From being the quintessential mean girl of Las Encinas to being the glue that held the gang together, Lucrecia “Lu” Hendrich had the most fascinating character journey in Elite. I know I wasn’t the only one who hated her guts in the first two seasons because of how determined she was to destroy Nadia’s life. But when she had her redemption arc in Season 3, I was able to appreciate her snark and spunk much more.

Lu is known for her Spanglish quips and her questionable taste in men (hello, half-brother!) but she had so many moments that made her the bad bitch of the show. In this list, we’re taking a look back at all those good and bad instances that defined her character.

And if you just learned today that Lu’s last name was Hendrich, then feel free to take a look at our our guide to watching Elite and get to know everyone’s full names!

7. Lu and Nadia’s speech

This was the ultimate friendship moment between these two former archrivals. They had just won a scholarship together that would allow them to study in New York, but they knew that it felt wrong to accept it for an unacceptable reason. Some of their friends were barred from graduation while Polo, Marina’s murderer, was allowed to walk scathe-free. And who were the people funding the scholarship? Polo’s parents!

After debating whether or not they should stand their ground in their joint speech, Lu and Nadia inevitably spoke up for their classmates, and the bias shown in favor of Polo. Lu ended up going on a long-winded tirade in front of the whole school, attacking Polo’s mothers. As expected, both of them ended up losing their scholarship.

What a satisfying moment this was! Not only was the two women’s camaraderie fascinating to watch, but Lu also showed how loyal she was to the people she loved.

6. Lu seduces Guzman

Much of the first season revolved around Lu’s jealousy towards Nadia when it came to Guzman. When he legitimately started to fall for Nadia during the scheme to take away her virginity, Lu knew that she had to something to stop those two from getting together.

In one of her baddest moments, Lu seduced Guzman in his family’s swimming pool in a similar way to how he tried to seduce Nadia beforehand. The seduction plan looked like it was going to fail, but leave it up to Lu to get what she wants. Guzman ended up falling for her tricks and slept with her after a cinematic kissing scene underwater. And of course, Lu did not keep her mouth shut about the incident, making sure that Nadia heard all the deets about it.

While it wasn’t particularly a display of good character, this was just one of those instances that made us Lu hate so much in the early seasons of Elite. And it just made her redemption arc in the third season that much sweeter!

5. Lu saves Guzman’s life

After Marina’s death, Guzman was understandably feeling depressed and angry at the world. There was a scary moment when he stood on a ledge while intoxicated and was contemplating his own death. In what was perhaps Lu’s first vulnerable moment in the show, she talked Guzman out of taking his own life.

Lu was so frightened for whom she considered to be her best friend that she cried when he finally decided not to do it. Unfortunately, both of them were at a vulnerable state and decided to kiss each other when it was clear that they were better off as just friends. But regardless, this moment really showed us why Lu Hendrich is the best friend you could have in Elite, and would foreshadow the series of events that led to Polo’s death in Season 3.

4. Lu befriends Omar

One of the pleasantly surprising friendships that Lu Hendrich made was with Omar. Considering that his sister was her nemesis, she could’ve just easily been mean to him. But in the second season, they were able to form an unlikely bond while having dinner with Ander and Guzman. Those two men were angry at them for some reason and they found some common ground with being shut out by their respective partners. It also helped that Lu spoke some Arabic!

Then their friendship was solidified in the Halloween party at Rebeka’s when Lu gave some advice to Omar about his relationship. “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary,” she said to him.

They would actually turn out to be really good friends as Lu continued to be a guardian angel to him later on when he was having his affair with Malick.

3. Lu’s interview with the Inspector

After Polo’s murder, the Inspector questioned everyone yet again about what happened that night. We knew that Lu was the one who stabbed him with the wine bottle neck which led to Polo falling off from the barricade. So she was obviously feeling a lot of anxiety when she was being questioned!

When she claimed that she wouldn’t kill Polo because he was her friend, the Inspector tried to paint her into a corner by claiming that they weren’t friends. To this, Lu disagreed and gave one of the most memorable quotes in Elite: “Polo was my friend. Despite everything, we’re all friends. More like a family. We might not say we love each other every day, but you have no fucking clue what I’ve been through with these people.”

