The Narcos Waiting meme, also known as Pablo Escobar Waiting, features three distinct shots of character Pablo Escobar, played by Wagner Moura, standing in a garden, sitting at a table, and staring blankly on a swing. These images are taken from the second season of the Netflix series Narcos. It first gained traction on Reddit in 2016 as a way to express the feeling of intense boredom or the agonizing wait for a specific event, such as a video game release or a response from a crush. Its cinematic melancholy has since turned it into a universal symbol for the feeling of anticipation and solitude.