I Love Lucy: Season Two

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.