Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) Noshing and Moshing (2000) User Reviews

This show can be so funny and so touching at the same time

[SleepTight666 · 8/10 · 12 July 2009]

Another excellent episode that turned out better than I remembered. This show can be so funny and so touching at the same time. This episode however was leaning more towards the drama.

We continue Neal's storyline, he gets a dummy to impress girls but is having a big mouth at school and to people in general. He is mad at his dad for cheating on his mom. This episode introduces (sadly for only one episode) Barry. He is Neal's brother, a very nice guy who has a history with Lindsay. They would make a cute couple. Neal insults his dad at the party and tells his mom about the cheating, which turns out that Neal was the last to know of the whole family.

The freaks storyline appeals more to me, it has Daniel breaking up with Kim and posing as a punker dude. Is it weird to completely love the music and his hair/clothing style? Franco is one handsome guy. Of course, the realized that it is not for him and crawls back to Kim crying. I thought it was a cute scene.

All around another strong episode with a very cute ending. I can't believe it's only three more episodes.

Noshing and Moshing (#1.15)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 20 February 2018]

Neal has trouble dealing with his father cheating. He thinks of telling his brother and mother. At the end it turns out he was the last to know. Daniel tries to get into the punk scene but at the end comes back to Kim.

Poor Neal. They made this story pretty good with showing how much he struggled. Including his performance scene. The only one who didn't see how troublesome it was was Harold because he was drunk and fount it funny, and this made us laugh too. But the scenes of conversation of Neal and his brother as well as his mother were very touching and well done.

They did also a good story about Daniel. One could fit all the way how he doesn't fit in there. It was a nice scene of him getting back to Kim.

Best episode so far easily

[themcbear-76878 · 10/10 · 21 February 2022]

Daniel's side of this episode was great, breaking up with Kim then going to the punk concert and meeting that girl to turn out she already has a boyfriend and you see all his emotions. I'm glad he went back to Kim in the end.

Neal having to deal with telling his mother that his father is cheating and seeing his brother return only to kiss his crush Lindsay and the actor that played Neal was great throughout, also Sam and Bill having to deal with Neal coping.

Daniel and Neal really grew on me after this episode and it's the best one so far in my opinion because the storylines have never been better in the show yet.

Holy peak

[CJPALLISTER2002 · 10/10 · 14 August 2022]

This is the best show I have ever seen I love everyone so much Neil is such a fantastic character so well written.

Every scene in this episode was perfection a genius screenplay here.

I cried at the Neil/Mother scene.

"See? I told you that thing would take him over!"

[Mr-Fusion · 7/10 · 3 January 2018]

There's no such thing as a weak episode of "Freaks and Geeks", but there is an inferior storyline. In 'Noshing and Moshing', it's Daniel's fall-out with Kim and his subsequent turn to hardcore punk in search for acceptance. The entire sequence fin the club just drags everything down. The music, the characters, none of it works for me.

It's Neil's side of things that really does work, as the show picks up the threads of his dad's infidelity. It's not just Neil that's affected, but Sam as well. Children are being asked to keep a secret from their elders, and the emotional toll is heartbreaking. The magic of this show is in the way the hard parts are laced with humor, and it's always a treat because of this.

7/10.