The stunning Spanish murder teenage murderers from Netflix's Élite have returned!
Season 5 of Élite premiered today, with yet another murder investigation and the apparent
death of a significant character.
Over the course of eight episodes, the students of Las Encinas threw massive parties, were
entangled in convoluted love triangles, and attempted to elude the police once more!
However, Élite Season 5 teased this year's sad ending with a succession of confusing
cold openers and cliffhangers.
So, what was the season's major crime, and what happened in the Élite Season 5 finale?
Élite is a steamy adolescent soap set in a fake Madrid high school called Las Encinas.
Élite has juggled wanton teen hookups with a hard-boiled murder case since its debut
season.
Guzmán (Miguel Bernardeau) clashed with the evil Armando (Andrés Velencoso) at the conclusion
of Season 4 when the pimp and blackmailer injured his beloved Ari (Carla Daz).
Guzmán grabs a flare gun to defend himself as Armando begins bashing the juvenile to
a pulp, and accidentally kills the bad guy with it.
Guzmán escapes town with Ander (Arón Piper) after Samu and Rebe (Claudia Salas) aid him
in disposing of the body in the lake.
The kids assume they are safe, but their actions in Season 4 find them in even more trouble
in Season 5.
In reality, the effort to keep the name of the person who murdered Armando concealed
results in an even more tragic loss.
So, whose murder did Samuel (Itzan Escamilla) confess to in Élite Season 5 Episode 1?
Who dies in Élite Season 5?
Is Benjamn (Diego Martn) a murderer?
And did Élite kill off Samu from the show?!?
Whose Murder Does Samuel Confess in Élite Season 5 Episode 1?
Are you bewildered by the icy start and end of Élite Season 5 Episode 1?
Do you want to know if Samuel and his pals murdered yet another person?
Are you shocked by the number of students at a posh Spanish high school?
After all, that was the aim!
The frigid start to Élite Season 5, with the revelation of Phillipe's (Pol Granch)
earlier wrongdoings followed by Samu in a police station, was designed to catch us off
guard.
Samuel, it just so happened, was confessing to Armando's murder.
Which, as we all know, he did not!
Midway through Élite Season 5, Armando's body floats to the surface of the water, where
Omar finds it.
When Omar realizes he's discovered the corpse of the previous season's corpse, he seeks
help from Rebe and Samu.
The two tell Omar about what happened.
When Samu and Rebe struggled to transport the body, their close buddy convinced them
to call the cops.
As a result, a murder inquiry is launched.
The shocking fact is that Benjamn is the primary suspect in Armando's death.
After all, he had reason to dislike the man.
One of his daughters, Menca (Martina Cariddi), was raped, while the other, Ari, was nearly
killed.
Benjamn and Armando, it turns out, share an odd secret.
Armando wanted Benjamn to use his contacts to traffic info about the children of Las
Encinas.
Data, as Armando put it, is the twenty-first century's petroleum.
Benjamn objected but retained two phones and set geotracking on the students for "their
safety."
Menca inadvertently learns her father's secret when she discovers a sim card Armando hidden
on her phone with all of the illegal data he and Benjamn were communicating.
Later in the season, the sim card — or a clone of it — will be critical.
Samu first approaches the officers to deflect attention away from his teacher, Benjamn,
and because Benjamn promises to have Samu's back.
Benjamn makes a promise he can't keep...
Élite Season 5's Ending Is Explained: Did Benjamn murder Samu?
Is Samuel still alive and well?
Our hero begins to question Benjamn's assertions after the gang, led by Iván (André Lamoglia),
raises bail money for Samu.
The principal tries to explain that removing himself from Samu was entirely the suggestion
of his counsel, but it rapidly becomes clear that Benjamn plans to use Samu as a scapegoat
for Armando's murder in order to save his own skin.
When Rebe hears about the sim card from Menca, she, Samu, and Caye (Georgina Amorós) hatch
a plan to get a copy to give to the cops.
At this point, it appears that they are motivated more by vengeance against Benjamn for hanging
Samu out to dry than by a desire to protect Guzmán.
Menca eventually lets Rebe use the sim card, which she subsequently gives to Samu.
Samuel must now choose whether to keep it safe or hand it over to the authorities.
A worried Benjamn invites Samu to his home for one last discussion before the youngster
makes a decision.
Benjamn promises Samuel a free ticket to Oxford Business School, a monthly salary of €3000,
and a guaranteed employment after graduation.
Basically, a promising future.
Samuel refuses the offer, stuffing the sim card into his knapsack before heading off.
Samuel quips that Benjamn won't force himself to obtain the sim card since it would require
him to get his hands soiled.
Benjamn, on the other hand, makes a bold move to steal the bag from Samu.
Samuel trips, bangs his head on the concrete, and falls into the family pool as a result
of the struggle between the two guys.
Soon after, Patrick (Manu Ros) comes and rushes into the pool to save Samuel.
Benjamn warns Patrick not to notify the cops.
The adolescent is puzzled, but he pays attention to his father.
Patrick, on the other hand, immediately summons his sisters as soon as Dad goes away.
Omar is the first to arrive to the apartment, followed by Ari, Menca, and Rebe.
Benjamn leaves Patrick to deal with Samu while he tries to keep the teenagers out.
Samuel jerks awake for a moment.
Patrick, who is bleeding, attempts to soothe his friend, but it is too late.
Samu, frightened, attempts to flee, but his head injury leads him to trip and collapse
after just a few steps.
At this point, Ari, Menca, Omar, and Rebe arrive on the scene.
Omar and Rebe rush over to assist their friend.
Ari attempts to soothe Samu as well, but he rejects her.
Menca calls the cops.
Samuel appears to die in the arms of his companion, blaming Benjamn for his death (even as the
principal claims it was an accident).
So Samuel isn't living anymore?
That does appear to be the case!
Itzan Escamilla does not appear to be returning to Élite Season 6 (which is now in progress),
so is he?
However, we don't see his body being transferred into a body bag or buried, so maybe he lives?!
However, Samu looks to be dead, Benjamn is in jail, and Guzmán is still touring the
world with Ander.