At the Gran Hotel Brenwhorf, a handcuffed Mencía Blanco lies in Suite 428, dimly lit by red fluorescence.
the fourth season of the streamer’s “Gossip Girl”/”Degrassi”/murder mystery mash-up does not hold back.The series, which follows three working-class students who transfer to Las Encinas as they form relationships — and commit crimes — across socioeconomic lines, dives headlong into the allure and the perils of mixing sex, cameras and money.
“We wanted to keep the DNA of the show.
Both hardheaded and desperate, Mencía goes against the grain, sitting alongside her classmates in their protest of Don Benjamín and catching the eye of heroine Rebe, short for Rebeca .
because she had this great heartbreak with Samuel,” Montero said, recalling Rebe and Samuel’s brief relationship in Season 3 — which ended because he only had eyes for Carla , the cold-hearted marchioness who later leaves him to study abroad in London.
The connection culminates in a concerned Rebe, who’s fallen out with Mencía over her secretiveness, mounting her motorcycle in a mad dash to save her love.
In a red tracksuit and signature gold hoops, Rebe impersonates a hotel worker, offering room service and Champagne.
With the women moving into the foreground as in the sequence above, the series delves into how sex, survival and status manifest in these teens’ everyday lives.
The season ends on a cliffhanger, pero no pasa nada.
She has previously interned at Radiolab and the “Today” show and has bylines in Teen Vogue, Allure, Glossy, Gothamist and more.