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Narcos Season 1 finished

Pablo Escobar, growing paranoid in his gilded prison, murders two visitors/narcos partners.  When the men don't return to their families, word gets out about their possible death.  Minister of Justice goes to gilded prison to try to trick Pablo into leaving and facing justice. Pablo takes him hostage. Columbian special forces attack. Pablo escapes, though most of his men apparently are killed or captured.

Murphy & Pena.  Pena apparently sold Murphy out (taken hostage) to another cartel in order to facilitate the capture of Escobar.  I didn't follow how all this worked.

Murphy's wife wants to go back to USA.  Murphy says Columbia is his home. Divorce coming up?

Murphy and his wife seem to be about to adopt a Columbian child left orphaned after the murder of her mother.

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