Freaks and Geeks - 10.0

The one and only season of Freaks and Geeks, which I watched over the past week, is definitely up there in my personal top 5 TV seasons ever with LOST 1, The Wire 1 (or 3 or 4), and The Sopranos 1 and 2. Its main strengths are its extremely well-developed (and well-acted) characters and superb writing. It can be both poignant or hilarious and often switches back and forth adeptly. Really, everyone should watch this show - unfortunately we all screwed up and missed out when it was originally on so it was canceled midseason, which really could be seen as both a blessing or a curse. As it is, the 18 episodes that do exist stand on their own as a masterpiece, and realistically as with almost any show (excluding The Wire), this one would've surely declined as well in subsequent seasons. But even when I try to convince myself it was all for the best, in the back of the head I'm still thinking I wish I had more Freaks and Geeks to watch, more Lindsey (!!), more Bill, more Daniel, more Ken (Seth Rogen!) - hell more of everybody, all the characters are so freaking good...