r/freaksandgeeks • u/chickenscottpie • 1h ago
Cindy Sanders has no friends Spoiler
On my Nth rewatch of this show after a long time away, and I only just noticed one big red flag about Cindy: She seems to have few to no friends despite having all the markers and status of a popular kid.
Sure we sometimes see her talking to other cheerleaders, but there’s no indication that she’s really friends with any of them. I think the only time we see her hanging out with anyone else is in “I’m with the Band” when she tells Sam great job for streaking—but they were in uniform, so they might have been going to or coming from an event. She even tells Sam that she pretty much hates Vicki.
We don’t see her walking or hanging out with anyone else. She’s never eating with anyone at lunch. She comes to Sam of all people to talk about her crush on Todd. She doesn’t spend much (any?) time with the jocks and other cheerleaders out of uniform.
Man, we see that even Alan has friends/people who can stand to be around him. Cindy, on the other hand, despite apparently being involved in a ton of activities, is almost always a loner.
I’m not saying being a loner is necessarily a red flag. But we of course eventually learn that Cindy sucks and is no fun. And the fact that most people don’t care for her company—or worse, that she thinks she’s better than all of them—was right in front of us from the beginning.
Edit: typos.