And with that line alone, we saw how much Lu Hendrich has transformed since the first time we saw her. No longer was she the person causing so many cracks in everyone else’s relationship, but she was someone who actually wanted and craved for their friendship.

2. Lu walks away from Guzman

Well the Reverse Valentine’s Day party that Lu threw was iconic already in of itself, but something much more magical happened for her. Throughout the entire series, we saw Lu fight tooth and nail to win Guzman’s love and affection. The fact that his eyes were always on Nadia was why she hated her with a burning passion.

Lu Hendrich knew that she was always going to be the “second choice” for Guzman, and she just simply went along with it because she loved him. But she was finally able to say no to him in this party when Nadia had rejected him for the nth time. Guzman tried to worm her way back to Lu to feel some sort of emotional validation, but she wasn’t going to fall back to that routine.

It wasn’t all bitter though; she still loved Guzman as a friend; it’s just that she wasn’t going to allow herself to be his back-up plan any longer.

1. Lu exposes everyone

In perhaps her baddest moment yet, Lu took the mic in a fundraiser party she planned with Cayetana. And boy, did she make that a night to remember for everyone!

Lu quickly took Cayetana under her wing when she first rolled into the Las Encinas scene. In fact, you can say they became best friends. But their bond quickly turned sour when Lu discovered her huge secret: she was actually the daughter of the school janitress. And the worst part of the whole thing was when she realized that the money they were raising in fundraiser party was for Cayetana.

Feeling betrayed, she told everyone in the party about the lie. But she didn’t stop there. Lu also exposed the fact that Guzman cheated on her with Nadia, and that Carla was sleeping with Samuel. She basically had enough of the people whom she considered her closest friends hiding things from her and treating her badly.

This was the first time I really felt bad for Lu because she was always projecting a mean girl facade before this. But as she said, she was sick of pretending and putting on a fake smile because nothing was going okay for her.

Which Lu Hendrich moment did you like the most? Are you gonna miss her as much as I am going to? Leave your thoughts in the comments down below! And if you’re also a Carla fan, make sure to read our list of her 8 most iconic moments.

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Elite just wouldn’t be the same without the sexy and stone-cold marchioness, Carla Caleruega. While her beauty and assertiveness made us fans of her in the first season, we were able to truly fall for her when she got those bangs and showed us why she’s the boss. By the time that she departed from the show, we were practically on our knees kissing the floor that she had walked on.

Carla had so many iconic moments which is what made us rank her as the best Elite character in the first three seasons. It wasn’t even close! So let’s recount some of the moments that made us stan the woman who defined the early years of this Spanish teen drama.

And if this is the first time you’re learning about Carla’s last name, then head over to our guide to watching Elite to learn everyone else’s full name!

8. Carla and Samuel’s first sexually-fueled encounter

When I started watching Season 2, I admittedly didn’t expect the writers to go and have Carla & Samuel as a mainstay couple. After all, Carla could’ve taken the easy route of staying with Polo or Christian. But as we saw, those romances quickly got thrown in the trash the moment a murder got in the way.

So here comes Samuel to insert himself rather violently into Carla Caleruega’s life! When he suspected her of being involved with Marina’s death and Christian’s departure, he confronted her in the bathroom of the club. But having all this hatred and anger in a confined space was too much for their horny teen bodies, resulting to a hot and heavy makeout session that also involved some choking.

I mean we didn’t expect that rough behavior from Samuel, but it looked like Carla was into it!

7. Carla has a threesome with Christian and Polo

Look, the three of them probably had multiple ménage à trois sessions in the short time they spent together. But is anything going to be as iconic as their first actual encounter as a throuple?

Things were actually good for a short while before all the drama and jealousy that would ensue among them. Carla Caleruega and Polo were going through a rough patch as a couple, and Christian would be their temporary fix when he agreed to an indecent proposal. And by that we mean he allowed Polo to watch him have sex with Carla.

But it didn’t take long for that arrangement to escalate when they got to the couple’s apartment. Carla started to make out with Christian and seduced him into having a threesome with Polo. Thankfully for her, the guys seemed way into the idea. Lucky girl!

6. Carla handles the Marina situation

Do you know why we call Carla Caleruega stone-cold? It’s because she doesn’t let fear cloud her ability to think.

