This season of Narcos allows viewers to experience and empathise with the highs and lows of both the DEA following the very likeable, hard-working Walt Breslin, and those on the other side of the law, notably Felix Gallardo and Pablo Acosta.
The Gallardo saga, in a similar way to Escobar, came to an inevitable end, however without the same grandeur of Escobar. You genuinely feel for Gallardo as his empire suddenly collapses around him, in a time you felt as if it was at a high, perhaps unlike Escobar. It seems unjust to Breslin and his DEA task force, who put in so much hard work, only for it to be credited to Calderoni, save for a somewhat muted accreditation for Breslin in an insincere recognition ceremony. This feeling of a lack of justice and fairness underpins the entire Narcos saga, where a truly favourable outcome for the DEA or drug lords is impossible. However, the show emphasises this point, and does an excellent job at stating just how unsupported and futile the valiant and commendable efforts of the DEA are. This is why I, personally, love Narcos.
On a final point, Pablo Acosta's arc and story was excellently portrayed in the show, and humanised a drug trafficker guilty of many crimes to the point where, before his death, you see him as a respectable man of strong core values who you can empathise with. Episode 8, for me, was the highlight of another strong season of Narcos.
The Gallardo saga, in a similar way to Escobar, came to an inevitable end, however without the same grandeur of Escobar. You genuinely feel for Gallardo as his empire suddenly collapses around him, in a time you felt as if it was at a high, perhaps unlike Escobar. It seems unjust to Breslin and his DEA task force, who put in so much hard work, only for it to be credited to Calderoni, save for a somewhat muted accreditation for Breslin in an insincere recognition ceremony. This feeling of a lack of justice and fairness underpins the entire Narcos saga, where a truly favourable outcome for the DEA or drug lords is impossible. However, the show emphasises this point, and does an excellent job at stating just how unsupported and futile the valiant and commendable efforts of the DEA are. This is why I, personally, love Narcos.
On a final point, Pablo Acosta's arc and story was excellently portrayed in the show, and humanised a drug trafficker guilty of many crimes to the point where, before his death, you see him as a respectable man of strong core values who you can empathise with. Episode 8, for me, was the highlight of another strong season of Narcos.