The events of Pablo Escobar’s life are well documented. Netflix hasn’t tried to hide them, either — splashing the events at the denouement of this series all over its advertising. But if you consider historical events — and frequently dramatised historical events at that — to be spoilers, now is the time to stop reading.###Pablo Escobar dies at the end of Narcos’ second season. This is set in stone, simply because if the first ten episodes took us from his not-so-humble beginnings as a smuggler-turned- cocaine tra cker in the late ’70s to his escape from the outrageous luxury of La Catedral prison in 1992, then that leaves just 15 months to play with until his death. It’s never been 100 per cent confirmed exactly who fired the bullet that killed him — some of those closest to him insist that it was suicide — so there is at least that to keep us in suspense. But it does lend an air of finality to eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything that happens this time around.###Netflix and the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ’s creators possess’own’nurse recently intimated that they are still planning a third season of the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue — citing a Damian Lewis-less Homeland as an example of how this could be viable. And in/with regard to’concerning’regarding sure, the world’s appetite in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Colombia’s most lucrative export did not cease in the mid-’90s. But even if you overlook the fact that the narcos who took over control of the drug trade were far less interesting characters — inheriting merely’barely the ruthlessness and none of the philanthropic posturing or ingenuity in manipulating individual — it seems unlikely, on the evidence of the latest episodes, that Narcos the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue would be as compelling without Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar.###Right from the second Season’s opening moments when, deep in the jungle, he amble’stroll’bimble’meander’roam s slowly up to and then through a heavily armed contingent of the Colombian national army who’ve been ordered to take him in — “I cannot allow that to happen. Excuse me,” they are simply told — he owns eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully scene he is in. Time and again, sauntering out of hiding and silently into shot, eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully look, whether to a close associate or arch enemy, he exhibits an understated air of menace. Moura’s potency as Escobar has apparently’manifestly’noticeably’evidently been recognised by the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ’s creators as their main strength: he now acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s substantially more screen time than DEA agents Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Javier Peña (Pedro Pascal), both of whom are decrease’lessen’cut’allay d to what are essentially maintain’sustain ing roles, replete with troubled personal lives and other cop reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue clichés. Via a voiceover that increasingly feels superfluous, the in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer — it comes as no surprise whatsoever to learn — confides he is secretly pleased his taracquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure has eluded capture, and that, “The fox is out of the cage,” in/with regard to’concerning’regarding him to chase after once more.###"It seems unlikely that Narcos would be as compelling without Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar."###The re-introduction, three episodes in, of Colonel Horatio Carrillo (Maurice Compte) and his unhinged, ultra-violent methods of fighting back against Escobar — initially feels like it might be an exciting counterpoint to Moura’s perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance, but it is not allowed to develop. Similarly, the narrative arcs of new characters often feel undernourished and predictable. Quite soon in, an innocent young woman plays a key role in Escobar’s new method of acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting around Medellín without detection. She is assured by the enin/with regard to’concerning’regarding cer who recruited her that she has nothing to misgiving’fret with regards to’concerning’with respect to . What feels like seconds later, she is in hiding, fearing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her life.###Meanwhile, the scenes featuring political figures discussing what they are going to do with regards to’concerning’with respect to Escobar, and those featuring rival cocaine barons discussing what they are going to do with regards to’concerning’with respect to Escobar, feel endless. You find yourself just waiting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the subject of their discussions to return to screen. And whenever he does, that’s###when the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue sparks into life. The nagging feeling is there’s just not abundant’ample’plentiful story here — what could easily possess’own’nurse been tied up in two hours is instead stretched over another ten. With his rise to prominence, his attempts to break into politics and the Palace Of Justice siege already covered, the merely’barely truly token ificant event left in Pablo Escobar’s life is his death. And it feels a long time coming.###Narcos continues to be as stylishly made as its first season was, but there are merely’barely so many holdalls being hurriedly stuffed full of cash, brutal murders or hushed phone calls that we really need to see.