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Season 1
1 :01x01 - The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub (Oct/15/1951)
Fred and Ethel can't agree on where to go for their 18th wedding anniversary celebration. Fred and Ricky want to go to the fights, but Ethel and Lucy want to go to the Copacabana. They finally decide to do different things and bring dates. They all have problems getting dates, but when Lucy and Ethel find out that Ricky and Fred called a date service, Lucy has the operator set her and Ethel up as Ricky and Fred's dates.
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis
 
2 :01x02 - Be a Pal (Oct/22/1951)
Lucy tries to be Ricky's pal to improve their marriage.
Guest Stars: Richard Reeves as Hank, Tony Michaels as Charlie
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
3 :01x03 - The Diet (Oct/29/1951)
Lucy starves herself in order to lose 22 pounds so that she can fit in a dress and be in Ricky's show.
Guest Stars: Marco Rizo as Piano Player
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
4 :01x04 - Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her (Nov/05/1951)
Lucy gets so obsessed with a murder mystery book that it carries her mind away into thinking that Ricky is trying to kill her.
Guest Stars: Jerry Hausner as Jerry
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis
 
5 :01x05 - The Quiz Show (Nov/12/1951)
Lucy will win a radio show prize if she can manage to convince Ricky that she was once married to a radio station hired actor. However, when a bum comes to her door, Lucy thinks it's the actor, and causes a heap of confusion for everyone.
Guest Stars: Hazel Pierce as Mrs. Peterson, Philip Ober as Arnold, Frank Nelson as Freddie Fillmore, Lee Millar (1) as Announcer, John Emery (2) as Harold
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
6 :01x06 - The Audition (Nov/19/1951)
Lucy decides that she wants to "get in on the act" when Ricky's band auditions for television, so she fills in for Buffo the clown. Trouble ensues when Lucy gets offered the job, but not Ricky's band.
Guest Stars: Jess Oppenheimer as Network Representitive #1, Pat Moran as Buffo the Clown, Hal Hudson as Network Representitive #3, Bennett Green as Stage Hand, Harry Ackerman as Network Representitive #2
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis
 
7 :01x07 - The Séance (Nov/26/1951)
After suddenly becoming interested in superstitions, Lucy reads Ricky's horoscope and it says that today is not a good day for Ricky to make business deals. So when a call comes through with a very good job offer for Ricky, Lucy tells them no, leading Lucy to have a seance to set things right.
Guest Stars: Jay Novello as Mr. Merriweather
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
8 :01x08 - Men are Messy (Dec/03/1951)
Lucy decides to teach Ricky a lesson about his being messy when his press agent lines up a spread in Halfbeat Magazine by trashing the house. Little does Lucy know though that the reporter Ricky brings home to do the spread is actually from Look Magazine causing big trouble.
Guest Stars: Kenny Morgan (1) as Press Agent, Harry Shannon as Jim (The Photographer), Hazel Boyne as Maggie
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis
 
9 :01x09 - Drafted (Dec/24/1951)
Lucy and Ethel mistakenly believe that Ricky and Fred have been drafted when they receive a telegram for Ricky telling him to report to Army's Fort Dix. Their suspicions are further proved when Ricky and Fred come into the house practicing marching with brooms. So Lucy and Ethel decide to throw them a going away party, but Ricky and Fred believe that the girls are pregnant, and plan a party for them on the same night. Chaos ensues when Lucy and Ethel discover that when Ricky and Fred came into the house marching, they were really practicing for a routine at the club, and they're not really drafted.
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
10 :01x10 - The Fur Coat (Dec/10/1951)
Ricky has to resort to hiring Fred to pretend to burglarize Ricky's house and steal a fur coat that Lucy will not take off and believes is her anniversary present, but it really is a prop for one of Ricky's shows that he brought home to show everyone.
Guest Stars: Ben Welden as Thief
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis
 
11 :01x11 - Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer (Dec/17/1951)
Lucy sneaks into Ricky's "Jezebel" chorus line to try and find out if Ricky is seeing another woman.
Guest Stars: Helen Silver as Rosemary
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer
 
12 :01x12 - The Adagio (Dec/31/1951)
While practicing for a number in one of Ricky's shows, Lucy gets a dance instructor that has more than dance lessons on his mind making Ricky furious.
Guest Stars: Shepard Menken as Jean
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis
 
