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Narcos

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Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 64 Ratings

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Narcos

Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date: August 28, 2015

Summary: The drama about the 1980s Medellin cocaine cartel run by Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) and the efforts of DEA agents Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Javier Peña (Pedro Pascal) to capture and kill him.

Creator: Chris Brancato and Eric Newman and Doug Miro and Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard

Genre(s): Drama

Recent Episodes

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S3:E10. Going Back to Cali
Air Date: September 1, 2017
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S3:E9. Todos Los Hombres del Presidente
Air Date: September 1, 2017
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S3:E8. Convivir
Air Date: September 1, 2017

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Metascore

77

Positive:

36

Mixed:

6

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0

Critic Reviews

100

We Got This Covered

Edward Love

Aug 21, 2017

Season 3 Review: There’s no artificial cliffhanger to mull over. As the final credits roll, you’re left to sit back in slack-jawed wonderment at a self-contained story of the highest order. ... Season 3 is one of the best seasons of television. Read full review

88

New York Post

Robert Rorke

Aug 28, 2015

Season 1 Review: Catching Escobar then becomes an exciting and suspenseful story arc, and makes Narcos the first cool show of the new season. Read full review

83

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Aug 31, 2015

Season 1 Review: Moura as Escobar doesn’t bring the overall manic and sometimes comic intensity of Al Pacino’s Tony Montana in Scarface. He’s never dull, though, giving Narcos a thoroughly sinister presence who’s capable of anything and will stop at nothing. Read full review

80

Wall Street Journal

Nancy DeWolf Smith

Aug 27, 2015

Season 1 Review: The omniscient-narrator device works very well for a complex story spanning many years and varied sets of players. Read full review

75

IndieWire Liz Shannon Miller

Sep 2, 2016

Season 2 Review: The show has figured out how to balance its ostensible heroes. The buddy cop energy between Peña and Murphy was one of Season 2’s most enjoyable side dishes--enough to make one hope for more. Read full review

70

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Aug 30, 2017

Season 3 Review: As with so many Netflix series these days, the season builds urgency at a slow pace that’s borderline alienating. Fortunately, employing its tried-and-true aesthetic--a docudrama visual approach; portentous narration; real-life documentary footage inserted into key moments--it hits its stride in Episode 4. Read full review

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Collider Chris Cabin

Sep 1, 2016

Season 2 Review: There are potent and provocative ideas that lie frustratingly dormant throughout this series, which seems to be just happy to play a competent but only occasionally compelling Michael Mann riff. Read full review

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User Reviews

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theelite

Nov 7, 2019

One of the best tv series I've watched.
All three seasons were unmissable..............

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Giopy

Mar 22, 2021

Best netflix show ever made, its all well made from the acting to the locations to the special effects to the overall plot and how its narrates

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

10

Rhoninus

Oct 4, 2021

This is a one of the best tv series I have ever watched. I really like that they were able to fit the whole story into 3 seasons of 10 episodes. It makes every episode filled with story up to its brim. There is no episode that would give me the impression that it is just filler and this isThis is a one of the best tv series I have ever watched. I really like that they were able to fit the whole story into 3 seasons of 10 episodes. It makes every episode filled with story up to its brim. There is no episode that would give me the impression that it is just filler and this is especially true about season 3. The show shifts focus and shows new characters with incredible precision and great timing, the whole thing felt coherent even though it shifted its focus on different things and character stories during its story. The combination of fictionalized story and real world events are in perfect balance and I think they support each other really well. It gives a lot lore too because you can read about lot of the things online after you see them happen in the show. But beware doing this may lead to some spoilers! It is really neutral when it comes to showing each side of the story and I think that is one of the best decisions the producers did. It does not make the "bad guys" look like victims it shows that they are real people with personality and some intentions. This is no ordinary crime drama, if you like good looking cinematic crime solving definitely watch Narcos.… Expand

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pnoyfilmtvadik

Aug 29, 2020

I love love love this thrilling, pulse pounding, well-written, well directed, well acted hell of a series! Moura is amazing! I can't wait to see him in another role.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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dwondra

May 13, 2021

I enjoyed the story and the ties back to the true story. Good show but be prepared for violence, drugs, and sex. Probably not good for the kiddos!

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9

MongoKalresian

Sep 2, 2020

Excellent crime drama and law enforcement procedural taking place in Colombia during the time of Pablo Escobar. Narration in English by one of the DEA agents involved but with most of the dialogue in Spanish among Colombians. Great script, acting and cinematography. Enjoyed it immensely.Excellent crime drama and law enforcement procedural taking place in Colombia during the time of Pablo Escobar. Narration in English by one of the DEA agents involved but with most of the dialogue in Spanish among Colombians. Great script, acting and cinematography. Enjoyed it immensely. Prequel to Narcos Mexico, another fine series.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

7

Juanoldead

Feb 2, 2022

No vi la tercera temporada pero me parece que no es necesario. Se me hizo bastante genérica la verdad, la sobrevaloran bastante.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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Seasons & Episodes

77

Series Overview
Season 3

78
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E10. Going Back to Cali
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E9. Todos Los Hombres del Presidente
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E8. Convivir
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E7. Sin Salida
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E6. Best Laid Plans
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
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  S3:E5. MRO
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E4. Checkmate
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E3. Follow the Money
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
- tbd
  S3:E2. The Cali KGB
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
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  S3:E1. The Kingpin Strategy
  Air Date: September 1, 2017
Season 2

76
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 2, 2016
Season 1

77
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 28, 2015