Freaks and Geeks Episode 13
"Chokin' & Tokin'"
Original airdate: March 20, 2000
Writer: Judd Apatow
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segal, Martin Starr, Busy Philipps, Becky Ann Baker, Joe Flaherty
In one of "Chokin' and Tokin's" main storylines, a main character almost dies. In the other, a main character has a bad reaction to smoking weed for the first time. These stakes may seem of completely different severity levels. But they tell us just as much about the characters, and the effects their implications have over the entire series are just as major. And anyway, a bad pot experience can certainly make you feel like you're dying.