13 :01x13 - The Benefit (Jan/07/1952)
Ethel desperately wants Ricky to perform st the women's club benefit, but the only way that Lucy will ask is if she gets to be in the show too. Ethel finally agrees just because she wants Ricky there. After a lot of coaxing, Ricky says that he'll be in the benefit with Lucy, but when he brings home the act for Lucy to study, Lucy finds that Ricky has given himself all of the funny lines. So she then comes up with a way to teach Ricky a good lesson.
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer
 
14 :01x14 - The Amatuer Hour (Jan/14/1952)
Lucy has to babysit two spoiled rambunctious twins to make money to pay for a dress that she spent too much money on. She doesn't realize though what she's getting herself into, but at the last moment before Lucy goes insane, the twins' mother calls and tells Lucy that if she'll perform in a talent show with the twins, she'll let Lucy keep the $100 prize money.
Guest Stars: Gail Bonney as Mrs. Hudson, David Stollery as Timmy Hudson, Sammy Ogg as Jimmy Hudson
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
15 :01x15 - Lucy Plays Cupid (Jan/21/1952)
Lucy tries to play matchmaker for her elderly neighbor and the milkman, even though Ricky strongly disapproves. But things don't go the way Lucy planned and the milkman begins to believe that Lucy loves him.
Guest Stars: Bea Benaderet as Miss Lewis, Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Ritter
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
16 :01x16 - Lucy Fakes Illness (Jan/28/1952)
Lucy finally believes that she has come up with the perfect scheme to get into show business, she's going to fake having multiple mental illnesses as the results of not being in show business. But her charade backfires when Ricky discovers what she's doing and hires a doctor to scare Lucy out of her mind.
Guest Stars: Hal March as Himself
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
17 :01x17 - Lucy Writes a Play (Feb/04/1952)
Lucy is writing a play for the women's club called, A Little Tree Grows In Havana, and she needs Ricky to star in it. But as soon as Ricky takes one look at the script, he refuses. Now Lucy has to rewrite the play so that Fred can star in it.
Guest Stars: Myra Marsh as Club Chairwoman, Maury Thompson as Stage Manager
Director: William Asher
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
18 :01x18 - Breaking the Lease (Feb/11/1952)
The Ricardos and the Mertzes get into a huge fight, and Lucy and Ricky decide that they're leaving. There's only one catch to their plan though, they signed a lease. Son now Lucy and Ricky decide to become the worst tenants ever and get kicked out. But as soon as the Mertzes do kick them out, they decide that they can't go through with it. In the end, they all apologize, and Ricky and Lucy get to stay.
Guest Stars: Bennett Green as Bum, Hazel Pierce as Party Guest, Barbara Pepper as Party Guest
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer
 
19 :01x19 - The Ballet (Feb/18/1952)
When Lucy learns of two openings in Ricky's show, one for a ballet dancer, and one for a burlesque comic, Lucy decides to take ballet lessons because she has some past experience in it. But once that goes horribly wrong, she then decides to hire someone to help her learn the art of burlesque comedy. Then Lucy learns that Ricky now has only one opening left in the show, and falsely assuming that it's the burlesque comic, she goes down to the club with disastrous results.
Guest Stars: Frank J. Scannell as Burlesque Comic, Mary Wickes as Madame Lamond
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
20 :01x20 - The Young Fans (Feb/25/1952)
When Lucy and Ricky acquire two young fans, they'll stop at nothing to get them off of their backs.
Guest Stars: Richard Crenna (1) as Arthur Morton, Janet Waldo as Peggy Dawson
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer
 
21 :01x21 - New Neighbors (Mar/03/1952)
Lucy wrongly believes that the new neighbors are out to kill her, but in reality they were just rehearsing for a play.
Guest Stars: K. T. Stevens as Mrs. O'Brien, Hayden Rorke as Mr. O'Brien
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
22 :01x22 - Fred and Ethel Fight (Mar/10/1952)
Ethel and Fred have been arguing with each other nonstop for the past few days, and Lucy decides to put an end to it. So Lucy invites Ethel to dinner, and Ricky invites Fred to dinner, neither of them knowing that the other is coming. But during dinner, Ricky and Lucy begin to argue, but Ethel and Fred have stopped fighting. Now Fred and Ethel have to figure out a way to patch things up between Ricky and Lucy.
Guest Stars: Hazel Pierce as Soda Jerk
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
23 :01x23 - The Moustache (Mar/17/1952)
Lucy doesn't like Ricky's mustache and wants him to shave it off. But Ricky refuses, so Lucy decides to show him what it's like by gluing a fake beard on her face. Ricky eventually gives in and agrees to shave it, but only on the condition that Lucy gets rid of hers. But when Lucy tries to take it off, she finds out that the glue she attached it with's remover is not being made anymore.
Guest Stars: John Brown (2) as Mr. Murdoch
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
24 :01x24 - The Gossip (Mar/24/1952)
The boys place a bet with the girls that they can go longer than the girls without gossiping, and the winner gets breakfast in bed for a month. Everything is going fine until Ricky's plan to cheat backfires on him.
Guest Stars: Bob Jellison as Milkman, Richard Reeves as Bill Foster
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
25 :01x25 - Pioneer Women (Mar/31/1952)
Lucy and Ethel accept a bet from Ricky and Fred that they can't go a day without modern appliances, but what will the boys do when the girls insist that they do the same?
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer
 
