Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1951)

Cast

Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo
Lucille Ball

as Lucy Ricardo

Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo
Desi Arnaz

as Ricky Ricardo

Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
Vivian Vance

as Ethel Mertz

William Frawley as Fred Mertz
William Frawley

as Fred Mertz

Episodes

The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub poster

The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub 7.0

October 15, 1951

An argument ensues among the couples when Ethel wants to celebrate the Mertzes's anniversary at the Copacabana while Fr…

Be a Pal poster

Be a Pal 8.0

October 22, 1951

Thinking Ricky is losing interest in her, Lucy follows the advice of a book Ethel gave her and takes up Ricky's hobbies.

The Diet poster

The Diet 8.0

October 29, 1951

To her dismay, Lucy finds out that she's put on twenty-two pounds since marrying Ricky. When one of the girls in Ricky'…

Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her poster

Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her 0.0

November 5, 1951

After becoming too involved in a murder mystery book, Lucy believes that Ricky is trying to murder her.

The Quiz Show poster

The Quiz Show 0.0

November 12, 1951

When Lucy needs to balance her household accounts, she decides to go on quiz show. To win the $1,000 cash prize, she ha…

The Audition poster

The Audition 0.0

November 19, 1951

Ricky lands a TV audition at the club. When Buffo the Clown injures himself and cannot make it, Lucy takes his place.

The Séance poster

The Séance 0.0

November 26, 1951

Lucy tells an important talent agent that Ricky cannot appear in a show because of his horoscope. The agent is also in…

Men Are Messy poster

Men Are Messy 6.0

December 3, 1951

Fed up with Ricky's messiness, Lucy divides the Ricardo apartment in a clean part for her and a messy part for him.

The Fur Coat poster

The Fur Coat 0.0

December 10, 1951

Ricky returns home with expensive mink coat that he has rented for an act at the club. Lucy jumps to the conclusion tha…

Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer poster

Lucy Is Jealous of Girl Singer 0.0

December 17, 1951

Lucy is jealous of one of Ricky's dancer at his nightclub after hearing about a gossip column item linking the two.

Drafted poster

Drafted 0.0

December 24, 1951

When Lucy opens Ricky's a telegram ordering him to appear at Fort Dix, she assumes that he has been drafted. Ethel susp…

The Adagio poster

The Adagio 6.0

December 31, 1951

Lucy thinks she is a perfect fit for Ricky's Parisian apache dance number. But her dance teacher has more than dancing …

The Benefit poster

The Benefit 6.0

January 7, 1952

Ethel wants Ricky to a headline a benefit show for her women's club, but Lucy refuses to ask him, unless she can be on …

The Amateur Hour poster

The Amateur Hour 9.0

January 14, 1952

Lucy spends too much money on a dress. So she tells Ricky that she will get a job babysitting in order to pay for it.

Lucy Plays Cupid poster

Lucy Plays Cupid 8.0

January 21, 1952

The Ricardo's neighbor Miss Lewis wants Lucy to deliver a dinner invitation to her grocer. But he misunderstands and t…

Lucy Fakes Illness poster

Lucy Fakes Illness 8.0

January 28, 1952

Lucy pretends to suffer from numerous psychological ailments so that Ricky will feel sorry for her and let her go into …

Lucy Writes a Play poster

Lucy Writes a Play 4.0

February 4, 1952

Lucy writes a play set in Cuba hoping to cast Ricky, But when he refuses, she has to settle for Fred and changes her se…

Breaking the Lease poster

Breaking the Lease 6.0

February 11, 1952

After a big quarrel between the Ricardos and the Mertzes, Lucy and Ricky decide that they want to move out. Ricky and …

The Ballet poster

The Ballet 8.0

February 18, 1952

Lucy learns that there is an opening in one of Ricky's acts for a ballet dancer as well as a burlesque comic.

The Young Fans poster

The Young Fans 0.0

February 25, 1952

A shy young teenager named Peggy has a major crush on Ricky. Ricky, however, is tired of all this "attention" that this…

New Neighbors poster

New Neighbors 0.0

March 3, 1952

Lucy becomes afraid that one of her new neighbors is threatening to kill her and convinces the others that the neighbor…

Fred and Ethel Fight poster

Fred and Ethel Fight 0.0

March 10, 1952

Fred and Ethel have been going at each others' throats for the past few days now, and aren't talking to each other any …

The Moustache poster

The Moustache 0.0

March 17, 1952

Lucy dislikes Ricky's new moustache. In order to take revenge, she glues a moustache and beard on to her face. Then, …

The Gossip poster

The Gossip 0.0

March 24, 1952

Ricky is disgusted by Lucy's obsession with gossiping about other people. According to Ricky, Lucy acts as if it is her…

Pioneer Women poster

Pioneer Women 0.0

March 31, 1952

Having been bet by their husbands that they can't do without modern conveniences, Lucy and Ethel churn butter and bake …

The Marriage License poster

The Marriage License 0.0

April 7, 1952

Lucy thinks she and Ricky aren't legally married because his name was misspelled on their marriage license. So she want…

The Kleptomaniac poster

The Kleptomaniac 0.0

April 14, 1952

When Ricky finds a closet full of valuables that Lucy has collected for a bazaar, he mistakenly thinks that she's becom…

Cuban Pals poster

Cuban Pals 0.0

April 21, 1952

Lucy burns with jealousy when she gets an eyeful of Ricky's dance parter Renita (Lita Baron) from the "old days" in Cub…

The Freezer poster

The Freezer 0.0

April 28, 1952

Where's the beef? It's in Lucy and Ethel's new walk-in freezer (according to Lucy, the "human popsicle"). Of course, Ri…

Lucy Does a TV Commercial poster

Lucy Does a TV Commercial 8.0

May 5, 1952

Desperate to be in Ricky's new television commercial, Lucy makes every attempt to get her way; which eventually pays of…

The Publicity Agent poster

The Publicity Agent 0.0

May 12, 1952

Lucy poses as a princess for a publicity stunt.

Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio poster

Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio 0.0

May 19, 1952

Lucy secretly books Ricky on a radio quiz show.

Lucy's Schedule poster

Lucy's Schedule 0.0

May 26, 1952

Ricky puts Lucy on a rigid time schedule.

Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald poster

Ricky Thinks He's Getting Bald 0.0

June 2, 1952

Ricky fears that he is going bald, so Lucy takes it into her head to help him: she stages a "bald people's party" to sh…

Ricky Asks for a Raise poster

Ricky Asks for a Raise 0.0

June 9, 1952

Ricky asks for a raise, but his boss (Gale Gordon) turns him down, prompting Lucy to prove just how popular a performer…