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The Best Episodes of El Chapo

Every episode of El Chapo ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of El Chapo!

Best episode
S2E12 Episode 12
8.3404 votes
Worst episode
S3E9 Episode 9
7.2305 votes
Top season
Season 2
7.8avg
Binge time
23h 15m
32 episodes

Seasons3

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    El Chapo Season 2 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    8.3/10(404 votes)
    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. El Chapo Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.1/10(550 votes)
    S1:E3

    Ramon will do anything to take revenge on El Chapo. Mr. Sol meets with Gabriela to question her about the murder of colonel Blanco.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.1/10(409 votes)
    S2:E4

    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'.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. El Chapo Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    8.0/10(511 votes)
    S1:E4

    El Chapo proposes Herrerias to give him part of his merchandise in El Salvador as long as he becomes his ally. El Chapo is summoned to talk about business with Herreria, but it is a trap of lieutenant Rosado to hand him to the police.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.0/10(352 votes)
    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.9/10(400 votes)
    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.9/10(349 votes)
    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    7.9/10(317 votes)
    S3:E13

    Esteban demands from Don Sol that he resign, he refuses and threatens to confess that Chapo paid for his campaign and that he helped him escape from prison. Don Sol suspects that El Chapo will hide with Marcelo and sends the army to look for him. While Gortari wants to appoint his daughter as presidential candidate but eventually Don Sol earns his trust and is himself appointed.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.9/10(314 votes)
    S3:E2

    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. Mayel is arrested, Joaquin stops the Malaysia operations in exchange for his release.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    7.9/10(283 votes)
    S3:E10

    The men of El Chapo begin to dig the tunnel so he can escape. El Chapo manages to escape with the help of his men and the contacts of Don Sol.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. El Chapo Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.8/10(477 votes)
    S1:E7

    El Chapo gets upset to know that one of his women is with another man. After a long time in the punishment cell, El Chapo returns to his cell where he thinks he will rest from so many humiliations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.8/10(421 votes)
    S2:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
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  14. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.8/10(396 votes)
    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.8/10(344 votes)
    S3:E1

    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. DEA analysis shows that the Sinaloa cartel has rapidly expanded operations in the entire world.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.8/10(291 votes)
    S3:E8

    El Chapo begins to get contacts in jail to avoid being extradited and escape. Esteban asks his wife to publicly clarify the problem he has with one of his properties and Don Sol is enraged when he realizes it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    7.7/10(278 votes)
    S3:E11

    El Chapo makes clear the distribution of his power if he could not take over the organization. Franco tells Don Sol that he will go to work in another state because he is tired of having to hide so nobody knows about their relationship.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.7/10(293 votes)
    S3:E7

    El Chapo is arrested by the army and Don Sol informs Esteban that the world will find out that they caught the most important drug trafficker in the world. Don Sol meets Franco and his wife discovers him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.7/10(302 votes)
    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.7/10(306 votes)
    S3:E3

    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. A journalist of El Popular investigates allegations that Don Sol is protecting El Chapo.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. El Chapo Season 2 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    7.7/10(353 votes)
    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. El Chapo Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.7/10(474 votes)
    S1:E6

    Gabriela is killed for having the copies of the files of El Chapo. El Chapo begins his days in jail and thinks about how to escape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. El Chapo Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.7/10(559 votes)
    S1:E2

    Chino visits Ramon to give him information about the whereabouts of El Chapo in exchange of five million dollars. Ramon goes after El Chapo and turns the airport into a battle field.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 12 - Episode 12
    7.6/10(287 votes)
    S3:E12

    Don Sol tells El Chapo that they must get a man to pose as him so that he can remain free. El Chapo asks an actress to make a film about him so that people always remember him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.6/10(290 votes)
    S3:E6

    El Chapo and his men steal Isidoro's merchandise and destroy his laboratory. The army tries to catch El Chapo, but he manages to escape and Don Sol gets upset because he knows that it will be more complicated now to arrest him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. El Chapo Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.6/10(293 votes)
    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 12" is the best rated episode of El Chapo. It scored 8.3/10 from 404 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on December 3, 2017. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 3".

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