#Élite Las Encinas

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Élite. Temporada 8

Más que un fin de serie, un fin de temporada.

Por mgarsos

Tras seis años y ocho temporadas, la ficción adolescente llega a su fin con un desenlace agridulce. El final de Élite no es un mal final, pero se echan en falta personajes y deja demasiados flecos sueltos.

A nivel de historia y guión mejora sobre manera con respecto a su temporada anterior. Pero cierra su círculo con las mismas estrategias narrativas que ya conocemos y que tenían su razón de ser en la temporada 1 pero pierden la gracia en la 8. Relaja el tono sexual, la fiesta desenfrenada y el abuso de sustancias, pero aumenta la violencia explícita.

El regreso de El Hammani aunque bastante desaprovechado aporta color y frescura. Lindez y Gallego aprovechan su oportunidad con la trama principal. El resto del reparto se mantiene en un discreto segundo plano en el que destacamos a Arrufat, Ayuso, Lamoglia o Puig.

Poco hay que destacar a nivel visual, continúa con el nivel de temporadas anteriores aunque mejora en su diseño de producción frente a la temporada 7. La música vuelve a estar bien escogida.

En conclusión, podríamos decir que hemos tenido un final más propio de fin de temporada que de fin de serie. Muchas ausencias y tramas abiertas que nos hacen presagiar un muy probable spin off. Un cierre que aunque entretenido es tan previsible y flojo que confirma lo que ya sabíamos, Las Encinas debieron cerrar hace mucho.

[smuganya]

ÉLITE (2018-2024) I am hereby announcing the closure of Las Encinas. To ensure that you are able to sit for your final exams, we have reached an agreement with a public high school. Did she say "public"?

[cantsayidont]

ÉLITE (2018–2024): Trashy, high-gloss Spanish soap opera about students at posh private high school Las Encinas, initially a mix of rich brats and social-climbing scholarship students, whose conflicts result in murders, near-fatalities, and mysterious disappearances: Each of the first five seasons is framed by a police investigation of the latest casualty, a gimmick that really only works in the first season (where it provides a degree of narrative structure and gravitas that would otherwise be lacking).

Even in its best moments, the show's relationship to reality is never strong, and it's sometimes rather witlessly hypocritical (for instance, the narrative is capable of recognizing the injustice of the school forcing Palestinian scholarship student Nadia (Mina El Hammani) to remove her hijab in class, but not enough to not indulge in its own array of islamophobic cliches in its depiction of Nadia's conservative working-class family). Nonetheless, the show gets by for a surprisingly long time on the strength of its cast and direction, buoyed by a welcome refusal to descend into self-mockery even when the plot leaves the rails. None of the male characters is especially endearing, with Itzan Escamilla (as scholarship student Samuel) becoming particularly insufferable and Miguel Bernardeau (more recently the lead on the disappointing 2024 ZORRO show) a little too convincing as rich dickhead Guzmán, but the girls are consistently more interesting, with Mina El Hammani (as Nadia), Ester Expósito (as morally compromised aristocratic rich bitch Carla), and Claudia Salas (as the salty Rebeka, whose mother is a drug dealer, and who ends up one of the show's most genuinely sympathetic characters) making the strongest impressions.

It's not until the sixth season, with all the original cast gone (several of them feet-first), that ÉLITE starts to feel like it's overstayed its welcome, with some flailing attempts to examine serious themes like abusive relationships tripping over the increasingly orgiastic celebration of wealth and privilege (any interest in characters who aren't filthy rich having departed with the last stragglers from the original cast). Although more visually stylish, it feels like it's become a different, much weaker show, and the writers seem to no longer grasp the distinction between "entertainingly messy bitches" and "grating assholes who are no fun to watch"; by the seventh season, there isn't a single character interesting or sympathetic enough to sustain the plot's frequent lurid detours into cloud cuckoo land. (It does at least have the decency to throw one of its most hateful recurring characters off a roof at the end, which I appreciated.)

