The Diary (Freaks and Geeks episode)

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"The Diary"
Episode No.	10
Prod. Code	108
Airdate	January 31, 2000
Writer(s)	Rebecca Kirshner (Story and teleplay), Judd Apatow (Story)
Director	Ken Olin
Freaks and Geeks Season 1 September 1999 - July 2000
Pilot Episode Beers and Weirs Tricks and Treats Kim Kelly is My Friend Tests and Breasts I'm With the Band Carded and Discarded Girlfriends and Boyfriends We've Got Spirit The Diary Looks and Books The Garage Door Chokin' and Tokin' Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers Noshing and Moshing Smooching and Mooching The Little Things Discos and Dragons
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"The Diary" is the tenth episode of Freaks and Geeks. The story for the episode was conceived by Judd Apatow and Rebecca Kirshner while Kirshner wrote the teleplay. The episode was directed by Ken Olin. It first aired on January 31, 2000.

[edit] Synopsis

Bill is tired of being confined to left field during phys ed baseball games. He is constantly embarassed by Coach Fredricks in front of his peers and is convinced he could be a great athlete if he was simply given a chance. Instead of confronting Coach Fredricks with this dilemma directly, Bill makes him two prank phone calls - one of which is comprised of entirely insults. When Lindsay's parents, Harold and Jean Weir, fear that her new friends are having a negative effect on her, Harold suggests that he and Jean look into her diary. When they do, what they read sends their marriage into a crisis.

[edit] Music

The following songs are featured in this episode.

Song title	Artist	Album	Year
"Journey To The Center Of The Mind"	The Amboy Dukes	Journey to the Center of the Mind	1968
"No Language In Our Lungs"	XTC	Black Sea	1980
"Theme From Diff'rent Strokes"	Al Burton and Gloria Loring		1978
"Theme From What's Happening!!"	Henry Mancini		1976
"Overture"	Bill Conti	Rocky II soundtrack	1979

[edit] Deleted scenes

The following scenes were edited out from the final cut of the episode, but can still be found on the series DVD.

• Mrs. Kelly preparing to eat dinner with the Weirs.
• An extended cut of Harold Weir searching Lindsay's room for her diary.
• An extended cut of Bill going into Mr. Rosso's office to steal a paper sheet of teacher's phone numbers. In this scene, Mr. Rosso enters the office before Bill has a chance to leave. To cover his actions, Bill tells Mr. Rosso that he has come to the office because his grandfather has died and he is looking for support.
• An extended cut of Coach Fredricks commencing his search to find who made the prank phone call.
• An extended cut of Bill reading the phone call.
• An extended cut of Coach Fredricks trying to find out who has been making him prank phone calls in which he accuses Sam of making the call in order to get Bill to confess.