# Narcos on Netflix. Anyone watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcos-on-netflix-anyone-watching/729988 "2015-09-05T06:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcos-on-netflix-anyone-watching/729988/1 "2015-09-05T06:46:02Z")
It’s based on a true story so I don’t know if we need to declare “no spoilers” here but…be nice, I guess. It started off slow for me but after a second episode I am pretty hooked. I had no idea what this was (a docu-drama about Pablo Escobar) nor do I know anything about Escobar so it’s all unfolding in front of me. Of course I did read his Wikipedia article halfway through the first episode. I just, was done with Daredevil and hopped on this for the long weekend. Not too fond of the narrator/American. He seems like he’s trying to be Brad Pitt but he’s the generic cereal version. I do appreciate that it’s mostly in Spanish, except for the fact that I can’t play on the Internet while I watch! Love the actors playing Perez and Escobar. And of course since there needs to be a skeevy troll guy, there is Luis Guzman! Also having endured _Entourage_ in its entirety, I finally got to see, kind of, what film Vince was trying to make with the cuckoo director and ended up creating a dud. Imagining that lightweight “Vince” where Netflix’s Escobar ([Wagner Moura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Moura)) is made me chuckle for the first episode. Luckily I forgot about it by the end. Anyone else watching or plan to watch? I’m only through episode 7 (of 10) but…I’ve read how it ends in Wikipedia 😉 ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcos-on-netflix-anyone-watching/729988/2 "2015-09-05T14:07:01Z")
My partner and I started watching it last night. Two episodes in, and we are really enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcos-on-netflix-anyone-watching/729988/3 "2015-09-05T19:58:40Z")
I’m watching and very much enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcos-on-netflix-anyone-watching/729988/4 "2015-09-06T13:41:10Z")
I finished watching it last night. Found it enjoyable. The main American character is the weakest link. I think some of the back and forth in time bits don’t work right or are just too confusing but overall it was a decent show. Been watching it and Deutschland 83 lately and it is interesting to see non-English language stories but with American production value. The actor who plays Escobar is what makes the show. Don’t read the below if you haven’t watched the whole season. I felt the ending was a bit of a damp squib. I suspect it was a deliberate compromise between having a season arc but leaving the show open to more than one season. If Season 2 is to follow Escobar’s story to its conclusion you only have a year or something left whereas the first season covered in some way a period of almost 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narcos-on-netflix-anyone-watching/729988/5 "2015-09-06T14:50:22Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I finished watching it last night. Found it enjoyable. The main American character is the weakest link. I think some of the back and forth in time bits don’t work right or are just too confusing but overall it was a decent show. Been watching it and Deutschland 83 lately and it is interesting to see non-English language stories but with American production value. The actor who plays Escobar is what makes the show. > > Don’t read the below if you haven’t watched the whole season. > > I felt the ending was a bit of a damp squib. I suspect it was a deliberate compromise between having a season arc but leaving the show open to more than one season. If Season 2 is to follow Escobar’s story to its conclusion you only have a year or something left whereas the first season covered in some way a period of almost 20 years. I agree with your spoiler. I enjoyed the show, but I don’t think we get into the characters enough. Splitting almost equal time between goodies and baddies means the show is spread a bit thin.