Narcos - What do you think?

Season 1 was good, season 2 got very long in the tooth

 

Thanks for the information on El Chapo. I started watching it last week and just finished the last episode of season 1.

 

Season 3 starts September 1. Boyd Holbrook who plays Steve Murphy will not be returning.

 

Okay, I was worried about Season 3 until I saw this small trailer. That it picks up with a ton of familiar faces - just from the trailer, as we've already seen the Cali cartel - this looks really good.

The first two seasons were grade A+ television by any standards.

 

Did you guys and gals see this? It was either a part of the trailer for Season 2 and they had a lot of foresight, or they tacked this new one on to some Season 2 stuff.

 

I, too, think the voice-over is way overused, especially since some of the things that come out of Murphy's mouth seem laughably inconsistent with his character. C'mon, can you imagine this guy actually reading a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel? He can't even be bothered to learn Spanish...

Apart from that though, I found the show increasingly compelling. Maura's performance as Escobar is stunning, and most of the rest of the cast isn't far behind. I'm hoping they can maintain the quality of the first two seasons this fall.

 

Well, I saw the first two episodes tonight.

So, how is life without Pablo? So far it's excellent!

There's no one character that's as magnetic as Pablo, but with a very strong cast - with a cartel that operates very different from Pablo's - the premise of Season 3 is just as strong as the first two seasons.

With many familiar faces, the same writers, and the same sharp cinematography, it only takes about 5 minutes to get immersed back into this world. That is to say, the show does an extremely good job at showing the natural progression of the Colombian drug world without Pablo.

Without giving anything away, of course, the Cali cartel (the main cartel of this show) had plenty of screen time during Pablo's reign. The brilliance of the show is not that one kingpin fell and another takes over; that would be pretty cliched; it's that juxtaposed with the way that Escobar did business, it becomes apparent that the Cali cartel would be in their exact same position of wealth, with or without Pablo alive. Of course this is the way that history played out...only the way that the Cali cartel does business - at least where Season 3 picks up - is, well, that would be spoilers, so I'll stop here.

It's amazing that there are only 4 pages for this show. This is A+ television in every facet.

 

Episode 1 of season 3 was impressive. Looking forward to gobbling up the rest forthwith.

 

Have done the 1st 3 episodes and very much enjoying season 3

 

only 3 episodes in and loving it. Pablo is Fantastic!

 

I think it's the best season yet and best crime show on TV. I'm happy that its maintained its excellence after disappointing (so far) new season of Ray Donovan and new series Snowfall on FX this summer.

 

Season 3 of Narcos being the best?

I've still only watched the first 2 episodes, so I have a ways to go.

 

Yes, best season of the 3.

 

Just began season 3. Great show!

 

There's a new show on Netflix called Surviving Escabar with 60! episodes in season 1. Anyone seen this?

 

So Surviving Escobar S1 actually has 60 episodes about 45minutes each. Ep1 was pretty good and I'll watch a few more before deciding on watching all 60. Good conplimentarty show to Narcos and El Chapo.

 

I have 2 episodes left and am also thinking it's the best season yet; I'm happily surprised. Scaled back voice over, great acting and the plot gets pretty intense. It's more of a "slow-burn" but definitely excellent.

 

Yes this is the original colombian series. It's very good IMO and very colombian. Much more historically accurate too. I don't like Narcos because its only about drugs, sex and violence and all colombian girls are whores. And also it's all about the DEA heroes. Ridiculous.

 

Did you watch the whole thing ?

 

Season 3

 

Do you mean the colombian one or Narcos? I did watch the whole Patron Del Mal (Surviving Escobar). It only draged sometimes when somebody important died. They overdid the grief scenes sometimes.

 

I meant Surviving Escobar.

 

Sad to hear this.
‘Narcos’ Location Scout Shot and Killed in Mexico

 

I've been watching for the last 2 weeks, and I'm almost through Season 3.

Add me to the chorus of comments confirming that Season 3 is the best season so far, which I would not have thought possible. This is an excellent program.

 

I wasn't sure they'd be able to keep me as a viewer after the Season 2 wrap up. But Season 3 was impressive and I am looking forward to 4.