Although I'm not a teenager I think this show is spot-on. I love the way these characters bring the story to life the most recent episode 7 towards the end was one of the most beautiful sequences i've ever seen and I was somehow able to connect with the character in my own life. I think Zendaya has done an incredible job by performing and I think it takes a former disney princess to sometimes bring these true stories to light. I definitely feel for the teenagers of today and the world is much more complex even with acceptance of sexual identity no longer being the main drag.. there's all these other things now great job HBO