The BEST Episodes of El Chapo
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Jul 5, 2021
Network: Univision
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.
#1 - Episode 13
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired Jul 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.
7.85 
#2 - Episode 12
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired Dec 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.
7.80 
#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Apr 30, 2017
The Mexican government recruits Amado to help control the escalating violence. The Avendaño brothers cross a line.
7.68 
#4 - Episode 2
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired Jul 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.
7.67 
#5 - Episode 8
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired Jul 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.
7.63 
#6 - Episode 3
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 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.
7.60 
#7 - Episode 7
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired Jul 17, 2018
With the Mexican government turned against him, El Chapo gets cornered in Mazatlán. Berta becomes suspicious of Don Sol's love life.
7.57 
#8 - Episode 10
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired Jul 20, 2018
After seeing an interview in which a famous actress speaks favorably about him, El Chapo demands a meeting. Meanwhile, tunnel construction continues.
7.57 
#9 - Episode 10
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired Nov 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.
7.55 
#10 - Episode 6
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired Jul 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.
7.53 
#11 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired May 7, 2017
The government offers a reward for the capture of El Chapo, and he is forced to go into hiding while making plans to flee the country.
7.53 
#12 - Episode 4
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired Oct 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'.
7.52 
#13 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Apr 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.
7.51 
#14 - Episode 12
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired Jul 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.
7.51 
#15 - Episode 4
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired Jul 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.
7.50 
#16 - Episode 3
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Jul 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.
7.49 
#17 - Episode 5
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired Jul 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.
7.47 
#18 - Episode 9
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired Jul 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.
7.47 
#19 - Episode 9
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Nov 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.
7.46 
#20 - Episode 11
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Dec 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.
7.46 
#21 - Episode 1
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired Jul 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.
7.45 
#22 - Episode 7
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Oct 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.
7.44 
#23 - Episode 8
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Nov 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'.
7.43 
#24 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Apr 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.
7.43 
#25 - Episode 11
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired Jul 23, 2018
The world reacts to El Chapo's escape. The drug kingpin reveals his successor and tells his men to stop fighting. Berta gets angry at Don Sol.
7.42