Lopez vs Lopezseason 3 premieres Friday, October 18 on NBC and picks up after Mayan and Quinten’s surprising engagement. Although the couple has a nine-year-old son, marriage always seemed unlikely given Mayan’s distaste for the concept. The dominoes start to fall when George and Rosie convince Quinten to propose, with the latter having called off her own wedding following Josué’s infidelity. Despite her parents' meddling, Mayan realizes that she truly does want to marry Quinten andgets down on one kneeto pop the question.
Theseason 2finale also sees George share the truth about his relapse, which, among other confessions, leads to a family session with Mayan’s therapist. Each of the characters ends up learning something new about themselves by the end of the episode, and it becomes clear that their anger towards George is misplaced frustration. The family always comes out stronger on the other side of conflict, and with Mayan and Quinten’swedding on the horizon, there’s plenty to celebrate whenLopez vs Lopezreturns.
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While visiting theLopez vs Lopezseason 3set,Screen Rantparticipates in round tables with showrunner Debby Wolfe and cast members George Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez, and Matt Shively, who tease what to expect in the aftermath of the season 2 finale.
Lopez Vs Lopez Season 3 Will See The Family Be More Understanding Towards George, Says Wolfe
“They’ve learned that George has come a long way, and we’re going to see that reflected a lot in season 3. He really is doing the work to heal in his sobriety.”
Screen Rant: The family obviously had a lot of misplaced anger towards George. What do they take away from the therapy session, and how does it impact the way they handle those types of feelings in season 3?
Debby Wolfe: I think that they’ve learned that George has come a long way, and we’re going to see that reflected a lot in season 3. He really is doing the work to heal in his sobriety and going to AA and going to therapy, and so the family is less hard on him this season and just trusting that he is going to get where he needs to go. There’s a lot of love in the family for him and that’ll continue.
Quinten didn’t think Mayan wanted to get married, so what kind of feelings does it bring up for him now that this engagement has finally happened? Does he have any worries?
Matt Shively: I don’t think he’s exactly worried because I think they went through so much leading up to it that he was okay if that was never going to happen. It being her choice and her deciding that she was, not willing to do it, but ready to do it and wanted to do it, brought more comfort to their relationship as far as the security of “Is this going to last?”
The thing that it’s done the most for him is that he feels like he’s finally a part of the family, and so he’s not tiptoeing around everything or trying to make excuses for everybody else. He knows everybody a little bit more and he’s not afraid to speak his mind a little bit more and be confident in his own beliefs and what he wants out of life. If anything, it’s just made him feel very secure that he’s no longer just a Van Bryan, he’s also a Lopez, and that makes it easier.
Shively & Wolfe Explain Why Mayan Is Ready To Marry Quentin
“The reason that Mayan didn’t want to get married is because of her issues with her father, but now her father’s back in her life.”
Debby, why did you and the writers decide that the season 2 finale was the right time for Mayan and Quentin to get engaged?
Debby Wolfe: I think we were leading there because the reason that Mayan didn’t want to get married is because of her issues with her father, but now her father’s back in her life and really working on healing his relationship with her, and that was keeping her from going down the aisle. She didn’t want to recreate her parents' dynamic. But now that she feels safe with her father, she feels safer with Quentin.
It just seemed like that was going to always be her journey. We always knew that we would end up getting there and obviously we want to have a wedding. I think that people are so invested in Mayan and Quinten’s relationship. It’s very modern-day-equal-parts. They both do the housework, they both take care of the kids, they both work. It’s a beautiful relationship, and we want to show that an equal partnership exists, and a marriage just seems like a celebration of that.
Matt Shively: Going back to the question of what everyone took from that therapy session, I think one of the issues that all of us has was we weren’t holding ourselves accountable for our own issues. It became very easy to take that out on George because he was the punching bag.
And so that therapy session really brought a mirror up to all of us and made us all see our own shortcomings, which in turn, made us open up a little bit more to progressing as humans, which is what led to her seeing that I wasn’t her dad, and that I was here for the long haul, and I was going to do anything to make sure that she was happy and safe and comfortable.
