The BEST episodes of My Brilliant Friend

#1 - The Disappearance

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/2024

When a child disappears from the neighborhood, suspicion falls on the Solaras, while Lila becomes consumed by her own conspiracies.

#2 - 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.

#3 - 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.

#4 - Compromises

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2024

After Elena returns from a trip to New York, she and Lila share news that they are both pregnant.

#5 - 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.

#6 - 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.

#7 - 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.

#8 - The Earthquake

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2024

After spending a day together, a sudden earthquake sends terror through Naples as Lila and Elena try to reunite with their families.

#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 Metamorphoses

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/2018

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

#12 - The Fever

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2022

#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.

#14 - The Fracture

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2024

After her daughter is born, Elena is consumed with jealousy when Nino and Lila step in to take Immacolata to the hospital.

#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 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.

#18 - 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 - The Cheat

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2024

After a tragic loss and stunned by Nino's actions yet again, Elena takes refuge at Lila's and finally learns the truth about him.

#20 - 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 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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - 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.

#24 - The Return

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/2024

Still reeling from her break with Nino, Elena learns that her new book is a success... but it could land her in the Solaras' crosshairs.

#25 - 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.