Season four of the Netflix series Elite sees a lot of changes for the students of Las Encinas
secondary school. A new principal named Benjamin Commerford is placed in charge of the school, who
hopes to turn things around after several years of drama. He brings along his three children,
Ari, Patrick, and Mencia, who attend the school as new students. And in the series’
signature flashforwards, we see that in the future Ari is found beaten to near death.
In the present, one of Benjamin’s first big shake-ups to the school is targeting
students attending on scholarships, meaning if Samu and Omar wanted to stick around,
they needed to pass an entrance exam. To help his friends, Guzman asks Ari
on a date, despite currently being in a long-distance relationship with Nadia,
in the hopes of having Ari convince her father to stop the entrance exam.
Benjamin forces Samu and Omar to take the exam anyway, but fortunately they both pass.
When Ari discovers that Guzman had just been using her to help his friends, she is upset and begins
sleeping with Samu. Guzman and Nadia mutually decide to end their relationship, and Guzman
realizes he had genuine feelings for Ari. Guzman and Ari begin to date, but Ari continues to pursue
her feelings for Samu in secret, despite feeling that Samu was “beneath her”. Throughout the
season, Ari juggles a relationship with both men, leading to her eventually sitting down with both
Guzman and Samu to tell them both she loves them and wants to pursue a relationship with them both.
Guzman and Samu both leave angrily, and Guzman is especially hurt by his friend Samu’s betrayal.
Benjamin’s son Patrick Commerford meanwhile begins driving a wedge in the relationship
between Omar and Ander. Patrick takes a liking to Ander, and the couple eventually invite
Patrick to join them in a threesome. Things then develop into a bit of a love triangle,
as both Ander and Omar end up secretly hooking up with Patrick behind each other’s backs. Omar
and Ander then break up, and Omar starts skipping school to avoid seeing Ander and Patrick together.
The third Commerford sibling, Mencia, has a strained relationship with her father,
Benjamin, who cuts her off financially. To make money,
Mencia begins sleeping with a wealthy businessman named Armando. Mencia also begins dating Rebeka,
who, upon learning of Mencia’s arrangement with Armando, fears for her girlfriend’s
safety. Armando begins blackmailing Mencia, forcing her into an abusive relationship.
Also in season four, Cayetana is attending a local, free university while working as a
janitor at Las Encinas. When Phillipe, the Prince of Triesen, begins attending Las Encinas, he and
Cayetana quickly bond over their shared love of fashion. They begin a romantic relationship,
but Cayetana is horrified when she discovers that Phillipe had secretly recorded them having sex.
Phillipe explained that he had been falsely accused of sexual assault in the past and
that recording his sexual relationships was a way to prove consent if necessary. Cayetana
believes Phillipe and forgives him, but ultimately decides it would be best if they remained friends.
One night, after several drinks, Phillipe attempts to have sex with Cayetana, who turns down his
advances. Phillipe ignores her rejections and begins restraining her to have his way with her.
Eventually, Cayetana breaks free from Phillipe’s hold and runs away from him.
The season comes to a head at a New Year’s Eve party hosted by Prince Phillipe and his mother.
Cayetana confronts the mother and son, calling out Phillipe’s behavior and his mother’s enabling
ways. Feeling guilty, Phillipe sends a voice memo to the girl he had previously assaulted,
apologizing and ready to face the consequences for his actions.
Meanwhile, Armando arrives at the party and confronts Mencia, wanting to see her and unwilling
to take no for an answer. Rebeka and Ari witness the confrontation and rush to Mencia’s aid. Rebeka
helps Mencia escape from her abuser, but Ari stays behind to further confront Armando. She
threatens to expose him for his abuse, leading to Armando attacking her. When Guzman later arrives
and finds a beaten Ari, she tells him to go after the violent Armando. Guzman chases Armando
into a boat house where the two fight, and Guzman eventually kills Armando with a flare gun. Guzman
is distraught over killing someone and wants to turn himself into the authorities, but Samu and
Rebeka convince him not to and help Guzman dispose of Armando’s body by dumping it in the lake.
Guzman visits Ari in the hospital and tells her that Armando had escaped. He also tells
her that she truly loves Samu and offers his blessing before telling her goodbye.
Guzman decides the best thing for him to do to get over the trauma from killing Armando
is to finally travel the world with his best friend Ander as they had long planned to do.
Before their departure, as all of their friends gather to see them off, Ander and Omar reconcile,
with Omar promising Ander that he’d be waiting for him until he returned.
As the season comes to a close, Ari sits by Mencia’s side as she finally
tells Benjamin and Patrick about Armando. Despite her father and
brother’s anger at the revelations, Mencia is comforted to have her sister by her side.