Question for those who have watched season 3 of narcos

This series is so well done. Great show.

Have we popped any big Mexican cartels to do a season on other than el chapo

Yessir

This season was really good. I was a little concerned it would drop off a bit without the (incredible) portrayal of Escobar, but it was possibly better.

Every episode was tense as hell and the secondary characters made the season. Pacho was a fantastic character. Maria Salazar... Muy Caliente

Just finished up. Maybe it's a hot take but I feel like this was their best season. Escobar was so awesome, but removing him from the plot allowed a much better balance and plot timing for everything. They didn't lean on voiceover exposition as much as in the first two seasons. I think it was for sure better than 2, which dragged for a couple episodes because the plot was spread too thin for 10 episodes. 1 is tough to beat, but I think what 3 did was just more impressive given they did it without two major characters.

Pena was awesome, but the Jorge storyline was what kept me enthralled the entire season. I was certain he was gonna die like 5020203 times

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Did anyone feel sorry for Jorge? I kinda feel like he got screwed by the system, but then again he worked for an organization that was responsible for thousands of deaths all over Colombia and the US so he got what he deserved.

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I think the shows done a good job that a lot of the people involved in those situations don't exactly have a choice.

I can't feel too bad for him because he did basically kill his buddy to keep himself alive, but I think that was just because of his family being at risk

In the end, he still ended up alive and in witness protection. That's about as much of a win as he's going to get given where he started.


Jorge also was a consultant on the show fwiw and says that it was a fairly accurate portrayal of what happened. He only pointed out like two things that were inaccurate. Sounds like he wrote a book and is doing well for himself IRL

Yeah, I read an article where they asked the real Jorge some questions and he actually has a real engineering job somewhere so he's not stuck rotating tires and eating KFC.

I'm so glad that I didn't know much about the Cali Cartel and didn't Google Jorge Salcedo until the end of the season. That shite was tense.

And despite what the showrunners implied, I'm betting Pena comes back.

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Did they set it up so we would get a season 4 from mexico

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Si.

There's a ton of places you could film a show about Mexico. And I don't think they are worried about Escobars brother

Although it may be smart to stop while you're ahead. You don't want to piss on the legacy of the show like HOCs did by keeping it going for longer than it should. But if they can pull off another great season like this, then please do