The BEST episodes of The Pretenders

Every episode of The Pretenders ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Pretenders!

The Pretenders consists of a team of four associates who run a "simulation" business, solving the problems and the needs of their clients by staging simulacros (simulations). The simulations are aimed at confusing whoever is giving their clients a problem (bosses, criminals, husbands, wives, unscrupulous businessmen, etc), thus helping the client come on top of the situation. The underlying philosophy used by the team was that sometimes what's legal is not fair, and sometimes what's fair is not legal.

Last Updated: 2/28/2024Network: TelefeStatus: Ended
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Final Episode
star
9.28
29 votes

#1 - Final Episode

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2004

A two-part episode. The victim from the ninth chapter of the first season comes back from the jungle seeking to kill the team for having tricked him and stolen from him almost one million pesos (at that time, almost USD200,000). The team then makes a simulation to make him believe that it was a test, and then train him to kill Osama Bin Laden. The team also works to convince an ambitious corporate employee to return home and help his father and sister with the family business. This is the team's final job, as they decide to quit for some time and go their separate ways.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Child Avenger
star
9.03
29 votes

#2 - The Child Avenger

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2003

The team helps a young comic-book lover to gain self-esteem and resist a bully.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Holiday Weekend
star
8.87
23 votes

#3 - Holiday Weekend

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/14/2003

Taking a small vacation, the team unmasks a crime being committed by a couple, the Sherlock Holmes way.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Mixed Marriage
star
8.70
27 votes

#4 - The Mixed Marriage

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/2003

A Jewish boy and a catholic girl hire the team to convince their respective parents that a mixed marriage is not a bad idea.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Ring of Solomon
star
8.61
23 votes

#5 - The Ring of Solomon

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2003

A famous orchestra conductor hires the team to get rid of an obnoxious classical music fan.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Out of Calculations
star
8.57
28 votes

#6 - Out of Calculations

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/2/2002

The Pretenders are to perform a minor job in a local bank. However, things soon turn complicated when the bank their job is happening is robbed, and the thieves take Santos and Lamponne as hostages.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Social Debilitator
star
8.54
26 votes

#7 - The Social Debilitator

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/21/2003

The team simulates a trial against a model manager that encourages the girls into unhealthy eating habits, charging him for "pre-crimes against Humanity".

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Necklace of the Four Seasons
star
8.40
25 votes

#8 - The Necklace of the Four Seasons

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2003

The team is contacted by a man that can't stop cheating on the woman he loves; however, they pretend to refuse the case and he becomes part of the simulation.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Z 9000
star
8.36
28 votes

#9 - Z 9000

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2003

The team convinces an abusive husband that he has a murderous clone stalking him.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Motul Clan
star
8.24
25 votes

#10 - The Motul Clan

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2003

Simulating a vampires story, the team saves a retirement house from being sold.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Big Challenge
star
8.17
24 votes

#11 - The Big Challenge

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/7/2003

U.S. agents capture the members of the B-Team after taking them for terrorists -which they were pretending to be for the purposes of a simulation-, leading the original team to try to infiltrate the FBI itself to free them.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Unemployment Insurance
star
8.05
65 votes

#12 - Unemployment Insurance

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/2002

The Pretenders must help an elderly man named Jose, who his new boss wants to fire due to his old age.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Last Hero
star
7.92
59 votes

#13 - The Last Hero

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/22/2002

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Unpresentables
star
7.90
58 votes

#14 - The Unpresentables

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/29/2002

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
Christmas Card
star
7.84
70 votes

#15 - Christmas Card

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/2002

A man named Galvan is devastated when his wife Claudia moves out and intends to divorce him. Noticing his situation, his neightbor gives him the number of "Los Simuladores" ("The Pretenders"), a group of people who solve people's problems with quite unorthodox methods.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Rectoscopic Diagnosis
star
7.80
61 votes

#16 - Rectoscopic Diagnosis

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/2002

A man is greatly indebted with a loan shark by the name of Laguzzi, who threatens to murder his family unless he pays him fully by the end of the month. Unable to come up with that amount of money, he turns The Pretenders to protect his family.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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An Involuntary Job
star
7.78
58 votes

#17 - An Involuntary Job

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/19/2002

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Young Pretender
star
7.70
64 votes

#18 - The Young Pretender

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/2002

A teenage boy named Mathias is about to flunk high school after skipping most of his classes to take care of his terminally ill mother. His father contacts The Pretenders to help his boy with the upcmonig exams.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Big Man's Small Problem
star
7.69
32 votes

#19 - The Big Man's Small Problem

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/2002

Helena, the country's first lady, hires The Pretenders to assist her in a delicate matter regarding her husband the president.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Copernicus Pact
star
7.67
60 votes

#20 - The Copernicus Pact

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/15/2002

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Spanish Witness
star
7.64
64 votes

#21 - The Spanish Witness

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/11/2002

The Pretenders are tasked with protecting Alice, a happily married suburban mom, who's being stalked by an ex-lover.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Marcela & Paul
star
7.60
58 votes

#22 - Marcela & Paul

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/12/2002

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Remarkable Four
star
7.58
53 votes

#23 - The Remarkable Four

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/26/2003

To help the family of an ailing man, the team tries to convince an HMO doctor-turned-businessman that he has been nominated to the Nobel Prize for an old idealistic paper he wrote in his youth.

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Foreign Collaborator
star
7.57
58 votes

#24 - The Foreign Collaborator

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/5/2002

Directors: Damián Szifrón
Watch Now:Apple TV