El Candidato

Episode 1

Pilot

Fri, Jul 17, 202052 mins

Isabel Alfaro is a young and talented CIA officer, starting her first day as a field agent in Mexico City (CDMX). She's smart, confident and excited. Her dreams get swiftly destroyed by her new boss, Wayne Addison, longtime CIA case officer and current Deputy Chief of Station. She quickly learns that he's on a personal vendetta to find and kill Rafael Bautista, the mysterious and brutal head of the Guerrero Cartel. Bautista, we find, is at war with the more established Northern Federation cartel, in an attempt to become the main cartel in Mexico, and seems destined to win it. Only a few hours in, Isa starts to wonder if Wayne is unhinged. He puts her life in grave danger when he takes her to one of the most dangerous spots in the city, the barrio of Tepito, in search of his unofficial source, a local gangster called "El Cocodrilo" or "Coco" for short. Meanwhile, we meet Eduardo Yzaguirre, the Mayor of Mexico City, the most inspirational politician in the country - young, vibrant, progressive, and clean, in many ways just like the city he heads. He's the son of a famous liberal politician, murdered in his prime, so as Isa points out, "he's basically JFK Jr." Meanwhile, Bautista, via the local gangster Coco, is setting up a peace meeting with the Northern Federation. But we learn that Coco is actually working with the Federation, planning to double-cross and kill Bautista. Isa eventually realizes she's been the target a of a long con of Wayne's.