Inventing Anna
Season 1
9 listed hours · 2022 · Netflix
From the desk
How this season is filed
Shondaland scammer chic: Julia Garner as fake heiress Anna Delvey, conning New York on borrowed clothes and borrowed German. True-crime-adjacent event television about class as a performance you can rent. Watch for the accent debates, the Soho House cosplay, and a journalist frame that asks why we needed the story to be fabulous.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Inventing Anna (2022) on Netflix as the only listed season — 9 listed hours, 2022-02-11 from “Life of a VIP” (S01E01) to “Dangerously Close” (S01E09). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 Life of a VIP
Life of a VIP as the Shondaland-scam contract: Julia Garner as fake heiress, New York on borrowed clothes, true-crime-adjacent event television about class as costume.
- S01E09 Dangerously Close
Dangerously Close as the nine-episode close: Soho House cosplay completed, journalist frame still the other con, still a performance you can rent.
- S01E03 Two Birds, One Throne
Two Birds, One Throne as the titled efficiency: Delvey math, still accent debates as extra text, still Shondaland treating the con as a fashion week.
- S01E05 Check Out Time
Check Out Time as the hotel-bill hour: the titled eviction, still borrowed German, still class as a lobby you were never going to be allowed to stay in.
- S01E07 Cash on Delivery
Cash on Delivery as the titled terms: the con's payment grammar, still Garner, still event television about a city that wanted the costume to be real.
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S01E01 Life of a VIP
Reporter Vivian Kent defies her editor to pursue the story of Anna Delvey, an alleged German heiress indicted for grand larceny and jailed without bail.
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S01E02 The Devil Wore Anna
From a yacht off Ibiza to a suite at Paris Fashion Week, Anna's glamorous lifestyle comes into focus as her former friends dish out details to Vivian.
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S01E03 Two Birds, One Throne
With Anna giving her the cold shoulder, Vivian hunts down sources who can fill in the blanks: Anna's ex-boyfriend Chase and wealthy entrepreneur Nora.
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S01E04 A Wolf in Chic Clothing
Vivian investigates how Anna persuaded powerful Manhattan lawyer Alan Reed to help her secure millions in funding for her ambitious business venture.
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S01E05 Check Out Time
A past blunder throws Vivian off balance while delving into Anna's stay at a swanky hotel, where she befriended — and lavishly tipped — concierge Neff.
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S01E06 Friends in Low Places
Vivian obtains footage of Anna's ill-fated trip to Morocco, an extravagant retreat with Rachel, Kacy and a videographer that quickly spirals into chaos.
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S01E07 Cash on Delivery
Under pressure to finish the Anna article and with her baby's due date imminent, Vivian tries to contact Rachel to hear her side of the Marrakech fiasco.
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S01E08 Too Rich for Her Blood
Vivian digs into lingering questions after her article's publication, including Anna's formative years in Germany and her stay at L.A.'s Chateau Marmont.
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S01E09 Dangerously Close
Anna obsesses over her trial style as Vivian covers the proceedings, Rachel takes the stand and defense lawyer Todd implores his client to cooperate.
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