The main character is selfish, illogical in all things but chess and surrounded by tired tropes such as the overly stereotyped black best friend, who has no reason to befriend her over anyone else but does so because it's useful to the story, and the grumpy janitor who is grumpy for no reason but quickly warms to her (super easy, barely an inconvenience). Just like the grumpy janitor, most complications in this show are solved way too easily so you don't really care what happens. What could be called a positive is how beautiful everything looks. The cinematography is very artistic and the main character's hair and makeup is always perfect. I say "could", however, because to me it looks unreal and contrived, like an advertisement for a romanticised version of 1960s America.