A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.

Episode 1 ∙ I A Hard Man To Find
Tom Ripley's life of petty crime in New York City detours with an offer to bring a wealthy man's wayward son home from Europe.

Episode 2 ∙ II Seven Mercies
Tom settles in Dickie's seaside villa, to the displeasure of Dickie's girlfriend Marge.

Episode 3 ∙ III Sommerso
When both Dickie and his father start seeing through his ruse, Tom resorts to drastic methods.

Episode 4 ∙ IV La dolce vita
Tom leaves for Rome using Dickie's identity and creating a web of lies.

Episode 5 ∙ V LUCIO
Tom's new comfortable life in Rome comes under threat.

Episode 6 - Some Heavy Instrument
A ghastly discovery leads Rome police to Tom's doorstep, beginning a game of cat and mouse with its lead investigator.

Episode 7 ∙ VII - Macabre Entertainment
As Inspector Ravini expands his murder investigation, an elusive Tom plots his next moves from Sicily.

Episode 8 ∙ VIII - Narcissus
Tom reinvents himself again, creating an enviable life in Venice - as long as his lies hold.