The show is great except the writers did not do their research into the timeframe. The words the teenage girls use were not common slang in the late nineties. Also, a main character refers to shoplifting Baby Phat clothing in 1997, and the clothing line didn't come out till 1999. So, if you know 90s culture that part will annoy you, but the acting and direction are done really well, so it doesn't affect the overall quality of the series.