Lindsay Weir is a Michigan high school student, who was seen in the incredibly short-lived first season (which is also the full series) of Freaks and Geeks. Unlike many teenage characters on TV, Lindsay wasn't a caricature--she embodied a huge range of realistic characteristics, and had to balance being an honor student with desiring a certain level of coolness, on top of being a good daughter and sister in a crazy family. While at times, she makes rather poor decisions, Lindsay is a good person, and manages to defy categorization as either a "freak" or a "geek," unlike essentially every other student profiled on the show.
I've never identified more with a television character than I did with Lindsay Weir.
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