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Around halfway through the immediately engaging first episode of Netflix’s Narcos, the voiceover from Stephen Murphy (Boyd Holbrook), an energetic, clever DEA agent, points out that the death toll of the drug war, solely in relation to American street crime, got so bad in the 1980s that bodies had to be stored in refrigerated trucks for restaurants. Director José Padilha, who also produces the series and directed the incendiary Bus 174, could have used any kind of truck for the shot where we see a young man’s lifeless body splayed out, but he makes certain that the eye catches the Burger King logo on the back. It’s a quick moment in a series paced as if its story were hitched directly to a greased-up Roadrunner, but it’s one of the more crucial, if blatant, nods to the series’ caustic view of capitalism, both at home and abroad.
Overall, House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 becomes a key player when it comes to the storyline for this season. The episode has opened a huge number of doors to reach several conclusions.
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