The first season of the American crime drama TV series “Narcos” on Netflix was both a critically-acclaimed and top rating show. Aside from its riveting and engaging plotline, the acting is also superb anchored on Brazilian actor Wagner Moura, who plays Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
The premiere season of “Narcos” showed 15 years of Escobar’s life in a matter of 10 episodes. It also showed during the Season 1 finale his escape from La Catedral prison sometime in early 1992.
At the pace that the show is progressing, it would be safe to assume that the remaining 18 months of Escobar’s life can be covered by the 10 episodes of the upcoming Season 2.
Based on true events, Escobar escaped from La Catedral in 1992 and died in Medellin 18 months later after he was gunned down by the Colombian National Police on December 2, 1993, notes Jobs & Hire.
Pablo Escobar story needs to have an ending
Eric Newman, acting executive producer of “Narcos” said in a recent interview that if they could find a way to keep Wagner Moura and his Pablo Escobar character alive on the show, they will do it.
But he added that the design of the show is that they told 15 years of history in Season 1. He added that the death of Pablo Escobar in Season 2 is not something they can change because stretching the storyline beyond another season would be disingenuous of them.
Newman said that the Pablo Escobar story was always designed to have an ending.
Critics believe that the storyline of “Narcos” is at a delicate stage since Season 1 has just been completed and covered a significant part of Pablo Escobar’s story.
Based on the Season 1 finale, Season 2 would have a very limited time to focus on Escobar’s escape from La Catedral in 1992 to his death in Medellin in 1993. Filming for “Narcos” is now ongoing in Bogota, Colombia, notes Crossmap.
Season 1 of “Narcos” spanned almost a decade in telling the story of Escobar with years sometimes passing between chronological episodes.
Unless “Narcos” storyline continues after Escobar’s death and the TV series shifts to telling the story of the law enforcement’s continued wars with the other drug cartels in Colombia, including the infamous Cali Cartel, the show will not have much to go on to.
Drug cartels in future storylines
Cali Cartel was already introduced in “Narcos” in Season 1 and it will obviously be playing a major role in Season 2 as the two drug cartels fight for control of Colombia’s drug trade.
Director Jose Padilha and Eric Newman will be pinch-hitting as showrunners as Netflix finds a suitable person to fill in the post after Season 2.
In a recent interview with Eric Newman, he said that they recognized the importance of Pablo Escobar in the storyline of the TV series. He said if they only have a choice, they would keep Pablo Escobar around but he also said that doing so would only ruin the series given that they would be altering true events, which “Narcos” would not do most certainly.
However, he also assured fans and viewers of “Narcos” that there are a number of things that can happen on the show after the death of Escobar. He added that they have not committed to one or the other but he said that there are obviously a lot of other stories in the world that continue on beyond Escobar.
The latest reports about “Narcos,” other than the absurd rumors that it will be cancelled for Season 2, indicate that actor Eric Lange of “The Bridge” has been taken in as a series regular and he shall be portraying the role of CIA Special Agent Stechner.