Whats not to love about Pablo Escobar?
Hes an attentive, protective husband and a present, nurturing father.
He has a heart for the poor and disadvantaged children.
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He even marvels at the beauty in the most common of garden plants.
But beyond that, a real mensch!
The second season is an improvement on the first.
His narration served season 1s fascinating, inside-baseball education on the workings of the cocaine trade and Colombian society.
Theres less of that this season.
Where season 1 spanned 10 years, season 2 captures Escobars last days on the loose.
Theres an abundance of sharply drawn secondary characters and compelling subplots.
Holding the center and your attention is Escobar and his tragic paradoxes.
This review originally appears in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands now andavailable here.
