The good thing about “Narcos” is the fact that the show is more willing to acknowledge the horrible things its law enforcement agents do.
In Season 1, the DEA and the Columbian law enforcement brought down Pablo Escobar because he was an agent of chaos, responsible for the deaths of hundreds, and maybe even thousands, all in drug-related crimes.
But during the second season, the show was more willing to grapple with the fact that, in their single-minded pursuit of Escobar, the law enforcement officials did some terrible things while inadvertently clearing space for the Cali cartel to expand its own operation.
As promised by the executive producers before the release date of “Narcos” Season 2, there would be less of the narration that was pretty dominant during the first season.
Season 2 has improved immensely because of the lack of narration or voice over. In addition, the wall-to-wall chattering that defined much of the first half of Season 1 is also gratifyingly absent.
But the voice-over is still there, though on a limited scope. Critics believe that “Narcos” is actually built for binge-viewing, but not particularly attentive binge-viewing. It seems that it is also very concern that its viewers might lose attention and fall off the wagon while watching because they already fell asleep.