The forthcoming eighth season will be the last, but Season 7 was already at least two too many, IME. CONTAINS LESBIANS? One of the boys from the early seasons has two moms, but while there are a surprising number of acknowledged mmf and mmm triads, it's not until the fourth season that there are really any wlw relationships among the principal characters, and they always remain distinctly secondary to the boys. VERDICT: More enjoyable than it has any right to be, at least for a while, but its watchability begins a marked decline after the fourth season, and the sixth and seventh seasons are no longer much fun even as trash TV.

[jrlrc]

AMLO va con Sheinbaum y García Harfuch

Como consta en este blog, llevo semanas apuntando a que el presidente López Obrador le “regalaría” a Claudia Sheinbaum que Morena entregue al policía Harfuch (no se enoje, doctor Ricart) la candidatura a gobernador de la capital.

Ayer el subsecretario Alejandro Encinas dijo que Harfuch participó en reuniones que serían de hecho las del encubrimiento promilitar de la masacre de Ayotzinapa. Algunos comentaristas supusieron que eso mataría la posibilidad de que el policía fuera candidato. Años pasan y no entienden a AMLO… Otros reducen todo a “fuego amigo”, como si Harfuch fuera defendible. Pero hoy 28 de septiembre de 2023, en su penoso show mañanero, el presidente “quitó” cualquier culpa y lavó manos y cara a Harfuch. Lo que dijo (no hay nada malo en haber participado en las reuniones) equivale a que Jesús Murillo Karam no debe estar en la cárcel, y si alguien insiste en que debe estar también debería estarlo Harfuch. Como sea, nada de eso significa que Murillo y Harfuch no tengan responsabilidad alguna: no mataron ni desaparecieron ellos mismos a los estudiantes, ni lo ordenaron, pero habrían participado en un grado u otro en la protección al ejército por estar militares involucrados -este involucramiento es la diferencia fundamental entre lo que se dijo antes, por el gobierno de Peña Nieto, y lo que “algunos” (como Encinas) dicen ahora pero que AMLO no acepta por proteger también a los militares.

Lo relevante de la coyuntura es que López Obrador ha dado su respaldo a su candidata presidencial al meter las manos al fuego por el discípulo de Cárdenas Palomino y García Luna (los impulsores y formadores de Omar García Harfuch). El policía se acerca más a la candidatura capitalina. No porque lo haya escogido/decidido Claudia Sheinbaum sino porque AMLO ha decidido apoyarla así a ella, y ella apoya a Harfuch. El resultado es uno: López Obrador termina apoyando a Harfuch. Él y Sheinbaum son sus candidatos, sus cartas para conservar a toda costa el poder. Y con esto quiero decir dos cosas, que el partido obradorista conserve el poder representado por esos dos puestos ejecutivos (la presidencia de la república y la jefatura de gobierno de la ciudad capital) y que el líder máximo de dicho partido (AMLO) conserve poder tras la silla presidencial si la ocupa Sheinbaum: veo esta nueva y máxima contradicción del presidente -que “legitime”y apoye a Harfuch- como una jugada que le permita condicionar a la posible futura presidenta: un favor más que cobrar, algo que intercambiar, algo que negociar hoy para influir mañana, un medio más para intentar el maximato de AMLO, a quien siempre dije que lo que más le importa es sentir el poder.

Sólo falta repetir que lo que hizo hoy el presidente en su “mañanera” es una de las peores contradicciones entre las muchas que ha tenido. Si la mayoría de sus seguidores aceptan esa contradicción, como ya lo están haciendo la mayoría de sus élites políticas y mediáticas, no hay nada que no puedan aceptar -el límite de su fanatismo o abyección, límite que no conocíamos, sería ya conocido: infinito.

[suchananewsblog]

Anitta Will Head to Las Encinas for 'Élite' Season 7

The popular Netflix series released its fifth and sixth seasons seven months apart in 2022 Netflix’s popular drama Élite will soon return for its seventh season, and the series is getting a shakeup from Brazilian pop star Anitta. “A girl from Rio that you might already know… is about to make an entrance into Las Encinas,” the official account for the show shared on Twitter announcing…

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How to Watch Elite Season 6

How to Watch Elite Season 6

Word on the street says Season 6 of Élite is about to arrive, if the steamy, intriguing new trailers are anything to go by. The soapy, wildly-addictive teen murder mystery has become a worldwide hit since it premiered in 2018, introducing audiences to the cutthroat world of the exclusive private school, Las Encinas. Filling the void that Gossip Girl left in its wake and pushing boundaries even…

