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Episode 2: Beers and Weirs
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Written by J. Elvis Weinstein & Judd Apatow
Originally aired October 2, 1999
"I prefer to get high on life." --Millie
Matt: Geeks love to world-build. They love stories with complicated mythologies and intricate continuity like Tolkien novels or X-Men comics. And they -- oh fine, we -- treasure that stuff because those are the kinds of narratives that reward the sort of intelligence and advanced reading skills that help make a geek a geek. "Beers and Weirs," the second episode of "Freaks and Geeks," is the one where we begin to see that this isn't just a show about geeks, it's a show by geeks as well.
Episode 2: Beers and Weirs
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Written by J. Elvis Weinstein & Judd Apatow
Originally aired October 2, 1999
"I prefer to get high on life." --Millie
Matt: Geeks love to world-build. They love stories with complicated mythologies and intricate continuity like Tolkien novels or X-Men comics. And they -- oh fine, we -- treasure that stuff because those are the kinds of narratives that reward the sort of intelligence and advanced reading skills that help make a geek a geek. "Beers and Weirs," the second episode of "Freaks and Geeks," is the one where we begin to see that this isn't just a show about geeks, it's a show by geeks as well.
- 7/19/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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