Élite

Season One: 6.5/10

Themes: Drama, High School, Crime, Relationships, Lgbtq+, Islam, HIV, Suspense, Privilege, Murder, Sexuality, Mystery, Love Triangles & Spanish.

Top three characters: 1) Ander Muñoz, 2) Carla Rosón Caleruega and 3) Omar Shanaa.

Solidly entertaining for what it is. Think every tenn show you've ever seen and add a dash of the Affair or How To Get Away With Murder. It's melodrama through and through. Pretty teens. Uncaring families. Poor little rich girls and boys. Even poorer poor kids. Nobody is happy in this world. Somebody winds up dead. Somebody's going to jail. You find somebody to love you'd better hang on tooth and nail. The wolf is always at the door.

It deals with some real issues: notably Islamaphobia and the repressive nature of fundamentalism, coming out of the closet, open relationships and threesomes, HIV and the seeming impossibility of reinventing yourself in highschool. All hormones, no autonomy. Such is life.

Well worth a binge watch if you're stuck inside on a rainy day. You won't find yourself transfixed but you will want to know what happens next. The writing felt a little stale but of course translations and voiceovers don't always capture the rhythm of the original dialogue. Still something tells me the writer isn't Spain's answer to Shondre Rhimes or Aaron Sorkin.

Season 1 and 2 have a great story behind and you get hooked up to the show. Drama, love and thriller embodies every single episode.

Season 3 lost the magic. It seemed that they just wanted to produce, just to produce and feed the hungry consumers. Somehow season 4 removed the last bit of hope there was, for the serie to come back up.

Season 6

There's been a noticeable decline in this series from the fourth season, and season 6 isn't any different. It's a series that has genuinely overstayed its welcome, and this is very evident as none of the original cast is present in this season. The jaded plot stumbles and pirouettes with no flair, and tries to make up for it with more dancing, drinking and substance taking. Many societal issues are raised, but their executions are perfunctory and superficial.

The twist to the season's whodunit was well-done and the season's ending is a frustrating but clever cliffhanger, promising that more harm is coming to Las Encinas. With season seven on the way, I hope they can return with the charm the first three seasons delivered and come up with a satisfying end to the series.

Why did they spoil it? I actually loved Season 1 to the point i keep watching it non stop. Season 2 and 3 were also great but i liked them less than 1.

But suddenly they decided to destroy the entire series with Season 4 and 5, OMG these two seasons are terrible to be kind , poor contents , annoying characters and predictable endings were mainly what made them so unwatchable.

Now i hope the creators will make a great season 6 even though the majority of characters are missing , but i have doubts..