15 Reasons Why Carla And Samuel From "Elite" Deserved To Be Endgame

"Even if we can't be together, I will love you forever."

Carla and Samuel, or "Carmuel" if you are as much of a shipper as I am, started their relationship as a game, but soon proved to the audience, and to each other that, what was once a game would quickly become Elite's best love story.

Warning: Major Spoilers ahead!

15. Carla and Samuel falling in love with each other was one of the biggest plot twists on Elite.

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These two characters never even interacted in Season 1 — and they were complete opposites and silent enemies — there was nothing that at first sight could emotionally connect them. And that's why their journey was even more satisfying. No one could've predicted their love story.

14. They have off-the-charts sexual chemistry.

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Elite has never held back on its sex scenes, but there's something entirely different when it comes to Carmuel. Their scenes, even if explicit, never feel unnecessary, or like free sex for views. In fact, it's always packed with extreme passion and desire.

13. They become better individual characters when they are together.

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Season 1 Carla was seen as the villain of the story, and Samuel was seen as the average good boy — they were very one-dimensional characters and extreme opposites, making them back in the first season to be the audience's least favorite characters. Everything changed when they got together. Carla showed her vulnerabilities and put her walls down, becoming a more relatable character, and Samuel found in Carla strength, impulsiveness, and a newfound sexiness.

12. Both Carla and Samuel got each other out of a dark, lonely path in Season 2.

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It's even in the dialogue in Episode 4 of Season 2: "I'm quite lonely, and I think you are too. So we could be lonely together."

11. Even if their relationship started as a game, they never lied to each other. From the very first moment, Samuel told Carla that he wanted the truth about Marina's murder, and Carla told Samuel that she was involved in it somehow.

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In a world like Elite, where lies and betrayal are imminent, Carla and Samuel always manage to be straightforward with each other. Even in-between their games, they were always honest.

10. Falling in love with each other made them forget the bad things happening in their lives and hope for a future together.

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In between murders, the kids in Elite barely have time to think about their next meal, let alone their future. And that's why when both Carla and Samuel say that they want a future together, it shows us how much hope for better days they give one another.

9. They would do anything to protect one another.

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From Samuel protecting Carla from his own brother — beating him up straight to the hospital — to Carla telling the truth about Marina's murder to the cops because she was afraid something happened to Samuel, to pretending that she didn't love him to protect him from her own father, to Samuel committing a crime to help Carla protect Lu. These 2 would turn the world upside down for each other.

8. Samuel learned to see the world from Carla's eyes, and Carla learned to see the world from Samuel's heart.

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With Carla, Samuel learned that the world is not just black and white, right or wrong. Instead, there's a grey area, allowing him to understand that sometimes doing a bad thing doesn't make you a bad person. With Samuel, Carla learned that being vulnerable doesn't make you weak and that she could find strength in love, kindness, and hope.

7. They have an emotional connection because they are more alike than what it may seem.

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At first sight, it may look and feel like Carla and Samuel are complete opposites, and even they think that. But when you look up close, you can see two teenagers who had to carry the weight of their families on their shoulders. Samuel had to be the perfect son, bringing money to the house since he was a kid, while being a perfect student to get a scholarship, and never getting into trouble unlike his brother. And Carla had to carry a title that she didn't asked for, and live up to societies expectations of how she should behave, who she should date, and with a future designed to her and not by her. And that's why these two characters connected so easily, beyond their sexual chemistry, they connected emotionally because when they were together, for the first time, they didn't have to live up to anyone's expectations. They could just be and feel without the judgement.

6. The fact that Carla feels safer in Samuel's arms.

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Back in Season 2 we saw Carla haunted by Marina's death to the point of saying to Polo that she hasn't slept in forever. And then, when Carla and Samuel start their affair, we see Carla sleeping peacefully in Samuel's arms. The same thing happens in Season 3 after the break up with Samuel, Carla can't sleep and even starts doing drugs to the point of passing out.

5. Samuel pulled a rom-com move while running desperately in the middle of an airport to try to convince Carla to stay.

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There is nothing more epic than a scene where the guy runs to the airport to try to convince the love of his life to stay. Samuel never gave up on Carla, even when she did everything in her power to push him away, and this time around wouldn't be an exception.

4. Carla and Samuel living together and behaving like the most adorable domestic couple was one of the best moments on Elite.

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I will never understand the stupid reason that the writers found to break Carla and Samuel up. They were living their best life, they were the happiest together behaving like a married couple, and out of nowhere after one stupid argument about money, Carla leaves in the middle of the night. This was ridiculous and just proves that the writers couldn't find a real reason for them not to end up together.

3. Carla said that Samuel was the best thing that ever happened to her.

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Carla said it and we agree. To the eyes of the audience in Season 1, Carla was the villain of the show, and when Carmuel's love story began, the audience fell in love with her. With every wall she put down for Samuel, she was putting them down for the audience too. She got to fall in love, hope for a future designed by herself and not others, and to experience the power of true love.

2. They both see the other as their one true love, and with the promise of forever.

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From Samuel's airport romantic chase to the final heartbreaking audio that Carla left Samuel, the promise of eternal love is to me the hope that I need for them to find each other again at some point in their lives, and getting the happy ending that they deserve.

1. Last but not least, they got their own spin-off dedicated to their love story. Not only was number 1 on Netflix when it was released, but also was at the top of Netflix's most-watched shows for days! The Season 1 underdogs of Elite became Elite's most powerful couple.

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Please Netflix, renew it for Season 2.