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Los Simuladores (''The Pretenders'') is an Argentine television series about a small team of con artists for hire, who use their skills to solve common people's life problems. The show ran for two seasons, from 2002 to 2003. It was very popular and highly acclaimed, winning a Golden Martín Fierro Award. A number of remakes have been produced for various markets worldwide. There are also plans to release a film based on the series. The original series was produced and aired by the Argentine network Telefé, and ran for two 13-episode seasons in 2002 and 2003. The series is occasionally shown in reruns on Telefé. Remakes were soon produced in Chile and in Spain (the latter produced by Cuatro), using some of the same actors and production members. Another remake was made in Russia. Since 2008, Sony Pictures Television International has produced a remake for Mexican television network Televisa;〔(SPTI to make series for Televisa ) Variety.〕 as of late 2010, early production is starting on a third season, in which Salma Hayek is scheduled to appear. ==Plot== The premise of the series centers on a team of four associates who ran a "simulation" business, solving the problems and needs of their clients by staging ''simulacros'' ("simulations", or confidence tricks) aimed at confusing whoever is giving their clients a problem (bosses, criminals, spouses, unscrupulous businessmen, etc.), thus helping the client come on top of the situation. The price the team charges for its services was exactly twice the cost of the simulation, as well as the client's promise to participate in future simulations (this led to characters who appeared in previous episodes re-appearing in later episodes as secondary actors and helpers for the team, giving the show a degree of continuity). The underlying philosophy used by the team was that sometimes what's legal is not fair, and sometimes what's fair is not legal. In the second season of the show, a second ''Simuladores'' team was introduced. This group, known as the "B-Team" and composed of former clients of the original team (who had appeared on Season 1), had been created to take over "smaller" cases and free the original team for larger and more demanding assignments. The show is influenced by the literature work ''Los Arboles Mueren de Pie'', by Alejandro Casona. This show shared elements with American 80s series like ''Stingray'', ''The A-Team'', ''Vengeance Unlimited'' and ''The Equalizer''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Simuladores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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