As we all know, Polo killed Marina in the Season 1 finale by bashing her head in with a trophy. The shock after what he had done turned him into such an emotional wreck especially when he saw Carla in the bathroom afterwards. He did it for her after all.

But the crazy thing was Carla didn’t even blink when she learned about the murder! She immediately barked orders at Polo and Christian so that the three of them would get out of the situation unscathed. While the boys were visibly jittery and anxious, Carla kept her cool through it all even when she attended Marina’s funeral.

5. Carla tells the Inspector she loves Polo

Carla had a complicated relationship with Polo that only she could understand. They were basically inseparable since they were children, so when they decided that the love was gone (mostly from her side), the two of them had to navigate their lives for the first time as individuals.

They did have a temporary reunion after Marina’s murder, but it quickly ended when Christian ended up in the hospital. The fairytale romance did a full 180, and Carla ended up resenting Polo as she had during the last stages of their relationship. Even when the latter tried to win her affection back, they mostly kept out of each other’s way for the rest of the series.

It was only after Polo died that we learned her true feelings about him. In one of the most iconic Carla moments, she told the Inspector that she would never kill Polo because she loved him. If you still doubt their love for one another, then just look at the pain behind her eyes as she said those words.

And if you want to dissect the two of them even more, you can read more about my thoughts on the Polo and Carla relationship HERE.

4. Carla almost dies from an overdose

We saw a completely different side from Carla Caleruega in the third season when she decided to take drugs. In one of Elite‘s weirdest storylines, Carla had to basically sell herself to Yeray so that he could save her family’s winery from going bankrupt.

Obviously, the strong and independent Carla was not happy being anyone’s arm candy. But she had to follow her daddy’s wishes to keep the romance alive for the sake of business. This pushed her to take drugs for the first time in her life just to feel some sort of happiness when she’s with Yeray.

But it wouldn’t take long for that “technique” to backfire when she took more drugs that her body could handle during a pool party. She not only told Yeray what she truly felt about him in her intoxicated state, but she would lose consciousness and fall into the swimming pool. Thankfully, Polo would come to her aid and she never took another party drug ever again!

3. Carla finally breaks

Despite his feelings getting in the way, Samuel had a mission to fulfill in Season 2: get Carla Caleruega to confess! The cat-and-mouse game between them would inevitably end in tears when Carla broke down and told the Inspector everything she knew about Marina’s death. All that Samuel had to do was pretend to be dead… no big deal.

This was the first time we really ever saw the marchioness in a totally vulnerable state in the show, and when those tears came out, they were glorious. We wouldn’t see her this devastated ever again, which showed how much she truly cared about Samuel and the people that she had hurt along the way.

2. Carla says goodbye

In one of the saddest moments in Elite, Carla made her exit from the show after stealing our hearts. Her farewell sequence started when she told Samuel that she was leaving to study abroad. The two of them had major feelings for each other, and it sucked because they never really got to chance to explore the romance between them. And the most we got from this goodbye was a small peck to the cheek.

At Polo’s funeral, she was finally able to call the shots over her father after Yeray made her owner of the winery. And just to make sure he doesn’t try to do anything funny, she made Valerio in charge while she was gone.

After living her entire life under the command of her parents, it’s nice to see her break free and be her own person for the first time. As for the romance with Samuel, we’re positive that it’s not the end of the line for them yet! We do have that Carmuel Elite Short Story to look forward to before Season 4 drops.

1. Carla puts up the middle finger

I think I speak for everyone when I say that this is the first time we really saw Carla for the bad bitch that she was. Is there even a more iconic photo in the entire series?

In a benefit party for the Caleruegas’ winery, Carla’s mother mocked Christian and his ambition of becoming famous. Understandably, he felt like a fish out of water the entire time, so he decided to run off with a bottle of wine he had stolen.

Polo and Carla followed his lead all the way to their sex apartment. But before they left the party, Carla made sure to send a message to her mother by making out with both guys in front of her. And just to add icing on top of the cake, Carla gave her the middle finger, too.

Which Carla Caleruega moment was your favorite? Did we miss anything out? Leave your thoughts or leave your appreciation for the marchioness in the comments down below!

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