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Great Pretender · Season 1 · Netflix

Great Pretender Season 1

Great Pretender Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 8.0/10. 23 episodes on Netflix from 2 June 2020.

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BollyMeter8.0/10A 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score from 7 critics and a 92 percent audience score reflect genuine enthusiasm for the heist structure and globe-trotting style; IMDb lands at 7.8, capturing a modest audience-critic gap. Anime News Network graded it A-, calling it fun, bingeable con artist hijinks.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Great Pretender dropped on Netflix globally in August 2020, the original run of 23 episodes structured in four self-contained con arcs spanning Los Angeles, Singapore, London, and Tokyo. Critics gave it a 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes score on 7 reviews, with Anime News Network awarding an A- and calling it fun, bingeable con artist hijinks. The Polygon review compared its slowburn suspense to Breaking Bad. WIT Studio's candy-bright colour palette pushed against the narrative's moral murkiness. The IMDb score of 7.8 - lower than the critical pile - tracks a segment of viewers who found the late reveals over-engineered. MAL users rate it around 8.4, indicating the core anime audience responded warmly. For heist-genre fans the episodic arc structure rewards binge watching.

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100%critics positive · n=77.8/10IMDb audience
  • “Fun, bingeable con artist hijinks that will keep you guessing, in a setting that feels almost real.”
    Anime News Network
  • “Great Pretender understands that knowing when to make an exit is just as important as nailing the first impression.”
    Anime News Network

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Case 1_1: Los Angeles Connection8.0

    The premiere drops Makoto Edamura into an attempted street con that immediately backfires, establishing the show's playful inversion of the genre - the protagonist is the mark, not the master. The visual direction signals WIT Studio's ambition from the first frame.

    The moment: The moment Makoto realises he has been outplayed by Laurent - the entire premise snaps into place.

    “It has an irreverence for society and law that makes crime just seem so much fun.” — CBR

  2. E15Case 4_1: Wizard of Far East8.5

    The fourth and final case turns the show's con-artist formula against itself, bringing the team's backstory into the foreground. Critics noted this arc as the emotional payoff the series had been building toward.

    The moment: The reveal that recontextualises the team's origin - the con the audience did not see coming.