Luis Lopez

Luis Lopez
Biographical Information
Occupation	District 52 City Councilman Store Owner
Status	Alive
Relationships
Affiliation	Lopez Bodega
Relatives	Luisa Lopez (wife) Mateo Lopez (son) Miguel Lopez (son) Jorge Lopez (son) Unnamed sons
Appearances
Actor	Frank Pando
First Appearance	"Chapter Three: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"
Last Appearance	"Chapter Thirteen: Come Together"

Luis Lopez is a recurring character on The CW's Katy Keene. He is portrayed by Frank Pando.

He is Jorge's father and Luisa's husband.

Early Life

When Jorge came out at 14, he and Luisa both kicked him out of the house. They didn't talk to each other for months until Jorge moved back in.

Throughout Katy Keene

Season 1

Meeting Bernardo

Luisa and Luis checks on Jorge's hand

Luis and Luisa enter Jorge's apartment after the fire department is called. Jorge is treated for burns on his hand. They asks what happened. Jorge explains that he’s fine and that it was just an accident. KO recently moved in, and he didn’t know they used the oven for storage. Luis questions just how many people are living in the apartment.

Luis and Luisa are in the Jorge's apartment putting away groceries. Jorge runs into the kitchen asking what they are doing there. Luisa explains that the food is going to expire in two days and someone needs to eat. Bernardo comes into the kitchen and introduces himself. Luis and Luisa introduce themselves and are happy to meet him. After Bernardo leaves, Luis hugs Jorge and tells him how he never imagined a firefighter as Jorge's boyfriend.

Luis is set straight by Jorge

While fixing the sink, Luis asks Jorge if he’s going to see Bernardo tonight, which he isn’t, as he’s working. Luis tells Jorge to hold onto Bernardo because he won’t find that again. Jorge asks his father to stop making such remarks because when he says it, it makes Jorge feel like he doesn’t deserve to be with a guy like Bernardo. Luis explains that he’s only joking, however, it’s how he’s talked to Jorge his entire life ,and he’s tired of it. He knows that his father wishes that he would be more masculine, but Jorge isn’t changing for anyone.

Luis is delighted to attend Jorge's show

Luis and Luisa spray pesticide inside the apartment. They inform Jorge that four units have reported spiders. So, they’re taking precautions to prevent an infestation. Luisa then advises Jorge from walking alone at night as she’s heard about a string of attacks on gay men in the neighborhood. To lighten the mood, Jorge tells his parents about how he’ll be starring in his own musical production of "Kiss of the Spider Woman", which Luisa has seen on Broadway twelve times. Jorge invites them to the opening show, and Luis assures him they wouldn’t miss it.

Luis and Luisa at Jorge's show

Luis, Luisa, Katy, Guy, Pepper, Didi, Alex, Xandra, Francois, and Bernardo attend the show. Josie performs on stage briefly before being joined by Jorge, who is also playing Spider Woman. The two share the stage both as Spider Woman, concluding the show with a kiss. Afterward, they receive a standing ovation.

Luis and Luisa express how proud they are of Jorge. Luis’ favorite part is when Jorge kissed Josie. He then tells Jorge to change out of his costume and take the makeup off. Bernardo interjects that he thought Jorge was amazing as both Molina and the Spider Woman, and he never wants Jorge to change.

Introduction to Ginger

The Lopez' gather together after Jorge is attacked

Jorge and Bernardo retreat to the apartment after being jumped, where they are comforted by Katy, Josie, Pepper, KO, Luis, Luisa, and their sons. Bernardo recalls three to four attackers. They reported the attack to the police, but there isn’t much that can be done without any eyewitnesses. Jorge’s brother, Mateo, knows some of the guys at the precinct and offers to give them a call. KO went to Molly's Crisis to ask if anyone saw anything. He tells Jorge that they’ll always be family, before leaving.

Luis discovers that Jorge is a drag queen

Luis can’t believe that the hospital released Jorge in the condition that he’s in. However, it was Jorge’s idea to avoid any medical expenses. Luisa is thankful that Bernardo was there to protect Jorge, to which Jorge replies that he got a couple good swings in with his high heels. Luis questions why Jorge was wearing heels. Bernardo claims that he didn’t have time to change. Nevertheless, Luisa tells Jorge that moving forward, he is to put on his normal clothes when walking home. However, Jorge refuses. He reveals to his father that he’s been out in public dressed as a woman many times. Katy returns, and Jorge looks to Pepper and Josie for reassurance before revealing to his father that he’s a drag performer. Luis is outraged, even more at the fact that the rest of his family already knew.

Luis begs Jorge to stop dressing as a woman

Jorge calls Pepper after learning that she’s having a party after all. As he’s getting his dress prepared, he is approached by Luis, who apologizes for walking out before. He sees Jorge’s dress and says that he’s always known that Jorge wasn’t the same as his brothers. He was always more sensitive. Whenever Luis was tired and stressed from a long day at the Bodega, Jorge’s brothers would barely notice, but he would still have to act strong even when he didn’t feel like it because Jorge would know and it would upset him. Luis is scared for Jorge. He was attacked because he was dressed like a woman. He begs Jorge to stop doing drag because he doesn’t want to lose him.

Luis runs into Ginger as she’s leaving the apartment building. He calls her Jorge and reminds her of the conversation they had. However, Ginger doesn’t want to give up her passion just because something bad happened. Luis explains that Ginger is putting herself in danger and if something bad happens to her, it happens to all of them. He calls what Ginger is doing selfish, but she replies that "It's not selfish, Dad. This is me."

