![]() A new character Rebeka (Claudia Salas), whose mother is a mafia honcho, feels like she's walked off the set of Narcos to step in as a sparring partner for Samuel and infrequent sounding board for the others. What emerges is less sexy cat-and-mouse game and more the stomach-churning effect of your cat dropping a half-chewed mouse on to your expensive carpet. There are multiple missteps this time around that throw off the tonal balance of the show, the most egregious of which is an unconvincing romance between Samuel and Carla after he attempts to uncover if she has anything to do with Marina's murder. However, overall, the second season of É lite is clunky and lethargic, falling into an unfortunate pattern of one-season wonders that burn bright and then burn out. A tryst between half-siblings, a scene where three chiseled male characters share a bed in their underwear, and a leaked sex tape all feed the high-wire drama of Season 2. This season's new overarching mystery is the disappearance of Samuel a few months down the line. Meanwhile, Carla and Christian are still tight-lipped about their role in covering up Polo's murder of Marina. Nadia (Mina El Hammani) still finds herself still drawn to Guzmán despite her strict Muslim Palestinian parents. Marina's brother Guzmán (Miguel Bernardeau) turns to drugs and alcohol and his girlfriend, rich mean girl Lu (Danna Paola), to cope with his anger and depression over her death. He's recovering from the loss of Marina, whom he was dating, while trying to find bail money for his brother Nano (Jaime Lorente), who has wrongly been implicated in the murder. It's a new school year Samuel (Itzan Escamilla) is more alienated than ever. Season 2 tracks the fallout that takes place after Marina's murder. ![]() Not surprisingly, Élite's first season became a worldwide viral hit, viewed by more than 20 million households by the end of October 2018. Featuring a charismatic and ridiculously striking cast (the likes of which make the teens of Riverdale seem frumpy by comparison), Élite had something for everyone: Gossip Girl-esque displays of wealth, Big Little Lies-style investigation flash-forwards, Skins-inspired revelry, and Skam-influenced coming-of-age drama. ![]() The show drew from satisfying teen tropes, including rich teens gone wild, poor boy rich girl meet-cutes, and will they/won't they romances, and tossed them in with an engrossing season-long mystery about the murder of the HIV-positive female lead, Marina Nunier Osana (María Pedraza). In Season 1, the lives of three working-class students - Samuel, Nadia, and Christian - in an unnamed Spanish town become entangled with those of the obscenely rich after they win scholarships to an exclusive private high school. When the teen drama debuted on Netflix last October, Élite offered up old wine (sangria?) in a snazzy new bottle. This time, however, the threat that looms large over the second season of Netflix's Élite isn't a mysterious murder or a police investigation - it's that of the sophomore slump. The uber-privileged teens of Spain's Las Encinas high school are back and as hormonally driven, debauched, and scheming as ever.
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