The new Friday night comedy pits the two against each other in a series about generational conflict and the challenges of kitchen renovation.
George Lopez, Mayan Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez, Matt Shively, Al MadrigalThrough the two episodes sent to critics, Mayan is kinda winning within the show — she’s Gen Z, so she’s the future, and whatnot — but the broader version of the sitcom is clearly in control on a formal and tonal level.
As Mayan explains in one of several poorly integrated TikTok videos — she’s Gen Z, so everything she does is a TikTok at heart — her father was never around. He gambled, cheated on her mother and other stuff. She’s had years of therapy. He’s had some recent adversity. And now he’s renovating her kitchen and trying to reconnect, all the while tormenting her beta-male hubby Quinten and getting quality time with grandson Chance .
is in that mode, the series is decent if unremarkable. While we don’t see Mayan doing any therapy other than her TikToks, the background themes relating to de-stigmatizing mental health, explored both generationally and specifically within the Latino community, are well-intentioned and passably executed. Being forced to treat key beats seriously lets George Lopez tone down his natural and career-long tendency toward schtickiness and encourages the same from the less experienced Mayan Lopez.
Their actual comfort is much clearer in the comic scenes, so it’s a pity that almost all the humor inis so predictable and hacky. It’s mostly a lot of Mayan saying something that the writers think a “young” person would say and George misinterpreting in a way that, if you paused your TV after the set-up, would allow you to predict the payoff every time. Like, did you know that young folks use “trigger” one way, but if you’re older you might think it’s gun-related? Yawn.
On a basic level, both leads are fine. Mayan Lopez is actually a more immediately comfortable actor than her father was when he was starting out, though she tries too hard to sell some flimsy bits. George Lopez, for his part, makes his character’s weariness seem earned, if rarely funny.
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