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Narcos

Season 1

10 listed hours · 2015–2017 · Netflix

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

DEA agents chase Colombian cartels as Wagner Moura's Pablo Escobar builds and burns an empire. Brancato, Bernard, and Miro's bilingual Netflix crime made Spanish-language dialogue a mass-audience feature, not a barrier. Three seasons, then the Mexico companion. Docudrama voiceover, kingpin heat, geopolitical bite — Escobar TV mythology with a modern definitive face.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Narcos (2015–2017) on Netflix as the first listed season of 3 — 10 listed hours, 2015-08-28 from “Descenso” (S01E01) to “Despegue” (S01E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Descenso

    Descenso makes bilingual Netflix crime a mass-audience feature: Moura's Escobar, DEA chase, docudrama voiceover on the descent.

  1. S01E01

    Descenso

    A Chilean drugsproducer, the chemist Cockroach, brings his product to the Colombian smuggler Pablo Escobar. DEA-Agent Steve Murphy is fighting drugs in Bogota.

  2. S01E02

    The Sword of Simón Bolívar

    The communistic radical group M-19 are counteracting the drug lords and Murphy's new partner Peña teaches him the Colombian way of law enforcement.

  3. S01E03

    The Men of Always

    Murphy is confronted with corruption in the Colombian government once he tries to discolate Escobar's his political ambition together with his partner Peña.

  4. S01E04

    The Palace in Flames

    Despite a new extradition treaty, the USA is increasing their budget to fight communism. It will create new challenges for Murphy and Peña to hunt for Pablo Escobar.

  5. S01E05

    There Will Be a Future

    Pablo's extreme methods is almost leading to a war between drug lords, Carillo and the government. Peña tries to protect his witness Elisa.

  6. S01E06

    Explosivos

    Gacha was almost caught by Peña and Carillo. Murphy tries to protect candidate Gaviria against assassins with ties to Pablo as she is in favour for extradition.

  7. S01E07

    You Will Cry Tears of Blood

    Pablo went to hiding as political tides are turning against him, but he finds a way to beat back. The CIA is finally offering their help to Peña and Murphy.

  8. S01E08

    La Gran Mentira

    A tragic mistake forces the government to change strategies to fight Pablo, but Pablo has bigger issues as there is danger from within his empire.

  9. S01E09

    La Catedral

    The hunt for Pablo seems to be over once he signs a deal with the government, but Murphy, Peña and the Calicartel have different thoughts about that.

  10. S01E10

    Despegue

    Pablo's activities in prison forces the government to use extreme actions. Murphy and Peña have to deal with a problematic situation.

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