not structure like your normal comedy and the laugh be not the main focus for this one . instead it full of those awkward adolescent moment that be all familiar with and with nostalgic humor sprinkle in . the show basically follow sam and lindsay weir through their travail in high school . lindsay ( linda cardellini ) be an upperclassman rebelling against her goody two shoe mathlete past . she start hang out with a group of burnouts and loser ( the freak represent james franco and jason segel and seth rogen and busy philipps ) . meanwhile and her brother sam ( john daley from wait . ) be enter high school with his own group of social outcast friend ( the geek represent samm levine and martin starr ) . freak and geek present a realistic view of high school life and unlike the glamorized and soap opera high school of show like the oc . and this show have heart . it have all of the emotion you would expect from a show about teenager . there isn not always a happy end and just like in life . but the show also manage to pack in some humor without be a laugh track fest like that 70 show . and with the diverse cast of character ( from student to teacher to parent and etc . ) and there be bind to be at least someone who be alarmingly similar to someone from the viewer own past . i love the pilot episode and but do not think too much of the next handful of episode . the show really grow on me about halfway through and however and prompt me to bump up my rating by a couple of star . i wasn not even bear in 1980 ( when the show be set ) and but the portrayal of the american high school experience be universal . james franco and by the way and be really cool in this show . ( i would only know him from the spider man movie . ) with equal part heart and humor and freak and geek truly be a wonderful ( if short live ) show .