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The dramatic template for Netflix’s ongoing Narcos series doesn’t change much in its new “parallel” spinoff, Narcos:…
Reviews - Narcos
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“Dad, I’ve done enough. I’m through.”
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“Like you’ve never cut a corner to get to the front of the line. The question is what you do when you get there.”
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“I guess catching guys like me makes it all worth it.”
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“If you want anything we do in there to count, follow the fucking rules.”
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“You can’t scare me.” No, I can just ruin your life.”
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“People love drama, brother. You know that.”
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In the tensest scene in “Checkmate,” an episode bristling with tense scenes, Juan Pablo Shuk’s ramrod-straight…
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“Even the hero said it’s fucked up.”
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“Who’s running things here, man?” “They are.”
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“God forbid anyone thinks they’re the bad guys.”
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In a season where the hunt for Pablo Escobar was always the endgame, the finale compresses a season’s worth of plot…
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Pablo Escobar is most effective as a character in isolation. That’s true for a lot of Narcos, really, as the show…
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When it comes, Pablo Escobar’s defeat in “Exit El Patrón” is an anticlimax in the best sense of the word. Throughout…
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As the hunt for Pablo Escobar enters its endgame, Narcos examines how a monster acts when he’s well and truly…
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Back in season one of Narcos, there’s a scene between Pablo Escobar and kidnapped journalist Diana Turbay. Turbay,…
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As Narcos second season reaches its midway point, the hope that the compressed time frame this time around would…
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For all its virtues, Narcos isn’t a show that trucks much with atmosphere. The series’ Colombian locations are pitch…
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The world view expressed in “Cambalache,” the song that gave last episode its name, is hard to escape the longer Narc…
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“Cambalache” is bookended by a pair of horrifically violent scenes, set to the same deceptively upbeat song. Sung…