Moura is incredible as Escobar, and it’s to his credit that he can so easily set a temperature with his performance that the pre-set mood of an entire spinoff show will shift in order to accommodate him.
Unfortunately, the scene effectively throws the entire episode into a different key. The scene between them is great - Escobar tells Gallardo to tell the truth, and Gallardo does, including telling Escobar he was warned away from dealing with him because he’s known to be temperamental - and ends with a deal: Gallardo’s shipments will be half Escobar’s, and half his competitor’s, so there’ll be no competition. Yes, Wagner Moura is back, however briefly (and slightly trimmer), as Gallardo’s attempts at getting into the cocaine business mean he’s in Escobar’s sights. (I was also briefly reminded of trying to get through the Netflix Punisher series, which I almost gave up on until Wilson Fisk made a cameo.)Īs you may or may not have guessed (if you haven’t, you know, watched the episode), this is The Episode With Pablo Escobar. It’s like whenever Breaking Bad characters show up on Better Call Saul - I’m happy to see them, but they better have a good (read: interesting) reason for sticking around. I don’t mean that just in terms of placing the episode within the context of Gallardo and Camarena’s respective lives I mean it in the sense that Narcos: Mexico is an offshoot of Narcos, and doubles down on it in a way that, while delightful, is almost a little distracting. It’s a logic that applies to TV seasons as much as it does cartels, which I bring up because this is the episode where - historical basis aside - Narcos: Mexico really proves itself to be part of a larger whole. The point is that the bigger picture is what’s important - if you only have a piece of the pie, your idea of what’s going on is going to be incomplete.
Photo: Carlos Somonte/Netflix/Carlos Somonte/NetflixĪ little ways into this episode, the voiceover rattles off a parable about a group of blind men and an elephant.
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