The Brothers García

The Brothers García

Ended First aired 23/Jul/2000 United States English 4 season(s) 52 episode(s)
The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience. The series was billed as the first English-language sitcom to have an all Latino cast and creative team.

The series aired on the programming block Nick on CBS from September 18, 2004 to September 17, 2005, where the series ended its initial run. Reruns on The N started on April 7, 2008, and ended in May 23, 2008. Similarities to the series could be made to the style of The Wonder Years and Everybody Hates Chris, with an older version of the main character narrating each episode in a witty and sarcastic manner.

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Season 4 · Season 4
18 episode(s) · Air date: 29/Jun/2003
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S4E13
The Spin Zone
Air date: 26/Oct/2003 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Larry's friend Luis decides to run for class president, and Lorena decides to be the campain manager. George is assigned to be a buddy to an old person, and discovers that even thought he is irritable and mean, he was once a great muscician. If you have any questions about this episode, I'm sure I can answer them for you because I was in this episode. Haha i was the girl in the green shirt at the end, and i wore blue in the other scenes. Cool, huh? Lol

Summary

Larry's friend Luis decides to run for class president, and Lorena decides to be the campain manager. George is assigned to be a buddy to an old person, and discovers that even thought he is irritable and mean, he was once a great muscician. If you have any questions about this episode, I'm sure I can answer them for you because I was in this episode. Haha i was the girl in the green shirt at the end, and i wore blue in the other scenes. Cool, huh? Lol

S4E9
It Was Fun While It Lasted
Air date: 24/Aug/2003 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Alex has to go home to El Salvador suddenly, leaving Lorena feeling a bit overwhelmed because it was the foreign-exchange student who'd been doing most of the fundraising in their joint campaign to help underprivileged kids attend camp. In another plot, Carlos comes to regret bragging to his friends about a modeling job when merely his feet are photographed.

Summary

Alex has to go home to El Salvador suddenly, leaving Lorena feeling a bit overwhelmed because it was the foreign-exchange student who'd been doing most of the fundraising in their joint campaign to help underprivileged kids attend camp. In another plot, Carlos comes to regret bragging to his friends about a modeling job when merely his feet are photographed.

S4E7
Sisters Garcia (2)
Air date: 10/Aug/2003 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Sonia and Ray think that a foreign exchange student is just what the kids need, however Larry, Carlos and Lorena all have doubts. And when Alex arrives, she's not what the Garcia's expected.

Summary

Sonia and Ray think that a foreign exchange student is just what the kids need, however Larry, Carlos and Lorena all have doubts. And when Alex arrives, she's not what the Garcia's expected.

S4E6
Sisters Garcia (1)
Air date: 03/Aug/2003 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Family Priorities get tested when George gets his big chance to Interview a music star. And Sonia has to put Ray on a Special diet to lower his High Cholesterol.

Summary

Family Priorities get tested when George gets his big chance to Interview a music star. And Sonia has to put Ray on a Special diet to lower his High Cholesterol.

S4E5
Big Break
Air date: 27/Jul/2003 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Carlos comes to regret sending George to cover his shift at the CD store. Larry joins Lorena's all-girl community group to learn more about the opposite sex.

Summary

Carlos comes to regret sending George to cover his shift at the CD store. Larry joins Lorena's all-girl community group to learn more about the opposite sex.

Season 3 · Season 3
14 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Mar/2002
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S3E11
Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover
Air date: 12/May/2002 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Carlos learns that Looks aren't everything afer he finds out the most snobby girl at school has a wig. Carlos soon learns the horrid truth when he learns she has Cancer. Carlo then befriends the girl and makes her see having no hair isn't such a bad thing, and to convince her shaves his own beloved hair.

Summary

Carlos learns that Looks aren't everything afer he finds out the most snobby girl at school has a wig. Carlos soon learns the horrid truth when he learns she has Cancer. Carlo then befriends the girl and makes her see having no hair isn't such a bad thing, and to convince her shaves his own beloved hair.

S3E9
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Air date: 28/Apr/2002 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

While playing host to a bishop, Sonia is annoyed that Carlos won't attend church; Larry and George sneak an armadillo into the house.

Summary

While playing host to a bishop, Sonia is annoyed that Carlos won't attend church; Larry and George sneak an armadillo into the house.

