Rob Lopez

**Rob Lopez** is a main character in the Amazon Prime series, *The Power*. He is a medical doctor and a father of three kids.

## Biography

### Season One

#### The World Is on Fu\*king Fire

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As a doctor, Rob takes a look at marks on a teenage girl’s arms, concluding that they were caused by electrical burns. He thinks someone has been hurting her. But her mother says she’s only been in normal playground fights with other girls.

At home, Rob and Margot finally sit down to celebrate their anniversary and talk about their days. Rob encourages Margot to let out her anger. She can’t let it brew. As a gift, he gives her a wedding present from his mother and invites her to break it. Letting the rage build over how Danden dismissed her, she throws it on the ground.

When Rob drives Jos home from school, she accidentally sends an electric shock through the car. Rob wonders if it’s the same thing she did with the microwave, but Jos simply gets out of the car and walks away. Ryan kisses Jos for the first time.

#### A New Organ

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When Rob's wife learns that a 12-year-old girl is blamed for causing a plane crash, Rob gets her in touch with Tash, his ex, for help.

Rob calls Margot to give her news about Jos. They go to her school to find girls trapped in clear cages at the school. They pick up Jos, who tells them about how her powers work. She can’t control it like other girls. It doesn’t happen when she expects it too. They see this firsthand when, in a fight with her brother over the remote, Jos accidentally sends a shock to Matty’s head.

#### Scarlet Minnow

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Rob catches Matty watching videos of Urban Dox, an anonymous streaming persona who rallies up men.

Rob then gets word of research on the new organ from Carpathia. Anna wants him on a sensitive project that would use the research to create a medical suppressant for women and girls who don’t want their powers. But the research has been obtained unethically, by performing surgeries on girls without their consent.

Rob tells Margot about the research, but she already knows. He’s worried that she’s not taking the situation seriously enough. Rob is appalled by the girls’ deaths, but Margot thinks their deaths could at least mean something if they use the research for something good. Rob doesn’t think the government has anything “good” in mind, however. So, he calls his old friend Declan and tells him about the confidential documents and the government’s plans to use the research to suppress OED.

Rob attends a party with Margot where he gets drunk and Danden accuses Margot of having EOD. By the end of the party, Declan has leaked the research to everyone there, crediting his anonymous source as “The Scarlet Minnow.” Margot immediately realizes The Scarlet Minnow is Rob, and she worries that Declan will sell him out. Back at home, Rob claims this is all Margot’s fault. She never even asked him about his day; she hasn’t in years. She’s only concerned with her career, and is only there for the kids on autopilot. She thinks EOD can only be empowering to women and yet doesn’t see how Jos is struggling to control her own body.

Later, Margot checks in on Jos once Rob is sleeping. She apologizes for not being there for her enough. The mother and daughter smoke marijuana outside together, and Margot asks what Jos thinks about her recent decision to go public with information about EOD.

#### Sparklefingers

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Margot and Rob talk to each other for the first time since their fight, but they can’t get past it. She feels she can’t trust him, and he feels she doesn’t care about doing the right thing. At work, Helen asks Margot to keep her power quiet, as women in their office are getting fired just for having it.

Rob gets a drink with Declan, who is about to go to Carpathia for a follow-up investigation. Rob vents his frustrations about Margot. He never before had a problem being with a powerful woman, but he and the kids didn’t sign up for this. They’re all in danger because of her public stance.

Margot announces to her family that she’s going to run for senate. Matty blows up about how the male voice is being lost. He thinks Margot and Rob are a prime example of how women are emasculating men.

## Personality

Rob is a successful doctor and loving father. He has always been happy to play cheerleader-in-chief to his brilliant powerhouse wife, Margot. But the emergence of the Power puts a palpable strain on his family. As tensions mount, Margot steps up as an advocate for the Power, putting their family in harm’s way. For the first time, Rob finds himself questioning his wife’s priorities and motives.

## Relationships

### Family

* Margot Cleary-Lopez (wife)
* Jos Cleary-Lopez (daughter)
* Izzy Cleary-Lopez (daughter)
* Matt Cleary-Lopez (son)

## Appearances

### Season 1

* A Better Future Is in Your Hands
* The World Is on Fu\*king Fire
* A New Organ
* Scarlet Minnow
* Sparklefingers
* Just a Girl
* The Shape of Power