El Chapo ( tv series ) - wikipedia El Chapo ( tv series ) El Chapo Genre Crime thriller Biographical Written by Silvana Aguirre Carlos Contreras Directed by Ernesto Contreras José Manuel Cravioto Starring Marco de la O Humberto Busto Alejandro Aguilar Rodrigo Abed Luis Fernando Peña Juan Carlos Oliva Rolf Petersen Carlos Hernán Romo Marcela Mar Theme music composer Andrés Botero Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) Spanish No. of seasons No. of episodes 35 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Isaac Lee Camila Jimenez Villa Christian Gabela Andrés Calderón Producer ( s ) Daniel Posada Production location ( s ) Colombia Cinematography Iván Hernández Juan Pablo Ramírez César Gutiérrez Tonatiuh Martinez Valdez Editor ( s ) Jonás García Fregoso Jorge Macaya Mario Monroy Nieblas Luis Zerón Camera setup Multi-camera Production company ( s ) Story House Entertainment Distributor Netflix Release Original network Univision Picture format HDTV 1080i Audio format Stereophonic sound Original release April 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 23 ) -- July 25, 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 25 ) External links Website El Chapo is an American crime television series, co-produced by Netflix and Univision, about the life of Joaquín `` El Chapo '' Guzmán. The series premiered on April 23, 2017 on Univision before airing on Netflix worldwide. It stars Marco de la O as the titular character. The series recounts the beginnings of Joaquín `` El Chapo '' Guzmán in 1985, when he was a low - level member of the Guadalajara Cartel, his rise to power as head of the Sinaloa Cartel, and his downfall. On May 12, 2017, Univision confirmed that the series would be renewed for a second season. Season 2 premiered on September 17, 2017. Netflix released the first season, comprising nine episodes, on June 16, 2017. The second season was released on December 15, 2017. The third season premiered on July 9, 2018 on Univision, and on July 27, 2018 on Netflix. Contents 1 Cast 1.1 Main cast 1.2 Recurring cast 2 Episodes 2.1 Series overview 2.2 Season 1 ( 2017 ) 2.3 Season 2 ( 2017 ) 2.4 Season 3 ( 2018 ) 3 References 4 External links Cast Main cast Marco de la O as Joaquín `` El Chapo '' Guzmán Humberto Busto as Conrado Higuera Sol `` Don Sol '' ( a fictionalized portrayal of Genaro García Luna ) Alejandro Aguilar as Toño Rodrigo Abed as Amado Carrillo Fuentes ( alias `` El Señor de los Cielos '' ) Luis Fernando Peña as Armando `` Rayo '' López Juan Carlos Oliva as Héctor Luis Palma Salazar ( alias `` El Güero Palma '' ) Antonio de la Vega as Arturno Bernal Leyda ( a fictionalized portrayal of Arturo Beltrán Leyva ) Rolf Petersen as Ramón Avendaño ( a fictionalized portrayal of Ramón Arellano Félix ) Carlos Hernán Romo as Benjamín Avendaño ( a fictionalized portrayal of Benjamín Arellano Félix ) Héctor Holten as President Carlos Salinas de Gortari Diego Vásquez as Ismael Zambada García ( alias `` El Mayo '' and / or `` Don Ismael '' ) Teté Espinoza as Chío Luis Rábago as General Blanco Dolores Heredia as Gabriela Saavedra Recurring cast Ricardo Lorenzana as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ( alias `` El Padrino '' ) Mauricio Mejía as Pablo Escobar Biassini Segura as `` El Lobito '' Avendaño Valentina Acosta as Alejandra ( Alejandrina María Salazar Hernández ) Juliette Pardau as Graciela ( Griselda López Pérez ) Abril Schreiber as Guadalupe Hugo Gómez as Attorney Federico Livas Joseph Fusezzy as Charles Pilliod ( U.S. Ambassador ) David Ojalvo as DEA Administrator John C. Lawn Camilo Amores as Arturo Guzmán Loera ( alias `` El Pollo '' ) Irán Castillo as Vanessa Espinoza Marcela Mar as Berta Moisés Arizmendi as Presidente 66 Episodes Series overview Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 10 April 23, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 23 ) May 21, 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 21 ) 12 September 17, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) December 3, 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 03 ) 13 July 9, 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 09 ) July 25, 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 25 ) Season 1 ( 2017 ) No. overall No. in season Title Original air date Prod. code US viewers ( millions ) `` Chapter 1 Chapter 2 '' 23 April 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 23 ) 101 102 1.73 Joaquín Guzmán is a man who seeks to make his way in the illegal world of drug trafficking, for this he makes himself known to his other colleagues as El Chapo and seeks to change the rules of the business at all costs. To start with everything he knows he needs to risk dying and he looks for the Colombian capo named Pablo Escobar and offers to