S3E7
Space Race
Air date: 14/Apr/2002 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Larry is competing against a kid at school to sell the most candy bars in order to win a trip to space camp. Ray and Lorena paint the beauty shop as a surprise for Sonia.

Summary

Larry is competing against a kid at school to sell the most candy bars in order to win a trip to space camp. Ray and Lorena paint the beauty shop as a surprise for Sonia.

S3E5
Maybe, Baby
Air date: 31/Mar/2002 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

After the kids find infant supplies, they think their mom is pregnant. Lorena has an audition to sing the theme song for one of her favorite novelas.

Summary

After the kids find infant supplies, they think their mom is pregnant. Lorena has an audition to sing the theme song for one of her favorite novelas.

S3E4
West Side Stories
Air date: 24/Mar/2002 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

In this episode, the kids are forced to visit there cousin in the other side of San Antonio. Lorena works at a coffee shop all day with hopes of a boy calling. Larry helps his cousin paint with hopes of him getting his work displayed in New York. Carlos and George try to impress a girl and show her that kids from the suburbs have creativity.

Summary

In this episode, the kids are forced to visit there cousin in the other side of San Antonio. Lorena works at a coffee shop all day with hopes of a boy calling. Larry helps his cousin paint with hopes of him getting his work displayed in New York. Carlos and George try to impress a girl and show her that kids from the suburbs have creativity.

S3E2
Tamale Follies
Air date: 10/Mar/2002 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Ray invites the dean from his university to come and have dinner, and he is allergic to almost everything. Sonia comes up with tastless tamales, but the boys eat them all. So they turn to Abuela for help, not knowing he was allergic to everything. Carlos applies for a job at the university mailroom to earn money for his date with Raquela.

Summary

Ray invites the dean from his university to come and have dinner, and he is allergic to almost everything. Sonia comes up with tastless tamales, but the boys eat them all. So they turn to Abuela for help, not knowing he was allergic to everything. Carlos applies for a job at the university mailroom to earn money for his date with Raquela.

Season 2 · Season 2
13 episode(s) · Air date: 21/Apr/2001
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S2E13
The Crib
Air date: 21/Jul/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

It is the last week of school for the Brothers Garcia, and Carlos wants to act like a man, including trying to shave, eating his father's salsa and asking for his own room. Sonia and Ray give him Larry's room, thus making Larry angry. Lorena tries to get Carlos a graduation gift by getting candy bars out of a vending machine and selling them. She sells them to a group of women, Sonia among them, saying they were for Kids at Risk, and Sonia catches her.

Summary

It is the last week of school for the Brothers Garcia, and Carlos wants to act like a man, including trying to shave, eating his father's salsa and asking for his own room. Sonia and Ray give him Larry's room, thus making Larry angry. Lorena tries to get Carlos a graduation gift by getting candy bars out of a vending machine and selling them. She sells them to a group of women, Sonia among them, saying they were for Kids at Risk, and Sonia catches her.

S2E12
The Sub
Air date: 14/Jul/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Ray becomes a substitute teacher in Carlos and George's art class, and gives the class an assignment for every prank they pull. This gives Carlos a hard time, and so he tries harder. Sonia is fixing hair every day for clients that were in a school that messed up, so a friend of their aunt is their female parent for a few days.

Summary

Ray becomes a substitute teacher in Carlos and George's art class, and gives the class an assignment for every prank they pull. This gives Carlos a hard time, and so he tries harder. Sonia is fixing hair every day for clients that were in a school that messed up, so a friend of their aunt is their female parent for a few days.

S2E11
The Student Buddy
Air date: 07/Jul/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Larry is named a student buddy to a hearing impaired student named Tami. One day, Tami's hearing aid goes off, and everyone starts howling like dogs, Larry staring it. Even though Larry apologizes, Tami is still mad at him and Lorena is named student buddy. Carlos is working on a family tree for school, and makes up stuff from the web because he is worried his family would be too boring.

Summary

Larry is named a student buddy to a hearing impaired student named Tami. One day, Tami's hearing aid goes off, and everyone starts howling like dogs, Larry staring it. Even though Larry apologizes, Tami is still mad at him and Lorena is named student buddy. Carlos is working on a family tree for school, and makes up stuff from the web because he is worried his family would be too boring.

