I always expected the Cali cartel to come to full power following Escobar's death, but this episode was kind of a slow start into it. This episode went onto several different tangents exploring characters and conflicts: some new, some returning. This will hopefully set up the rest of the season well, even if this episode on its own wasn't all that enjoyable.
New, important plot points are obviously reached, but the characters behind them simply aren't interesting. The Cali cartel may be powerful and vast, but it's simply not the same as the Medellin cartel of the first two seasons. Wagner Moura brought a demanding presence to the character of Pablo Escobar that made the bad guys engaging from the very first episode. We aren't getting the same from Miguel and Pacho and Co. They just seem to be your average dose of narco: killing people, bathing in money, and somehow controlling everything. They lead the biggest criminal empire in the world, but I just don't get that feeling by watching them onscreen.
For me, it remains to be seen what Narcos Season 3 will accomplish to set it apart from the first two seasons. Agent Peña and a random assortment of law enforcement vs. The Gentlemen of Cali, who are looking to give up the very thing that put them in such a position of power. While I am confused about where this season will go, I cannot say this episode was bad by any means. Narcos seldom makes a bad episode, but the negatives simply canceled out everything enjoyable about this episode.
New, important plot points are obviously reached, but the characters behind them simply aren't interesting. The Cali cartel may be powerful and vast, but it's simply not the same as the Medellin cartel of the first two seasons. Wagner Moura brought a demanding presence to the character of Pablo Escobar that made the bad guys engaging from the very first episode. We aren't getting the same from Miguel and Pacho and Co. They just seem to be your average dose of narco: killing people, bathing in money, and somehow controlling everything. They lead the biggest criminal empire in the world, but I just don't get that feeling by watching them onscreen.
For me, it remains to be seen what Narcos Season 3 will accomplish to set it apart from the first two seasons. Agent Peña and a random assortment of law enforcement vs. The Gentlemen of Cali, who are looking to give up the very thing that put them in such a position of power. While I am confused about where this season will go, I cannot say this episode was bad by any means. Narcos seldom makes a bad episode, but the negatives simply canceled out everything enjoyable about this episode.
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