The BEST episodes of The Pretenders season 1

Every episode of The Pretenders season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Pretenders season 1!

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: 12/3/2024Network: TelefeStatus: Ended
Out of Calculations
star
8.62
29 votes

#1 - 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
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Unemployment Insurance
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8.03
68 votes

#2 - 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
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The Unpresentables
star
8.02
62 votes

#3 - The Unpresentables

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

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Last Hero
star
7.95
62 votes

#4 - The Last Hero

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

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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Rectoscopic Diagnosis
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7.88
65 votes

#5 - 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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Christmas Card
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7.82
76 votes

#6 - 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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An Involuntary Job
star
7.80
61 votes

#7 - An Involuntary Job

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

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Big Man's Small Problem
star
7.76
33 votes

#8 - 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 Young Pretender
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7.72
67 votes

#9 - 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 Copernicus Pact
star
7.69
65 votes

#10 - The Copernicus Pact

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

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Foreign Collaborator
star
7.65
62 votes

#11 - The Foreign Collaborator

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

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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The Spanish Witness
star
7.59
70 votes

#12 - 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
7.56
62 votes

#13 - Marcela & Paul

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

Directors: Damián Szifrón
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