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tag yourself - élite

ander: gay, sporty, pushed around by their parents, probably smokes weed, crushed by expectations, sensitive, probably not out to everyone

carla: looks like an angel but is a devil, has actually a pretty fucked up life, looks pretty hot, everyone is lowkey crushing on them, just wants to be truly happy

cayetana: active on instagram, wants to be rich and famous, good at lying, not innocent at all, selfies, partying, good at keeping secrets

christian: sexy and they know it, quite cheerful, dirty mind, bi-curious, flirty as heck, doesn’t give up easily, loyal

guzman: passive aggressive, a good and loyal friend, sporty, loud voice, ambitious, tough on the outside but soft on the inside, charming 

lu: acts like the devil but can also be really really nice, fucked up past, outfit is always on point, knows everyone’s secrets, spoiled, competitive

malick: most likely to lead a double life, good at lying, not so straight, fucked up secrets, likes to drink and make out, rules? they’ll break them

marina: dark secrets, nice hair, active love life, mysterious, people easily fall for them, don’t get the happy ending they deserve

nadia: intelligent, family over everything, forbidden love, soft and yet so tough, don’t lie to them cuz they’ll find out, hard working

nano: looks like a gangster, not considered a ‘good’ person by others, no time for bullshit, gets angry easily,  always in trouble

omar: secrets, gay, cocktails, really messes things up sometimes but is actually a good person, not a good relationship with their dad

polo: bi, full of secrets, into threesomes, wealthy family, hated by many people, “love is love”,  wants to be alpha but is beta

rebeca: looks super tough, fancy clothes, family issues, honest, nobody should mess with them, ghetto vibes, will find out your secrets 

samuel: looks soft but can be quite aggressive, outsider, falling for someone they can’t have, wants to love and to be loved, family issues

valerio: really messed up, party animal, has tried drugs, wild hair, wild love life, dark past, hardly ever shows how vulnerable they are

yeray: spoils their partner and friends, kind, got bullied, dating apps, successful, kind, hard-working, wild parties and fancy cars

[lovelittlethingsofniall]

 Si querías utilizas las fotos en algunas de vuestras redes sociales agradecería que se dieran los créditos. Gracias

[samsdei]

Arón Piper

[weaselpeasel82]

Ciao Lu and Carla!

Picture via netflixes Instagram

[don-lichterman]

Elite: Season 3 | Official Trailer | Netflix

Elite: Season 3 | Official Trailer | Netflix

Elite season 3 Official trailer. March 13 2020. A new school year in Las Encinas and the students want nothing more than for things to go back to normal. However, an unexpected event will force them to make choices that will change their lives forever. Watch Elite, Only on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80994933 SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/29qBUt7 About Netflix: Netflix is the world’s…

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Thoughts while watching Élite - Season 4

Spoiler warning.

After episode 1:

Where do I even start? Like, don’t get me wrong, I love the show. I genuinely enjoyed season 1-3 + the short stories and really like the characters. So naturally, I’d like to see more of them, right? Well ... no. I don’t think season 4 should exist in the first place. The story ended in season 3 with the arc that was started in season 1 coming full circle and ending in Polo’s death. There is literally no reason to continue the series as his character is dead, Lu got away with killing him and everybody is in a place where they should finally be able to move on. That was even what the short stories suggested. You know, I didn’t mind these. They were unnecessary yet nice expansions of the main show, and clearly removed from it in their content and narrative structure. Which leads me to another part of the issue I already have with season 4: They are literally doing the same exact kind of story arc as they did in season 1 and to some degree in season 2 and 3. It already got repetitive in season 3 in my opinion, but it was still reasonable for, as I mentioned, all three seasons were connected to the overarching storyline that started in season 1 with the events that lead up to Marina’s death and especially that event itself. Season 2+3 were the aftermath of it and both “mysteries” of Samu’s disappearence and Polo’s death were tied to it. What I’m trying to say is, it made sense that the series continued with the same narrative structure of investigations and a mystery the main events lead up to. It was a logical continuation for these seasonal plots were part of the bigger picture that Marina’s death was for the series. This was the story it wanted to tell. But it ended. For good. Throwing in the (attempted?) murder of Ari is an entirely new storyline that is in no way to related to the series’ original content except for sharing some protagonists and the setting. But that’s not really enough reason to validate the existence of this season from a storytelling perspective, because, as I said, the story is over. Maybe the writers could have sold it as a “new generation” with an entirely new cast of protagonists that attend Las Encinas. but don’t have personal relations to the original group. But even then ... another murder? Can’t they be a bit more innovative? Anyways, I really asked myself why I am even watching this season and I came to the conclusion that the only two reasons are Guzman, because I love this dude, and that I knew that Rebeka was going to have a girlfriend this season. Otherwise I wouldn’t even be watching anymore, trust me. 

