‘Narcos' Season 4 Air Date, Spoilers, News & Update: Will Original Series Get New Installment After 'Mexico' Reset?

“Narcos: Mexico” is now officially streaming on Netflix. While it is a completely fresh take on the history of some of the biggest drug traffickers, some might be asking whether there will ever be a “Narcos” season 4.

Some fans might be referring to “Narcos: Mexico” as “Narcos” season 4. While it was released after the third season of the original series, it is billed as a standalone franchise. In fact, if fans would look at it on Netflix, they can observe that “Narcos: Mexico” is uploaded on its own page, separate from the three-part series set in Colombia.

Last month, TVLine has also confirmed that Netflix is officially promoting “Narcos: Mexico” as the first season of a new, spin-off series. In much earlier interviews, people attached to the show’s production also referred to the latest installment as a series “reset” which means it is, technically, not “Narcos” season 4.

Now, some fans might be asking whether or not a “Narcos” season 4 will be released. The original series focused on the rise of Pablo Escobar and the empire of drug lords he helped establish in Colombia with a vast market reach across the Americas. Escobar’s life was the main storyline but only up to the second season where his death was covered. Then, season 3 focused on a group of baddies involved in the Cali cartel.

In the season 3 finale, however, cartel leader Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela (Damián Alcázar) announced that he is breaking up the Cali cartel and encouraged his colleagues to venture on legal businesses. This apparently hinted that a new group will take the center stage once “Narcos” season 4 is released. But the series reset was later reported mainly because the franchise moves on to focus on the Guadalajara cartel and also relocating the filming and production to locations in Mexico.​

Netflix is yet to directly announce the end of the original series, possibly because the “Narcos” franchise per se is not ending yet. But the release of “Narcos: Mexico” pretty much tells fans that the release of “Narcos” season 4 is, technically, unlikely happening in the future.