FREAKS AND GEEKS; SIX FEET UNDER Barbara and I just finished watching the last episode of "Freaks and Geeks", the legendary TV show that NBC cancelled after one season (1999-2000) because although many people passionately adored it, I guess it couldn't compete "demographically" (as they say in the Ad Biz) with shows like "Everybody Loves Raymond". I'd seen snippets of one or two shows, and so thought we might amuse ourselves while counting the days till DVDs of the third season of "Six Feet Under" came out. We fell in love with the "Freaks and Geeks" characters, and I recommend the show--well, to anyone who went to high school! More than that, even, the situations depicted on the show, involving friendships, romance, and family relations, make "McKinley High School", outside Detroit, seem like a small version of the world itself. The "Geek" characters, several freshmen who just can't compete with jocks, but have all the feelings and thoughts and desires that anyone else has, share a deep bond, and each is an unique individual. The "freak" characters are sort of what in my high school we called "bums", but they, too, grow. Ultimately, a viewer gets to see that all the main characters are lovable when nurtured. There will never be another episode of "Freaks and Geeks". The human actors have all by now outgrown their high school appearances and gone on to other, "grown-up" things. But in some perfect world of Art, Daniel is still polishing his car, Bill and Sam and Neal are still discussing how to get girls to like them, and Lindsay is still dancing to the beat of her own drum. Check it out, if you have the time! **** Barbara and I rarely watch TV. It took MANY recommendations before we started watching DVDs of "Six Feet Under", which had already been a hit on HBO for several years. We enjoyed the DVDs of the first two seasons. I even found myself, during my prayers one night, praying for some of the characters. We almost quit watching at one, 2nd-season point--maybe some others of you had a similar experience--when the characters' lives just seemed to be exploding out of control. We finally decided to keep going, and weren't sorry. We just saw the last episode of the third season and are panicing a bit because we don't know how or when we'll be That's why we're addicted. back to "Our Netflix Bonanza" ***** "What
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