Teenage friendships and romances unfold with earnest melancholy in sun-drenched Beverly Hills.
Nostalgic and intimate. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+.
Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
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