Lopez vs. Lopez Season 3 premieres Friday, October 18 on NBC and picks up after Mayan and Quiten’s surprising engagement. Although the couple has a nine-year-old son, marriage has always been unlikely because of Mayan’s distaste for the concept. The dominoes begin to fall as George and Rosie convince Quinten to propose, with the latter calling off her own wedding after Josué’s infidelity. Despite her parents’ objection, Mayan realizes that she really wants to marry Quiten and gets down on one knee to pop the question.
The season 2 finale 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 at the end of the episode, and it becomes clear that their anger towards George is misplaced frustration. Family always comes out stronger on the other side of conflict, and with Mayan and Quinten’s wedding on the horizon, there’s plenty to celebrate when Lopez vs. Lopez returns.
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While visiting the Lopez vs. Lopez Season 3 set, Screen Rant Participate in roundtables with showrunner Debbie 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 Family Be More Understanding to George, Wolfe Says
“They learned that George has come a long way, and we’re going to see that reflected a lot in season 3. He’s really doing the work to heal in his sobriety.”
Screen Rant: The family obviously has a lot of misplaced anger towards George. What do they take away from the therapy session, and how does that affect the way they handle these types of feelings in season 3?
Debbie 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’s really 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 trust that he’s going to get where he needs to go. There is a lot of love in the family for him and that will continue.
Quiten didn’t think Mayan wanted to get married, what kind of feelings does it bring to him now, when this performance finally happened? Does he have any concerns?
Matt Shively: I don’t think he’s exactly worried because I think they did so much leading up to it that he was okay if it never happened. It is her choice and you decide that she is not ready 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 “will this last?”
The thing that it has done the most for him is that he feels like he is finally part of the family, and so he is not on top of everything or trying to make excuses for everyone else. He knows everyone a little more and he’s not afraid to speak his mind a little more and be confident in his own beliefs and what he wants out of life. If anything, it just made him feel very confident 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 Mayan didn’t want to get married was because of her problems with her father, but now her father is back in her life.”
Debbie, why did you and the writers decide that the season 2 finale was the right time for Mayan and Quentin to get engaged?
Debbie Wolfe: I think we led there because the reason that Mayan didn’t want to get married was because of her issues with her father, but now her father is back in her life and really working on healing his relationship with her, and that has She refrained from going down the aisle. She didn’t want to recreate the dynamic of her parents. But now that she feels safe with her father, she feels safe with Quentin.
It just seemed like this would always be her journey. We always knew that we would eventually get there and of course we want to have a wedding. I think that people are so invested in Mayan and Quiten’s relationship. It is very modern-day-same-tiles. They both do the housework, both take care of the children, both work. It’s a beautiful relationship, and we want to show that there is an equal partnership, and a wedding looks like a celebration of that.
Matt Shively: Back to the question of what everyone took away from the therapy session, I think that one of the issues that all of us had was that we didn’t hold ourselves accountable for our own issues. It became very easy to take it 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 a little more open to progressing as humans, which is what led to you seeing that I wasn’t her father, 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 will have different ideas about their daughter’s wedding, which I’m sure gives a lot of opportunity for comedy. Where does Quentin come 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 make it official. He always wanted to make everyone else happy. I think his vision of the wedding is what Mayan wants it to be, not because he’s in the role of being like, “We’re going to do what 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 too.”
And it just so happens that Rosie and George really want their own vision, and it’s not Mayan’s vision. It’s a lot of us coming together. This brings us closer together because, no matter what, we are always on the same page with things as far as what the wedding looks like. He’s just along for the ride. He just wants to get married.
George Lopez, Selenis Leyva and Brice Gonzalez discuss their characters’ marriage roles
“I think the dream sequence at the beginning of the first episode is a perfect contrast to what they end up doing or wanting to do.”
Lopez vs. Lopez is a comedy, but it also deals with some really difficult 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 is in recovery, and an addict will always be an addict, and you will always be somehow in recovery, but they live Their lives and this is what we show.
We show him really living his life, doing the George and really being the best version of himself that he can be. That’s what I love about this season – that it’s not so much beating that he’s in recovery. He deals with it, but he lives the life.
George Lopez: That’s why I think they’ve done such a great job of being able to walk away from it, and then it’s there if you need it, but if you don’t, there are enough of us. Taking over someone’s wedding is a big deal. Parents overstepping and all that stuff. So I think the dream sequence at 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 the wonderful episode where you have to be the best person. Is this fun to do? Does Chance feel pressure to be the best man?
Brice Gonzalez: Chance said he would 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 is one of us. You never think about his age when you play with him, and that says a lot. It’s good.
What does Mayan’s perfect marriage 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 form of the Virgin Mary.
Selenis Leyva: And there are horses and there is a beach. I mean it’s extravaganza. In her world, I think she is a combination of ​​her dream marriage with Josué and her dream marriage that she always imagined for Mayan and then the present.
There’s a lot going on, 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 your lives together. It won’t 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 spots continue on Lopez vs. Lopez Season 3 as Mayan and Quinten try to take control of their wedding plans. George continues to deal with his modesty and the realities of getting older, none of which he does gracefully. Rosie is not shy about expressing her views on the marriage and quietly deals with the aftermath of her lifelong marriage to Josu. Chance begins to rebel against his parents now that he is a strong, independent 9-year-old. The entire Lopez family is back and ready to live life to the fullest – loving, crying and everything in between.
Lopez vs. Lopez Season 3 premieres Friday, October 18 at 8:30 PM ET/PT.