a very good show indeed that centres around loyalty,trust,friendships,betrayal,racism ,gangs and shootings , vulnerability , family etc. a rollercoaster of emotions indeed . tackles real issues and keeps your eyes glued to the screen and keeps you on the edge of your seat.however ,, season 4 wasn't too good in my opinion ,where as seasons 1-3 were just well written.it was like the directors were trying to hard with cesar's deep voice ,, making it seem like he was trying to be someone he wasn't.i don't like how he he had to be glued to the gang lifestyle and make it seem like he was mandated to follow in oscar's footsteps , whereas he could have forged a life of his own.ruby's break-up with jasmine should have led to his own character development , allowing him to find himself , instead the writers gave the cliche ' "hung up on your ex", its like they couldn't think of anything else and had to build a plot based on that itself.and jamal suddenly developing a crush on monse after hating on her for "talking smack" abt him behind his back ? what??!! and the fact they had to unnecessarily kill of Spooky/Oscar and dive cesar into a pit of unnecessary depression.but in a way thats also a good thing , because it shows us despite everything the core 4 went through , fights and all , that they still cared abt each other.appreciate the realism though , not everything has a happy ending . overall , season 4 was okay but had a lot of avenue for improvement. in retrospect , the show gets an 8/10.