60 Days In: Narcoland

As with most of these type of shows the producers fall in love with the people going in and the law enforcement officers and focus on them instead of chasing the bad guys. I literally saw one law enforcement officer say the same exact thing three times as if we didn't hear it the first time, they kept replaying it. It was a completely boring show and big disappointment. I wish plain old Cops would come back.

Being a recovering addict or a cop does not make one qualified to be an undercover operative. Even worse, two of these people had never done drugs and had no law enforcement background.

Why were these people even cast for this show?

How on earth did they not educate the cop (in jail) about how to fit in with drug users? On the reunion episode he stated that he was surprised how easily the inmates were able to sus him out.

So no one educated him on what drug addicts look like or behave?

And then there is the woman living in the trailer park. Someone is shot near her trailer so what does she do? Takes her camera and goes outside (at night) to walk trails (alone) looking for information.

What?

Either this whole show was scripted...down to the inmates.

Or A&E is criminal for irresponsibly allowing these people to be put in harm's way.

Several of these people are lucky to be alive.

This show is a disgusting display of how little value the entertainment industry values people and cares only about ratings.

Why would anyone sign up for this? The problem is too big, too far reaching for a few individuals. Volunteers, at that. Not trained under-cover agents.

They put a few people in seedy locations, for 60 days, to gather as much information as they could from low level addicts and dealers, hoping to find the missing Mexican Cartel link.

What??

Does anyone remember Enrique "Kiki" Camarena? The DEA agent tortured to death over 36 hours, may he rest in peace. What exactly do the volunteers think is going to happen when A&E leaves? Unless they're in witness protection programs, which they most certainly are not....um, good luck.

This ratings grab, to me, is just crazy. This was unnecessarily dangerous for no yeild whatsoever. While I admire the volunteers' eagerness and enthusiasm, I would not want to be in their shoes.

I hope the "Where are they now" update show isn't an actual question as we try to guess where their bodies are.

Stupid idea, A&E.

Exploitative, incredibly dangerous. The editing is ok- otherwise we wouldn't make it through the first 10 minutes. 2 episodes in and I'm horrified- there's no regulation here.

The 'talent' is risking everything for the producer's profits. I turned it off when the couple was introduced- they walk into a trailer and announce how 'disgusting' it is.

These are real life living situations where people from disadvantaged backgrounds scratch out a method of survival. And camera operators catch a tiny, handheld slice of the interaction.

Putting recovering addicts back into an environment of addiction cycles is irresponsible. Dazzling the people with shiny cameras and hidden mics is low-level, industry trash behavior.

There is essentially no story here. Addiction and poverty are a really boring lifestyle. The scoring is one of those stupid bulk-purchase 'soaring' punctuated riffs over and over again in an attempt to disguise the fact that nothing really happens.

A modern Roman Colosseum where low income and addicted persons are thrown to the lions because they are ultimately expendable. A disgrace, A&E.

60 Days in Narcoland is the epitome of all the cheesy & corny reality shows. Like most other reality shows, this program is so cut up (no pun intended) that one wonders how these scenarios played out versus how the show portrayed it. It reminded me of why I don't watch "reality" tv. From the Typical camera cuts with the overdone dramatic, tense music to repeating the same scenes repeatedly, this show pulls no stops. However, I will give it some credit because It was interesting watching how awkward the undercover people were. The only thing that kept it halfway interesting was the dude who was planted in the jail. His awkwardness was so cringing worthy that it made it somewhat entertaining. Whoever came up with the bright idea to place ex-junkies with junkies deserves a gold medal for ignorance.