After finishing watching this show it’s hard to talk about it and its pros and cons without giving away any spoilers. So, let’s start with the plot: three students from a poor neighborhood receive a scholarship to the best private high school in the country, where the sons and daughters of the Spanish elite study.
The clash between these two different realities is inevitable, and, as you might imagine, many problems and questions arise with it. The resident students didn’t like the newcomers, and in turn, the new students mistrust their colleagues. Tension raises and everything seems to collapse.
While watching the show, I couldn’t avoid noticing how sarcastic it might seem, as you realize, that besides the cultural shock, they weren’t that different after all. And I believe that’s the real point in this story.
The show focuses on some big questions and stereotypes, demystifying some of them, which is very good, almost educational. It addresses issues such as HIV, teenage pregnancy, sexual experiments, homosexuality, without the heaviness of some shows (showing how hard it can be to face these issues), but rather with normality.
Naturally, in the show, just as in real life, the characters will face some ignorant people, but I liked this perspective of normality. We are all tired of some cliches that have been way overused up to this point…
I also liked the way they portrayed the Muslim family, very traditional and with rigid rules, yet still open to dialogue. Just like any other parent, we will eventually reach the point when we need to talk and try to understand what our kids do and how they feel, even when we don’t agree…
The whole story is about a murder we know of from the beginning, but that’s just a very small part of everything we can take from it…
Another great quality Spanish show, which you’ll most likely enjoy!
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