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The Saxophone
Episode: 037 | Aired: September 22, 1952
Determined to accompany her husband on a tour with his band, Lucy represents herself as a skilled performer on the saxophone. Unfortunately, Lucy blows another chance to be in the show with an off-key rendition of Glow Worm.
Anniversary Present
Episode: 038 | Aired: September 29, 1952
Believing that Ricky has forgotten their anniversary, Lucy fears his attentions are wandering. Her suspicions are further aroused when she sees him fastening a pearl necklace around the neck of one of their neighbors.
Handcuffs
Episode: 039 | Aired: October 06, 1962
Inspired by a magic trick she saw, Lucy handcuffs herself to her sleeping husband. To their mutual horror, they discover that the handcuffs are of Civil War vintage and a key cannot be found to unlock them.
The Operetta
Episode: 040 | Aired: October 13, 1952
Lucy persuades members of her women's club to stage her original operetta with 'John Charles Ricardo' as the leading man. Lucy plays a witchlike gypsy in the show, and Ricky plays the hero 'good Prince Lancelot.' In the midst of the performance, men from the costume and scenery rental company arrive and proceed to repossess the items.
Vacation From Marriage
Episode: 041 | Aired: October 27, 1952
The Ricardos and Mertzes decide that their marriages are in a rut. A library book suggests a 'week's vacation from marriage' as the solution. Lucy moves in with Ethel, and Fred with Ricky. Their newfound freedom creates a difficult situation.
The Courtroom
Episode: 042 | Aired: November 10, 1952
On the occasion of the Mertzes' 25th wedding anniversary, Lucy and Ricky present them with a television set that doesn't work. This generates a feud between the two families -- and an explosive courtroom scene.
Redecorating
Episode: 043 | Aired: November 17, 1952
A visit to the Home Show prompts Lucy and Ethel to enter a contest where the winner gets five rooms of new furniture. All the wives have to do is sit by the phone and wait to see if they won. Fred makes a phony phone call to Lucy and tells her that she's won. This causes Lucy to sell all her furniture and then demonstrate how not to put up wallpaper.
Ricky Loses His Voice
Episode: 044 | Aired: November 24, 1952
When Ricky arrives home with a bad case of laryngitis, Lucy banishes him to bed. However, Ricky is concerned about the imminent reopening of the Tropicana; Mr. Chambers, his new boss, is counting on him to stage a good show. Lucy decides to stage the show herself. Look For: Fred and Ethel in harmony for once, singing Carolina in the Morning.
Lucy is Enciente
Episode: 045 | Aired: December 08, 1952
Constant interruptions -- the telephone, neighbors, and Ricky's nightclub co-workers -- frustrate Lucy's every attempt to talk quietly with her husband. Finally she is forced to go to the nightclub to tell him she's going to have a baby.
Pregnant Women Are Unpredictable
Episode: 046 | Aired: December 15, 1952
Expectant Lucy creates a pandemonium in the Ricardo household with the unpredictable demands she makes on her adoring husband. Lucy is overwhelmed by Ricky's considerate treatment of her, but confuses him when she becomes suspicious of his attentions.
Lucy's Show Biz Swan Song
Episode: 047 | Aired: December 22, 1952
Despite her 'condition,' Lucy is determined to participate in a Gay Nineties Revue. Enlisting Ethel's aid, Lucy tries to contrive an appropriate costume and finally comes up with a barrel. Look For: Pepito the Spanish Clown, a longtime Arnaz family friend, makes a special appearance.
Lucy Hires An English Tutor
Episode: 048 | Aired: December 29, 1952
Determined to have a well-spoken offspring -- though its arrival is several months away -- Lucy hires a tutor, Mr. Livermore. In return for his services, she lets him sing a song of his own writing at Ricky's nightclub.
Ricky Has Labor Pains
Episode: 049 | Aired: January 05, 1953
When Ricky feels jealous of all the attention Lucy is getting, she decides to throw Ricky a 'daddy shower' -- but Fred turns it into a stag party. Lucy decides to crash the daddy shower disguised as a newspaper reporter with Ethel posing as her photographer-partner.
Lucy Becomes A Sculptress
Episode: 050 | Aired: January 12, 1953
Lucy decides that their unborn child should have artistic leanings. Salesmen in an art supply store put her to work on a lump of clay, and she uses the Mertzes as models for a modernistic creation. Art critics laud her weird effort as a masterpiece.
Lucy Goes To The Hospital
Episode: 051 | Aired: January 19, 1953
Lucy approaches the zero hour and is rushed to the hospital to have her baby. Ricky carefully works out an elaborate plan with his neighbors, Ethel and Fred, whereby each is supposed to know exactly what to do 'at the psychological moment.' When the big moment arrives, bedlam breaks loose.
Sales Resistance
Episode: 052 | Aired: January 26, 1953
Lucy buys a tricky kitchen gadget in response to a TV pitch. Ricky accuses all women of having no sales resistance. Lucy retaliates by demanding to know why Ricky bought a 20-foot rubber life raft. Guest star: Sheldon Leonard. The song 'There's a Brand New Baby at Our House,' from this episode, was originally written by Desi Arnaz for daughter Lucy's birth.
Inferiority Complex
Episode: 053 | Aired: February 02, 1953
Lucy pulls one faux pas after another, with the result that she develops a devastating inferiority complex. Ricky tries to flatter his wife out of her complex, but he must finally consult a 'physio-chiatrist.'
Club Election
Episode: 054 | Aired: February 16, 1953
Pitted against each other in the race for the presidency of their women's club, Lucy and Ethel try to wangle the deciding vote by devious means. Meanwhile, their husbands map a campaign to have them both defeated. In this episode Lillian Appleby, later Carolyn Appleby, appears for the first time as Lucy's rival.