pass him a ton of merchandise in only 48 hours but if he does not make it he will be a dead man. Joaquín is a lover of the tunnels and knows how to cross the drug through the border with Mexico without any danger of being discovered and this will be his key to escalate the drug trafficking business. When everything seems to go perfectly El Chapo receives the news of the death of his father for an illness and even though their relationship was not the best he wanted to say goodbye but time did not work in his favor. `` Chapter 3 Chapter 4 '' 30 April 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 30 ) 103 104 1.60 5 6 5 6 `` Chapter 5 Chapter 6 '' 7 May 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 07 ) 105 106 1.58 7 8 7 8 `` Chapter 7 Chapter 8 '' 14 May 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 14 ) 107 108 1.37 9 10 9 10 `` Chapter 9 Chapter 10 '' 21 May 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 21 ) 109 110 1.54 Season 2 ( 2017 ) No. overall No. in season Title Original air date Prod. code US viewers ( millions ) 11 `` Chapter 1 '' 17 September 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) 201 1.45 12 `` Chapter 2 '' 24 September 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 24 ) 202 1.18 13 `` Chapter 3 '' 1 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 01 ) 203 1.19 14 `` Chapter 4 '' 8 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 08 ) 204 N / A 15 5 `` Chapter 5 '' 15 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 15 ) 205 N / A 16 6 `` Chapter 6 '' 22 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 22 ) 206 N / A 17 7 `` Chapter 7 '' 29 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 29 ) 207 N / A 18 8 `` Chapter 8 '' 5 November 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 05 ) 208 1.35 19 9 `` Chapter 9 '' 12 November 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 12 ) 209 1.13 20 10 `` Chapter 10 '' 19 November 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 19 ) 210 1.15 21 22 11 12 `` Chapter 11 Chapter 12 '' 3 December 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 03 ) 211 212 1.30 Season 3 ( 2018 ) No. overall No. in season Title Original air date Prod. code US viewers ( millions ) 23 `` Chapter 1 '' 9 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 09 ) 301 1.09 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. 24 `` Chapter 2 '' 10 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 10 ) 302 0.99 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. 25 `` Chapter 3 '' 11 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 11 ) 303 1.00 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. 26 `` Chapter 4 '' 12 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 12 ) 304 1.03 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. 27 5 `` Chapter 5 '' 13 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 13 ) 305 0.90 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. 28 6 `` Chapter 6 '' 16 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 16 ) 306 0.89 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. 29 7 `` Chapter 7 '' 17 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 17 ) 307 0.98 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. 30 8 `` Chapter 8 '' 18 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 18 ) 308 0.88 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. 31 9 `` Chapter 9 '' 19 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 19 ) 309 0.99 Damaso and Quino fight to take over the organization of El Chapo. El Chapo learns about the problems between Damaso and Quino and demands that they respect each other, but he knows that he must rush to escape from prison or they could ruin the organization. 32 10 `` Chapter 10 '' 20 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 20 ) 310 1.00 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. 33 11 `` Chapter 11 '' 23 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 23 ) 311 1.07 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. 34 12 `` Chapter 12 '' 24 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 24 ) 312 0.97 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. 35 13 `` Chapter 13 '' 25 July 2018 ( 2018 - 07 - 25 ) 313 1.07 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. References Jump up ^ Littleton, Cynthia ( May 17, 2016 ). `` Netflix and Univision Partner for ' El Chapo ' Series, ' Narcos ' and ' Club de Cuervos ' Pact ''. Variety. Jump up ^ Blistein, Jon ( January 26, 2017 ). `` Univision, Netflix ' El Chapo ' Series Sets April Premiere ''. Rolling Stone. 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Question: how many episodes does el chapo season 3 have
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