After episode 2:

Now that I got this out of the way, let me return to the old format of me sharing my opinions on the individual aspects:

Somehow I feel like the show got more sexual? Like, I don’t feel like the sex scenes serve a plot and they’re unnecessarily explicit if you consider that the characters are supposed to be teenagers.

How dare the writers ruin Guznadia?? I mean, the first seasons and the short story made clear that they are both totally committed to this relationship. It was crafted over three fucking seasons! And now they simply throw in Guzman’s sexual frustration and general struggles of their long distance relationship, which is totally fine per se, but they really try to push the idea that Guzman is into Ari on a romatic level? Excuse me??

Also, the idea of a “mystery” this season leads up to is so uneffective, because I just don’t care about what happened to Ari, sorry.

Great for Cayetana that she could hook up with Phillipe. 

Also, great for Rebeka that she gets together with Mencia.

Whenever the writers don’t know what to do with an established relationship in the show, they just throw in a threesome. 

After episode 3:

It took 3 seasons for Guzman and Nadia to get together. And now their relationship got ruined in 3 episodes. This is some serious bullshit.

Yes, there’s definitely way more sex in the show than in the other seasons. They probably didn’t know how else to fill the screentime, because 3 episodes in and it feels like nothing relevant or interesting happened.

The intent is clearly the same as in every season: I’m supposed to wonder how all these events lead to the attempted murder. But I just don’t care this time. I think there are several reasons: 1) It’s just repetitive and therefore also unrealistic even within the framework of the fictional story, 2) the characters fall flat and are so much less intriguing than the multi-dimensional original protagonists (just look at Patrick - he basically doesn’t have a personality), 3) the remaining original characters are being ruined in terms of character development (just look at Guzman - he’s actually my favourite character, but he starts annoying me again). Also 4) It’s just generally frustrating that they couldn’t leave shit at peace the way it was in the end of season 3 (like the Guzman and Samu friendship, Guznadia, Omander...).

The love triangle bullshit between Ari, Guzman and Samu annoys me so much.

Ander and Omar should just break up at this point. Honestly, I think the writers just don’t know what to do with them anymore (both as individual characters and regarding their relationship).

Kinda liked Cayetana this episode, at least she shows some character growth and self-respect.

Just let Rebe and Mancia be happy together!! (I feel like I have to be invested in this storyline as it’s one of the two reasons I started watching season 4 AND the other one being Guzman is just a whole disappointment.)

The outfits were really neat, not gonna lie.

After episode 4:

The storyline with Mencia reminds me a lot of the Italian show “Baby”.

That scene in which Rebe fought that dude at the hotel was great.

I really hate that Guzman is an unlikeable, elitist asshole again. All the character development he had was thrown overboard to create this unnecessary tension for the annoying love triangle storyline and I hate it.

I don’t really ship Phillipe and Caye, although I actually just don’t really care. As long as he turns out to be good for her, then why not.

What’s going on between Omar and Ander and Patrick is not just basically the same storyline as with Polo and Carla and Christian, but now it’s also basically the same as with Omar and Malick last season. Like, didn’t Omar say almost exactly the same phrase about it not just having been sex back then? But it’s not even addressed by Ander or something, so it’s just seems as if they forgot that this storyline happened.

Poor Samuel being a murder suspect again.

I should probably make a theory who pushed Ari and why ... I don’t think it was Samu or Guzman, surprise. But I really can’t tell at the moment, and I don’t think I will be. But that doesn’t mean that the story is intriguing again all of a sudden.

