Narcos - Season 2 (2016)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2016
	Creators: Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro, Paul Eckstein
	Actors: Wagner Moura (Elite Squad 1-2, Elysium), Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal (The Adjustment Bureau, Game of Thrones TV-series)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Polar, Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: January 2016, VOD, 10" tablet screen
Synopsis: After escaping from his golden jail, Pablo Escobar (Moura) has to stay hidden while continuing to run his empire threatened by his former allies.
Review: After a monumental first season that I watched last year, I was eager to see how the story of Pablo continued and ended. Having this done in a second season and not dragged over many was a good idea from the creators. Two more seasons are in the pipeline, with less and less attachment to reality, so I don't know if they will be worth watching. But for now, this second season starts slowly with the characters we already know and introduces new ones that fight to fill in the gap left by a Pablo struggling to maintain power while hidden. While the first season was following his rise to power over many years, this one is really more about the hunt for Pablo and his downfall, with in parallel the atrocities committed by the group known as Los Pepes. It shows a crumbling empire (especially at the end) but still with enough energy to continue with the corruption, murders, terrorist attacks. Again, the true sad story of Columbia didn't need any exaggeration there. The drama is still well written, in particular the season highlight in Episode 4: The Good, the Bad and the Dead. Unfortunately I have later learned that this part never actually happened. The noticeable characters in this season are of course Pablo (we witness his state of mind as things get out of hand) and more importantly his wife Tata who has evolved from a discreet role in the first season, in the shadow of her husband, to a strong woman in this one. You get to see all kind of characters: good guys that stay good, good that turn to a darker side to find an evil enemy, bad that remain bad and bad that question what they do, although not many of them. An unmissable complement to the first season.
Rating: 7 /10