this is cut and paste from the TV-on-DVD board, but I figured it has relevance here.

well, I just finally checked out the first F&G episode, I had finished a disc of DH and decided to stick it in since I had wanted to see it for a long time.

Some observations:
-Linda Cardellini seems like a really good leading actress, a lot more character development than she had in the other roles I've seen her in.
-it's funny seeing James Franco playing a James Dean rebellious type character considering how conservative and black-tie he is in the Spiderman movies.
-Seth Rogan is very much playing a younger version of the same character he played in 40 Year Old Virgin (which was also by the same writer), hard to believe he was only 17 at the time
-Millie also played on Buffy's last season as one of the potential slayers. I immediately IMDB'd her the second she came onscreen because she has the type of long face that is instantly recognizable.
-Alan looked exactly like this burnout from my high school who got expelled for smoking weed with his buddies in the cafeteria at lunch, when I saw him, immediately the memory of "we're just smoking a joint, man" (what he said when the principal came up to them) sprung up and I started laughing.
-Kim is a superbitch, I'm hoping to see her and Lindsay catfight it out
-it was cool to see Ron Lester ("Sugar Daddy" from Popular) on here too, since those two shows premiered the same season and very similar to each other, he was the big guy (well, he's not big anymore since he had gastric) who knocked Haverchuck in the head and Schweiber in the crotch during dodgeball, except on Popular he was a "good guy", lol.
-I immediately recognized Jason Segal as Alyson Hannigan's fiance in that new sitcom they're in.
-I've never seen the guy who was Biff in Back To The Future in another role until now.
-I am surprised Eli is the guy Claire dated who turned out to be bisexual on "Six Feet Under", he looks so totally different on this. He looks like Cody Kasch on this.
-I like Sam the least of the "Geeks", yet he's the central character
-"Come Sail Away" is the only Styx song I like (Mr. Roboto is alright in a "this is so terrible it's kinda good" way but that's not the same, lol)
-way too much of the geeks and not enough of the freaks

So far I think Schweiber is my favorite character. I can see the Haverchuck popularity but maybe I will really join the cult of the character after seeing subsequent episodes.

Rewatching the Pilot episode, I feel the same way I did the first time I saw it, I LOVED it! It was great....The look and feel of the show is different from other shows. It seems to have it`s own mood, if that makes sense.

*Just some random thoughts about the episode:

* Linda Cardellini is a great leading lady (the other cast members are awesome too).

* I always knew I hated dodgeball!

* The fight with Allen was hysterical. I can't believe Bill jumped on his back, and then Neil tackled him, LOL.

* My favorite scene from the episode was at the end, when Sam is talking to Lindsey, in her bedroom. They have a nice relationship. They're clearly in different crowds, but at the end of the day, she knows that he`s her brother, and they should be there for each other....It was touching when she was looking at the picuture of her grandmother....And I started laughing when I saw her Journey poster.

* The dance was great too. I liked when they were playing "Come Sail Away", by Styx (though I try to exclude Millie`s dancing, LOL)...And it was nice when Lindsey decided to dance with Eli.

* And speaking of Eli, it was bold, possibly even daring of them to have a "********" (I don't like that word) character on their show. It was messed up when those guys made fun of him, and Lindsey tries to fix it, but instead he runs away, and falls down.

So like I said earlier, having a character like this, especially at the start of a series, was daring, on their part. It just felt so real. I can't wait to rewatch all the other episodes!