Elite 8: from July 26th on Netflix

Elite 8 is now available on Netflix but, yes there are some great buts, this eighth season has many cons that we will try to analyze.

There are series that leave their mark, unforgettable and technically perfect series, trashy series that glue you to the screen anyway, and then series that continue for business.

Elite, like La Casa de Papel (sorry), belongs to the latter category, even if Netflix's success is undeniable.

Let's get to the point, explaining why, in our opinion, Élite has come to fruition in recent seasons.

Elite 8 review: redundant themes and random characters

Elite's initial success is undeniable. A new “Young Adult” series, which addressed delicate and important themes, helped by names like Miguel Herran and Jaime Lorente Lopez who definitely raised the bar and a decidedly well-written “How to Get Away with Murder” style crime part.

The first season was therefore a full 8, there is no doubt about it. The problems started to arise when the main actors, such as Aron Piper Ester Exposito, Danna Paola, but also Manu Rios, although they arrived in the fourth season, left the series. There is a moment when you have to understand when the series no longer makes sense to continue. The moment when you have to say: “Well, now let's end it here and give a conclusion”.

This didn't happen, in fact, until the very end, right at the very end, we witnessed a cauldron of senseless things and hackneyed plots.

Elite season eight: new characters, same problems

As if that wasn't enough, in the last season we see the arrival of Héctor Krawietz (Nuno Gallego) and Emilia (Ane Rot), two brothers, two new psychopaths, obsessives who descend on Las Encinas to present the “Alumni” the association of former students who can only be accessed if chosen by a member. Thus begins this new season full of prostitution circles, drugs everywhere and little Rock & Roll. When they say that something is beautiful but doesn't dance, Elite 8 is the perfect description. To make a long story short, in our opinion, what they should have focused on is the development and conclusion of the characters' storylines, at least those that were worth it, because, for example, Sara (Carmen Arrufat) could also leave the scene without that no one would wonder what happened to him. Isadora and Iván, however, were given rude treatment. One linked to the role of the victim who only gains strength at the end, but who would have deserved much more. The potential was sky high, tackling a topic like gender violence without then honoring the issue was aberrant. As well as binding Iván, to the simple clingy and weak ex-boyfriend. No references to old characters, to unfinished plots. We weren't asking for much, just a reference to conclude the cycle. About all of this we should have concentrated, leaving the crime part, only for this last season, in the background. At least they had the decency to reveal the killer to us in the penultimate episode, to dedicate the last one, perhaps, to a worthy conclusion, which didn't arrive until the last 25 seconds.

Final grades

• Season 8: 5
• Season 1: 8
• Season 2/3/4: 7
• Season 5/6: 6.5
• Season 7: 5

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