Oh no. Netflix has done it yet again and made me root for and feel somewhat sorry for a criminal, bravo guys. Prior to a few days ago, I had never heard the name Griselda Blanco. That was until I saw that a new Narcos-like show had started on Netflix that, surely enough, had some of the same writers behind the lauded Narcos (2015). It shows too because in its opening minutes, it feels like competently made TV. It's difficult to explain but after a while, you can kinda tell if a show is going to be decent or not by the way it feels. The way it's shot and the atmosphere is something that you can differentiate from a show that has a paper mache budget from one that doesn't, and Griselda certainly has that HBO-like blockbuster feel that you can see in its set designs, clothes, acting and overall composition.

Speaking of acting, a lot of it is good, but the star of the show is Griselda and watching Sofia Vergara (who like Morgan Freeman and others doesn't seem to age at all) struggle to her rise to power and slowly lose it all left me conflicted to say the least. The power to change your life doesn't often come easy, especially in her case. The fear, blood, looking over your shoulder always and betrayal that comes with her life is something I struggle to understand if it's worth it in the end. Her come up made me sympathize with what people from other parts of the world go through to just live, let alone survive, and how some of those same people look to a country with plenty of problems as their way out.

I might have to finally check out Narcos because if I was this impressed with Griselda, I can't imagine what's in store for me there.