Narcos

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Season 2
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 28, 2015
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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Critic Reviews

  1. Collider
    Reviewed by: Chris Cabin
    Sep 1, 2016
    40
    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.

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#54 Best TV Season of 2016
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#70 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 261 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 239 out of 261
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 261
  3. Negative: 16 out of 261
  1. Deano87
    Sep 2, 2016
    10
    I have never anticipated the return of a show as much as Narcos and this season does not disappointed. Netflix, the crew and the cast haveI have never anticipated the return of a show as much as Narcos and this season does not disappointed. Netflix, the crew and the cast have outdone themselves. 10/10.… Full Review »
  2. generousjayanta
    Sep 3, 2016
    10
    All Pablo Escobar wanted to do was live quietly with the wife and kids, smoke a little weed and run his cocaine business like the tough bossAll Pablo Escobar wanted to do was live quietly with the wife and kids, smoke a little weed and run his cocaine business like the tough boss he was. It’s just that other people kept preventing him from doing that. And so there were years of murder and mayhem in Colombia.

    Season 2 of Narcos (now streaming on Netflix) is a magnificent continuation of the dramatization of Escobar’s life and times. It is a tad more focused on being an outright thriller, but it remains a multilayered story with a serious political and social subtext. The first season had the saucy tag line “There’s No Business like Blow Business,” and there were gun battles and cocaine-fuelled craziness, but it was also a cautionary tale about American greed and the ease with which democracy can be undermined by the ruthlessness of business.When we last left Escobar (played with truly remarkable skill and subtlety by Wagner Moura), he was in prison, but a cozy one that he was able to treat as a guest house. Now, he’s out. “The fox was out of the cage and the hunt was on,” Drug Enforcement Administration agent Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) says in a droll voice-over. And indeed, an early scene of his escape with hundreds of police searching for him is deeply telling. He’s the boss, so he walks past soldiers who think of him as an immortal, a figure from mythology.The second season pivots on the shift in the Colombian government’s decision: Enough is enough. Escobar must be captured. The mayhem that he causes must cease. What we see is a man who feels deeply insulted and patronized. He has done so much for the poor. He has made a lot of money. It is the attitude of a born leader, a man who knows that he has a grip on the people and those against him don’t really have a conscience.Thus, what we get is a portrait of a disruptor. He could be a terrorist or he could be a left-wing champion of the people. But nobody has elected him. And so the story that plays out is about power and how a government can deal with fierce opposition that can undermine it. That assertion remains under the surface of this second season. In fact, taken together, the two seasons amount to a startling achievement in long-form TV storytelling. Narcos is an epic thriller about a compelling villain and a narrative of deep seriousness about power, drugs and how the United States deals with South America. It is insightful, angry, revisionist, well-argued and formidably entertaining.    … Full Review »
  3. DavidV293
    Sep 6, 2016
    10
    Literally the best series Netflix could offer. Season 1 is when Pablo was living the life, and than Season 2 came out and the table turned.Literally the best series Netflix could offer. Season 1 is when Pablo was living the life, and than Season 2 came out and the table turned. The more Pablo ran away, the more and more Los Pepes and DEA came closer. I was surprised on how this season turned out to be. Narcos proves that they keep the great story going and great action coming. It's an incredible show.… Full Review »
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