The BEST episodes of My Brilliant Friend
Every episode of My Brilliant Friend ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of My Brilliant Friend!
A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.
#2 - The Blue Fairy
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/4/2020
Elena graduates university, meets a man from a nice family and returns to Naples. When she returns home she is told that Lila left home with her son. While in Pisa Elena wrote a novel based on her life.
#3 - The Promise
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/2018
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.
#4 - The Island
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/2018
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.
#5 - The Betrayal
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2020
Lila and Nino get dangerously close to each other during the summer vacation in Ischia. This breaks Lenu's heart, feeling twice betrayed.
#6 - Restitution
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2024
After learning that Pasquale and Nadia have been arrested, Lila informs Elena that Gennaro has run away. Though Lila is unphased, Elena tries to manage the crisis when she learns Elsa has gone with him as well. Many years later, Lila manages to surprise her friend yet again.
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#7 - The Investigation
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/2024
After Elena discovers that Carmen has been pressured into suing her for slander, she and Lila decide to work together on an exposé of the Solaras’ affairs. Later, Elena learns that their article may not be enough to put the brothers behind bars.
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#9 - Dissolving Boundaries
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/2018
Elena enters high school as Lila ignores her many suitors.
#10 - The Money
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/19/2018
Elena and Lila fight to continue their education; a death changes things in the neighborhood forever.
#11 - The Fever
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2022
Pietro is in Naples to meet his future in-laws. Elena is very nervous, but her betrothed and the Greco family get along well. Her mother complains and tries to get Elena to change her mind about the civil ceremony. Lila sends for Elena.
#12 - The Metamorphoses
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2018
Now teens, Elena and Lila struggle to connect as their futures diverge.
#13 - The Body
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/23/2020
Antonio is mad as Lenu for trying to stop his draft to the army. Stefano hits Lila and opens his heart to Lenu. Lila is mad at Lenu for trying to reconcile Stefano and her.
#15 - The Shoes
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2018
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.
#16 - Erasure
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2020
Lila continues to hold a grudge against Stefano as the shoe shop opens and she goes to work at his new grocery store; Elena brings Lila to a party at her teacher's home.
#17 - The Kiss
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2020
On Lila's request, Lenu joins her and Pinuccia at Ischia for the summer. They meet Nino Sarratore, and both are attracted to him.
#19 - Rage
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2020
Following the vacation in Ischia Elena disconnects from Lila and Nino. Lila decides she cannot go on with her life, so she leaves Stefano and moves in with Nino. Elena travels to Pisa for her university studies. Antonio returns broken from him military service and looks for work.
#21 - The Separation
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2024
Elena considers moving back to Naples after being chastised by both Immacolata and Adele. Lila shares shocking news about Nino.
#23 - The Fiancés
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2018
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.
#24 - The New Name
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2020
Lenu and Lila continue their lives in different path: Lila works in the show store and Elena returns to school.
#25 - Ghosts
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2020
Elena enjoys her life as a student in Pisa. When she is sick she reads the notebooks Lila gave her during her visit to Naples, and learns what Lila has gone through during the years.