Teenagers navigate the awkward, humorous world of high school, finding connection among burnouts and geeks.
Nostalgic and earnest, with dry wit. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+ and Kanopy (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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