Everything becomes a mess when president George Bush comes to speak at the factory: Benny has started dating a younger man without telling George, Carmen disrupts the president's speech, and George steals the speech, which results in the Secret Service paying a trip to his home.
George is arrested for assaulting his father; Manny wants to clear the air so he drops the charges and George invites him over to dinner on the same night Benny is bringing her younger boyfriend, Randy, over to meet George.
Benny fears she's going through menopause but when she goes to the doctor, finds out that in fact she has the gonorrhea. Meanwhile, Angie tries to get her parents to reconcile.
Carmen tells her parents she wants to start dating, and she brings home a boy from her school for them to meet. Everything about Jason seems to be perfect, except that he and Carmen don't want to go out in public together.
After the crash of an airplane built from parts made at George's factory, the nervous employees blame one another. An inspector interviews them and then closes the plant temporarily until it is determined what happened.
With his job in jeopardy, George tries to cancel Carmen's expensive quinceanera (15th birthday party). But since Angie is successful with her cosmetics business, she gets to make the financial decisions in the family now to George's chagrin.
When Castro keeps Vic's brother, Octavio, in Cuba as a political prisoner, Vic, George and Ernie decide to go over on Vic's boat and bring Octavio over to California as a surprise anniversary present for Angie.
George invites Manny and his family to spend Thanksgiving with his family, and finds out he's the only possible match for a kidney transplant for his father.
George, who's preparing to give a kidney to his father, is in trouble with Angie because he threw away a box of her family mementos, but both their priorities shift when Benny delivers bad news.
Max mouths off to Benny and she slaps him for it. George and Angie think she's overreacting until they learn Max has forged their signatures to cover up his failing in school.
When Ricky stays with the Lopez family, he and Max get into trouble repeatedly, and finally George decides to return him to his mother and finds out what environment Ricky's living in.
George interferes with Benny and Randy's relationship, causing Randy to break up with Benny. Benny starts to mope around so George goes to have a talk with Randy. George sees that Randy really does love his mother, so he tricks Benny into admitting she cares about Randy, but is just afraid he'll run off like George's father. Randy proposes and Benny accepts.
Jason tells Carmen he has to spend more time preparing for college instead of being with her, but then starts tutoring Max to help him in Algebra. Carmen delivers an ultimatum to Jason that he either has to stop tutoring Max, or break up with her.
A revealing picture of Angie getting soaked in the dunk tank at the school carnival shows up online for all the kids at school to see, and George plots revenge on the kid who took the picture.
George and Vic enroll Max in a boxing class against Angie's wishes and behind her back; but they have to come clean when Max comes home with a black eye.
George invites Angie's newly divorced dad Vic to join a poker game. But when George wins fifty dollars in a hand and Angie's dad refuses to pay him out of principle, a simple game threatens to tear down the foundation of the entire family.
George is presented with a major award and everybody congratulates him, except Benny. George has accepted that Benny never complimented him on anything in his life, until he hears her complimenting Randy on getting a new job.
Max is excited about the Lopez family's trip to Disneyland, but George refuses to go because it reminds him of his deprived childhood. However, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt that he is not sharing the fun with his son.
The morning after Benny finds out her coworkers had a pool she wouldn't last with Randy, George arrives at work to find somebody had vandalized the factory and Benny is the prime suspect, and Jack expects him to fire her even though she claims she's innocent.
Carmen's friend Noah goes to extremes to help Carmen keep her relationship with Zack a secret from her parents. But when George and Angie discover the truth, they become enraged.
George and Angie confront Carmen regarding her relationship with Zack. When George speaks to Zack, the boy's true intentions toward Carmen become clear--infuriating George.