60 Days In: Narcoland

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.

This is def not how the real world is. I was a user, husband a dealer, (both "out of the game" and non users currently) but being from this and been in it, none of this feels even remotely real and unscripted. You can smell.the cop.on all of them from a mile or more away. This ain't gonna work. Being honest, so folks don't get hurt out there ... If this was even real at all.

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.

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.

The difference between this and the original is that in Narcoland, people don't just go into jails but into the streets as well to "find drugs". The street parts are pretty uninteresting and I usually fast forward it to get the to jail parts. The jail parts are alright, it's filmed using the same style and it's pretty much the same as the original in that regard. All in all it's an alright time filler but it's not as good as the real "60 Days In".

If you're a fan of the original, just skip the street parts and you'll get some enjoyment out of it.