Heartwarming / The George Lopez Show

• Any time George and Benny share a tender moment. They're rare and that's what makes them beautiful.
• The final episode as a whole.
• In "Profiles in Courage" George is task in transferring Hosni, a Middle Eastern Worker, from the factory line to shuffling papers, due to his background. George doesn't want to do because of how wrong it is, especially that he has invited him to dinner and his family already grew fond of him. When told that not doing so will cost them a contract and have to cut 20 employees to compensate, George reluctantly agreed to do so. Hosni is at first angry due to be profiled out of a job, he calms down and thanks George for trying his best and that he told him man to man, considering him a friend.
  • When the employees start making insensitive comments about Hosni to George, George fires back and criticizes them. He won't stand for such comments.
  • It's Played for Laughs, but there's genuine feeling in how Hosni explains his culture to a confused and slightly fearful Max:
  Hosni: Where I come from is just like where you come from — there are good people, and there are bad people.
  Max: Oh! ...which one are you?
• George telling Carmen that he loves her just as much as Max.
• George throwing Angie a vow renewal ceremony.
  • To elaborate; George takes over arranging the ceremony for her. He then has his boss pretend to get married and hire Angie to plan it, instructing him to take all her suggestions, resulting in a wedding full of everything she wants. All the while, George shows off a ton of spectacularly bad ideas for the ceremony, acting like he really plans on doing them. On the day of the ceremony, Vic shows up just when Angie's panicking that the supposed bride and groom aren't there, holds out a bouquet, and explains everything to her.
  Vic: George did this all for you.
• Everyone (sans Max) reacting to Carmen running away; George has a My God, What Have I Done? reaction (since he's essentially the reason she ran away in the first place) and vows to find her, Angie calls around as much as she can to search for her and even Benny gets angry at the police for not doing enough to search for her.
• Seeing the entire Lopez-Palmero family (and Ernie) hanging out and having fun at the beginning of "George's Relatively Bad Idea" is really heartwarming, especially considering what they're usually like. Even their sarcasm is light-hearted and friendly!
  George: (after listing dinosaurs on a quiz question asking which one was a meat-eater) C'mon mom, think back! Which one did you fight for food?
  (Benny rolls her eyes)
  Linda: None, they all died when your head blotted out the sun!
  (Everyone laughs and George rolls his eyes)
  Benny: Now that's what it feels like to be a proud mother!
  • And later, George confides in Ernie that he's finally got the big happy family he's always dreamed of having.
• In "Super Bowl", Benny's Brother is on his death bed, and after some convincing from George and Angie, she decides to visit him before he passes. At first, Benny decides to go on the chance to get his Super Bowl tickets, but after she got to spoke to him, they simply talked, and in her words, like they were kids again, had good laughs and manage to bury the hatchet peacefully. Benny was given the tickets, but she gave them to George, seeing as he convinced her to do this.
  • The next scene, George decides to give the extra Super Bowl Ticket to Ernie, who is ecstatic.
• When George punches his father in the face after he calls Benny a "crazy cabrona^note bitch".
  • Benny's reaction, played for (slightly messed up) laughs it may have been, is actually quite touching. She's overcome with happiness, tells him that it's the first thing he's ever given her that she actually wanted, asks him to tell her all about it and hugs him while crying Tears of Joy.
• When Max destroys Angie's stock of beauty products, the Lopez family is left $17,000 in debt. The next day, upon hearing of the fiasco, Ernie gives George a couple thousand dollars to try to help.
  • George asks the Power Brothers for a large advance paycheck, and the brothers immediately agree and begin fishing out some bills from their pockets. However, when George admits the gravity of his situation, the Powers Brothers are forced to refuse, as giving an employee that much money in advance would violate company policy. They then show extreme hesitation and clear guilt as they learn how deeply in trouble he is, and admit they feel like crap as they can't help George. As greedy as they are, they genuinely do care for George as a friend.
  • Benny was so concerned, she was willing to go to Manny to get George the money he needed. She meets with Manny's wife, and when she begins making excuses for Manny leaving her and George, Benny doesn't care and politely - yes, politely - asks for her to convince Manny to help George. And Manny ultimately agrees. Benny was absolutely the MVP in this episode for going way out of her way to meet Manny's new wife, and was completely civil and reasonable during the sit-down.
    • At least until she's reminded of the fact that Manny named his dog after her, at which point she turns the scene into both a funny and an awesome moment:
  Benny: Oh yeah, I heard he named the dog after me. I think I oughta name something after him...
  Manny's wife: So is this your number?
  Benny: Yeah, but let it ring, I might be on the Manny.
• "The Trouble With Ricky": George, having had it with Ricky and his destructive ways, told him to never see Max again. Then he sees Ricky's mom drunk in the morning. He immediately lets him back into his house.
  • Ernie was willing to adopt Ricky to give the kid a good home.
• In George to the Third Power Despite George going behind their backs in order to get better dental care, greatly offending them, the Powers Brothers still decide to help George teach Max a lesson in lying because they were sincerely touched at how far George was willing to go for his son... but not touched enough to forgive him without proper punishment.
• George, Ernie and Vic bringing Vic's brother/Angie's Uncle Octavio to the United States when he sailed off from Cuba, especially just in time for her and George's anniversary.
  • Angie's gift to George: a mixtape of the songs they listened to when they started dating, George is touched.
  • George immediately follows up by giving Angie's real gift, a crudely made papermache heart. Angie ask why if he already got Octavio to safety. George says that "He's family" and would've done it anyways.
