El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar, with the greatest mexican soap opera diva, Lucía Méndez, is a TV show completely new for its time, being the first soap opera to treat paranormal issues and not only the usual story of the rich guy falling in love for a poor girl who becomes a succesful woman.
During the late Eighties Mexico experienced a reconfiguration as to how soap operas had to be. With stories that departed from the more Harlequin-esquire norm, they created some of the most memorable serials of all times, starting with 1986's "Cuna de Lobos" and "Senda de Gloria" and culminating with "El Extrano Retorno de Diana Salazar", which went even farther in telling a story that while remained firmly grounded in the romantic-triangle plot, simply broke grounds of how it could be told, and where its plot could go.
