While Cayetana seems to be aware of what’s happening with Ari and her siblings and Samuel seems to know what’s happening with Phillipe, the relationship between these characters doesn’t really spill over.
It just seems that this plot point and these pairings exist in separate bubbles. The main issue with these storylines is that it does nothing for the plot in the long run. Much like the new “Gossip Girl” reboot, “Elite” is better off not trying to pursue these storylines. A teen murder mystery about the scandalous lives of the elite doesn’t seem like the best place for a storyline about a royal family dealing with sexual assault scandals. Still, the problem is that viewers have no reason to like Phillipe and no desire to see his character redeemed. He repeatedly tries to prove to Cayetana that he is fundamentally good and goes to counseling at her request. The show goes out of its way to try to redeem Phillipe. This behavior comes to a head at the start of this season when he is publicly accused of sexual assualt by another women who his family has attempted to silence. He also attempts to force sex with Cayetana while drunk despite her not consenting. In the previous season, it’s revealed that Phillipe used to film him and Cayetana having sex without her consent. In addition, there is also the relationship between Philipe –– a French prince –– Cayetana (Georgina Amoros) –– Phillipe’s former girlfriend and student-turned-janitor at Las Encinas –– and Isadora (Valentina Zenere), a self-proclaimed “Ibiza Party Empress.” This is one of the show's oddest storylines, giving the season no sense of direction. While it was definitely not boring to watch, it felt uncomfortable to see a father-son duo pine over the same seventeen year old. That’s not to mention the fact that while chasing down Patrick, Iván is also two-timing Patrick’s sister Ari while she is trying to get her boyfriend Samuel (Itzan Escamilla) out of jail. The obvious issue is the love triangle that emerged between Patrick, Iván - the son of a Brazilian soccer star - and none other than Iván’s soccer star dad himself, Cruz (Carloto Cotta). For a show already known for not shying away from nudity and explicit scenes, this season featured even more mature content, including an almost four-minute-long sex scene between Iván (Andre Lamoglia) and Patrick.Īnd while the latest episodes offered a diversity of LGBTQ+ representation, having many multidimensional gay and lesbian couples on screen, the show made questionable choices while executing these pairings. Every episode included a crazy-themed party for seemingly no reason other than to show the characters making out half-naked in random costumes. In fact, watching this season felt like seeing all of the plotlines from the previous seasons on steroids. Season 5 suffered from the opposite problem. But it lacked the signature suspense the show is known for. Season 4 focused on connecting new siblings Ari (Carla Diaz), Patrick (Manu Rios) and Mencia Blanco Commerford (Martina Cariddi) and Philipe Florian Von Triesenberg (Pol Granch) to other characters.
This is where the show struggled the most - finding novel stories to tell with the new cast while following the same murder mystery format. The later seasons sought to introduce a new slate of characters to carry on the story with the remaining cast. Still, the fifth leg of the show struggles to live up to previous seasons.Īfter Season 3, all the loose ends regarding the murder of Marina Nunier Osuna (Maria Pedraza) - the initial victim in the show - were tied up, and half of the main cast graduated high school and left the series.
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