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Narcos Season 2: “Our Man in Madrid”
@cheesybadgers also Trujillo hiding a grin in response to Javi’s Amen.
You have to admit, though, that Horacio is a bad influence . They all are on each other. In my opinion, they should have brought
dadMartínez in earlier to pull Horacio’s ears.@seltsamkind Oh my god, yes! And the subtle glance down at him
Oh boy yep, the way they all dance to his tune in this episode is absolutely WILD and they’re all total train wrecks
but it makes for fascinating character analyses and fic material.And you’re right, they needed
dadMartinez to step in sooner! Although not sure how Carrillo would have dealt with not being in charge anymore, but I kind of wish we’d found outSerious question– did Carrillo ever *want* to be in charge? He wanted to put a bullet in Escobar’s skull and accepted that he needed to run Search Bloc to make that happen. But I don’t know that he needed to feel like he was running the show. He’s got “Must I do everything myself?” energy, not “Fuck you, I’m in charge!” energy.
If someone else was willing to lead and actually go after the narcos, I don’t think that would be an issue for Carrillo. I think he’d be like “Fucking finally! Also, can I bring my DEA boyfriend and his also-DEA boyfriend?”
Ooh good question! Personally, I think he saw it more as his duty/responsibility to his country to end it all than him craving to be in charge. But when Javi bribes General Jaramillo, Jaramillo says to Javi “But Carrillo only acts on his own orders. He doesn’t follow anyone.”
I’m sure Carrillo says to Javi prior to this that Jaramillo hates his guts as well, hence why Javi resorts to bribing him…something that I’m still annoyed and a bit baffled never gets explored further in the show, because I wonder how Horacio ‘I hate corruption’ Carrillo would have reacted to the knowledge that he only got the job because his boss was bribed with US dollars by Javi of all people (like how does that never come up?! Wouldn’t he be suspicious he was suddenly handed the role despite Jaramillo disliking him?)
So if Carrillo and Martinez had crossed paths and Carrillo was still active in the CNP (and I think it would take something pretty extreme for him to willingly walk away, seen as he didn’t stop for his family
and was prepared to die), I’m really not sure how that would have gone down, because Carrillo likes things done his own way and apparently can’t follow other people’s orders. All I can imagine is one giant headache of paperwork and suspensions from Martinez’s point of view, especially if you add loyal boyfriend Javi and his hot mess of a moustache boyfriend to the mix as wellUh, I love this conversation. I wonder how Carrillo rose through the ranks in the first place if he does not like following orders.
This is actual footage of Martínez minding his own business and Carrillo riling him up.
Imagine Carrillo being woken up by someone throwing pebbles at his bedroom window at 2 am. When he opens the window, he sees Javier, Steve and Trujillo standing in front of his house, whisper yelling: Come one, we sneaked by Martínez. We are going on a raid!
They would be up to no good.
Ha I’ve wondered that very same thing about Carrillo! As we’ve talked about before, there are loads of awards and whatnot in his office, so presumably he must have behaved himself up until a certain point of his career
My personal headcanon is the war on drugs changed him, seen as he lost a lot of friends and colleagues (and his predecessor was murdered too) and a lot of that has happened off screen before we meet him. There are so many contradictions/unknowns about his character, I basically just pick and choose what I want and make up the rest myself lol.
Poor Martinez would certainly have his work cut out.
I think he probably had no problem following orders when he could trust the people giving them. But once Escobar essentially came to power, he couldn’t trust anyone. Even Rodrigo, who he apparently knew since he was a recruit, was working for Escobar. Hell yeah he’s gonna do his Carrillo thing if he can’t trust his bosses.
Narcos Season 2: “Our Man in Madrid”
@cheesybadgers also Trujillo hiding a grin in response to Javi’s Amen.
You have to admit, though, that Horacio is a bad influence . They all are on each other. In my opinion, they should have brought
dadMartínez in earlier to pull Horacio’s ears.@seltsamkind Oh my god, yes! And the subtle glance down at him
Oh boy yep, the way they all dance to his tune in this episode is absolutely WILD and they’re all total train wrecks
but it makes for fascinating character analyses and fic material.And you’re right, they needed
dadMartinez to step in sooner! Although not sure how Carrillo would have dealt with not being in charge anymore, but I kind of wish we’d found out
Serious question– did Carrillo ever *want* to be in charge? He wanted to put a bullet in Escobar’s skull and accepted that he needed to run Search Bloc to make that happen. But I don’t know that he needed to feel like he was running the show. He’s got “Must I do everything myself?” energy, not “Fuck you, I’m in charge!” energy.
If someone else was willing to lead and actually go after the narcos, I don’t think that would be an issue for Carrillo. I think he’d be like “Fucking finally! Also, can I bring my DEA boyfriend and his also-DEA boyfriend?”