8.0/1060 votes#1 - George Gets a Pain in the Ash
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2005
Disaster strikes when George's mom forgets about a lit cigarette. Carmen is determined to marry her boyfriend Jason and have a baby, much to George and Angie's dismay.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1051 votes
#2 - You Dropped a Mom on Me
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2005
Disaster strikes when George's mom forgets about a lit cigarette. Carmen is determined to marry her boyfriend Jason and have a baby, much to George and Angie's dismay.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1062 votes
#3 - George's Dog Days of Bummer
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2005
George wants to get a companion for his depressed mother, but when a rowdy biker (guest star Duane "Dog" Chapman) refuses to give up the stray dog George's mom has grown to love, George takes to impersonating the mayor. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa guest stars as himself.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1070 votes
#4 - George Drives the Batmobile
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2005
Rather than give in to Benny's incessant pleas to buy her a new car, George and Angie agree to drive her around town just to get her out of the house. So, when George picks Benny and her friends up after a wild night on the town, her insensitive wisecracks and his temper gets him into a bit of trouble of his own.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1049 votes
#5 - Trick or Treat Me Right
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2005
George and Angie's practical jokes are funnier and scarier than ever as Halloween approaches, but as Benny's abusive comments and behavior grow worse, George finds it impossible to laugh things off and threatens to make some big changes.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1054 votes
#6 - George Takes a Sentimental Ernie
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2005
George still refuses to return home until his mother leaves, but when he realizes how difficult it is to live with Ernie and his parents, he convinces Ernie to get his own place.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1061 votes
#7 - George Finds Therapy Benny-ficial
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2005
A traumatic event at Max's school has George taking him to see a counselor, played by guest star Richard Lewis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1057 votes
#8 - George Tries to Write a Wrong
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2005
George uncovers some secrets that were better left unrevealed when he sneaks a peek at a ten-year-old unopened letter from Angie.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1069 votes
#9 - George Discovers Benny's Sili-Con Job
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2005
George's wisecracks about Benny's age finally get to her, so she decides to enhance her chest to create a youthful appearance.
Director: George Lopez
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1055 votes
#10 - George Says I Do ... More in This Marriage
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2005
George and Angie compete to see who does more work in their marriage and at home.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1056 votes
#11 - George is Being Elfish and Christ-misses His Family
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2005
George ends up spending Christmas all by himself after he gets caught telling a lie to get out of spending the holiday with Angie's family.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1063 votes
#12 - George Enrolls Like That
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2006
When George finds out that Max is skipping school, he tries to be a role model by going to college, but no one takes him seriously.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1063 votes
#13 - George Keeps Truant to Himself
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2006
When things get tough for George, he drops out of school. He tries to keep it a secret from his wife and kids but his professor drops by for an uninvited visit.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1058 votes
#14 - The Kidney Stays in the Picture
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/2006
Max starts to wet the bed and George makes fun of him, but when this keeps happening, Vic thinks that Max may be sexually active. So they take Max to the doctor to find out that Max's kidney needs to be taken out.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1070 votes
#15 - A Funeral Brings George to His Niece
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2006
George gets money signs in his eyes when he finds out that he is named trustee of his niece's multi-million dollar inheritance.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1066 votes
#16 - George Gets Caught in a Powers Play
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/2006
George tries to teach his niece the meaning of a dollar by making her work at the factory.
Director: Bob Koherr
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1070 votes
#17 - George Doesn't' Trustee Angie's Brother
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/2006
Angie's brother, Ray, comes around when he find out that his daughter, Veronica, is going to inherit the family inheritance. But George is the first to see through Ray's scheme when Ray asks Veronica to tap into her inheritance to invest in a new company.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1069 votes
#18 - George Helps Ernie See the Cellu-Light
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2006
George helps Ernie lose weight before he loses his job.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10109 votes
#19 - George Gets Cross Over Freddie (1)
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/2006
George discovers that Max has begun an online romance with a teenage girl from Chicago. When he assumes his son's identity to protect him from what he suspects is an internet predator, George comes face to face offline with Freddie.
Director: Katy Garretson
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1067 votes
#20 - George Vows to Make Some Matri-Money
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/29/2006
"100th Episode" George takes over planning a wedding for one of Angie's rich clients (Eva Longoria) in order to prove he can do her job better than she can.
Director: Katy Garretson
Writer: George Lopez
- 7.8/1063 votes
#21 - George Discovers How Mescal-ed Up His Life Would Have Been Without the Benny-Fits
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/2006
Benny is gets really mad when she discovers that George has rigged the results of a productivity contest at the factory against her favor, but gets the ultimate revenge when George can't sleep at night without dreaming of his dysfunctional childhood.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1068 votes
#22 - It's a Cliffhanger, By George
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/2006
"Season Finale"- Everything hangs in the balance for the entire Lopez family: Ernie tells George that the factory is moving to Mexico and they'll both be out of jobs; the police want to question Benny for her part in an old robbery, so she flees; Angie has been feeling sick for days and awaits the results of a home pregnancy test; Carmen is afraid to open her final college letter after being rejected by her first three choices; Max has swiped a forbidden beer and is about to sample his first alcohol; and Vic prepares to propose marriage to younger woman he barely knows.
Director: Joe Regalbuto
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of George Lopez Season 5
Every episode of George Lopez Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of George Lopez Season 5!
George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"George Gets a Pain in the Ash" is the best rated episode of "George Lopez" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by Joe Regalbuto and written by N/A, it aired on 10/5/2005. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "You Dropped a Mom on Me".