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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#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 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - The Metamorphoses
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2018
Now teens, Elena and Lila struggle to connect as their futures diverge.
#7 - Dissolving Boundaries
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/2018
Elena enters high school as Lila ignores her many suitors.
#8 - The Fever
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2022
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Becoming
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2022
On holiday, little Gennaro often quarrels with Elena's daughters, she remains tolerant until she catches them playing doctor. In a phone call with Lila, Elena learns that her sister Elisa is dating Marcello Solara. Baffled, she travels to Naples to discuss the matter with her in person.
#18 - Indecencies
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/28/2022
At her book presentation in Milan, Elena unexpectedly meets Nino. At dinner she realises her infatuation for him has never abandoned her and begins to have doubts on her fiancé Pietro.
#19 - The Dolls
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/2018
The disappearance of her old friend, Lila Cerrullo, causes 60-year-old author Elena Greco to reflect on the early days of their friendship in 1950s Naples, when Elena and Lila are two very different girls at the top of their class. When the girls discover the underground lair of Don Achille, a criminal figure who controls the neighborhood, they decide to confront him, facing their fears together and laying the cornerstone of a lasting friendship and rivalry.
#20 - The Treatment
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2022
Lila's health is getting worse; her job at the Soccavo plant is burning her out. Elena asks her in-laws to help out; they encourage her to write an exposé to the papers, which ends up stirring up tensions in the unions.
#21 - Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/18/2022
Elena and Pietro meet Nino's family. Nino gives Elena his feedback on the manuscript, when he discovers that Pietro has not read it he shows hostility towards her, but in a veiled and underhanded way. Pietro's reaction to Nino's passive-aggressive attacks only confirms Elena's doubts about her husband.
#22 - Cold War
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2022
Elena and Lila face difficulties obtaining prescriptions for the contraceptive pill. Adele surprises Elena with an unexpected reception on her wedding day.
#23 - Try Again
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/2022
Elena's marriage is more and more in crisis, Pietro is distant and she feels treated like a servant. One day, Nino Sarratore shows up at the Airota's door. He and Pietro become friends and say goodbye with the promise to meet again. Elena anxiously awaits their next meeting and finally resumes writing.
#24 - Terror
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/28/2022
Elena embraces the feminist cause and has a disagreement with Pietro about it. Pasquale and Nadia arrive unexpectedly at Elena's home in Florence. They are dirty, rude, and neglected. Pasquale relates to Pietro with hostility. After their departure Pietro and Elena quarrel: he doesn't want something like that to happen again.