Popular TV Shows – Narcos

By Daniel Kang, Assistant Senior Editor

Season 2 of Narcos premiered September 4th. Narcos centers around the gritty history of Pablo Escobar’s rise to drug kingpin and eventual fall. Season 1 and 2 both consist of 10 episodes each of about 50 minutes long. A third season and fourth season have already been scheduled due to overwhelming demand. The creators of the show have reportedly said that Narcos will continue until the drug trade will end, which is still ongoing.

On the show, there is abundant sex and violence which is why it is rated TV-MA. The show is narrated by the protagonist, a DEA agent by the name of Steve Murphy, who is in Colombia to capture or take down Pablo Escobar. His partner Javier Peña is right by his side during the show. Real life videos and images of the chaos wrought by Pablo and his enemies are also shown in coordination with filmed scenes. Fotis Tsambounieris, a senior said about the show, “The show filled with me suspense and skepticism throughout. It kept me on my toes wondering what plan the antagonist, PabloKeeps me guessing til the very end!” Pablo Escobar’s name may sound familiar to most people because he was one of the most prominent figures in the world in the last half-century. In the show, even though he is a villain his human side is also portrayed so it is hard not to become sympathetic for him but I’ll leave judgment up to you. I will not spoil the ending of season 2 for you but if you’re really curious, you can go look up his name.