The scenes involving "old school" drug lord Pablo Acosta are very tedious and hurting the show. For one thing, the character is poorly developed while the scenes are drawn out. The intrigue concerning an old feud comes out of nowhere and lacks any emotional punch because we never knew those characters. It doesn't help that the tone is all over the place from melodramatic to comical with the awkward relationship and comedy betweenPablo and Amado.
With four previous seasons of compelling characters plotting against each other and hurting one and another, you would think they would have all the base material for a compelling vengeance scenario with characters and events we have an emotional investment in. Instead, we have long scenes about a guy we barely know, and his old feud with a guy we don't even know.
Gerardo Taracena's portrayal of Acosta is lackluster, which also doesn't help. The rest of episode is also vanilla and continues the drop in quality compared to Narcos: Mexico season 1.
I'm starting to understand why season 3 is on hold.