We know that Rosie and George are going to have different ideas about their daughter’s wedding, which I’m sure provides a lot of opportunity for comedy. Where does Quentin fit into the wedding planning?
Matt Shively: I think at the end of the day, Quentin just wants to say “I do”. At the end of the day, his main goal is just to say “I do” and to make it an official thing. He’s always wanted to make everybody else happy. I think his vision of the wedding is whatever Mayan wants it to be, not because he’s in the role of being like, “We’ll do whatever you want to do.” It’s more of, “I want you to have exactly what you want, and so whatever your vision is, is my vision as well.”
And it just so happens that Rosie and George really want their own vision, and it is not Mayan’s vision. There’s a lot of us coming together. It’s bringing us closer together because of the fact that, no matter what, we’re always on the same page with that stuff as far as what the wedding looks like. He’s just along for the ride. He just wants to marry her.
George Lopez, Selenis Leyva, & Brice Gonzalez Discuss Their Character’s Wedding Roles
“I think the dream sequence in the beginning of the first episode is a perfect contradiction to what they end up doing or wanting to do.”
Lopez vs Lopezis a comedy, but it also deals with some really heavy topics. George relapses at the end of season 2, so how will that affect him going forward?
Selenis Leyva: I think the beautiful thing, and what the writers have done this season so far is that, yes, he’s in recovery, and an addict is always going to be an addict, and you’re always going to be somehow in recovery, but they’re living their lives and that’s what we’re showing.
We’re showing that he really is living his life, doing the George, and really being the best version that he could be. That’s what I love about the season—that it’s not so much beating that he’s in recovery. He’s dealing with it, but he’s living life.
George Lopez: That’s why I think they done such a great job of being able to go away from it, and then it’s there if you need it, but then if you don’t, there’s enough of us. Taking over somebody’s wedding is a big deal. Parents overstepping and all that stuff. So I think the dream sequence in the beginning of the first episode is a perfect contradiction to what they end up doing or wanting to do.
Brice, Chance wants to step up and be the man of the house in season 3. What are his responsibilities?
Selenis Leyva: You have that wonderful episode where you have to be the best man. Was that fun to do? Does Chance feel pressure to be the best man?
Brice Gonzalez: Chance said he was going to be a ring bearer or a priest. Chance felt a little pressure, but I didn’t. It was awesome.
George Lopez: When you’re acting with him, you don’t say, “He’s nine, so take it easy.” No, he’s one of us. You don’t ever think about his age when you’re acting with him, and that says a lot. It’s good.
What does Mayan’s perfect wedding look like to Rosie, and how does it differ from George’s ideas?
Selenis Leyva: Rosie’s has drones in the night sky.
George Lopez: In the shape of the Virgin Mary.
Selenis Leyva: And there are horses and there’s a beach. I mean it is extravaganza. In her world, I think she’s meshing her dream wedding with Josué and her dream wedding that she’s always imagined for Mayan and then the present.
There’s a lot happening, and if she had it her way, it would be a gypsy style wedding. Very over the top with the big dresses and lots of flowers. It would be an exaggeration of all of her lives put together. It’s not going to happen, unfortunately. [Laughs] And then George [wants the] cheapest route.
About Lopez vs Lopez Season 3
Created by George Lopez, Mayan Lopez, and Debby Wolfe
The laughs and family spats continue inLopez vs Lopezseason 3 as Mayan and Quinten attempt to take control of their wedding plans. George continues to deal with his sobriety and the realities of getting older, neither of which he does gracefully. Rosie isn’t shy about voicing her opinions about the wedding and silently deals with the aftermath of her near marriage to Josué. Chance begins to rebel against his parents now that he’s a strong, independent 9-year-old. The whole Lopez familia is back and ready to live life to its fullest – loving, crying and everything in between.
Lopez vs Lopezseason 3 premieres Friday, October 18 at 8:30 pm ET/PT.
Lopez vs Lopez
Lopez vs Lopez is a sitcom series created for NBC that stars George Lopez and his real-life daughter, Mayan Lopez. The two play fictional versions of themselves trying to bridge their strained relationship, with George moving in with his daughter, focusing on the generational differences between the two of them.
