Reviews - Narcos

The dramatic template for Netflix’s ongoing Narcos series doesn’t change much in its new “parallel” spinoff, Narcos:…

“Dad, I’ve done enough. I’m through.”

“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.”

“I guess catching guys like me makes it all worth it.”

“If you want anything we do in there to count, follow the fucking rules.”

“You can’t scare me.” No, I can just ruin your life.”

“People love drama, brother. You know that.”

In the tensest scene in “Checkmate,” an episode bristling with tense scenes, Juan Pablo Shuk’s ramrod-straight…

“Even the hero said it’s fucked up.”

“Who’s running things here, man?” “They are.”

“God forbid anyone thinks they’re the bad guys.”

In a season where the hunt for Pablo Escobar was always the endgame, the finale compresses a season’s worth of plot…

Pablo Escobar is most effective as a character in isolation. That’s true for a lot of Narcos, really, as the show…

When it comes, Pablo Escobar’s defeat in “Exit El Patrón” is an anticlimax in the best sense of the word. Throughout…

As the hunt for Pablo Escobar enters its endgame, Narcos examines how a monster acts when he’s well and truly…

Back in season one of Narcos, there’s a scene between Pablo Escobar and kidnapped journalist Diana Turbay. Turbay,…

As Narcos second season reaches its midway point, the hope that the compressed time frame this time around would…

For all its virtues, Narcos isn’t a show that trucks much with atmosphere. The series’ Colombian locations are pitch…

The world view expressed in “Cambalache,” the song that gave last episode its name, is hard to escape the longer Narc…

“Cambalache” is bookended by a pair of horrifically violent scenes, set to the same deceptively upbeat song. Sung…