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What is good about this series, is that it captures the cars, clothes and interior of the early to mid seventies very well - when most of the story takes place. It also describes very well the weaker position women found themselves in back then. The lead actress also delivers to the full, and makes us root for her character even when her actions are hard to defend morally. But both the script and her performance convince us why she feels forced to act that way.

The script also tries to include - less successful in my opinion - the radical left and it's extreme part, Brigade Rosse: a left wing terrorist group with strong ties to the German Baader Meinhof group.

Another weakness is the fact it is described as based on a true story. The longer the story progresses the harder that is to believe, as it feels more like a soap the further into it you get. The last episode... Oh dear me. That is over the top Armand Duplantis style. If you don't know, he is the world's best pole vaulter - famous for jumping much higher than the bar he has to clear.

Lastly, if you plan to watch this hoping for some hot and steamy footage with nude bodies, you likely will be disapointed. Most of the lead characters are not shown nude. Some topless women, one rear nude male character scene, and some nude people standing on display in episode 4. This show is story and character driven. There are more footage of the red Fiat vans transporting the Playmen magazines, than nude bodies in this series. Unfortunately the Lambo Miura owned by the lead's husband is only in one scene (but by it"s colour might be one originally owned by Frank Sinatra, currently in Norwegian ownership?) and the lead's silver Mercedes SL only in a few episodes. But plenty of Fiats, Alfas and more, plus a Citroen DS are to be seen.

Without leaving spoilers, the headline is the best description for this well written, great acted, suspenseful and sexy crime story about some very wealthy offspring, and some not at all wealthy youths ending up at the same posh private school. Inbetween of romances, quarrels, rivalry and sexual awakenings of various types, there is unlawful deaths of different kinds, friendships, partying, fights, extortion and more. Sometimes the crimes are investigated by the police - other times by some of the youths themselves. The youth characters and their interaction and diversity in friendships and relationships is what pulls this series forward. Stories range from romantic to suspenseful mystery stories, and scene setting from lavish houses and modern school, to crammy flat and corner shop. There is topless and rear female nudity, rear male nudity and occational sex scenes involving 2 or more people, of both straight and gay nature several times over the first 7 seasons of the series. Violence is mild to moderate. Some scenes are shocking and even bloody, but not goary. All in all this is a great Spanish series centered around an interesting set of young characters, portrayed by an amazing cast, delivering a sexy and suspenseful crime soap with true love romances inbetween.