Luisa and Luis have dinner with Jorge

Luis and Luisa has dinner with Jorge. They ask about Bernardo, who Jorge reveals broke up with him. Luis then apologizes for how he reacted to Jorge in drag. He’s trying to fix things between them, but all that he’s asking is that Jorge not walk home dressed as a woman for his own safety. However, Jorge doesn’t want to live by his father’s rules, but Luis says that he will if he continues to live under his roof. In that case, Jorge is prepared to move out, to which Luis replies "good luck out there." This triggers an emotional reaction from Jorge as that’s precisely what his father said to him when he kicked him out at 14. For Jorge, sometimes that wound feels as if it happened yesterday. It was extremely difficult for him to come out to them in the first place, only for them to kick him out. Eventually, Jorge crawled back home because he wanted his family back. And after all was said and done, Luis didn’t even bother to apologize. Mateo arrives and reveals that a suspect was just arrested for beating up a drag queen and his description matches that of Jorge’s attacker.

Jorge pays Luis back

Jorge pays his father back some of the money he owes after learning they are behind in the mortgage payment. Luis tells Jorge not to worry about it. Jorge insists that it’s as much his problem as it is there’s. He grew up in the building. It’s where he had his first kiss. Jorge wants to help and doesn’t want to feel like he owes them. Luis reminds Jorge that they’re family and that no one is keeping track. He’s taken care of Jorge for everyday of his entire life. Jorge hands his father the money and pleads with him to take it, which he reluctantly does.

Luis barges into the dressing room at Molly's Crisis to find Jorge giving a guy a dance and realizes that this is where Jorge has been getting the extra money from. Jorge admits that he doesn’t often give private dances, but he’s doing what he has to in order to pay off his family’s debt. Luis came by to tell Jorge that their back mortgage payments are settled. Pepper wires money into their account. Unfortunately, that only buys them time as they’re still losing the building. The city is forcing the entire block to sell.

Losing the Apartment

Luisa and Luis tell Jorge they're being forced to sell

Luis and Luisa return to the bodega and inform Jorge that the city contacted the developer, who is forcing them to sell. Luis has been fighting this for years but all the other buildings on the block have already sold. Luisa tells Jorge to let it go, but he refuses. He says that his uncle would rollover in his grave if he found out they were giving up so easily. Jorge then hears Xandra and the Kitty Cats playing over the radio and calls Josie, who returns to the apartment just in time to hear her song being sung on the radio by Xandra.

The city gathers for the Miss Subway coronation at Riverside Park. Katy, Pepper, Josie, Xandra, Bernardo, Buzz, Francois, Luis, and Luisa attend. Deveraux crowns Ginger as the next Miss Subway. Jorge’s parents moved to the Heights with nothing but two suitcases. They left everything else behind. Washington Heights is the last place where they can afford to live. Ginger asks that they all sign the petition to stop the developers. Ginger, Luisa, VeeVee Humble, and Deveraux proceed to dance and sing.

Luis tells Jorge about his uncle

Jorge arrives at the bodega with all 10,000 signatures. Luis is nearly left speechless. He commends Jorge on how brave he is. He tells Jorge that his uncle would’ve been proud to see Jorge up there. It was his idea to buy the building, but he had secrets that he kept from the rest of the family. Luis is ashamed as he kept those same secrets from Jorge. Jorge’s uncle died of aids. He was gay and he didn’t tell anyone, and by the time Luis found out what was wrong with his brother, it was too late. This is why he reacted the way he did when Jorge came out. He’s afraid of losing Jorge as he did his brother. Jorge assures him that everything is okay and that they’ll always protect each other. Jorge then invites his father to a fashion show.

Luis and Luisa at Katy's fashion show

Josie and the Pussycats perform at the fashion show set up at the Pepper Plant by Katy. Luis and Luisa attend as well. Jorge rips the runway as Ginger. As does Katy in one of her original designs.

Jorge, Luis, and Luisa celebrate at the bodega after learning that they have enough signatures to save the block. Hiram Lodge enters the bodega. He is the out of town buyer. He was so close to buying the block, but they stopped him. He was born in the Heights and he feels it’s time for him to come home.

Physical Appearance

Luis is an older Hispanic man with brown eyes and short grey hair. He often wears flannel and button up shirts.

Personality

Luis is a prideful and practical man. He was initially reluctant to accept money from Jorge when they were faced with losing the apartment building as he felt it was his job to provide for his family.

Relationships

Luisa Lopez and Jorge Lopez

Luis, Luisa, and Jorge

Luis and Luisa have built a family business together. They own a local bodega along with the apartments located above it. They have been happily married for years and have six boys, Jorge being the youngest of them all. Jorge and Luis have a rather complicated relationship as oppose to Luisa and Jorge. When he was 14 years old, Jorge came out as gay to and they kicked him out of the house, forcing Jorge to live with Katy until they began start talking again. Jorge going out in drag has been ever more diffcult for Luis to accept as he fears for Jorge's safety.

Appearances

Season 1

• "Chapter One: Once Upon a Time in New York" (mentioned)
• "Chapter Three: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"
• "Chapter Four: Here Comes the Sun"
• "Chapter Five: Song for a Winter's Night" (mentioned)
• "Chapter Seven: Kiss of the Spider Woman"
• "Chapter Eight: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
• "Chapter Eleven: Who Can I Turn To"
• "Chapter Twelve: Chain of Fools"
• "Chapter Thirteen: Come Together"

Trivia

• Luis is not a character from the Archie Comics. He was created specifically for the series.
• Although he says he's District 52 City Councilman, Washington Heights is in District 10. Moreover, they only go to District 51.

Gallery

See also: Category:Images of Luis Lopez