  • During the voyage, George Vic and Ernie accidentally picked up some Haitians who were also going to the US. They still kept them on board for the duration probably out of human decency even at the risk of smuggling charges. Given how they were not arrested and got Octavio home safely, we can assume the Haitian men also got out safely.
  • Ernie volunteered to help Vic bring Octavio, while he does say at the chance of picking up some drifting women, he does say he wants to help someone get their freedom.
• Subtle on from George in "The Kidney Stays in the Picture".
  George: There's only two reasons a boy would want to smell nice: Either he likes a girl or he likes a boy. You don't have the abs to get a boy, so what's her name?
• Two from "A Funeral Brings George to His Niece":
  • Claudia, the ex-wife of Angie's brother, picking George as the trustee of her daughter Veronica's multi-million dollar inheritance. She could have chosen anyone and picked the one guy who understood the value of hard work despite how often he is put down by Angie's family. It's nice to think there was someone in that family who appreciated George.
  Claudia: Would Victor Palmero please step forward? ...now bend over and kiss George Lopez's ass, because I pick him.
  • Tired of Veronica's irresponsible behavior, George decides to quit being her trustee and gives her the inheritance. Vic hears about this and tells George about how he spoiled his own childrem because he grew up poor in Cuba. While Angie turned out okay, Ray (Veronica's father) grew up to become a con man. Vic then implores George to change his mind because he doesn't want Veronica to end up like her father. George agrees.
• At the end of "George Doesn't Trustee Angie's Brother", when Veronica when she laments that her mother is dead and her father is a scumbag who only wanted her money, feeling that she has nobody to turn to, George lets her know that she can turn to him.
  Veronica: Thanks for looking out for me.
  George: See? That's what I do. I protect my family. As long as you're in this house, sabes qué? You're under my wing.
• In "This Old Casa", after Benny goes on a little rant about how difficult it was for her to raise George and her life that it was extremely hard to find anything grateful in life, George realize he never did show some appreciation for that. Even though she was obviously abusive and George has some resentment, he realize she did try her best with the circumstances she was dealt and, probably for the first time, tells her he loves her. Benny response with a small Thank you.
  • When Benny tries to belittle again George's efforts in remodeling her bathroom by saying the soap tray was too high, George finally exclaims that it was an Ash Tray. Benny, upon realizing what it is now, excitingly jumps towards it, turns around and tells George "That's so nice".
• When the family decides to do secret Santa, and after switching with Vic when she realized George was messing with her and Angie, Benny got a gift Max would have honestly loved had George not ruined it. George goes to Benny and ask why she would go that far, she replied that he was only getting one gift, and she didn't want ruin it (George understandably gets annoyed) and she used her entire Christmas bonus. No matter how hard she is to everyone, she really does love her grand-kids.
• In "Dance Fever" George keeps asking Benny why she won't give him a compliment for anything (After he won an award). Benny finally admits it's because everything good in her life has been taken away and because of her spiritual beliefs (the "evil eye") she tried to refrain from giving praise to anything for fear of losing it. Then George asks why she complimented Randy(for him getting a job as manager) earlier, Benny's excuse is that she avoided praising George because she was worried about something happening to him, proving once and for all that underneath her tough exterior she is proud of George:
  Benny: "If something happens to [Randy] that's bad. But if something happens to you?"
  George: "Thank you, that's all I ever wanted."
• George testifying on Benny's behalf in "George Testi-lies for Benny".
  • To elaborate, after seeing the toxic relationship and history Benny had with her mother, George felt that Benny needed his help more than ever. When hearing his testimony, everyone is touched, but Benny is moved to tears. After he finished, Benny tells him before he leaves "Thank you, George".
  • Even more sweet, a legitimate "Thank You", from Benny is something George always wanted from her, and Benny did in fact give him a heartfelt thanks, while he's pretty mix emotions to relish the moment, it's still there.
• In George Helps Ernie See The Cellu-Light, Ernie is in danger of losing his job due to his weight, George does everything in his power help him not only keep his job, but lose the weight too. It took George tricking him into putting on his mom's large church pants, but it finally woke Ernie up about his weight, scared of not being able to do it, George offered to work out with him to make sure he loses it, all but giving Ernie the confidence he needs. It pays off with Ernie barely passing the test of losing 20 lbs (mainly due to him weighing himself naked and both George and Mel would rather take his word for it than to see that.). George might take jabs at Ernie, but he cements his Friend for Life status by going so far for him.
  • In the same episode, one of their co-workers, Nancy, walked by and greeted Ernie. While it took the church pants to push him, Ernie was so happy that he not only asked her out, but she said yes.
• "George Watcha's Out for Jason": George letting Jason stay with the Lopezes.
• In "Prescription For Trouble", Vic and Benny are willing to get Carmen birth control pills. While they did go over George and Angie's head by doing so, they want to help Carmen make the responsible choice rather than end up getting stuck with a baby before she was ready to be a parent.
• In "Max's Big Adventure," we learn Benny would tell George about the Zodiac Killer so that he would never trust strangers. While kind of twisted, it shows Benny wanted George to be safe as a kid.
• In "George Drives the Batmobile", George admits the reason he doesn't want Benny to drive: he's mad at Benny for not letting him drive. Benny throws back that if he had wrecked the car, both of them would've been screwed. But she also was afraid of letting George drive, since his dyslexia could get him killed. Although Benny tries to deny it, George is touched that his mother didn't want him to die.
• In "Sk8erboyz", Carmen decides to help Max make friends by getting him a more fashionable wardrobe. While it didn't work, it is nice to see Carmen trying to help her little brother out for a change.