Narcos season 2
All 10 episodes released on Netflix on September 2, 2016.
The second season of Narcos, an American crime thriller drama web television series, continues the story of notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine. The season focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, DEA agents, and various opposition entities, and was produced and created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro.
Quick Facts
- Season number
- 2
- Network
- Netflix
- Released
- 2 September 2016
- Episodes
- 10
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Lore & Background
The season stars Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar, with Boyd Holbrook as DEA agent Steve Murphy and Pedro Pascal as DEA agent Javier Peña. Other main cast members include Paulina Gaitán as Tata Escobar, Cristina Umaña as Judy Moncada, Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy, Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria, Raúl Méndez as César Gaviria, Manolo Cardona as Eduardo Sandoval, Bruno Bichir as Fernando Duque, Eric Lange as Bill Stechner, Florencia Lozano as Claudia Messina, Damián Alcázar as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Alberto Ammann as Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera, and Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela. Recurring characters include Diego Cataño as Juan Diego "La Quica" Díaz, Leynar Gómez as Limón, Martina García as Maritza, Brett Cullen as Ambassador Arthur Crosby, Konstantin Melikhov as Edward Jacoby, Stephanie Sigman as Valeria Vélez, Maurice Compte as Horacio Carrillo, Julián Díaz as El Negro, Juan Sebastián Calero as Navegante, Jon-Michael Ecker as El León, Germán Jaramillo as Gustavo de Greiff, Juan Pablo Shuk as Colonel Hugo Martínez, Alfredo Castro as Abel Escobar, and Carolina Acevedo as Gabriela.
Reader's Guide
The second season of Narcos received more favorable critical reviews than the first season, with critics particularly praising the performance of Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 92% positive score based on 16 critic reviews, with the consensus calling it 'a magnificent account of Pablo Escobar's life.' On Metacritic, the season has a score of 76 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating 'generally favorable' reviews. IGN gave it a score of 7.4 out of 10, calling it 'Good.' Critics from The A.V. Club, Boston Herald, New York Times, IndieWire, New York Post, Vox, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, and Wall Street Journal offered generally positive assessments, while Collider expressed that the series seemed content to play a competent but only occasionally compelling Michael Mann riff. On September 6, 2016, Netflix renewed the series for a third and fourth season.
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