This extended-length episode of Narcos has all the qualities that makes us watch this show. The visual impressed me the most, with beautiful and immersive shots set in the desert showing us the life of the marijuana pickers. And the wedding Gallardo attends, with its great cinematography and background music, truly immersed me.
It's not just good camerawork though; this episode is full of development of characters and plot. For Gallardo, it's about staying at the top. He faces blackmail, but he uses his good judgement to deal with it in a clever way. We see more of Gallardo's personality at the wedding. His reaction to the governor's son's speech shows in a subtle way how he wants to be perceived. It's a really good moment that succeeds in telling us how our main antagonist's brain works. Other characters get nice development too, especially Rafa. Although Kiki's undercover investigation is fascinating, the way he's letting his job consume his life is a bit of a cliché by this point and I hope there'll be more to him than that. That said I really like him as a character.
This season keeps getting better and better. 9/10
It's not just good camerawork though; this episode is full of development of characters and plot. For Gallardo, it's about staying at the top. He faces blackmail, but he uses his good judgement to deal with it in a clever way. We see more of Gallardo's personality at the wedding. His reaction to the governor's son's speech shows in a subtle way how he wants to be perceived. It's a really good moment that succeeds in telling us how our main antagonist's brain works. Other characters get nice development too, especially Rafa. Although Kiki's undercover investigation is fascinating, the way he's letting his job consume his life is a bit of a cliché by this point and I hope there'll be more to him than that. That said I really like him as a character.
This season keeps getting better and better. 9/10