Elite
Reception

Elite (2018)

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7.2
4 platform(s) · 5 ratings 112,535 votes
7.1/10 102,947 votes Synced 2026-08-20
7.3/10 185 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 6.3/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 8.7/10 Synced 2026-07-19
8.0/10 9,403 votes Synced 2026-08-16

External reviews

Manuel Betancourt · The A.V. Club 67.00/100.00

This final season is fun. But it’s fun in the predictable way a good game of Clue can be. Perhaps it’s best that it’s finally over; this is a formula that was showing its age, and, as the kids at Las Encinas know, you can’t be young and careless and bold and fearless forever.

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Johnny Loftus · Decider 80.00/100.00

Elite is already stirring up its component parts for a satisfyingly spicy, gossipy, and bloody series conclusion.

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Meghan O'Keefe · Decider 40.00/100.00

If you’re deeply invested in this soap opera and love sexy Spanish murder teens, watch it. However, the hedonistic joy of past seasons has been replaced by an icky feeling of dread. That — plus the fact that we don’t have a long history with any of the characters left — makes it a wee bit harder to root for new couples, old rivalries, and friendship to conquer all.

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Tatiana Tenreyro · The A.V. Club 50.00/100.00

There are so many storylines this season that seem directionless. The writers have seemingly forgotten that while some romantic drama creates exciting moments, the biggest appeal of Élite is the central mystery.

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Tatiana Tenreyro · The A.V. Club 83.00/100.00

Though Élite falls back on repeating many of the challenges we’ve seen in previous seasons, there are enough twists to keep things fresh, hooking viewers with the fates of both beloved and new characters.

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Ines Bellina · The A.V. Club 83.00/100.00

This season doesn’t deviate from the formula its audience has come to expect. The use of flashbacks and flash-forwards prevails, as well as the mechanism of using the inspector’s interrogations to keep up the intrigue.

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Kathryn VanArendonk · New York Magazine (Vulture) 80.00/100.00

Elite is not pushing new boundaries in television, it’s not a self-serious reboot of an old property, and it’s definitely not aiming at airless highbrow experimentation. In spite of that--or more likely because of it!--its commitment to breakneck melodrama is undeniably enjoyable.

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Caroline Framke · Variety 90.00/100.00

It interrogates the very tropes it indulges by finding new gears in old plot engines. And with the addition of a smart flashback structure keeping its central murder mystery afloat, Darío Madrona and Carlos Montero’s drama quickly proves addictive enough that it’s hard to stop watching before the end of its eight-episode conclusion.

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