After episode 5:

Okay, maybe I start getting a little bit interested in the solution of the mystery. I think if it’s an innovative twist it might make this season a bit better in retrospect.

I know I said I thought Ander and Omar should break up, because they’ve constantly been hurting each other the last seasons already and stuff, but it was still hurtful. I think the break up was necessary for the moment, but my assumption is that they’ll eventually get together again. Yes, again. *sigh* Maybe they really aren’t good for each other.

At least their break up wasn’t just a matter of three fucking episodes. Guzman literally already forgot about Nadia! After being so crazy about her for so long!!

Totally on Samu’s side in terms of the debate. It was a really shitty move from Ari to use Nano for her “argumentation”.

After episode 6:

What’s even going on with Ander this season lmao.

My heart kinda broke when Omar started crying at the Lake Club, seriously.

Loved Guzman’s speech about Marina and Mencia (also: again the meaning of swimming pools in the show!). That was the old Guzman again, the one I actually love.

Patrick’s anger issues are random and just another attempt to give his character - or lack thereof - more depth.

I don’t know what it was but Samu’s facial expression’s were particularly funny this episode. When he spotted Patrick jerking off Ander in class, when Ari came to see him in the end ... amazing. Purely amazing.

I mean, it was more than obvious that the guy who paid Mencia (forgot his name) wanted payment in return. Poor Mencia, though.

Kinda feeling sorry for Phillipe occasionally, but I spoilered myself and know that he’s a shitty person, so whatever.

But I must say that the conflict between him and Caye in terms of their relationship is one of the most interesting ones this season. Generally I really like Cayetana this season.

My favourite character, though, is probably Rebeka at this point, I guess.

After episode 7:

Fuck Phillipe.

Gotta love Cayetana for not going with that designer dude. Fuck him too.

I’m beginning to appreciate Patrick a bit more. I think I’m about right with what I said earlier that Omander is going to get back together, but still I’d like to see Patrick happy with somebody else.

When Ari said she loved both Guzman and Samu and they all looked at each other, I thought ... There’s not going to be another threesome in this series, right? Right??

I wish Mencia would tell her Dad everything. I actually think that’ll happen. To solve the ongoing conflict between them.

I appreciate that the short story with Ander, Alexis and Omar got referenced with the ring.

My final guess for the mystery is ... Phillipe. I don’t know why, but I hate him and want him to go to prison.

After episode 8:

I am so angry right now. SO FUCKING ANGRY AT THESE WRITERS. All the shitty things they did this season - especially regarding Guzman as a character - were just the tip of the iceberg. Why for fucks sake did they decide to - of all people - make Guzman a murderer?!?! That’s like so contradicting to everything his character was set up as. It was such a cheap moment for shock value, didn’t make any sense and ruined EVERYTHING. They made him the biggest hypocrite on earth! Yes, Armando was an asshole and I’m in no way excusing his actions. But he was still a human being, probably had family as well, maybe even a brother. And from all people Guzman is supposed to have forgotten about this in his rage and killed him - for Ari?? A girl he had this unbelievable and superficial relationship with?? After everything he experienced with Marina and Polo??? Like, I can’t believe that someone would write such bullshit. Especially because he didn’t even seem that affected by what he did and just went hiking with Ander AS IF HE ALREADY GOT OVER THE FACT THAT HE BECAME A MURDERER HIMSELF. Not saying I want to see a whole remake of that arc with Polo in season 2, but they just shouldn’t have Guzman kill someone in the first place, especially if they don’t give a shit about the aftermath then. Also, I just can’t excuse these kids’ actions anymore, I’m sorry. I mean, in the end of season 3 I could kinda find excuses for them covering up that Lu killed Polo, because the police failed at arresting him and blamed Nano instead, which caused such a long chain of suffering within their group that they wanted to put an end to it, accepting that they can’t change that another tragedy occured (Lu committed a murder), but at least prevent even another one (Lu’s life being ruined as well). But now the situation is different. No matter what Armando did, there’s no excuse for Samu, Rebe and Guzman saving his ass without facing consequences for their actions. 

