Narcos (TV Series) Going Back to Cali (2017) User Reviews

Great ending for an unexpectedly good season

[dimitris-karageorgos-dk · 10/10 · 3 September 2017]

The 10th episode makes for the perfect season finale of the 3rd season. While it succeeds on bringing the Cali Carter story to an end on a satisfying way for the viewer, it also sets up the scene for the setting of season 4. Generally, the show proved it can keep being exciting without having Escobar( or Agent Murphy ) on the show. The ending paved the way for El Chapo to be the main antagonist of the next season and I just can't way to see how the production team will project his character and story on the screen.

The Fall of the Cali Cartel

[Samuel-Shovel · 8/10 · 16 January 2018]

The finale of Season 3 played out more like an epilogue rather than a typical conclusion as the DEA wraps up loose ends of the Cali cartel. After the godfathers had turned themselves in, Pena and the team needed to find Guillermo the accountant in order to get his testimony on the cartel. Jorge decides to help them with this. Meanwhile, Maria attempts to figure out how she will survive without Miguel. The North Valley begins to take over.

Clearly not as exciting as Episode 9 but I think it did a great job of putting the Cali cartel story to bed. We've been able to see it through and see the whereabouts of what happened to the cartel godfathers and underlings. Where do we go from here? Will we pivot to Mexico and learn about the drug trade uprising there? Or will we stay in Colombia and see the North Valley's attempts to become the king of the cocaine trade? I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

What Season 3 proved to me is that Narcos can make a quality drama without Pablo. That was my main concern going into this season; he was such a dynamic figure, he really pushed the show to new heights. And while no one had such a dominating presence as Pablo in this season, the quality of the other actors, the great script and cinematography, the spectacular action scenes, all made Season 3 worth viewing.

Season 3 resets the chess board to a massive degree ..

[addib · 9/10 · 4 September 2017]

After a slow start to its third season, Netflix's cartel drama proves that it's able to be gripping TV even without Wagner Moura's (Pablo Escobar). The directors left major question marks when they made the courageous creative decision to get to Escobar's death in only two seasons. Wagner Moura's wasn't the only good reason for watching Netflix's Narcos, but he was surely the best reason. The true history under girding this fact-based drama (overseen by show creators Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro) yields a lot of material that lends the new season of Narcos some of the flavor of Brian De Palma's Scarface™, even to the point of occasionally going enjoyably over the top. Depicting wildly successful cocaine kingpins will do that to a drama, and a shootout in a hair salon early in the 10-episode season is a well-staged piece of old-fashioned gangster violence. As in old movies, transferring Cali's clout into respectable businesses isn't as simple as it sounds. And while the show starts somewhat slowly, featuring only vestiges of what came before. It's an initially rough transition and after watching an episode-and-a- half, I was prepared to walk away from Narcos for good, but then after watching six of the new season's episodes where the violence comes later in explosive and grisly fashion, as the Cali heavyweights prove every bit as ruthless and sadistic, albeit in somewhat different fashion. I was reasonably hooked and eager to see the rest of them. However, it is still a series that seeks to offer a unique perspective into an era many may not know about, a series grounded in enough humanity to elevate what might otherwise be easily stereotyped storytelling. The best moments of "Narcos" are when it shows that the men and women whose lives are entwined with these cartels don't think of them as businesses. They think of them as families, institutions, governments, impossibly powerful. Which is why they might be loyal to them beyond all else, which brings their actions into such clarity on screen. Digging into just how accurately "Narcos" depicts the history it captures isn't necessarily the point. The point comes down to a scene relatively early in the season's run, which might count as a spoiler except that it just speaks to reality. "The drug war? We lost it. You were there," he says. That's been the whole point of "Narcos" this whole time. Understanding why is why we keep watching this show, year after year. "Narcos" has never been a simple show to process, especially for someone not embedded in this universe — there are many players, many complications, speaking in many languages, operating decades ago. Season 3 resets the chess board to a massive degree, and this show is earning a life longer than the reign of some of the drug lords it portrays.

Gut-wrenching and relieving

[TheBigSick · 3 September 2017]

The first half of Episode 10 is gut-wrenching, especially when Jorge and Navegante confront each other in the car. We always wonder if the DEA team can bring Pallomari out. The second half of the episode is relieving, in the sense that at the very least, the endeavor of Pena is not in vain.

The War on Drugs is over apparently, and it looks like the narcos won.

[Fella_shibby · 8/10 · 13 November 2021]

The new Medellin Cartel has the administration of Donald Trump by the balls to the point that Vice-President Pence called Uribe, an admitted former associate of Escobar, a "hero".

This season has been a wild ride

[goat-04054 · 9/10 · 3 February 2021]

Even without Moura Wagner as Pablo Escobar, this last season of Narcos still managed to be a great one.

Going Back to Cali

[bobcobb301 · 7/10 · 4 February 2018]

This has been a strong season of Narcos, but the ending was a little bit of a cop out. They didn't see the process through of David's final moments, of Jorge or Pallomari. They just quickly glanced over what happened at the end for those individuals.

The Mexico setting teased for next season should be good. I am just left a little disappointed by this season finale.

Ruined Everything

[shahzaibh · 2/10 · 20 July 2021]

This was the worst episode, trying to be historical bit swayed away from drama.