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.
#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.
#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.
#3 - The Last Hero
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/22/2002
#4 - The Unpresentables
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/29/2002
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - An Involuntary Job
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/19/2002
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - The Copernicus Pact
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/15/2002
#11 - 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.
#12 - Marcela & Paul
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/12/2002
