‘Lopez vs Lopez’ Recap: ‘Lopez vs Friends’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

LOPEZ VS LOPEZ -- "Lopez vs Friends" Episode 305 -- Pictured: (l-r) George Lopez as George, Churro -- (Photo by: Nicole Weingart/NBC)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 305 of ‘Lopez vs Lopez’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
​
There are things that our parents and in-laws do, that outright drive us up the wall, mentally. It could be some weird morning habits that rattle our own routine, or it could be some odd words they always have to say in our presence or some odd behaviors to take part in, but one way or another… those quirks are there, and they do indeed frustrate us to no end and leave us wondering how we leave that frustration behind. Which perhaps, there might be an easier answer to than we know. Since more often than not the simplest solution is right in front of us, and we merely need to think about the situation at hand and its root causes to figure out what we need to cope.

Because everything we do in this life is related to something from our past, be it good or be it bad, and perhaps coming to learn that source issue would allow for us to quell the concern or better understand where those old timers are coming from and well, this is top of mind today, simply because Mayan and Quinten learned it during this week’s episode of Lopez vs Lopez on NBC. For ‘Lopez vs Friends’ saw George just being mean and nasty to Churro often for no reason, and as Mayan was trying to make up her bridesmaid list, she came to realize she was light on friends and constantly having to contend with a mother that wanted to be her bestie and wanted to smother. Which really did push the two of them to want to make some changes to these behaviors.

For Mayan, that involved calling up an old friend from high school, so they could hang out, catch up and enjoy some time away from the house like she used to often. Which led to Rosie tagging along to every meet up and place to try and be in on the fun. Which annoyed Mayan to no end and made her think that her mother was just being overbearing. But a slip up from the old friend, one that informed Mayan that she was viewed as trouble because she got pregnant out of high school, helped her to learn that root cause and the odd behavior here. In that Rosie just wanted to protect her baby girl from hard words and mean behavior and was willing to hover and make time like this to do so. Which gave Mayan newfound respect for her mom and helped to make this palatable.

As for Quinten, well he decided that to show George the importance of respecting the family dog, by hiding Churro. So that George would feel some sense of responsibility for the pup and come to know why Churro was often given such kindness. But that led instead, to panic from George, wherein he and Oscar worked hard to find that little dog. Because George thought Churro’s disappearance was his fault and he didn’t want to hurt the family, especially because he realized his sour behavior was related to projection. Because he saw a little dog getting treated better than he did as a kid, and that inflamed some trauma and some unresolved emotion, and Quinten learned of this and made moves to bring Churro back quickly. Because now he knew, George wasn’t being a jerk to a dog because he could, because of some deep-rooted pain that George recognized and wanted to fix.

Of course, he fixed it well, since Churro became his pretty, pretty princess. And it should be noted how huge it is that George recognized this. But that aside, that was a brilliant way to explore, how old haunts and concerns often drive people to do unique and annoying acts. But more so, why it is so important to recognize that and find out what those root causes are. To better understand a generation that is different from us, and went through harder times mentally, so we can find common ground and love and live together. Which really did make for another brilliant episode from this series, because no other show is pondering upon this kind of stuff, and it does leave us ready to explore more from a show that truly looks at family life in a manner that is real and honest. Until next time.

---

Watch ‘Lopez vs Lopez’

Powered by JustWatch