El General Naranjo
El General Naranjo is a Colombian crime drama television series created by Anita de Hoyos and produced by Fox Telecolombia based on the book El general de las mil batallas written by Julio Sánchez Cristo. The series revolves around Óscar Naranjo (Christian Meier), a Colombian general who was very influential in ending drug trafficking in Colombia and destroying Pablo Escobar and his army of criminals.[2] The series premiered in Latin America 24 May 2019 on Fox Premium,[2] and during its premiere Fox released the full episodes through its subscription app, the full seasons can be viewed all by subscription, while Fox airs one episode on television every Friday,[3][2] except for the second season, which aired the last episode on a Saturday.[4]
| El General Naranjo | |
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| Genre | Biographical |
| Created by | Anita de Hoyos |
| Based on | El general de las mil batallas by Julio Sánchez Cristo |
| Directed by | |
| Creative director(s) | Gabriela Monroy[1] |
| Music by | Camilo Vega[1] |
| Opening theme | "Los buenos somos más" by Various[lower-alpha 1] |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 37 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production company(s) | Fox Telecolombia |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox Premium |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Original release | 24 May 2019 – present |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
The series consists of 40 one-hour episodes, divided into 3 seasons, which were filmed consecutively.[2] The first season tells about Óscar Naranjo's beginnings in the Police and focuses on the fight against the Medellín cartel.[2] The second season focuses on how he was ascending in the police institution, and the entire strategy to catch the drug traffickers of the Cali and Norte del Valle cartels, who kept a lower profile and were much smarter and less impulsive.[2] While the third season continues the conflict with the FARC and with the paramilitaries, and the role of Naranjo in the peace agreement.[2]
In Colombia, the series premiered on 15 April 2020 on Caracol Televisión, broadcasting the first two seasons consecutively from Monday to Friday.[5]
Plot
This is the story of Óscar Naranjo (Christian Meier) and Colombia in recent decades, told from the point of view of those who did their best to maintain order and law against Pablo Escobar, paramilitarism, drug cartels and the FARC.
Cast
Main
- Christian Meier as General Óscar Naranjo
- Julián Román as El Liso
- Juliana Galviz as Claudia Luque
- Diego Cadavid as Teniente Héctor Talero (season 1)
- Juan Pablo Shuk as Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
- Laura Ramos as Rita Cienfuegos
- Viña Machado as Esperanza (season 1)
- Federico Rivera as Pablo Escobar
- Walter Luengas as Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
- Andrés Toro as Gustavo Gaviria Rivero
- Juan Pablo Franco as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela
- Aldemar Correa as Teniente Fonseca
- Brian Moreno as Agente Bustamante
- Carlos Manuel Vesga as Sargento Andrande
- Jason Chad as Agent White
Recurring
- Diana Hoyos as Valentina Montoya
- Susana Rojas as Zaida Guzmán
- Katherine Vélez as Amparo de Naranjo
- Guillermo Gálvez as General Naranjo Father
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | ||||
| 1 | 13 | 24 May 2019 | 16 August 2019 | ||
| 2 | 24[6] | 15 November 2019[7] | 25 April 2020[4] | ||
Season 1 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Colombia air date | Colombia viewers (Rating points) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 24 May 2019 | 15 April 2020 | 10.8[8] | |
| In 1986, Captain Naranjo interrogates two prisoners in Baton Rouge prison about the murder of his friend and mentor, Sergeant Cuevas, who was killed in a robbery orchestrated by El Liso, a thief who works for Pablo Escobar. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 31 May 2019 | 16 April 2020 | 10.9[9] | |
| Naranjo and Talero persecute to El Liso and his men who are responsible for the death of Cuevas. On the other hand, Escobar and Gacha carry out a plan to get rid of Orlando, a trafficker who makes their lives difficult. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 7 June 2019 | 17 April 2020 | 10.8[10] | |
| In his eagerness to catch to El Liso, Naranjo is discovered by Esperanza. El Liso, meanwhile, is executed by Escobar for doing things wrong. Meanwhile, Escobar demonstrates his intense desire to enter politics. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 14 June 2019 | 20 April 2020 | 11.0[11] | |
| Naranjo believes that El Liso is dead, and this will help El Liso to begin committing anonymity and helping Escobar with his career in politics. Meanwhile, Colonel Luque, father-in-law of Naranjo, begins to discover the truth about Óscar. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 21 June 2019 | 21 April 2020 | 9.5[12] | |
| Claudia finds out how Naranjo's supposed infidelity with Zaida really happened, and they formalize their relationship again. Meanwhile, the MAS movement is born, which terrifies society with deaths and kidnappings. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 28 June 2019 | 22 April 2020 | 10.7[13] | |
| After his rapid rise in politics, Escobar manages to obtain a position in the government. Naranjo marries Claudia, begins her courses at the DEA and meets Rita Cienfuegos. On the other hand, the G-31 meets with the president to talk about peace and guarantees. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 5 July 2019 | 23 April 2020 | 10.2[14] | |
