User Reviews

Narcos Mexico does have me hooked in which I was a little bit worried about as it was not exactly the most riveting setting.

I just need more dynamic supporting characters to step up. The characters across the board were interesting in Narcos' first three seasons. We need that here, in addition to the edge of your seat action and violence.

Narcos wastes no time in pushing its story forward. This tense episode follows Gallardo in his attempts to get regional kingpins' consent to build a drug distribution network. This is incredibly difficult as at that time the system was feudal, with no single leader. Even though Gallardo is an evil man, you have to admire his ambition and judgement as he makes these deals. And when it all falls apart because of one man at the table, you see just how monumental his task was.

There are a couple of predictable twists in this episode, when Kiki opens the trailer and when Gallardo is saved from death. But the latter scene is so well shot that it's tense enough anyway, plus it makes perfect sense. And it's chilling seeing Gallardo wait to see his former boss turn around before shooting him. You can see he enjoys the power he has over a man's life.

In "The Plaza System" Miguel travels around Mexico gathering up partners for his idea of an alliance. Kiki runs a raid that turns out to be a failure but has a gut feeling that he was right about the warehouse and continues to stake it out.

Miguel has his big meeting to finalize the pact that will make everyone a lot of money and reduce violence. Unfortunately his boss refuses to bury the hatchet with am old nemesis and ruins the entire thing. As Miguel leaves with his boss to be executed for his failure, the cops pull the car over and shoot the head honcho and his lackey. Don Neto has backstabbed their Plaza boss as he sees a better opportunity with Miguel and the government agents agree. Miguel spares the driver of the car who agrees to work under him. His name? Chapo.

This episode took a while to pick up steam but goes barreling into the finale. This episode isn't that well directed though. Some of the shots are just far too dark and the plot is a bit slow. Chapo's introduction is laughably heavy-handed as well.

I liked the meetings we sat in on and the twist with Don Neto picking a side. This episode was a good building block, nothing more.