glad your band broke
up. On the geek side: Sam refuses to take a shower after gym. Why? Simply
because he doesn't want to get naked in front of everyone. When Sam finally
decides to be "proud of his body," Alan pushes him out into
the hall, naked. Sam is forced to streak through the school his privates
censored for the viewing audience with a big blue dot.
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Episode 6: Carded and Discarded
Original Air Date: 01-10-00
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Sam (John Daley) and the geeks befriend a beautiful and smart new transfer
student, Maureen (guest star Kayla Ewell). However, the geeks know they
will lose her if they donÕt act fast to keep her away from the popular
kids. Meanwhile, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) is tired of being treated
like a kid, so when Nick (Jason Segel) brings up the idea of getting fake
IDÕs to go see a band, sheÕs determined to make it happen.
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Episode 7: Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Original Air Date: 01-17-00
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Sam
is crushed when Cindy Sanders is paired up as a lab partner with Bill,
so he goes out of his way to join the same groups as Cindy in order to
be around her more. But the more time they spend together, the more Sam
begins to realize that she considers him a friend -- someone she can talk
to about the boys she likes. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Nick's budding romance
begins to heat up, and when Nick invites her to his house while his parents
are out of town, Lindsay becomes worried about them going all the way.
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Episode 8: We've Got Spirit
Original Air Date: 01-24-00
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In
an attempt to get closer to cheerleader Cindy Sanders (guest star Natasha
Melnick), Sam (John Daley) volunteers to wear the team mascot costume
at the upcoming football game. But his plan backfires when she continues
to see him as "just a friend" and confides to him about her crush on the
school basketball star, Todd (guest star Riley Smith). Meanwhile, Lindsay
(Linda Cardellini) is reluctant to break up with Nick (Jason Segel) even
though he has become needy and sad, but when her mother accidentally breaks
the news to him, Lindsay is forced to admit her feelings.
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Episode 9: The Diary
Original Air Date: 01-31-00
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Jean
(Becky Ann Baker) and Harold (Joe Flaherty) become worried about Kim Kelly¹s
(Busy Philipps) influence on Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) after the two
girls are caught hitchhiking, so they invite Kim¹s mother (guest star
Ann Dowd) over for dinner. After hearing how Mrs. Kelly keeps tabs on
her out-of-control daughter by secretly reading her diary, they decide
to read Lindsay¹s diary when she¹s not home, but are shocked to find Lindsay¹s
criticisms of them. Meanwhile, after years of embarrassment, Bill (Martin
Starr) and the geeks exact revenge on the jocks when they convince their
gym teacher (guest star Tom Wilson) to let the geeks be captains and pick
the teams. John Daley, Samm Levine, James Franco, Jason Segel and Seth
Rogen also star.
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Episode
10: Looks and Books
Original Air Date: 02-07-00
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The freaks talk Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) into stealing her father's
(Joe Flaherty) car, and when they get into an accident, she decides she's
had enough of them and tries returning to her old academic "Mathlete"
academic roots. Meanwhile, Sam (John Daley) decides its time to change
his geeky image but his new choice of clothing gets him attention for
all the wrong reasons.
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Episode 11: The Garage Door
Original Air Date: 03-11-00
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"The
Garage Door" Sam's friendship with Neal is threatened when he discovers
a disturbing secret about Neal's dad, the cool and funny Dr. Schweiber
(Sam McMurray, Raising Arizona). On the freak side: Ken becomes smitten
with a band geek named Amy (Jessica Campbell, Election) and needs Lindsay's
help to hook him up for a date at the Laser Dome
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