Deceitful Love Limited Series - Episode 1 Hot! Jun 2026

Elena receives an urgent call from PROFESSOR VANNI , her mentor. He has acquired a recently discovered painting from the , a remote estate in Umbria. The client: COUNT ALESSIO SCARFOGLIO (42) , a reclusive, magnetic nobleman known for his family’s tragic history of doomed romances.

Julian Thorne. Thirty-four years old. CEO of Thorne Logistics. A man whose family practically owned half the skyline. He was sipping a whiskey, staring out at the gray, sprawling city as if he were calculating the cost of buying the weather itself.

A retired corporate shark fakes a debilitating stroke to test the loyalty of his gold-digging fiancée, only to discover that in the game of deceitful love, he is not the only one playing. Deceitful Love Limited Series - Episode 1

Take him inside. The sun is bad for his skin.

(played by Monica Guerritore), the elegant and wealthy owner of a luxury hotel. Her life, largely defined by her role as a mother to three grown children and a divorcee, takes a sharp turn during a chance encounter on a rainy evening. The Meeting : While walking her dog, Gabriella comes across Elena receives an urgent call from PROFESSOR VANNI

: Gabriella lends Elia her phone and offers him shelter and clothes while his car is repaired.

Elena confronts Alessio. He looks genuinely shaken—then reveals his own secret: he found the same diary three months ago, hidden in the villa’s crypt. “I was going to burn it,” he says. “But then I saw your photo in ArtRestore magazine. And I knew I had to find you.” Julian Thorne

The episode opens on the stunning Amalfi Coast, where we meet the series' protagonist, Gabriella (Monica Guerritore), a sophisticated, wealthy, and newly-single 60-year-old hotel owner. Her seemingly quiet, predictable life is upturned on the day of her 60th birthday.

Deceitful Love is available exclusively as a Netflix original series. All six episodes of the limited series were released on October 9, 2024, and can be streamed on the platform.

Elio is the perfect romantic lead, yet the show masterfully sprinkles subtle red flags throughout the episode. His sudden appearance, his intense focus on Gabriella, and his vague background keep the viewer questioning his true motives. Is he genuinely infatuated, or is he a calculating opportunist targeting a wealthy matriarch?