Editing Freaks and Geeks (section)

==Plot==
Teenager Lindsay Weir and her younger brother, Sam, attend William McKinley High School during the 1980–81 school year. The show is set in the town of Chippewa, [[Michigan]], a fictional suburb of [[Detroit]] (named after [[Chippewa Valley Schools|Chippewa Valley High School]], which series creator [[Paul Feig]] attended).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18470316/paul-feig-directs-all-star-cast-in-bridesmaids |title=Paul Feig Directs All-Star Cast in 'Bridesmaids' |publisher=My Fox Detroit |date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303071450/http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18470316/paul-feig-directs-all-star-cast-in-bridesmaids |archive-date=March 3, 2014 }}</ref>

Lindsay joins a group of friends who are referred to as the "freaks" — Daniel Desario, Ken Miller, Nick Andopolis, and Kim Kelly — while Sam's friends, Neal Schweiber and Bill Haverchuck, constitute the "[[geek]]s." The Weir parents, Harold and Jean, are featured in every episode, and Millie Kentner, Lindsay's nerdy and highly religious former best friend, is a recurring character, as well as Cindy Sanders, the popular [[cheerleader]] on whom Sam has a crush.

Lindsay finds herself attempting to transform her life as an academically proficient student, star "[[mathlete]]" into a rebellious teenager who hangs out with troubled [[slacker]]s. Her relationships with her new friends and the friction they cause with her parents and her self-image form one central strand of the show. The other follows Sam and his group of geeky friends as they navigate a different part of the social universe and try to fit in.