In season five of Elite, the students of Las Encinas are still reeling over the death and
coverup of the villainous Armando.
School principal Benjamin begins implementing strict new policies to keep the students in
line, including tracking their phones and forcing them to take drug tests.
When the students refuse, they are all forced to vote for one of their classmates to be
expelled.
Ultimately, Samu receives the most votes, but luckily is only expelled for three days.
Things get worse for Samu when Armando’s body is found by Omar and his new friend,
Bilal.
Samu and Rebeka explain to Omar that Guzman had killed Armando in self defense, and they
had then helped him dispose of the body.
Omar convinces them to call the police and confess their crimes.
The wealthy Benjamin then promises to pay for Samu’s legal fees and make sure he is
financially set for life if he confessed to Armando’s murder, which Samu reluctantly
does.
As Samu deals with the investigation, his girlfriend Ari begins to feel neglected and
drunkenly hooks up with a new Las Encinas student named Ivan.
Ivan is the son of professional football player, Cruz, and also happened to be the crush of
Ari’s twin brother, Patrick.
Ivan rebuffs Patrick’s advances, telling him he wasn’t gay.
Eventually, Patrick turns to Cruz for comfort, and the two share a kiss.
When Ivan finally confesses his true feelings for Patrick and the two begin a romance, Patrick
finds himself caught in a love triangle between a father and a son.
Eventually, Ivan and Cruz forgive each other for their romantic entanglements, and Ivan
resolves to finally pursue a relationship with Patrick.
Meanwhile, Prince Phillipe’s confession of his past acts of sexual assault go public.
While he faces immense public scrutiny, Cayetana supports him and encourages him to continue
owning his mistakes and to learn and grow from them.
Cayetana also realizes she’s ready to move on from Las Encinas and follow her own dreams.
Unfortunately, Phillipe then befriends a new student named Isadora, who encourages his
use of drugs and alcohol.
As Isadora’s behavior becomes increasingly self-destructive, Phillipe finally cuts ties
with her.
To get away from their problems, Isadora and Ivan take a trip to Ibiza with three other
students.
Phillipe follows them there, and after a night of partying, Phillipe and Ivan pass out while
the other students record themselves taking advantage of and assaulting Isadora.
Phillipe is wracked with guilt over not being able to protect Isadora, and supports her
as she goes to the police to report the crime.
Meanwhile, Benjamin decides to not hold up his end of the arrangement with Samu, and
refuses to pay his bail.
Ivan and Cruz help the other students to raise money to help Samu, who then makes a deal
with the police to find evidence connecting Benjamin and Armando.
It turns out, Benjamin and Armando were former friends and business partners.
Benjamin’s company had collected data on the world’s richest and most influential
people, and before his death, Armando tried to blackmail him into selling the data.
Benjamin, fearful this blackmail could link him to Armando’s murder, was determined
to hide or destroy all of the evidence.
Mencia finds a sim card in a phone given to her by Armando that contained data linking
the criminal to Benjamin.
Mencia is reluctant to turn over the data, which would incriminate her father.
Rebeka, wanting to help Samu, takes the sim card from Mencia, which fractures their romantic
relationship.
As the season comes to a close, Benjamin confronts Samu before he can turn the sim card over
to the police.
As the two men struggle over the card, Samu slips and cracks his head open, eventually
dying of blood loss.
When Patrick returns home and discovers the accident, Benjamin asks his son for help in
covering up Samu’s death.
Instead, Patrick turns on his father and calls over Omar, Rebeka, Ari, and Mencia.
Benjamin’s children condemn their father’s actions and report him to the police, leading
to his arrest.
The classmates are devastated over Samu’s death, and the future of Patrick, Ari, and
Mencia now that their father has been arrested remains a mystery.