
Scripted series · Netflix
Narcos
There's no business like blow business.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Narcos actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Narcos reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 30 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201510 episodes
8.0IMDbSeason one chronicles the rise of drug lord Pablo Escobar, the ruthless boss of the Medellin Cartel and a known terrorist who was also a congressman, a family man and revered by the poor as a new Robin Hood.
Best episode · S01E01 Descenso

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201610 episodes
8.1IMDbSeason two continues the story of drug lord Pablo Escobar, the ruthless boss of the Medellin Cartel, including his incarceration in a prison he himself builds and his subsequent fall from power.
Best episode · S02E04 The Good, The Bad, and The Dead

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201710 episodes
7.8IMDbSeason three shifts its focus to Pablo Escobar’s real-life successors in the drug trade: Colombia’s Cali Cartel, "the biggest drug lords you’ve probably never heard of."
Best episode · S03E10 Going Back to Cali
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E04
The Good, The Bad, and The Dead
The Cali cartel discusses moving in on Pablo's territory. Limón proposes a plan to Maritza. Tata gets a gun for protection.
- Directed by Andrés Baiz

S02E10
Al Fin Cayó!
Javier deals with the repercussions from Judy's interview. Tata tries to convince Pablo to surrender for the sake of his children.
- Directed by Andrés Baiz
- Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro

S02E08
Exit El Patrón
Colombia begins to turn on Escobar after his latest terrorist attack. Tata receives help from an unlikely ally. Quica gets increasingly anxious.
- Directed by Gerardo Naranjo

S01E01
Descenso
Chilean drug chemist Cockroach brings his product to Colombian smuggler Pablo Escobar. DEA agent Steve Murphy joins the war on drugs in Bogota.
- Directed by José Padilha
- Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro

S02E06
Los Pepes
The newly-formed Los Pepes want to destroy Pablo and his empire. Tata's brother urges her to leave and seek safety with her children.
- Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Written by Julie Siege

S02E07
Deutschland 93
As the danger intensifies for the Escobars, Pablo sends his family to another country. Gaviria weighs the opportunity to use them as leverage.
- Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S03E03
Follow the Money
- Directed by Gabriel Ripstein
- Written by David Matthews

S03E05
MRO
- Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Written by Bart Nickerson, Ashley Lyle

S03E01
The Kingpin Strategy
- Directed by Andrés Baiz
- Written by Carlo Bernard, Eric Newman

S03E02
The Cali KGB
- Directed by Andrés Baiz
- Written by Carlo Bernard, Eric Newman


S03E06
Best Laid Plans
- Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka
- Written by Jason George
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Carlo Bernard
Creator
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Doug Miro
Creator
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Chris Brancato
Showrunner

Eric Newman
Executive producer

Adam Fishbach
Executive producer
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Zach Calig
Writer
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Andrew Black
Writer
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Bart Nickerson
Writer

Steve Lightfoot
Writer
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Allison Abner
Writer
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Dana Calvo
Writer

David Matthews
Writer
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Julie Siege
Writer
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Ashley Lyle
Writer
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Zachary Reiter
Writer
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Clayton Trussell
Writer
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Santa Sierra
Writer

Nick Schenk
Writer

Jason George
Writer
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Adam Fierro
Writer

Dana Ledoux Miller
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- José Luis EscolarProducer
- Carlo BernardExecutive Producer
- Eric NewmanExecutive Producer
- Adam FishbachExecutive Producer
- Paul EcksteinProducer
- Doug MiroExecutive Producer
Writing
- Carlo BernardWriter
- Eric NewmanWriter
- Zach CaligWriter
- Andrew BlackWriter
- Bart NickersonWriter
- Doug MiroWriter
Direction
- Gabriel RipsteinDirector
- Fernando CoimbraDirector
- Guillermo NavarroDirector
- José PadilhaDirector
- Josef Kubota WladykaDirector
- Gerardo NaranjoDirector
Cinematography
- Luis David SansansDirector of Photography
- Mauricio VidalDirector of Photography
Music
- Pedro BromfmanOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeBritish Academy Television Award for Best International Programme2016
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