The WORST episodes of El Chapo

Every episode of El Chapo ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 1/29/2025Network: UnivisionStatus: Ended

7.00

30 votes

#1 - Episode 9

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/2017

El Chapo reflects on his childhood and how he entered the drug business. His punishments in prison become more severe.

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7.00

30 votes

#2 - Episode 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2017

Violence surrounds Gen. Blanco. El Chapo tries to acclimate to life in prison but gets a rude awakening when he tries to bribe a guard.

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7.20

283 votes

#3 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2017

Don Sol feeds information to Gabriela as she looks for a victim to go on the record against Gen. Blanco. Chapo meets with a drug lord in Guatemala.

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7.25

376 votes

#4 - Episode 1

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera receives a visit from his second wife Graciela in Puente Grande. After Amado’s death, Benjamín and Ramón Avendaño become the new drug-trafficking lords.

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7.30

329 votes

#5 - Episode 6

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera orders 'Don Sol' to avoid Andrés Labrador from becoming president of Mexico; he fears their business would be incompatible. Conrado schemes a fraud to make Felipe Alarcón the new Mexican ruler.

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7.30

346 votes

#6 - Episode 2

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2017

After escaping the Puente Grande Penitentiary, Joaquín Guzmán Loera asks ‘Chito’ to turn himself in to the police and declare that only he helped him break out in a laundry cart. 'El Chapo' and 'Don Sol' agree to finish off the Avendaño Brothers.

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7.31

336 votes

#7 - Episode 5

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2017

Joaquín Guzmán Loera heads to the funeral of his brother, 'El Pollo', murdered by 'Chente' and Raciel. 'El Cano' invades 'La Federación's territory to kill 'El Chapo's men.

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7.32

222 votes

#8 - Episode 11

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/23/2018

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.

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7.33

470 votes

#9 - Episode 5

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

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.

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7.34

283 votes

#10 - 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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7.34

320 votes

#11 - 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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7.36

497 votes

#12 - 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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7.36

317 votes

#13 - 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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7.38

219 votes

#14 - 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

242 votes

#15 - 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

313 votes

#16 - 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

209 votes

#17 - 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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7.39

211 votes

#18 - 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

1270 votes

#19 - 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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7.40

321 votes

#20 - 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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7.41

222 votes

#21 - 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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7.43

222 votes

#22 - 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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7.44

209 votes

#23 - 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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7.48

349 votes

#24 - 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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7.52

205 votes

#25 - 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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