The Black Eye
Episode: 055 | Aired: March 09, 1953
When a book accidentally tossed by Ricky hits Lucy in the eye, she winds up with a shiner. Fred and Ethel jump to the conclusion that the Ricardos are having a family tiff. They intercede -- with black-eyed results.
Lucy Changes Her Mind
Episode: 056 | Aired: March 30, 1953
When Ricky complains that Lucy is constantly changing her mind and never completing things, she decides to complete an old high-school romance by finishing a love letter she started when she was in high school. Rather than being jealous, Ricky offers to mail it for her. Lucy must intercept the letter, or her ex-boyfriend will think she's out of her mind. Guest Star: I Love Lucy regular Frank Nelson returns, this time as a myopic waiter.
No Children Allowed
Episode: 057 | Aired: April 20, 1953
The Ricardos' infant prompts the neighbors to point out that there is a clause in the lease saying 'no children.' The Ricardos' landlords are also their friends the Mertzes, who loyally stand by them and refuse to evict them. Ethel Mertz takes such pride in her generous action that she brags about it at a bridge luncheon. Hearing Ethel's story for the umpteenth time, Lucy blows her top. Mrs. Trumbull, the Ricardos' reliable babysitter, makes her first appearance in this episode.
Lucy Hires A Maid
Episode: 058 | Aired: April 27, 1953
Exhausted from walking the baby all night, Lucy and Ricky hire a maid. Lucy has never had anyone work for her before. She practices interviewing Ethel, using a businesslike, tough attitude as Ricky has instructed. But the woman she hires, Mrs. Porter, completely overpowers Lucy. Ethel talks Lucy into firing Mrs. Porter, but this is easier said than done. Guest Star: Classic character actress Verna Felton guest-stars and cleans house in this episode.
The Indian Show
Episode: 059 | Aired: May 04, 1953
Lucy wants to get into the act when Ricky is producing an Indian show and boning up on Indian lore. Trying to avoid a renewal of Lucy's desire to get into show business, Ricky doesn't tell her he is producing an Indian show. Lucy reads Ricky's book, Bloodcurdling Indian Tales, and is horrified by the stories. When two Indians in full regalia turn up for an audition, Lucy stages an ambush for them. Eventually Lucy steals the show with her classic rendition of By the Waters of the Minnetonka.
Lucy's Last Birthday
Episode: 060 | Aired: May 11, 1953
Ricky has planned a surprise party for Lucy's birthday. He swears the Mertzes and all their friends to secrecy. Lucy, however, only knows that everyone has forgotten her birthday and works very hard at being gay, denying that she wanted anyone to remember. Lucy runs across a rescue mission band called 'Friends of the Friendless,' and marches off with them. Meanwhile the party guests are assembled at Ricky's nightclub, waiting for the guest of honor. Factoid: Ricky sings the lyrics to I Love Lucy for the first and only time in this episode.
The Ricardos Change Apartments
Episode: 061 | Aired: May 18, 1953
Lucy thinks the Ricardos need a larger apartment now that they have the baby. She tries all her tricks to cajole Ricky into switching apartments with Mr. and Mrs. Benson, who have recently married off their daughter and don't need the extra bedroom. Lucy fills her apartment with junk, including a sliding pond and teeter-totter, to give it a 'cramped' appearance. This is the episode when the Ricardos move up in the world. . .to Apartment 3-B.
Lucy Is Matchmaker
Episode: 062 | Aired: May 25, 1953
When Eddie Grant, a friend of the Mertzes, stops by for an unexpected visit and finds they are not at home, he leaves them a message with Lucy. When Lucy learns that the lingerie salesman is an eligible bachelor, she immediately begins brewing plans to fix him up with her girlfriend Sylvia Collins.
Lucy Wants New Furniture
Episode: 063 | Aired: June 01, 1953
A frantic economy wave engulfs the Ricardo household. Lucy buys some furniture against Ricky's orders and is forced to pay for it out of her own allowance. Ricky confiscates the furniture and takes it to the club until it's paid off. Lucy also needs a new dress and a new hairstyle for the Carrolls' party at the Tropicana on Saturday night. She tries to make her own dress and then does some 'permanent damage' in this episode.
The Camping Trip
Episode: 064 | Aired: June 08, 1953
When Lucy and Ethel come to the conclusion that good marriages are based on mutual interests, they invite themselves on a rugged camping trip with their spouses. Ricky submits to the proposal, assuming that the sound of the first coyote's howl will send the girls dashing back to the city.
Ricky And Fred Are TV Fans
Episode: 065 | Aired: June 22, 1953
When Lucy and Ethel become TV boxing-match widows, they decide to go out for a bite to eat, leaving their husbands in front of the Ricardo TV set. Everyone at the local cafe is also glued to the TV set, so Lucy decides to help herself and gets caught with her hand in the cash register. She manages to escape the cop's clutches by yelling, 'Look -- a knockout!' With Ethel, she takes refuge on the roof of their apartment building. Guest star: Frank Nelson is back and in uniform as Sergeant Nelson in episode 66.
Never Do Biz With Friends
Episode: 066 | Aired: June 29, 1953
The Ricardos get a new washing machine. Despite Ricky's apprehensions, they sell their old one to the Mertzes for thirty-five dollars. The next day, the old machine erupts like a volcano. The Mertzes call the machine a 'lemon' and take the stance that since no money has changed hands yet, the deal is invalid. This causes a tremendous fight between the couples. Look For: A rare glimpse of the back of the Mertzes' apartment building.
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