Freaks and Geeks

One afternoon I was flipping channels and decided to watch a re-run of the show Freaks and Geeks on IFC.  It was the middle of the episode, but the main character Sam was walking  up to the bleachers to three boys.  One of the boys had some sort of developmental disability, and the other two were asking him questions to make fun of him.  Sam walks up and tells the first boy that the others are laughing at him and not with him.  Sam gets very upset because the boys will not stop and she finally yells out, "They are only laughing at you because you're retarded!" He yells back , "I'm not retarded, I'm special.  You're retarded!"The boy is really hurt by what Sam says and tells her she is the one that is being mean, not the other boys.  Sam that he does not want to go to the school dance with her anymore, runs away from the bleachers, falls and breaks his arm.  The whole chain of events was very emotional.  I always feel very sad when I see a person being taken advantage of, but to then see the boy defend himself and then completely embarrass himself was really heart-wrenching.  It all had a happy ending when hit they made up and shared a dance in the school gym.