26 :01x26 - The Marriage License (Apr/07/1952)
When Lucy discovers that Ricky's name is misspelled on their marriage license, she believes that they're not legally married and insists that they get married in the same place they supposedly did the first time. But they have more trouble getting there than they expected.
Guest Stars: Irving Bacon as Father Willoughby, Elizabeth Patterson as Mother Willoughby
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
27 :01x27 - The Kleptomaniac (Apr/14/1952)
When Lucy is hosting an auction, Ricky thinks she has stolen the goods she is hiding in the closet. It worsens when Fred and Ricky witness Lucy taking a cuckoo clock out of the Mertzes apartment, unaware that Ethel had put her up to her. Thinking she's a kleptomaniac, they hire a psychiatrist. However, to get back at Fred and Ricky, Lucy and Ethel put on an act like they have just robbed a bank.
Guest Stars: Joseph Kearns as Dr. Tom Robinson
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer
 
28 :01x28 - Cuban Pals (Apr/21/1952)
Lucy tries to keep Ricky from dancing with his old dance partner from Cuba who used to be a little girl, but definitely isn't anymore.
Guest Stars: Alberto Morin as Carlos Ortega, Rita Convy as Maria Ortega, Lita Baron as Renita
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
29 :01x29 - The Freezer (Apr/28/1952)
Lucy accidentally gets locked in a freezer that her and Ethel paid $483 for while trying to hide a ton of meat they purchased from Ricky and Fred.
Guest Stars: Frank Aldrich as Butcher, Frank Sully as Deliveryman #1, Bennett Green as Deliveryman #2, Barbara Pepper as Customer
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis, Jess Oppenheimer
 
30 :01x30 - Lucy Does a TV Commercial (May/05/1952)
Lucy's one chance at a commercial flops when she is forced to taste the product over and over again which is 25% alcohol.
Guest Stars: Jerry Hausner as Joe, Ross Elliott as Director, Maury Thompson as Script Clerk
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
31 :01x31 - The Publicity Agent (May/12/1952)
When Ricky's publicity agent isn't doing a good job to get Ricky any publicity, Lucy poses as a princess from a foreign land for a publicity stunt.
Guest Stars: Peter Leeds as Reporter, Richard Reeves as Assistant, Bennett Green as Photographer
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer
Songs: Desi Arnaz -- Babalu, Desi Arnaz -- I Get Ideas
 
32 :01x32 - Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio (May/19/1952)
Unknown to Ricky, Lucy secretly books him on a radio quiz show.
Guest Stars: Frank Nelson as Freddie Fillmore, Robert Ellis as Office Boy, Roy Rowan as Radio Announcer
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis
 
33 :01x33 - Lucy's Schedule (May/26/1952)
Lucy is put on a strict time schedule by Ricky.
Guest Stars: Gale Gordon as Alvin Littlefield
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Jess Oppenheimer
 
34 :01x34 - Ricky Thinks He is Going Bald (Jun/02/1952)
When Ricky begins to believe he's going bald, Lucy performs an outrageous treatment on him that she made up to make him believe his hair is growing back.
Guest Stars: Milton Parsons as Milton Thurlough
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Davis, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2)
 
35 :01x35 - Ricky Asks for a Raise (Jun/09/1952)
After Ricky asks for a raise, and is then fired, Lucy, Fred, and Ethel go into the club in numerous disguises, and pretend that once they discover that Ricky doesn't perform there anymore, they leave.
Guest Stars: Gale Gordon as Alvin Littlefield, Maurice Marsac (1) as Maurice the Waiter
Director: Marc Daniels (1)
Writer: Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. (2), Madelyn Davis
 
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