episodes of Edelow are presented in both English and Spanish.

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scenes of violence, and drug use

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Episode 1. death note.

It's May 15, 1992.

It's May 15, 1992. A hot, humid night in Kuyakan, Sinaloa.

And Chalino Sanchez is in a crowded nightclub wearing a suit.

Chalino almost always wore some kind of suit,

along with cowboy boots, a matching belt,

a white tejana like the good guys wore in old American

Westerns, and most of the time, a loaded gun.

He's with his band, Los Amables del Norte, and they're about to perform in front of a capacity

crowd. They're at a place called Salon Bugambilias, a large old-school show hall like the one your sister's

Kinseñetta might have been held at.

It's a momentous night for Chalino.

He's about to sing on a big stage in his hometown for the first

time in his seven-year career. But Nacho Hernandez, Chalino's band leader, notices that

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