SEASON TWO
1 - The famous Candy
factory episode, where the husbands and wives switch jobs, each convinced the
other one has it easy; while the husbands wreck the apartment, Ethel and Lucy
discover that conveyor belt assembly line candy production is much, much harder
while it seems. (candy boss is played by Elvia Allman, famous as the voice of
Clarabelle Cow in the Disney cartoons; in her later life she was a real estate
agent, and found Mary Tyler Moore her house)
2 - When Ricky's band
has an opening for a sax player, Lucy decides to fill the position, having some
sax history; even when Ricky says no, she sneaks into the band and causes
tremendous havoc.
3 - Ricky sneaks down
to neighbor Gloria's apartment to buy pearls for Lucy's anniversary, but Lucy
mistakes his sneaking for adultery; determined to catch him in the act, she
masquerades as a painted and rides the scaffolding down to Gloria's window...
4 - Lucy mistakes real
handcuffs for a joke pair Fred has, and handcuffs herself to Ricky; after the
local locksmith is no help, Lucy has to be Ricky's hands on stage for his act.
5 - Lucy and Ethel
write an operetta, and Lucy foolishly pays for all the costumes with a
post-dated check, anticipating huge receipts; annoyed with Lucy, Ethel and
Ricky convince the chorus to come on stage and interrupt Lucy every time she
tries to sing her solos.
6 - The wives decide
they are in a rut, and demand a "vacation from marriage" from the
husbands; both are convinced the other is having a ball, and try to spy on the,
resulting in the wives being locked on the roof!
7 - For their 25th
Anniversary, the Mertz's receive a new TV from the Ricardo's, but Ricky
accidentally blows it up, and in his fury, Fred destroys Ricky's TV; they sue
each other, and the conflicting testimony in court is ultrahilarious.
8 - Lucy hates her old
cheap furniture after going to the Home Show, so after a prank by Ricky where
she believes she won all new furniture, she sells the old junk and begins
wallpapering the bedroom; this has the famous scene where she wallpapers right
over the window, the doors, and Ethel!
9 - Ricky loses his
voice to a cold, so Lucy jumps on the opportunity to take over the show at the
Tropicana, and poor voiceless Ricky is forced to watch the crazed debacle that
Lucy orchestrates, a chaos of 20s flappers and wild choreography.
10 - Lucy discovers
she is pregnant, and the whole episode is based around her attempting to tell
Ricky, who is tremendously busy at the club and keeps brushing her off; when
she finally communicates it to him, he is deliriously happy.
11 - Lucy, being
pregnant, feels that Ricky only has an interest in the baby and not her
anymore, and poor Ricky can't figure out what is wrong.
12 - Lucy is worried
the baby will grow up with only Ricky's artistic influence, so she buys some
sculpting clay and gets to work; but when Ricky is fed up with the expense, she
must submit her best work to an art critic for approval... and so she has to
get VERY creative.
13 - The famous
episode where Lucy gives birth (it aired on the night she really DID give
birth), Ricky is a mess and can't get anything together, and then has to leave
to give his premiere African Voodoo show - only to rush back to the hospital in
full Voodoo guise to meet the new baby.
14 - Ricky complains
Lucy can't say no to any salesman; Lucy tries to prove him wrong, but only ends
up buying something bigger and more expensive every time.
15 - Lucy is feeling
inferior to all her friends and family - at card games, at singing, at telling
jokes, at everything; so Ricky goes to see a too-helpful psychiatrist, who
believes in Flirt Therapy, much to Ricky's chagrin. (Psych is played by Gerald
Mohr, famous Golden Age radio actor that Wikipedia credits with "1,000
radio plays, 73 films, 100+ television shows.")
16 - Lucy and Ethel
both run for president of the Women's Club they belong too - Ethel because she
was nominated by everybody, Lucy because she is jealous and "this should
be democratic!" - but soon the rivalry gets out of hand when there is only
one undecided vote.
17 - Lucy gets an
accidental black eye, but the Mertzes are convinced Ricky is a hot-tempered
Latin monster, and soon Lucy is so fed up with their insinuations that she
makes up a dramatic story about another man ... and during a misunderstanding,
Ethel thinks Lucy is two-timing with Fred!
18 - Lucy can't make
up her mind about anything, rearranging furniture non-stop, switching tables at
a restaurant, and generally driving everybody crazy; Lucy decides to direct Ricky's
attention away using an old love letter, but Fred warns him in advance, and
Ricky turns the tables.
19 - Little Ricky
won't stop crying, and the neighbor upstairs (newly introduced Mrs. Trumbull)
can't stand it - and she insists to the Mertzes that the no-baby clause in the
lease be upheld; meanwhile Ethel gets on Lucy's nerves when she brags about how
generous she is for letting the Ricardos stay.
20 - Lucy hires a
maid, but is a total pushover when it comes to negotiating terms, and the maid
turns out to be a holy terror; Lucy ends up doing all the work and the maid
watches TV, so Lucy and Ethel hatch a plan to get rid of her.
21 - Ricky assumes
that because Lucy is a mother now, she has lost interest in show business; no
such luck, as Lucy wants in - and finds in - the new Indian music act at the
club.
22 - Lucy turns 30,
and is very upset that Ricky seems to have forgotten - little does she know
he's planning a huge surprise; dejected, she goes to the park and becomes one
of the Friends of the Friendless, a traveling marching band that befriends
everyone they meet, and they all march together to the club to teach Ricky a
thing or two...
23 - This is the
episode where the Ricardos move from the smaller first-season apartment to the
larger one (with a window!) in which the remainder of the shows take place; the
action revolves around Lucy scheming with Ethel, against Ricky's wishes, to
move to a bigger (more expensive) apartment.
24 - Lucy tries, yet
again, to play matchmaker... this time she tries to hook up her girlfriend with
a guy the Mertzes know; except that the guy thinks LUCY likes him, and soon
Ricky thinks so too!! (bachelor played by Hal March, host of "The $64,000
Question" game show)
25 - Lucy wants new
furniture so bad she buys it behind Ricky's back, but he finds out and makes
her earn it all back; she has to cut costs by making her own clothes
(hilarious) and perming her own hair (so bad even Ricky pities her).
26 - Lucy thinks Ricky
is ignoring her, so she injects herself into every fact of his life, but he
gets sick of it and deliberately invites her on a rugged camping trip to scare
her off; Ethel overhears the plan, fills in Lucy, and together they defeat
Ricky's plan ... well, almost...
27 - The famous
episode where Ricky and Fred (and the rest of the neighborhood) are glued to
the prize fight on Saturday night; the girls end up arrested, and have to talk
their way out of jail! (police seargent played hilariously by Frank Nelson,
famous for being parodied on the Simpsons as the creepy old guy who always says
"EEEE-yessssss? EEEE-yessss!")
28 - Lucy and Ricky
buy a new washing machine, and despite Ricky's reluctance, sell the old one to
the excited Mertzes; except it breaks immediately, and dramatically, and a huge
war erupts over who owns it and will pay for it.
