Well, not bad... But kinda, uhm... well, I mean, what's the hype? Anyway, it's a veeery casual show, nothing unexpected will pop up. The characters are archetypal and one-dimensional. The "nice girl wanting to be cool", the "bad girl with bad parents", that kind of stereotypical. The theme is, apparently, the life of 80's youth cliques, the "geeks" who are smart, nerdy and unpopular (seriously, in which world is this NOT a cliché?), and the "freaks" who are... well... stupid, irresponsible and very much not likable at all, and apparently, our "sweet girl" can't get enough of 'em, even though most of them treat her and the people around her like crap. The different motives from episode to episode can be the suches as drinking, Halloween(?), and going to parties... wooptie freakin' doo... nothing we haven't had explained a couple of times before... And most of which are portrayed through practically one angle only... And it's when the show hits me with clichés like the teacher teaching sexual matters, while the students laugh at every term he uses, which is NOT only a cliché, but also simply stupid (unless American high school students seriously are that lame? I doubt it) which annoys me. It is enjoyable, though, at times to be able to kick back with something completely casual and predictable, but in that case, i think I'd prefer an old fashioned sit-com anyway... Obviously, some people enjoy this a lot, and while i don't get it, i guess it's fine... As said, it's not bad... It's just elevator television, really...
Review of Freaks and Geeks
