My Brilliant Friend

Seasons

2018

Italy

8.6

A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.

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Episode List

S1 • E1

Le Bambole

The disappearance of her old friend Lila causes author Elena to look back on the early days of their friendship during the 1950s in Naples, when they were two drastically different girls at the top of their class.

S1 • E2

I soldi

Elena and Lila fight to continue their education; a death changes things in the neighborhood forever.

S1 • E3

Le metamorfosi

Now teens, Elena and Lila struggle to connect as their futures diverge.

S1 • E4

La smarginatura

Dissolving Margins: Elena enters high school as Lila ignores her many suitors.

S1 • E5

Le scarpe

Elena grows tired of Gino, while Lila rejects two potential suitors at a cost; a rare outing into the city turns violent; Elena worries about not being there for Lila after accepting an invitation to spend the summer away from the neighborhood.

S1 • E6

L'isola

On the island of Ischia, Elena runs into the Sarratore family, reigniting her childhood crush on Nino; Lila's resistance to Marcello's pressing courtship reaches a breaking point; an unexpected encounter leaves Elena shaken on her 15th birthday.

S1 • E7

I fidanzati

Elena returns to Naples and finds out that Lila is romantically involved with Stefano, despite Marcello's advances. While Lila embraces that luxurious lifestyle Elena decides to reciprocate romantic advances.

S1 • E8

La promessa

The shoe sales are slow, so Stefano makes a deal with the Solares despite Lila's objections. Elena is thrown out of class for expressing her mind, she writes an article about that. Lila's wedding day arrives.