So...much...use...of the word..."cliché." I think this usual latino soap opera has some awesome quirks that sets it apart from the rest of the conventional bunch. They make fun of their own predictability. For instance, inputing the character of Sofi who is obssesed with telenovelas. The line "life isn't a soap opera" is literally vocalized in the midst of their own daytime drama. And the clueless adults? Well they beat that stereotype as well. Mauro, a teacher at St. Mary, had a sort of omniscience about all the goings-on in the school. He somewhat becomes the voice of a viewer, making it difficult not to laugh aloud. Despite the banality some may think this show has, it actually does a very good job of dismissing that in an understated way.