Mysteries of the Maya

**The Brothers Garcia: Mysteries of the Maya** (abbreviation 'TBG:MotM' or 'MotM') is a movie that was aired as a sequel to season 3 and premiered before season 4. It was later re-aired as three episodes in the United States, and later re-aired outside of the United States as four episodes. It premiered on 21 June 2003. The total running time of the movie compilation is 77 minutes, and the running time of the individual episode editings is 26 minutes (US version) and 22 minutes (EU version) per episode.

## Cast

### Starring

* Carlos Lacamara: Ray Garcia
* Ada Maris: Sonia Garcia
* Vaneza Pitynski: Lorena Garcia
* Bobby Gonzalez: George Garcia
* Jeffrey Licon: Carlos Garcia
* Alvin Alvarez: Larry Garcia

### Recurring

* Cheech Marin: Don Cortez
* Phil Van Tee: Senor Oso
* Carlos Alazraqui: Senor Bob
* Roberto Enrique: Jerry
* Ricky Luna: Prince Hun-Pictoc
* Tonatzin Mondragon: Nicte-ha

### Guests

* Roseanne Barr: Co-pilot
* Veronica Tousaint: Receptionist
* Norma Michaels: Lulu
* Matt Kimbrough: American tourist
* Jeff Valdez: British tourist
* Ingrid Wheatley: Tour guide #1
* Rafael Castilla: Tour guide #2
* Olga Millan: Woman #1
* Nayeli Savage Dominguez: Woman #2
* Juan Carlos Moernao: Man #1
* Gualberto Trejo: Man #2

## Season Summary

The movie was filmed in 2002 in the Mexican peninsula Yucatan. It was also aired re-edited into multiple episodes.

### Episodes

1When the Time Comes
2Use Your Head
3Mama's Friend
4Carmen De Lovely

## Plot summary

*The individual episode pages have more detailed summaries.*

The Garcias are visiting a hall of museums. When a thief steals the purse of a beautiful woman Larry retrieves her purse and receives a kiss from her as a 'thank you'. When Larry dreams of something that looks like an Indian, Lorena wakes him up. The Garcias eat breakfast. Ray announces he has a week off. He decides to take the family on vacation to Mexico.

On the plane the children are bickering. The co-pilot Roseanne announces the plane will land. When the plane has landed the co-pilot says there are two toilets: an improvised toilet or the wild nature toilet. Just when Larry wants to go check out a monkey they meet a man called Jerry. He is the tour guide.
He drives them to their destination. There they walk on to check in to the hotel.

Carlos interrogates Jerry on where to find girls. Ray, Lorena and Larry admire a painting. When Carlos thinks he has found the jackpot of girls he finds
a group of golden girls; mature, less attractive, elderly women. Larry meets suspicious men of which he thinks he recognizes them. Ray wants to check out the pyramids but Sonia wants facials instead. Ray takes Lorena, Larry, Carlos and George for pyramid seeing.

Before a pyramid the tourists can sit down on chairs while an electronical tour guide explains the sight. For the jungle tour Ray receives a whip just in case he needs to perform corporal punishments. At another pyramid they wait to see a sun effect show.

Ray leaves the children with the tour guide to catch up with Sonia. Carlos, George, Lorena, Larry and Jerry enter a pyramid with other tourists. Ray
finds Sonia by the pool where they decide to have lunch. The children get lost but then find the way out. They however forget Larry and have to go back for him. Still in the pyramid Larry digs his way to a secret chamber and there he finds a man with black paint on his face.

Ray is excited when he cannot find the children because as if he is Indiana Jones he has to adventurously climb the pyramid. With the black faced man the children continue their tour. As a real hero Ray keeps climbing the pyramid. When he finally reaches the top he still cannot find his children. At the other side of the pyramid they find two men beating each other up. Back at the pool Ray takes a relaxing dive in the pool.

Jerry introduces the black faced man and the children to his employer. When the tourists are gone boss Don Cortez has a mysterious phone call. When Ray
and Sonia meet up with the rest the black faced man turns out to be named prince Hun-Pictoc. He is in search of his girlfriend Nicte-ha, if he cannot find her within five days the black faced man will turn into a snake's shadow.

Ray wants to call the authorities but Sonia is convinced to let the children help the black faced man search for his girlfriend. Because Sonia thinks his haircut is too 60s style, she styles his hair more to modern times. Without sick Sonia Ray and the others head back to the ruins. They start a search for the codex. The Garcias are followed by two physically abusive crooks that want a precious necklace.

Lorena offers to kiss a hieroglyph to stimulate the mission. After the deed she receives a mysterious black stone. Hun-Pictoc throws the stone in a hoop. He accidentally hits George but the stone lands in the target. A hidden room opens up which contains a bag with a book. Sonia seems to have bettered but is then scared by Jerry. Lorena offers herself to initiate a vision. At the hideout of Don Cortez his accomplices have to tell him they failed to obtain the Jade necklace.

During dinner with the Garcias prince Hun-Pictoc has found a new body paint in the whipped cream of cream cake. Don Cortez meets up with the Garcias. In the morning Ray and Sonia part their ways, with Lorena's mother Sonia searching for the mall with Sonia's daughter and with the boys Ray explores the jungle. Oso and Bob chase the Garcias but lose them when a miniature pyramid is dropped on the road. When they catch up the two lose them again when the tires are punctured by a line of spikes.

With a sword Ray cuts a way through the jungle. Sonia treats Lorena with gifts. Hun-Pictoc finds a rock with hieroglyphs. Back in town the Garcias
reunite. When their residence is ransacked Sonia wants to call the authorities. The tour guide says that is not a good idea because the local authorities have a conflict of interest. Sonia wants to give up and head home but Ray re-motivates her.

The Garcias lay back on the beach while Carlos secures that their search really has to take place there. Because Hun-Pictoc does not understand
modern girls he is granted a smack in the face. To the jealousy of Carlos the 14 year old overweight George hooks up with not one but two attractive women. Ray and Sonia try to get Lorena off the beach but fail in doing so.

When a crab enters George's swimming trunks George tries jumping up and down to try and get it out but the bikini women misunderstand. George makes a positive impression because the two think he is dancing and the two start dancing with him. Lorena has raw potato slices on her body. Hun-Pictoc thinks he sees his girl Nicte-ha on television.

During the tour there Nicte-ha recognizes Hun-Pictoc. The loves ones are reunited. With his magic power Hun-Pictoc lets Nicte-ha see visions. With a page delivered by Nicte-ha the book is complete. It reads that Hun-Pictoc has to sacrifice Nicte-ha to save his own life. Don Cortez leads the Garcias into a trap by offering them a free breakfast. There he expresses a death threat to obtain an precious artifact. George and Carlos try to fake Nicte-ha's death to try save Hun-Pictoc without making a sacrifice.

Ray Garcia tries to save the day with his whip but is overpowered by Don Cortez and his knife. George tries to distract two villains by giving them a fake artifact but the villains catch them. When Don Cortez opens the codex the three villains are turned into a snake's shadow. Lorena finds out Hun-Pictoc can save his life by taking off his head piece and necklace.

Everybody arrives safely back and the Garcias prepare to go home. As a 'thank you' Larry receives a gift and a romantic kiss from Nicte-ha. The Garcias go back to San Antonio.

## Trivia

* At least the Greek airings of the individual 22 minute montages contain the credits of the movie montage which means the complete cast is mentioned in every individual episode in this mini series version.