Best Vincenzo Episodes, Ranked
All 20 episodes of Vincenzo scored and sorted — from the 9.2/10 high of S1E19 to the 8.3/10 of S1E1.
Our rating: 8.85/10 average across 20 episode reviews (best 9.2, lowest 8.3).
Vincenzo is a show that gets steadily better as it stops apologizing for what it is. The opening is its softest stretch: S1E1 “A Mafia Lawyer Lands in Geumga Plaza” (8.3) and S1E2 “Geumga Plaza Throws a Wine Party” (8.5) spend a lot of energy establishing the building and its tenants before the revenge engine kicks in, and you can feel the setup tax. S1E5 “Babel Chemicals Bleeds and the Tenants Fight Back” (8.5) sits in the same patient register.
Then it locks in. From S1E8 “Tae Ho Breaks Babel’s Bank Deal” (9.1) onward, the back half barely dips below 9.0 for a dozen episodes straight. The cluster at the top is dense: E8, S1E10 “Geumga Plaza Joins the War,” S1E11 “The Corn Salad Goes to War,” S1E13 “Pig Blood Hits Babel’s New King,” and S1E18 “The Cat Lets the Mouse Watch” all land at 9.1. The peak is S1E19 “The Gold, the Trial, and the Trap” (9.2), where the season’s two long cons finally collide.
The finale, S1E20 “Cassano Leaves Seoul Burning” (8.7), pulls back a notch — a comedown more than a stumble, paying off the war it spent twelve episodes building. With everything inside a 0.9-point band, there are no real duds here; the difference is between a show finding its feet and a show running at full villainy.
| Rank | Ep | Episode | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S1E19 | The Gold, the Trial, and the Trap | 9.2 |
| T-2 | S1E8 | Tae Ho Breaks Babel's Bank Deal | 9.1 |
| T-2 | S1E10 | Geumga Plaza Joins the War | 9.1 |
| T-2 | S1E11 | The Corn Salad Goes to War | 9.1 |
| T-2 | S1E13 | Pig Blood Hits Babel's New King | 9.1 |
| T-2 | S1E18 | The Cat Lets the Mouse Watch | 9.1 |
| T-7 | S1E9 | Babel Learns the Old Way Still Works | 9.0 |
| T-7 | S1E12 | Han-seok Takes His Name and the Vault Opens | 9.0 |
| T-7 | S1E16 | Han-seok Finds Vincenzo's Weakest Place | 9.0 |
| T-10 | S1E14 | The Gallery Heist Gets Personal | 8.9 |
| T-10 | S1E15 | The Pigeon Saves Him, Then War Gets Personal | 8.9 |
| T-10 | S1E17 | The Cassano Family Goes to War | 8.9 |
| T-13 | S1E3 | Babel Draws Blood in the Rain | 8.7 |
| T-13 | S1E7 | The Mafia Plan Gets a Tenant Rebellion | 8.7 |
| T-13 | S1E20 | Cassano Leaves Seoul Burning | 8.7 |
| T-16 | S1E4 | Cha-young Chooses Revenge | 8.6 |
| T-16 | S1E6 | Hornets, Gold, and Babel's Real Boss | 8.6 |
| T-18 | S1E2 | Geumga Plaza Throws a Wine Party | 8.5 |
| T-18 | S1E5 | Babel Chemicals Bleeds and the Tenants Fight Back | 8.5 |
| 20 | S1E1 | A Mafia Lawyer Lands in Geumga Plaza | 8.3 |
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