8.6/102,920 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1999
Lindsay's family and friends fear the worst when she quits the academic decathlon team and begins hanging around with a new crowd. A new friend tries to help her find her way. Meanwhile, Sam ponders asking cheerleader Cindy Sanders to the homecoming dance, while trying to cope with persistent teasing and torture at the hands of a savage bully.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer: Paul Feig
8.5/102,390 votes#2 - Beers and Weirs
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1999
Lindsay's friends learn that her parents are going away for the weekend and suggest having a kegger. Sam and Neal become worried after a school assembly focusing on alcohol-related deaths and they decide to switch the real beer with non-alcoholic beer. Daniel and Kim get back together and despite the lack of alcohol, the party quickly gets out of hand.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer: Judd Apatow, J. Elvis Weinstein
8.2/102,206 votes#3 - Tricks and Treats
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/1999
Sam convinces Bill and Neal to trick-or-treat on Halloween, but they end up embarrassed while Lindsay and her friends wreak havoc in the neighborhood.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Writer: Paul Feig
8.5/102,187 votes#4 - Tests and Breasts
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1999
Lindsay offers to help Daniel study for an algebra test, but ends up accused by the teacher of cheating. Daniel lends sexually naive Sam a porn film.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Bob Nickman
8.7/102,148 votes#5 - I'm With the Band
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1999
Lindsay encourages Nick to pursue a career in music. Nick continues to practice with his current band, but quickly decides he's better than them. Lindsay encourages Nick to audition for a bigger local band. When things don't go well in the audition, Lindsay is there to comfort Nick. After learning they have to shower in gym class, Sam, Bill, and Neal refuse to do it.
Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah
8.5/102,063 votes#6 - Carded and Discarded
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/2000
Sam, Neal, and Bill befriend a pretty new transfer student, but soon fear of losing her to the popular crowd and try to win her over with a series of fun things they plan for her. Lindsay, Nick, Daniel, and Ken decide to get fake IDs so they can see a hot local band perform at a bar. However, after they go through the trouble of getting their IDs and getting into the bar, the group is stunned to find out who the hot local bands lead singer is.
Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Judd Apatow, Paul Feig
8.6/102,051 votes#7 - Girlfriends and Boyfriends
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/17/2000
Lindsay reluctantly agrees to come over to Nick's house while his parents are out of town. Sam hopes to become lab partners with Cindy, but becomes jealous when Bill is named Cindy's lab partner.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
8.3/101,901 votes#8 - We've Got Spirit
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/24/2000
Sam tries out to be the school mascot hoping to impress Cindy. Meanwhile, Daniel, Ken, and Kim suddenly become the basketball team's most rabid fans following a series of run-ins with jocks from the rival school, Lincoln High. Lindsay tries to figure out the best way to break up with Nick.
Director: Danny Leiner
Writer: Mike White
8.3/101,921 votes#9 - The Diary
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/31/2000
Lindsay's parents forbid her from hanging out with Kim, as they see her as a bad influence. Bill grows tired of being picked last for teams for baseball in P.E. class, and not being allowed to really participate.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: Judd Apatow, Rebecca Rand Kirshner
8.6/101,862 votes#10 - Looks and Books
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/2000
A car accident results in Lindsay deciding to stop hanging out with her “freak” friends. She decides to rejoin the mathletes and start hanging out with Millie again. Sam adopts a new modern hair style in the hopes of impressing Cindy. When this fails, he seeks out a new wardrobe.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Paul Feig
8.9/101,975 votes#11 - The Garage Door
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/2000
Neal learns his father is cheating on his mother. Ken develops a crush on the tuba player in the school's marching band and Lindsay helps set them up.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Writer: Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Patty Lin
8.8/101,940 votes#12 - Chokin' and Tokin'
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/2000
When Bill talks about being allergic to peanuts in class, Alan tries to prove he's lying but Bill ends up in the hospital after an allergic reaction. Lindsay smokes weed for the first time.
Director: Miguel Arteta
Writer: Judd Apatow
9.0/102,077 votes#13 - Smooching and Mooching
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2000
After fighting with his father, Nick moves out and to Lindsay's surprise begins staying with the Weir's. Cindy tells Bill that she has a crush on Sam. She asks Bill to convince Sam to invite her to a party.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer: Steve Bannos
8.8/101,909 votes#14 - The Little Things
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/2000
Sam discovers that life as Cindy's boyfriend is not nearly as exciting as he had imagined. Ken's girlfriend ,Amy, confesses a shocking secret, putting Ken in an awkward situation. Lindsay struggles with asking Vice President George Bush a question during an assembly.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer: Mike White, Jonathan Kasdan
8.7/101,919 votes#15 - Discos and Dragons
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/8/2000
Daniel is sentenced to audio/visual class as punishment for attempting to pull the fire alarm to get out of taking a test. Lindsay is accepted to a two-week academic summit. Nick has a new girlfriend and takes up disco dancing.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Paul Feig
9.2/102,109 votes#16 - Kim Kelly is My Friend
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/5/2000
Kim's friend, Karen, bullies Sam and calls him a geek. Kim invites Lindsay to dinner at her house, exposing Lindsay to the abuse Kim takes at home.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Mike White
9.0/101,889 votes#17 - Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/10/2000
Lindsay tries to convince Harold to let her join her friends at a Who concert. Kim and Lindsay accidentally run over Millie's dog. Kim starts hanging out with Millie. Lindsay wants to tell Millie the truth about her dog, but Kim doesn't. Meanwhile, Nick teaches himself to play guitar and writes a love ballad for Lindsay and decides to play it for her despite Kens' objections. Ms. Haverchuck stuns Bill with the news that she has been dating Coach Fredricks.
Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Judd Apatow, Bob Nickman
9.2/102,359 votes#18 - Noshing and Moshing
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/17/2000
Neal wrestles with the dilemma of whether to tell his mother about his father's affair. Lindsay is given detention after coming to the aid of a girl being attacked by a boy. Daniel deals with pressures at home and with Kim. He escapes from his problems through punk music.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer: J. Elvis Weinstein
The Best Episodes of Freaks and Geeks Season 1
Every episode of Freaks and Geeks Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Freaks and Geeks Season 1!
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...
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Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Freaks and Geeks" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 2920 votes. Directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Paul Feig, it aired on 9/25/1999. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Beers and Weirs".