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Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

Episode list

I Love Lucy

    • SeasonsYearsTop-rated
    • 123456
  • Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E0 ∙ Pilot

    1951
    Ricky tries to keep Lucy away from auditioning for a TV show, but when a clown becomes unavailable, Lucy takes his place.
    7.2/10 (481)
    Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E1 ∙ The Girls Want to Go to the Nightclub

    Mon, Oct 15, 1951
    To celebrate Ethel and Fred's anniversary, Lucy and Ethel want to go to a nightclub while Ricky and Fred want to go to a boxing match instead. An argument ensues.
    7.8/10 (666)
    Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E2 ∙ Be a Pal

    Mon, Oct 22, 1951
    Worried that Ricky is starting to lose interest in her, Lucy decides to remind Ricky of Cuba and his childhood. With Ethel's help she decorates the home and decides to impersonate a singer like Ricky's mom.
    8.0/10 (574)
    Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E3 ∙ The Diet

    Mon, Oct 29, 1951
    Lucy can be in Ricky's act, but only if she can lose 12 pounds in four days.
    8.1/10 (585)
    Desi Arnaz in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E4 ∙ Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her

    Mon, Nov 5, 1951
    After becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, Lucy believes that Ricky is trying to murder her.
    8.1/10 (669)
    Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E5 ∙ The Quiz Show

    Mon, Nov 12, 1951
    When Lucy is months behind in paying the bills, she decides to go on a radio show to win $1,000. To win the money, she must introduce a stranger to Ricky as her 'first husband'.
    8.0/10 (599)
    Lucille Ball and Pat Moran in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E6 ∙ The Audition

    Mon, Nov 19, 1951
    Ricky finally lands an audition for a television show. After the clown in Ricky's act gets injured, Lucy fills in for him.
    7.7/10 (502)
    Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E7 ∙ The Seance

    Mon, Nov 26, 1951
    Lucy gets superstitious with the daily Horoscope. When she explains to theatre producer Mr. Merriweather that Ricky's horoscope is not Ricky's day and he should say no, Lucy once again convinces Ricky to invite Mr. Merriweather to contact his beloved Tilly. However, the Ricardos get a big surprise of who Tilly really is.
    8.1/10 (581)
    Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E8 ∙ Men Are Messy

    Mon, Dec 3, 1951
    Annoyed at Ricky's messiness, Lucy divides the apartment into two halves: one for each of them to live in.
    8.2/10 (526)
    Desi Arnaz in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E9 ∙ The Fur Coat

    Mon, Dec 10, 1951
    Lucy thinks a mink coat that Ricky rented for a dance number at the club is actually her anniversary gift. She's so thrilled that Ricky can't bring himself to tell her the truth. He plans to fake a burglary to get it away from her.
    8.1/10 (518)
    Desi Arnaz and Helen Silvers in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E10 ∙ Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer

    Mon, Dec 17, 1951
    After reading a newspaper article planted by Ricky's press agent, Ethel convinces Lucy that Ricky is fooling around with the lead dancer in his nightclub act.
    7.8/10 (456)
    Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E11 ∙ Drafted

    Mon, Dec 24, 1951
    Ricky and Fred are going to do a show for the Army troops at Fort Dix. To keep Lucy from wanting to be in it, they keep the reason they're going a secret. Lucy and Ethel think they've been drafted.
    7.5/10 (492)
    Lucille Ball and William Frawley in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E12 ∙ The Adagio

    Mon, Dec 31, 1951
    Lucy decides to try out for a job as an Apache dancer in Ricky's show. The man she rehearses with falls madly in love with her.
    7.3/10 (488)
    Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in The Benefit (1952)

    S1.E13 ∙ The Benefit

    Mon, Jan 7, 1952
    Lucy gets Ricky to perform with her at a benefit for Ethel's club.
    7.7/10 (445)
    Lucille Ball, Sammy Ogg, and David Stollery in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E14 ∙ The Amateur Hour

    Mon, Jan 14, 1952
    To earn some extra money to pay for a new dress, Lucy takes a job babysitting a little boy. She is amazed that she will be getting $5 an hour. She finds out why when the boy's mother sneaks a second, twin boy into the apartment.
    7.5/10 (473)
    Bea Benaderet in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E15 ∙ Lucy Plays Cupid

    Mon, Jan 21, 1952
    Lucy's neighbor wants her to deliver an invitation to the grocer for a date. When she does, the grocer thinks the note is from Lucy rather than the neighbor. The grocer is delighted to think he will have dinner with Lucy.
    7.4/10 (492)
    Lucille Ball in Lucy Fakes Illness (1952)

    S1.E16 ∙ Lucy Fakes Illness

    Mon, Jan 28, 1952
    Lucy is so frustrated that Ricky won't let her go into show business, she fakes being mentally ill. When Ricky finds out, he hires an actor to play a doctor and tell her she's really very sick and needs an operation.
    8.1/10 (440)
    Lucille Ball in Lucy Writes a Play (1952)

