She pursued her scholastic career at McKinley High School with vigor and quickly established herself as a bright and thoughtful student, with exceptional academic achievements garnering recognition from her peers and teachers as well as being a standout member of the Mathletes.
After the death of her grandmother, whom she considered the most upstanding and kindest person she had ever known, Lindsay begins to feel adrift, questioning the accepted norms of religion and social structures, which had previously given her a sense of purpose and security.
With only a few exceptions, Sam usually sticks to manners and expectations that are consistent with the conventional middle class American values held by his family.
They enjoy the comedy of Bill Murray and Steve Martin and TV shows like Saturday Night Live together and debate the merits of different science fiction universes.
These interests combined with difficulty with social interaction has left Sam and his friends being labelled as "geeks."
Even as he lectures his kids about bad role models and sometimes doles out unreasonable punishments, he has a good sense of humour and enjoys seeing his family happy.
He believes Lindsay is falling in with a bad crowd, and he has a strong distaste for her "burnout friends," although he later takes a shine to Nick by letting him stay at the Weirs' house when he has nowhere else to go, and encouraging him to practice drumming.
In the episode "Girlfriends and Boyfriends", Harold reveals to Lindsay that he lost his virginity "to a prostitute" while he was serving in Korea.
Though he does not reflect on the feelings of the sex worker he patronized, he expresses regret that his first time was not special, and states that it was "the worst five dollars I've ever spent."
She provides for her family, especially when it comes to making meals and ensuring her kids' well-being, as well as giving them guidance and advice whenever they need it, even though sometimes she is oblivious to the issues her children are facing.
Despite rarely receiving the appreciation she deserves for her efforts, Jean is an incredibly kind and generous person who is always willing to lend a helping hand and show support for her family.
Though he is socially confident and acts apathetic towards his schoolwork, Daniel is secretly insecure about the fact that he does not do well in school, and doesn't think he is smart enough to succeed.
His mother is seen to be over-worked and stressed, she also is shown to have little confidence in his scholastic abilities, once saying she wouldn't much mind if he dropped out of school altogether and began working a "crummy" minimum-wage job to bring cash home to the family.
Nick also has a tendency to smother his girlfriends with too much affection, which Lindsay Weir discovers firsthand after they begin dating.
He also says his post-high school plans involve inheriting his father's business when he dies, selling it off for a huge profit, and retiring to Hawaii.
Her parents frequently devolve into screaming matches with each other and Kim, often on edge from living in poverty in a house in a state of disrepair.
In addition to being a loyal friend, Bill is an avid fan of the television soap opera Dallas.
He is extremely allergic to peanuts and almost dies after Alan White plants some of them in his sandwich as a prank in the episode "Chokin' and Tokin'".
He has an unrequited crush on Lindsay, and is dismayed (in Noshing and Moshing) when he sees her kissing his older, college-student brother Barry.
Early in the series, Sam and Bill thought Neal's father was "cool" because he enjoyed the same TV shows they did and shared a similar sense of humour, but their opinions of him–as well as Neal's–changed when they discovered he was having an affair.