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...for about the 10th time😂

My folks and I try to watch the series once a year. Tonight, we concluded our annual rewatch with the final episode of the series.

It hit especially hard and in a way that had never hit before. The final scene with Lindsay getting on the bus, saying bye to her folks, Bill, and Neil with "Ripple" playing in the background did me in-- I'm talking full on tears.

I first watched this show when I was in high school. I turn 30 years old this week. Watching it with my parents who remind me a lot of the Weirs - firm but deeply caring- has been such a gift. As I reflect on my own "series finale" of my 20's, I just think about all of these beautifully complex characters and how we are all standing on the precipice of our next chapter, all together, blending timelines of fiction, past and present, all of it coming together in a way that any person can relate to who may be going through a life change.

I was moved enough to write this small homage to truly the finest season of television that exists. Thank you, Freaks & Geeks, for being all that you are. You mean so much to me!

Cheers y'all.

I was rewatching the Halloween episode, specifically when Allan and the bullies tell Sam and company to give them the candy. The geeks get beaten up pretty quickly, but Harris is the only one who grabs one of the bullies and tries to fight back. He’s such a badass in his own weird way. I would have loved to see him become a regular if the show continued.