Paul Feig, Judd Apatow, Sam Levine and Martin Starr have revealed what Freaks and Geeks Season 2 would have been about, had the Cancellation Reaper not axed the teen comedy-drama in its youth, per Vulture:
Starr: Because of the decisions I was making off-camera, they had plans gearing toward Bill becoming a jock in the second season. They kind of talked about the potential of splitting us up as a threesome and the geeks parting ways, to some degree, and me fitting in with a different crowd.
Apatow: We wanted to show what would happen when Bill’s mom married his gym teacher, to have this stepdad pushing Bill into athletics. The show was going to have to change, because John Daley was getting taller, and it was also going to become about how these nerdy kids stay together when they’re changing in different ways.
Levine: Obviously, I’m sad. I wish we could have shot all that stuff. I think it would have been as amazing as the stuff we did get to do. But on the other hand, it’s like, “Eh, maybe it’s better this way. It can be left up to everyone’s imaginations.”
On the prospect of reviving Freaks and Geeks for Season 2, Levine said:
Somebody asked on Twitter about bringing back the show: “They’re bringing back Twin Peaks. How about Freaks and Geeks?” And I think Judd Apatow’s answer was, “Only if Freaks and Geeks lives within the world of Twin Peaks.”
Check out the full interview at Vulture.
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