S2E10
Larry's Curse
Air date: 30/Jun/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

When Larry breaks a statue his abuela gave the family, which she said would bring bad luck, weird things begin happening. Carlos loses his touch, Sonia screws up on a famous model's hair, closing the beauty shop in the process, and the computer gets worms. Larry thinks it might be bad luck. His dad doesn't think so, but Larry doesn't believe him. His abuela comes over to break the curse, and Larry admits he broke it.

Summary

When Larry breaks a statue his abuela gave the family, which she said would bring bad luck, weird things begin happening. Carlos loses his touch, Sonia screws up on a famous model's hair, closing the beauty shop in the process, and the computer gets worms. Larry thinks it might be bad luck. His dad doesn't think so, but Larry doesn't believe him. His abuela comes over to break the curse, and Larry admits he broke it.

S2E9
Cold Turkey
Air date: 23/Jun/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

When Tia Gaby comes to visit, she gives the kids advice about their careers. She told Lorena about her friend who didn't talk for a year to become a better actress, Larry about her friend who used a training method to become an astronaut and drank a power drink made of cod liver oil and eggs, gave George an African amulet to protect him from a bully, and gave Carlos a hat that his father wore to protest. However, when they used the methods at school, they get sent to the principal's office.

Summary

When Tia Gaby comes to visit, she gives the kids advice about their careers. She told Lorena about her friend who didn't talk for a year to become a better actress, Larry about her friend who used a training method to become an astronaut and drank a power drink made of cod liver oil and eggs, gave George an African amulet to protect him from a bully, and gave Carlos a hat that his father wore to protest. However, when they used the methods at school, they get sent to the principal's office.

S2E8
Over Extended Family
Air date: 16/Jun/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

In an effort to earn money for a new drum set, Carlos secretly sells meal tickets to his friends to eat Sonia's Mexican home cooking, but in the end, gets caught. And George and Larry take in a neighborhood kid that has run away from home, Carlie Torrance, because her father got a promotion and has to move, but she doesn't want to move. Carlie moves into Larry's room, and Larry sneaks food into his room for her. Lorena blackmails George so she won't tell Sonia about Carlie.

Summary

In an effort to earn money for a new drum set, Carlos secretly sells meal tickets to his friends to eat Sonia's Mexican home cooking, but in the end, gets caught. And George and Larry take in a neighborhood kid that has run away from home, Carlie Torrance, because her father got a promotion and has to move, but she doesn't want to move. Carlie moves into Larry's room, and Larry sneaks food into his room for her. Lorena blackmails George so she won't tell Sonia about Carlie.

S2E7
But Football Is a Religion
Air date: 09/Jun/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Ray and the boys are thrilled their team is in the playoffs, but face a tough decision when the game is at the same time Sonia is being honored at church. Lorena smuggles a hamster into the house to prove she could be responsible for a bigger pet... a dog, because she found a dog in the park and Sonia wouldn't let her keep it because it had an owner. And when Ray and the boys decide whats right, they make the right decision, they go to see Sonia being honored at church. After the service, the whole church watches the playoffs.

Summary

Ray and the boys are thrilled their team is in the playoffs, but face a tough decision when the game is at the same time Sonia is being honored at church. Lorena smuggles a hamster into the house to prove she could be responsible for a bigger pet... a dog, because she found a dog in the park and Sonia wouldn't let her keep it because it had an owner. And when Ray and the boys decide whats right, they make the right decision, they go to see Sonia being honored at church. After the service, the whole church watches the playoffs.

S2E4
Big Winner
Air date: 12/May/2001 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Lorena enters a contest and wins a trip to Hollywood to meet her favorite novella star. Carlos sees the girl of his dreams and drags George and Larry all over Hollywood looking for her. Then, they run in to trouble about getting back in. Also, Lorena gets to be in her favorite soap as a small part and realizes her favorite soap star is not all what Lorena expected. Then, Larry bumps into his old friend the AstroNut. And George meets Vitamin C.

Summary

Lorena enters a contest and wins a trip to Hollywood to meet her favorite novella star. Carlos sees the girl of his dreams and drags George and Larry all over Hollywood looking for her. Then, they run in to trouble about getting back in. Also, Lorena gets to be in her favorite soap as a small part and realizes her favorite soap star is not all what Lorena expected. Then, Larry bumps into his old friend the AstroNut. And George meets Vitamin C.

