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24 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Tue, Sep 28, 200422 mins
The Lopez family is very worried about Carmen, who has run away from home after an argument with her father. George and Vic travel to the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco to look for her.
Episode 2
Tue, Oct 5, 200430 mins
George becomes Carmen's landlord when she complains about being treated like a child even though she insists she's grown up since she ran away. George decides a few days of living in the real world, paying for rent and bills, will make Carmen appreciate being a kid; instead she gets a roommate to help pay the rent, but she winds up having to do twice as much work.
Episode 3
Tue, Oct 12, 200422 mins
When George forgets his wedding anniversary, he scrambles to get enough money for a nice ring. A few failed schemes later, he promises Angie something even better: to renew their wedding vows.

Episode 4
Tue, Oct 19, 200422 mins
Carmen is not invited back to private school for the new semester, so Angie decides to homeschool her. But when the mother-daughter relationship becomes strained, George suggests a much better career option for his wife.

Episode 5
Tue, Oct 26, 200422 mins
As Halloween approaches, George feels guilty about his failure to buy life insurance. He becomes obsessed with death, resulting in nightmares that hearken back to his childhood television fixations.
Episode 6
Tue, Nov 9, 200421 mins
Trying to make a few new friends, Max spends time with a gang of skateboarders, but he then gets into trouble with the law. Meanwhile, admiring the various colored bracelets that Carmen is wearing, Angie copies the look--without realizing what the colors mean.
Episode 7
Tue, Nov 16, 200422 mins
When George gets a job opportunity in a small Colorado town, he and Angie consider moving there to provide a better life for the kids.
Episode 8
Tue, Nov 23, 200421 mins
Carmen and Max befriend some local kids and manage to get into more trouble while visiting a small Colorado town than when they lived in L.A; George and Angie realize that Los Angeles is the place for them.
Episode 9
Tue, Nov 30, 200422 mins
When Powers Aviation merges with another company, a young upstart, Vanessa (Kimberly Williams-Paisley of "According to Jim" and the "Father of the Bride" films) is brought in to co-manage--forcing George to share his territory.
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 14, 200422 mins
In this Christmas-themed episode, George accuses his mother Benny of being a Scrooge--but she might just prove him wrong when mother and son team up to help make Max's dream of meeting his idol, BMX bike racing champion Dave Mirra, a reality.
Episode 11
Tue, Jan 11, 200522 mins
When Carmen wants to start using birth control, George and Angie contemplate making a deal with her to stop her from taking the next step with her boyfriend Jason (recurring guest-star Bryan Fisher).
Episode 12
Tue, Jan 18, 200522 mins
When Ernie considers marrying a troubled woman, Tammy (Gigi Rice), George risks their friendship to keep him from making the biggest mistake of his life.
Episode 13
Tue, Jan 25, 200522 mins
When Max complains about the braces on his teeth, George takes him to the dentist, Dr. Holland who is a provider on the company medical insurance plan.
Episode 14
Tue, Feb 1, 200521 mins
In a plea to get Max additional help in school, George confesses to his long-lost sister, Superintendent of Schools Linda Lorenzo, that she was given up for adoption at birth--and worse, Benny is her real mother.
Episode 15
Tue, Feb 8, 200522 mins
When a major earthquake shakes Los Angeles, George's repressed childhood fears resurface. Despite a positive assessment of the house from a contractor, George refuses to go back in, and he and Carmen set up a tent in the backyard.
Episode 16
Tue, Feb 15, 200522 mins
When Benny demands money for a box of George's old things, he is shocked to learn that she had helped him and Angie start up a life--but she also owes George money from a source about which he never knew.
Episode 17
Tue, Feb 22, 200529 mins
George hatches a plan to fulfill Angie's most romantic fantasy, a dream wedding. A host of wedding singers auditions for George, including film director Robert Rodriguez and "American Idol" William Hung.
Episode 18
Tue, Mar 1, 200522 mins
George allows Carmen's boyfriend Jason (recurring guest star Bryan Fisher) to move into the Lopez residence temporarily, enabling him to finish the baseball season after his parents move away.
Episode 19
Tue, Mar 8, 200521 mins
George seems to be favoring Jason over Carmen because he lacks faith in his daughter's potential. Carmen enters a poetry contest with a feminist writer, Kenzie, who challenges George to see his daughter's real abilities.
Episode 20
Tue, Mar 29, 200522 mins
When Angie meets a former boyfriend--who's now a news anchor--for lunch, George becomes concerned she might be having an affair.
Episode 21
Tue, Apr 12, 200522 mins
In exchange for George granting permission to his father-in-law and his best friend who wish to date his long lost sister, Linda Lorenzo (recurring guest star Eva LaRue), George considers taking bribes from the two men.
Episode 22
Tue, May 3, 200521 mins
George tries to convert the garage into an office for Angie's business, but when it proves too difficult, he calls Victor and Bobby, two friends from the old neighborhood who cut corners to get the job done on time, but it doesn't pass the city inspection.
Episode 23
Tue, May 10, 200522 mins
When George and Angie find out that Carmen and her boyfriend, Jason have become intimate now that the teens live in the same house, they think about asking Jason to move out.
Episode 24
Tue, May 17, 200527 mins
George acts as Jason's sports agent when NFL quarterbacks Daunte Culpepper and Donovan McNabb visit the Lopez house to draft Jason for their alma maters. And a minor league baseball recruiter also approaches Jason to sign a contract.