Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow that aired during the 1999-2000 televison season.
Plot[]
Teenage Lindsay Weir and her younger brother Sam attend William McKinley High School during the 1980-81 school year. The show is set in the town of Chippewa, Michigan, a fictional suburb of Detroit (named after Chippewa Valley High School, which series creator Paul Feig attended).
Lindsay joins a group of friends that are referred to as the "freaks" - Daniel Desario, Ken Miller, Nick Andopolis, and Kim Kelly; Sam's friends constitute the "geeks" - Neal Schweiber and Bill Haverchuck. The Weir parents, Harold and Jean, are featured in every episode. Millie Kentner, Lindsay's nerdy highly religious former best friend, is a recurring character, as is Cindy Sanders, the popular cheerleader on whom Sam has a crush.
Lindsay finds herself attempting to transform her life as an academically proficient student, star "mathlete", and young girl into a rebellious teenager who hangs out with troubled slackers. Her relationships with her new friends, and the friction they cause with her parents and with her own self-image, form one central strand of the show. The other follows Sam and his group of geeky friends as they navigate a different part of the social universe and try to fit in.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Linda Cardellini as Lindsay Weir
- John Francis Daley as Sam Weir
- James Franco as Daniel Desario
- Samm Levine as Neal Schweiber
- Seth Rogen as Ken Miller
- Jason Segal as Nick Andopolis
- Martin Starr as Bill Haverchuck
- Becky Ann Baker as Jean Weir
- Joe Flaherty as Harold Weir
- Busy Phillips as Kim Kelly (credited after titles as "also starring")
Recurring cast[]
- Sarah Hagan as Millie Kentner
- Jerry Messing as Gordon Crisp
- Stephen Lea Shepperd as Harris Trinsky
- Natasha Melnick as Cindy Sanders
- Ben Foster as Eli
- Chauncey Leopardi as Alan White
- Shaun Weiss as Sean
- JoAnna Garcia as Vicki Appleby
- Kayla Ewell as Maureen Sampson
- Lizzy Caplan as Sara
- Riley Smith as Todd Schellinger
- Dave "Gruber" Allen as Jeff Rosso
- Steve Bannos as Mr. Kowchevski
- Trace Beaulieu as Mr. Lacovara
- Steve Higgins as Mr. Fleck
- Tom Wilson as Coach Ben Fredricks
- Joel Hodgson as Joel
- Claudia Christian as Gloria Haverchuck
- Kevin Tighe as Mr. Andopolis
- Jessica Campbell as Amy Andrews
- Sam MacMurray as Vic Schweiber
- Amy Aquino as Mrs. Schweiber
- Ann Dowd as Cookie Kelly