Linda Cardellini as Lindsay Weir

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Linda Cardellini as Lindsay Weir is the central teenage protagonist of the cult TV series "Freaks and Geeks," a bright but disillusioned high school student who drifts from mathlete overachiever to hanging out with the school's burnout crowd.

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instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal ⓘ
academicReputation bright ⓘ
ageRangeInSeries teenager ⓘ
appearsIn Freaks and Geeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterName Lindsay Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Paul Feig NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultStatus cultTVCharacter ⓘ
episodeCount 18 ⓘ
familyName Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance Pilot (Freaks and Geeks) NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerFriendGroup Millie Kentner NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerSocialGroup mathletes ⓘ
friend Daniel Desario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ken Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kim Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nick Andopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comingOfAge ⓘ
teenComedyDrama ⓘ
laterSocialGroup freaks ⓘ
medium televisionSeries ⓘ
narrativeFocus socialGroupTransition ⓘ
teenageIdentityCrisis ⓘ
network NBC ⓘ
notableTraitInFandom relatableTeenProtagonist ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parent Harold Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
personalityTrait disillusioned ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ
portrayedBy Linda Cardellini NERFINISHED ⓘ
producedBy Judd Apatow NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInSeries centralProtagonist ⓘ
schoolActivity mathletes ⓘ
schoolStatus highSchoolStudent ⓘ
seasonCount 1 ⓘ
setting McKinley High School NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod early1980s ⓘ
sibling Sam Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeAssociation academicPressure ⓘ
rebellionAgainstExpectations ⓘ
searchForAuthenticity ⓘ
timeOfOriginalBroadcast 1999–2000 ⓘ
wardrobeSignature armyJacket ⓘ

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