1. Realism of the characters
In Freaks and Geeks you can see bad boys cry and good girls lying. The fact that they all struggle with the realities of life in their own right, being of all colors of the rainbow, not black and white, really makes you adopt the characters like your friends.
Each character grows deeper over the course of the episodes, and they all have realistic motivations in all their behavior. Yes, they also do stupid things, but they are not meaningless, they are stupid from the youth mind.
2. Wonderful Players
Although the characters were written wonderfully, they put out a perfect picture with great actors. James Franco’s charisma strikes from the very first minute, while Jason Segel, whom we know as Marshall of How I Met your Mother, is before us quite young. The success of Busy Philipps in portraying the crazy character is beyond words to Linda Cardellini’s sympathy.
3. We Passed Those Ways
Did we say youth troubles, which of us wouldn’t have a series in our lives? First loves, first pains, struggling with lessons, friends-looking enemies, difficult choices, questions about who we are, disagreements with family… Need to count more? There are some people who understand us in this life, they even shot the TV series, and without exaggerating, with a scenario from us.
4. Strength of Subtexts
Away from soap opera loves and intrigues; Freaks and Geeks deals with apologizing, forgiveness, self-knowledge, and even awareness of politics. There are references to Led Zeppelin, Star Wars, Dallas and many more icons in the show, which shows you how finely crafted the work you watch is.
5. Their soundtrack
Imagine a TV show with a Pink Floyd song in each episode. Moreover, the generic music is Bad Reputation! I don’t know about you, but I think no matter how you look at it, being young is a progressive rock issue, and Freaks and Geeks know that very well.
