60 Days In: Narcoland

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.

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.

That's it. Strictly for entertainment purposes only, because these people have no idea what they're talking about or what they're doing. Minimal research and these people could have almost made it realistic. Action movies on TV are more realistic than this show is.

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.