I have always been fascinated with the gruesome tale of Griselda Blanco, from her early life which was beyond horrendous to becoming one of the biggest Colombian drug lords in history. There has been a couple of documentaries and even other fictional tales where she was featured but in my honest opinion this is by far the most entertaining. Sofia Vergara stars as Griselda and she does a fantastic job portraying the ruthless and savage La Madrina, the series begins with her fleeing Columbia and mainly centers around her time in Miami during the infamous cocaine wars. The series is very well done, the acting is superb, the characters are mostly well developed, the action is well shot and it does not shy away from the brutality that occurred during that time (even though it cannot live up to what really happened) Vergara though really carries this one, she is simply fantastic in almost every single scene, going from this cool and charismatic drug kingpin to the savage, strung out psychopath who would murder you for looking at her the wrong way. The only thing that lets this one down in my opinion is that it's not completely accurate historically, some things are changed here and there and I personally don't see any reason why, the true story is riveting enough so there was no need, but still it didn't detract much if at all from it being a great show, one that is easily on par with the other Narco series.

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