Season 1 · Season 1
7 episode(s) · Air date: 23/Jul/2000
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S1E7
A Day in the Life
Air date: 03/Sep/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Larry is asked to a film documentary on his family for school. The family gets a rude awakening in what they look like to the outside world but realize the only thing that matters is what they look like to each other.

Summary

Larry is asked to a film documentary on his family for school. The family gets a rude awakening in what they look like to the outside world but realize the only thing that matters is what they look like to each other.

S1E6
A Hunting We Will Go
Air date: 27/Aug/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

The boys learn a lesson in peer pressure when they stumble their way in to a hunting trip. Larry also learns to overcome his fears with a little help from his brothers. And the girls stay in by themselves at night, to do "girl things."

Summary

The boys learn a lesson in peer pressure when they stumble their way in to a hunting trip. Larry also learns to overcome his fears with a little help from his brothers. And the girls stay in by themselves at night, to do "girl things."

S1E5
Bad Hair Day
Air date: 20/Aug/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

When Larry decides he is too old to have his hair cut by his mom, Ray and the boys take him for his first ""grown up"" hair cut to a nutty haircuter. Also, Sonia decides she needs a new look.

Summary

When Larry decides he is too old to have his hair cut by his mom, Ray and the boys take him for his first ""grown up"" hair cut to a nutty haircuter. Also, Sonia decides she needs a new look.

S1E4
No hablo Español
Air date: 13/Aug/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

When Carlos fails his Spanish test, his dad makes him watch a soap with Lorena. However, he was originally going to stay at his weird uncle's house, but Ray changed his mind. He then at dinner time, has to report in total Spanish to the family about the show. Larry gets involved as well, by going a little too far, trying to help Carlos with his Spanish, by stealing $20 from his mom's purse to get Spanish helping tapes. Then when he admits he stole it, his mom makes him work 5 hours at her salon for $4 an hour, to pay back the $20 he stole from her.

Summary

When Carlos fails his Spanish test, his dad makes him watch a soap with Lorena. However, he was originally going to stay at his weird uncle's house, but Ray changed his mind. He then at dinner time, has to report in total Spanish to the family about the show. Larry gets involved as well, by going a little too far, trying to help Carlos with his Spanish, by stealing $20 from his mom's purse to get Spanish helping tapes. Then when he admits he stole it, his mom makes him work 5 hours at her salon for $4 an hour, to pay back the $20 he stole from her.

S1E3
The Right Stuff
Air date: 06/Aug/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Larry submits his dads name for a Space Shuttle mission. When Ray makes it to the final selections he doesn't know how to tell his son he doesn't want to go in to space with out breaking his heart. Carlos also with great difficulty tries to teach his Dad how to use the internet.

Summary

Larry submits his dads name for a Space Shuttle mission. When Ray makes it to the final selections he doesn't know how to tell his son he doesn't want to go in to space with out breaking his heart. Carlos also with great difficulty tries to teach his Dad how to use the internet.

S1E2
Love Me Tender
Air date: 30/Jul/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

Carlos and George fall for the same girl and they wage a war against each other to win her affection. And Lorena experiences her first crush. Lorena loses her shoe, and Mario Wopple, the boy she has a crush on, returns it to her.

Summary

Carlos and George fall for the same girl and they wage a war against each other to win her affection. And Lorena experiences her first crush. Lorena loses her shoe, and Mario Wopple, the boy she has a crush on, returns it to her.

S1E1
Best Laid Plans
Air date: 23/Jul/2000 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

When Ray has to sell the tickets he bought for the boys to see the ""Astro Nut"" wrestle, the boys find a creative way to earn the money themselves. The boys have a wrestling match: Son of the AstroNut VS El Gordo. Larry gets injured, and Sonia doesn't let him go. Sonia and Lorena discover the joy of Bingo.

Summary

When Ray has to sell the tickets he bought for the boys to see the ""Astro Nut"" wrestle, the boys find a creative way to earn the money themselves. The boys have a wrestling match: Son of the AstroNut VS El Gordo. Larry gets injured, and Sonia doesn't let him go. Sonia and Lorena discover the joy of Bingo.

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