| Naranjo infiltrates Tranquilandia, dismantling the largest cocaine laboratory before his superiors and the government. Escobar and Gacha plan to take action against all the politicians who pressure them. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 12 July 2019 | 24 April 2020 | 9.9[15] | |
| A wave of violence breaks out; There is an attack against Minister Lara who is assassinated and El Liso, on his own, tries to kill Naranjo in his own home. The war against the cartels intensifies, Ochoa and Abadía are arrested. Naranjo uncovers the relationship between DEA agent White and Wendy, an Escobar spy. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 19 July 2019 | 27 April 2020 | 9.4[16] | |
| Larry Bean, a DEA informant, sets a trap for Escobar and Gustavo Gaviria to link them to drug trafficking, but the plan is discovered by Escobar, who will seek revenge. Rita Cienfuegos and Naranjo try to save Larry, while Escobar declares war on the magistrates. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Episode 10" | 26 July 2019 | 28 April 2020 | 9.4[17] | |
| Naranjo is chosen to reinforce the security of the Palace of Justice after the wave of violent attacks against judges and magistrates. Gustavo threatens El Liso as he distrusts his way of doing things. Talero goes to Medellín looking for answers about Escobar and risking his life. Escobar joins the G-31 to perpetuate the attack at the Palace of Justice. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Episode 11" | 2 August 2019 | 29 April 2020 | 9.9[18] | |
| El Liso investigates the Palace of Justice to plan the attack, at the same time that it warns Colonel Sepúlveda about it, to fulfill his responsibility to attack the magistrates and expose the G-31 as those responsible for the tragedy. Naranjo warns Reyes Echandía of the imminent danger in which the institution finds itself. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Episode 12" | 9 February 2019 | 30 April 2020 | 10.0[19] | |
| Naranjo is invited to the Embassy of the United States, where he asks the Ambassador to help his government in the fight against drug trafficking. El Liso manages to destroy the evidence that could incriminate him as the person responsible for the attempted terrorist attack. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Episode 13" | 16 August 2019 | 4 May 2020 | 10.3[20] | |
| In Bogotá, several police officers die, and the culprit is a hitman named El Chueco whom El Liso had hired to make the G-31 appear responsible for the deaths. | ||||||
Season 2 (2019–20)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Colombia air date | Colombia viewers (Rating points) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 15 November 2019 | 5 May 2020 | 10.6[21] | |
| Liso attacks Naranjo and leaves him at his mercy. However, Fonseca reacts with an accurate shot that saves Naranjo's life and leaves Liso injured, who escapes and seeks refuge in a hotel. There the Mexican arrives to collect accounts. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 22 November 2019 | 6 May 2020 | 9.9[22] | |
| It's 1986 and Naranjo is intrigued to find out who is the author of the compromising photos of him and Rita at the embassy. Investigating and connecting dots, he becomes suspicious of White and devises a plan to attack him and expose his clandestine relationship with Wendy, the model who has ties to Escobar. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 29 November 2019 | 7 May 2020 | 9.9[23] | |
| In Washington, United States, agent Rita denies being the author of the photos directed at Claudia, while Naranjo must submit to the polygraph to be promoted to the rank of major. There, he gives up after Rita's uncomfortable personal questions. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 6 December 2019 | 8 May 2020 | 9.4[24] | |
| 18 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 13 December 2019 | 11 May 2020 | 9.6[25] | |
| 19 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 20 December 2019 | 12 May 2020 | 8.3[26] | |
| 20 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 27 December 2019 | 13 May 2020 | 9.5[27] | |
| 21 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 3 January 2020 | 14 May 2020 | 8.5[28] | |
| 22 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 10 January 2020 | 15 May 2020 | 8.8[29] | |
| 23 | 10 | "Episode 10" | 17 January 2020 | 18 May 2020 | 9.1[30] | |
| 24 | 11 | "Episode 11" | 24 January 2020 | 19 May 2020 | 9.4[31] | |
| 25 | 12 | "Episode 12" | 31 January 2020 | 20 May 2020 | 10.2[32] | |
| 26 | 13 | "Episode 13" | 7 February 2020 | 21 May 2020 | 9.4[33] | |
| 27 | 14 | "Episode 14" | 14 February 2020 | 22 May 2020 | 9.8[34] | |
| 28 | 15 | "Episode 15" | 21 February 2020 | 26 May 2020 | 8.5[35] | |
| 29 | 16 | "Episode 16" | 28 February 2020 | 27 May 2020 | 8.8[36] | |
| 30 | 17 | "Episode 17" | 6 March 2020 | 28 May 2020 | 9.9[37] | |
| 31 | 18 | "Episode 18" | 13 March 2020 | 29 May 2020 | 9.4[38] | |
| 32 | 19 | "Episode 19" | 20 March 2020 | 1 June 2020 | 9.4[39] | |
| 33 | 20 | "Episode 20" | 27 March 2020 | 2 June 2020 | 9.6[40] | |
| 34 | 21 | "Episode 21" | 3 April 2020 | 3 June 2020 | 9.2[41] | |
| 35 | 22 | "Episode 22" | 10 April 2020 | 4 June 2020 | 9.4[42] | |
| 36 | 23 | "Episode 23" | 17 April 2020 | 5 June 2020 | 10.1[43] | |
| 37 | 24 | "Episode 24" | 25 April 2020[4] | 8 June 2020 | N/A | |
Notes
- "Los buenos somos más" performed by Art House, Alejandro Sanz, Adriana Lucía, Fonseca, Yotuel, and Brika.
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