The BEST episodes of El Chapo

Every episode of El Chapo ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of El Chapo!

A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

Last Updated: 7/18/2025Network: UnivisionStatus: Ended

7.73

229 votes

#1 - Episode 13

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/25/2018

Gunfights ensue as El Chapo tries desperately to avoid being captured and extradited. Don Sol's ambitions drive him to a dark place.

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7.73

306 votes

#2 - Episode 12

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera talks 'La Muñeca' and 'Tony Tormenta' into working with him against Arturo Bernal Leyda and 'El Cano'. 'Don Sol' is seen as Mexican president.

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7.59

511 votes

#3 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/30/2017

The Mexican government recruits Amado to help control the escalating violence. The Avendaño brothers cross a line.

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7.57

233 votes

#4 - Episode 2

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2018

Don Sol agrees to marry Berta to fulfill his political goals. Men of El Chapo confess to the US police that he was about to put a bomb in the embassy.

Writer: Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Diego Vega, Sara Garcia, Silvana Aguirre

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7.56

212 votes

#5 - Episode 8

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/18/2018

An isolated El Chapo tries to build a friendship with a guard. Berta and Don Sol worry about their futures as a political scandal affects Prieto.

Writer: Adrián Watanabe, Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.55

337 votes

#6 - Episode 3

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera escapes the GAFES’s arrest and later convinces them of working with him. 'El Chapo' organizes 'La Federación' with the ultimate leaders of drug trafficking after the Avendaños's fall.

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7.55

321 votes

#7 - Episode 10

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera orders the hunt of Arturo Bernal Leyda, who attacks him in his territory of Sinaloa with the help of 'El Cano' and 'Chente'. Nazario Moreno walks out of 'La Federación' after 'El Chapo's new war.

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7.54

215 votes

#8 - Episode 10

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/20/2018

After seeing an interview in which a famous actress speaks favorably about him, El Chapo demands a meeting. Meanwhile, tunnel construction continues.

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7.54

1005 votes

#9 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/23/2017

Chapo desires to achieve patron status and feels disrespected as he tries to collaborate with drug lords. Miguel Ángel must make a decision.

Directors: Ernesto Contreras

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7.53

207 votes

#10 - Episode 7

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/2018

With the Mexican government turned against him, El Chapo gets cornered in Mazatlán. Berta becomes suspicious of Don Sol's love life.

Writer: Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Esteban Orozco, Josué Méndez, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.48

349 votes

#11 - Episode 4

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera set up a trap for Raciel Cárdenas in order to take over Nuevo Laredo after the arrest. 'El Chapo' and 'La Federación' started a war against 'El Cano' and the bloodthirsty army of 'Los Emes'.

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7.45

212 votes

#12 - Episode 6

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2018

Gov. Jorge del Toro is linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and the DEA puts pressure on Esteban Prieto and Don Sol to capture El Chapo.

Writer: Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Diego Vega, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.44

224 votes

#13 - Episode 5

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/13/2018

El Chapo asks his men to do social work on behalf of Esteban Prieto so that people vote for him. Esteban wins the elections and Don Sol is appointed Secretary of Governance.

Writer: Adrián Watanabe, Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Esteban Orozco, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.42

224 votes

#14 - Episode 3

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2018

El Chapo sends Elba to live in another house so no one will hurt her. Don Sol and El Chapo make an agreement to make the police believe that he is trying to catch him and that both can fulfill their plans.

Writer: Adrián Watanabe, Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Esteban Orozco, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.41

323 votes

#15 - Episode 7

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera is the leader of a drug war sponsored by Felipe Alarcón and 'Don Sol' against 'El Cano', 'Los Emes' and 'Chente'. 'El Chapo' bribes the jury of a beauty pageant in order to make Elba Coronado the queen.

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7.40

213 votes

#16 - Episode 4

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2018

Isidoro leaves a message for El Chapo demanding him to defend his place, since he is determined to be his worst enemy. Elba tells El Chapo that she is expecting twins.

Writer: Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Diego Vega, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.39

1254 votes

#17 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2017

El Chapo must fulfill his promise to Pablo Escobar of moving cocaine across the border under a shortened timeline ,or pay the price.

Directors: Ernesto Contreras, J.M Cravioto

Writer: Carlos Contreras, Silvana Aguirre

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7.39

315 votes

#18 - Episode 9

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/2017

Arturo Bernal Leyda acts as peacemaker between Joaquín Guzmán Loera and 'El Cano' and 'Chente'. 'El Chapo' betrays the two fundamental partners of 'La Federación' to get one of his sons out of jail.

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7.39

244 votes

#19 - Episode 1

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2018

El Chapo and his men find the perfect place to build the world's largest drug lab. Don Sol gives Franco money and demands that he stay away from him, but he rejects it.

Writer: Adrián Watanabe, Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Esteban Orozco, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.39

221 votes

#20 - Episode 12

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/24/2018

El Chapo tells Vanessa how he thinks his Hollywood film should end. Don Sol investigates his wife to find something he can use to keep her in line.

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7.38

211 votes

#21 - Episode 9

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/19/2018

With El Chapo incarcerated, a power struggle occurs between Quino and Dámaso, with each man insisting he's the one in charge of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Writer: Alejandro Almazán, Carlos Contreras, Esteban Orozco, Josué Méndez, Sara García, Silvana Aguirre

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7.37

319 votes

#22 - Episode 11

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2017

Pain gets hold of Joaquín Guzmán Loera after the murder of his son, 'El Moreno', so he leaves Ismael in charge of the war. 'Don Sol' fears that 'El Cano', 'Chente' and Arturo Bernal Leyda might use 'El Chapo's weakness in their favor.

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7.37

498 votes

#23 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2017

Ramón brings in a group of sicarios in a hunt for El Chapo. A mass shooting at an airport arouses suspicion and a prominent cardinal dies.

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7.34

322 votes

#24 - Episode 8

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera promises 'Don Sol' he can end the failed Drug War and bring peace to the country. Thousands of innocents suffer the consequences of the conflict between 'La Federación', 'Los Emes' and 'Chente'.

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7.34

284 votes

#25 - Episode 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2017

Don Sol continues to work his way up the political ladder and interrogates El Chapo, who offers him information in exchange for a deal.

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