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Elite - season 4: review

 


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Elite presented us a fourth season as addictive as always (check reviews for previous seasons here and here). The way each season is built, making you know what happened, and looking back to find out how you got that result is a formula that works year after year.

After the last season, where most characters graduated, things changed a bit in Las Encinas. I loved the new characters and the dynamic they brought to the school.

Yet, even though the formula works (after all, we’re still watching), after four seasons, it starts to get a bit too much “bad luck”, don’t you think? More tragedy? More death? In a high school? What was an interesting crime show is becoming repetitive and unrealistic.

New protagonists

We still follow the older students’ lives in this season, but the new characters quickly assume themselves as protagonists. I would say Mencía and her accidental entrance into the world of prostitution is the great protagonist of the season.

I hope that the Prince has more development next season because it could be very interesting. The show has plenty to win in exploring this character’s story. 

Concerning the characters we already know, the best one was Cayetana. She evolved significantly, and I liked that. The others not so much. They all became very linear (sometimes plain) characters. They deserved more development. Speaking of which, Samuel seems to be the police’s favorite target. How many times can a regular teen have been interrogated by the police at the age of 17? 

Teenager’s sex life

The way teens are portrayed in most shows and movies always upset me. We all know that most teens do not have those lives, right? And by saying “most” I’m being nice…

In Las Encinas, they have a fantastic sex life that many adults don’t. That’s great, but you are giving unrealistic expectations to all teenagers watching the show. Some of them will feel terrible because they are not even close to that pattern. 

There was a focus on LGBT couples this season, and it raised a question. In Spain, gay men (yes, especially men) can kiss and hold hands anywhere in peace? People don’t even frown? If so, it is the greatest country in the world, but as a neighbor, I doubt it. Yet, this was something I truly liked. The show is trying to make people understand that a gay relationship is as natural as any other by simply acting naturally. I loved that approach. 

There is always death

Ary is alive, so this season is, indeed, different. Yet, there is always a death in Elite… I can’t say I didn’t like this season, I liked it, but it is weaker than the previous ones. 

We already know that in the next season, someone will find Armando’s body. Let’s see what they do with that and how the story evolves (or not).

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