    S1.E17 ∙ Lucy Writes a Play

    Mon, Feb 4, 1952
    Lucy enters a playwriting competition, hoping to cast Ricky, but has to settle for Fred, and rewrites. But when Ricky learns a movie producer will be judging the plays, he takes over for Fred, not knowing the script's been changed.
    7.8/10 (435)
    Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in Breaking the Lease (1952)

    S1.E18 ∙ Breaking the Lease

    Mon, Feb 11, 1952
    The Ricardos try to break their lease after a fight with the Mertzes.
    8.3/10 (477)
    Lucille Ball and Mary Wickes in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E19 ∙ The Ballet

    Mon, Feb 18, 1952
    Lucy claims to have been a ballerina, to get into Ricky's show. She goes to Madame Le Mond's class to hone her ballet skills.
    8.2/10 (482)
    Janet Waldo in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E20 ∙ The Young Fans

    Mon, Feb 25, 1952
    Lucy and Ricky try to deal with youthful admirers.
    7.6/10 (466)
    Hayden Rorke and K.T. Stevens in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E21 ∙ New Neighbors

    Mon, Mar 3, 1952
    Lucy thinks the new neighbors are plotting a murder.
    8.2/10 (487)
    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E22 ∙ Fred and Ethel Fight

    Mon, Mar 10, 1952
    Lucy tries to reunite the separated Mertzes after they had a big fight.
    8.1/10 (516)
    Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E23 ∙ The Mustache

    Mon, Mar 17, 1952
    Ricky grows a mustache to get an acting job in a movie. Lucy doesn't like it, so she wears a fake beard and mustache she gets from Fred. The adhesive is so old, it won't come off.
    8.0/10 (430)
    William Frawley and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E24 ∙ The Gossip

    Mon, Mar 24, 1952
    The boys and girls bet each other breakfast in bed for a month that they can't stop gossiping.
    8.5/10 (473)
    Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E25 ∙ Pioneer Women

    Mon, Mar 31, 1952
    The girls revolt over housework and want modern conveniences. The boys bet that they can survive longer than the girls without using anything invented after 1900, including electricity.
    8.6/10 (528)
    Lucille Ball in The Marriage License (1952)

    S1.E26 ∙ The Marriage License

    Mon, Apr 7, 1952
    When Lucy finds a misspelling on her marriage license, she believes her marriage to Ricky isn't legal.
    7.7/10 (432)
    Desi Arnaz, William Frawley, and Joseph Kearns in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E27 ∙ The Kleptomaniac

    Mon, Apr 14, 1952
    Lucy is the chairman of a bazaar for her club, but doesn't tell Ricky. When he finds all the cash and donations hidden in the apartment, he accuses her of being a compulsive thief.
    8.0/10 (472)
    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, and Alberto Morin in Cuban Pals (1952)

    S1.E28 ∙ Cuban Pals

    Mon, Apr 21, 1952
    Lucy tries to emulate Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba.
    7.5/10 (417)
    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)
    Top-rated

    S1.E29 ∙ The Freezer

    Mon, Apr 28, 1952
    Lucy and Ethel decide to make some money by buying a used walk-in freezer. When they unwittingly buy 700 pounds of beef, they try to sell it to customers at the butcher shop.
    9.0/10 (580)
    Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
    Top-rated

    S1.E30 ∙ Lucy Does a TV Commercial

    Mon, May 5, 1952
    Lucy has angled her way onto Ricky's special as the show's pitch girl. She advertises a medicine called "Vitameatavegamin." Believing it contains vitamins, minerals, meat, and vegetables, Lucy does not know is that it also contains twenty-three percent of alcohol.
    9.5/10 (1.1K)
    Lucille Ball in The Publicity Agent (1952)

    S1.E31 ∙ The Publicity Agent

    Mon, May 12, 1952
    Ricky's publicity goes bad, so Lucy creates a stunt that includes her posing as the "Maharincess of Franistan."
    7.7/10 (412)
    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Frank Nelson, and Roy Rowan in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E32 ∙ Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio

    Mon, May 19, 1952
    The gang listens to a quiz show on the radio and Ricky answers all of the questions right. This inspires Lucy to get Ricky and herself on the show.
    8.1/10 (413)
    Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, and Edith Meiser in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E33 ∙ Lucy's Schedule

    Mon, May 26, 1952
    After Lucy causes them to be late for dinner with Ricky's new boss, he puts her on a tight schedule.
    8.5/10 (479)
    Desi Arnaz in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E34 ∙ Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald

    Mon, Jun 2, 1952
    Lucy tries to convince Ricky that he is not losing his hair.
    8.2/10 (475)
    Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)

    S1.E35 ∙ Ricky Asks for a Raise

    Mon, Jun 9, 1952
    After Ricky loses his job when he asks for a raise, Lucy comes up with a plan to demonstrate to his boss how important he is.
    8.3/10 (442)

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