Narcos season 3

The third and final season of Narcos shifts its focus to the Cali Cartel. Pedro Pascal returns as DEA agent Javier Peña, continuing his role from the first two seasons. All ten episodes were released on Netflix on September 1, 2017, and received strong critical praise. Although the series was originally renewed for a fourth season, that plan evolved into the companion series Narcos: Mexico, which serves as both a prequel and a sequel. The season’s main cast includes Damián Alcázar as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Alberto Ammann as Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera, Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Pêpê Rapazote as José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño, Matias Varela as Jorge Salcedo Cabrera, Javier Cámara as Guillermo Pallomari, Arturo Castro as David Rodríguez, Eric Lange as Bill Stechner, Andrea Londo as María Salazar, Kerry Bishé as Christina Jurado, Michael Stahl-David as Chris Feistl, Matt Whelan as Daniel Van Ness, and José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes. Recurring characters include Juan Sebastián Calero as Navegante, Juan Pablo Shuk as Colonel Hugo Martínez, Brett Cullen as Ambassador Arthur Crosby, Gaston Velandia as José Serrano, Margarita Rosa de Francisco as Carolina Álvarez, Roberto Cano as Darío, Sebastián Eslava as Nicolas Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Franklin Jurado, Edward James Olmos as Chucho Peña, Raymond Ablack as Stoddard, Shea Whigham as Agent Duffy, Gabriel Iglesias as a Dominican gangster, Carlos Camacho as Claudio Salazar, Taliana Vargas as Paola Salcedo, Bre Blair as Lorraine, Wayne Knight as Alan Starkman, Andrés Crespo as Carlos Córdova, and Lux Pascal as Elias. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds a 97% approval rating from 23 reviews, with an average score of 7.46/10. The critical consensus notes that the show continues to evolve, drawing on historical details for a gripping and unsettlingly timely journey into darkness. On Metacritic, it scored 78 out of 100 from 9 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.