I calmed down now, so let’s talk about whatever’s left. So, the solution of the mystery was okay, but not overwhelming. I guessed it early into the episode. It’s clear what they were going for - something similar to season 1 where one of the less irrelevant plotlines lead to Marina’s murder. But, like I said before, it was so ineffective this season. Actually, it had been the case since season 2 that there were not that many possibilities of who could have done it or that the viewer was not manipulated into believing any possibility for real. But it still kinda worked back then. Now I didn’t really care about most of the stuff that happened this season, so it just wasn’t a huge revealing moment for me.

Suprise, I also couldn’t care less that Ari chose Samuel.

I was right about Omander. Their storyline ended in a good way, I think, with Ander leaving.

Generally, if Guzman wasn’t a fucking murderer, I would like the ending of him leaving with Ander and becoming friends with Samu again.

The stuff with Mencia came to a good end, so did the stuff with Phillipe, I guess. Yay, character development.

Again, I must say that I really like Caye now.

Not sure what to think of how the ending paralled the one of season 1 with the murder weapon under water.

Also not sure if I can be bothered to watch season 5 when it comes out, but we’ll see. I mean, it could be interesting to see where they’ll be going from now on and if things will improve again. But I don’t think so. But then again I could still watch it to analyse why exactly it sucks, so... Yeah, we’ll see.

[cygnetofthesea]

Élite Spin-Off Idea: 10 Years Later

Nadia and Guzman newly married with Nadia working as a human rights lawyer with the intention of becoming a diplomat and Guzman joining law enforcement as a detective. Samuel remains a close friend of the couple’s and Nadia and Samuel work for a huge law firm with Samuel as a criminal defense lawyer. He decides to become a defense lawyer to protect prisoners like his brother who was wrongfully incarcerated for a murder he didn’t commit. Rebe also remains a close friend as she becomes a successful and charismatic entrepreneur while maintaining contacts from her mother’s criminal past.

The show follow the adults as they work to move forward with their lives while becoming embroiled in political conspiracies and then a death in Las Encinas brings them back to the site of their past traumas.

[zenerestuff]

Valentina Zenere × Élite.

Be welcome to Las Encinas. 🔥

[spiderlingh]

Élite Season 3 Review

so today, the third season of élite came out. here’s what i liked and what i hated.

⚔️ obviously includes spoilers. ⚔️

the friendships between lu/nadia and guzmán/samuel were amazing.

for some reason i felt like the two new boys were just so... irrelevant?

poor ander, boy just keeps getting more hurt every season.

i genuinely felt so sorry for polo this season. like i know he’s guilty of killing marina but he felt so bad and guilty about it. he truly did not deserve to die, i cried so hard when he died.

i’ve said it before and i will still say it now; cayetana is a little bitch.

samuel and rebe were a terrible TERRIBLE couple. since their relationship feels very brother/sister to me, they were just weird to watch.

happy that omander got their endgame

CARMUEL AND GUZNADIA DESERVED BETTER ENDINGS

especially carmuel deserved more screentime, we got shreds

what the f u c k was omar thinking cheating on ander multiple times??

yes i know ander was a dick most of the time but i don’t blame him....

polo saving carla after she fell in a pool... they’d die for eachother i love them

i did not see that twist at the end coming at all.

carla owning who she is and basically telling her father to go and fuck off is everything

i had truly hoped for either christian or nano to make an appearance. yes, i know, their actors were away filming la casa de papel, but a proper ending would’ve been fitting.

dear god, this season was so painful and so dark.

season 2 is still my favorite season, then season 1, then season 3.

honestly, i don’t really know what i expected. this is most likely the last season with this cast and this storyline, so basically it was the finale. despite the interesting twists, something was missing.

i’d hoped that polo somehow faked his death and managed to live a better life somewhere far from las encinas. i wanted a happier ending, for all of them.

i’m genuinely so sad that this was it. this show really grew on me.

i did find it ironic how everyone hated polo for killing marina yet helped lu out when she killed polo.

thank god nadia’s parents dad finally accepted omar having a boyfriend

the way polo wanted to talk to guzman but was accidentally pushed to his death... this. shit. hurts.

season 2 remains superior and that’s that.