‘Freaks & Geeks’
2018 is here and there’s only one way to cope with time’s relentless march forward: by going back in time and rewatching a comfort show that’s set even further back in time. Paul Feig and Judd Apatow’s one-season wonder Freaks & Geeks launched a number of careers at the turn of the century (James Franco, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, Jason Segel) by casting them as burnouts and weirdos in 1980 middle America. The show was as painfully funny as it was painfully real, no matter when your freshman year took place, and the show has only improved with age. Start 2018 off right by hanging with the wrong crowd.