My Brilliant Friend: Season 3

2022 · 8 episodes · ★ 6.9

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

What Season 3 of My Brilliant Friend

Season 3 picks up with Elena and Lila, both now grown women, during the great open sea of the 1970s. Lila took her young son and left her husband and a comfortable life to work as a factory worker in the toughest of conditions, while Elena left the neighborhood to study in Pisa, and is now an author of a successful novel that has paved the way to an affluent and cultivated world. They now navigate a scenario of hopes and uncertainties, still united by their strong and ambivalent bond.

8episodes

Feb 6, 2022premiered

Feb 27, 2022last episode

7.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Indecencies
Feb 6, 2022 · 43 min · ★ 6.8
After Nino's unexpected appearance at her book presentation in Milan, Elena realizes her childhood crush never really abandoned her, and doubts begin to form about her fiance Pietro. Later, a scathing review leaves Elena questioning herself as a writer.
Screenplay: Saverio Costanzo, Laura Paolucci, Elena Ferrante · Starring: Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Alessio Gallo, Francesco Serpico
3x02 The Fever
Feb 6, 2022 · 59 min · ★ 6.7
A nervous Elena introduces Pietro to her family, and, though he instantly charms his future in-laws, Immacolata rejects their plans for a civil wedding ceremony. Months later, Lila falls ill due to the deplorable conditions at the Soccavo factory and makes Elena promise to take care of her son Gennaro if anything happens to her.
Screenplay: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Alessio Gallo, Eduardo Scarpetta
3x03 The Treatment
Feb 13, 2022 · 54 min · ★ 6.8
Concerned about Lila's worsening health, Elena seeks advice from her future mother-in-law Adele, who encourages her to write an expose on the Soccavo plant and the mounting unrest between rival unions. After several doctors' visits, Lila becomes determined to move back to the neighborhood despite being viewed as a pariah.
Screenplay: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Antonio Buonanno, Eduardo Scarpetta
3x04 Cold War
Feb 13, 2022 · 50 min · ★ 6.8
After a tense argument about plans for a family, Elena and Pietro marry in town hall, and later, are surprised with a reception organized by Adele. Though she had hoped to concentrate on her next book, Elena gives birth to a daughter and struggles to find time to write.
Writers: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Eduardo Scarpetta, Imma Villa
3x05 Terror
Feb 20, 2022 · 53 min · ★ 6.8
Following news of a murder in Naples, Pasquale and Nadia turn up unannounced at Elena's house in Florence, further fuelling discord with her husband. Meanwhile, Elena suspects all is not right with Lila when she's asked to take Gennaro on their summer beach trip.
Writers: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Alessio Gallo, Eduardo Scarpetta, Francesca Pezzella, Giovanni Buselli
3x06 Becoming
Feb 20, 2022 · 53 min · ★ 6.8
On holiday, Elena grows increasingly exasperated with Gennaro and after receiving shocking news about her sister Elisa, she cuts the family trip short to travel back to Naples. Later, tensions mount at a dinner with the Solaras, and Pietro shares his unvarnished opinion of Lila with Elena.
Writers: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Alessio Gallo, Giovanni Amura
3x07 Try Again
Feb 27, 2022 · 46 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Screenplay: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Francesco Serpico, Alba Rohrwacher, Bruno Orlando, Giulia Mazzarino
3x08 Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay Season Finale
Feb 27, 2022 · 74 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Screenplay: Francesco Piccolo, Elena Ferrante, Saverio Costanzo · Starring: Alessio Gallo, Francesco Serpico, Imma Villa, Daria Deflorian