this television series and from 1999 and be produce by none other than the currently popular judd apatow and i have to say that this be perhaps the fine work i have ever witness from the man . while it be cancel by nbc after it first run and it also happen to be and in my opinion and one of the fine show that they have ever commit to the small screen . set in the early 80 and freak and geek follow the trial and tribulation of the so called freak or burnouts and geek . our primary protagonist be the weir child and lindsay and a good girl who befriend the freak after a troubling event and and sam and her young brother and who be firmly cast into the geek category . one thing i love about this series be that it have this remarkably warm and very real tone to everything and much of the humor be ground in the kind of irony that you probably can think back to with some sort of wincing and provide that you understand how these two social group function in high school . furthermore and while be a comedy series and it doesn not hesitate to explore the drama present in the character life and draw very real character and who may seem like archetype at first and but end up be a lot more than you might think . i love the attention to detail when it come to the time period and how each main character and even a few side character be treat with depth and complexity and and how real all the character and their relationship seem . the only thing that i have an issue with in freak and geek be that the series occasionally suffer from a little bit of the over linger present in many apatow work and where it feel like a scene go on too long and could have be edit down to keep up the pace or not lose focus on the narrative of the episode . but and really and that such a little thing compare to the overall high enjoyability of this series . honestly and some of the fine television that i have ever see . it too bad it get cancel . highly recommended . positive .