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| Episode 1 - [The Business Manager] |
| Details : Ricky hires a business manager and Lucy finds him tighter with money than Ricky. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Charles Lane as Mr. Hickox | Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Oct. 04, 1954 |
| Episode 2 - [Mertz And Kurtz] |
| Details : Fred's globetrotting old vaudeville partner Barney Kurtz shows up so Fred says he's a real-estate tycoon (with a red-headed maid to prove it). Actually Barney's a cook in the Bronx but his grandson is coming for a visit so it's on with the show. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Stephen Wootton as Little Barney | Charles Winninger as Barney Kurtz | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Oct. 11, 1954 |
| Episode 3 - [Lucy Cries Wolf] |
| Details : Lucy cries wolf once too often when she decides to see whether Ricky would come to her aid in an emergency. He assures her that he'd rush home from the club between the 'baba' and the 'lu' if she were in danger but that's not enough reassurance for her and soon she's in a precarious position. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Beppie De Vries as Mrs. De Vries | Fred Aldrich as Holdup Man | Louis Nicoletti as Holdup Man | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Oct. 18, 1954 |
| Episode 4 - [The Matchmaker] |
| Details : Lucy wants to nudge a shy couple to the altar. Lucy's idea: show them how wonderful her and Ricky's marriage is. Her plan: invite them to a quiet at-home dinner. A quiet dinner at the Ricardos'? Who ever heard of such a thing? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Milton Frome as Sam Carter | Sarah Selby as Dorothy Cook | Bennett Green as Messenger | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Oct. 25, 1954 |
| Episode 5 - [Ricky's Movie Offer] |
| Details : A Hollywood talent scout is coming over to the apartment to audition Ricky for a movie role. But Ricky won't be the only one looking to attract the scout's attention. (Who's that gal in the Marilyn Monroe getup?). |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Frank Nelson as Ben Benjamin | James Dobson as Pete | Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 1954 |
| Episode 6 - [Ricky's Screen Test] |
| Details : The term helpmate takes on a new meaning when Lucy appears on a Hollywood movie lot. The cameras roll for Ricky's screen test -- but when the big moment arrives Lucy takes the cue. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Clinton Sundberg as Director | Ray Kellogg as Assistant DIrector | Allan Ray as Clapstick Man | Louis Nicoletti as Boom Man | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 1954 |
| Episode 7 - [Lucy's Mother-In-Law] |
| Details : Ricky's mother comes to visit and poor Lucy can't speak Spanish. So she finds a Spanish-speaking mindreader and it works like a charm — as long as he's around. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary Emery as Ricky's Mother | Fortunio Bonanova as Professor | Virginia Barbour as Professor's Assistant | Pilar Arcos as Party Guest | Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. as Party Guest | Bennett Green as Messenger | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 1954 |
| Episode 8 - [Ethel's Birthday] |
| Details : Despite Ricky's qualms Lucy decides to help Fred pick out a birthday present for Ethel. The present turns out to be toreador pants which Ethel decides are not only unflattering but unfitting. Relations between the two women become strained almost to the shattering point. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Charles Cane as Man in Audience | Richard Kean as John (voice) | Mary Lansing as Cynthia (voice) | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Nov. 29, 1954 |
| Episode 9 - [Ricky's Contract] |
| Details : As Ricky paces the floor awaiting word from Hollywood about his screen test Lucy enlists the Mertzes to distract him. The drastic steps taken by the trio to alleviate Ricky's tension boomerang into a king-sized headache for them all. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Dec. 06, 1954 |
| Episode 10 - [Getting Ready] |
| Details : California here they come: Lucy and movie-star-to-be Ricky plus Fred and Ethel who are tagging along. Their mode of transport: a used Cadillac that Fred bought. And used it is — it's 25 years old and California's a long way away. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Dec. 13, 1954 |
| Episode 11 - [Lucy Learns To Drive] |
| Details : Lucy learns to drive and then teaches Ethel everything she knows. The crash course begins as Ricky buys a brand new convertible for their California trip. Lucy wants to learn to drive it and Ricky reluctantly agrees to teach her. And with that experience under her belt (she can't really be blamed for that U-turn in the Holland Tunnel can she?) she sets out to teach Ethel to drive. It's a good thing the car's insured. It is insured isn't it? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Jan. 03, 1955 |
| Episode 12 - [California Here We Come!] |
| Details : The Ricardos and Mertzes head for California. But first of coures there are complications. The chief one: Lucy's mother who shows up and wants to accompany them. Ricky objects (to put it mildly) and when Fred and Ethel overhear him complaining about too many people on the trip they take it personally. And when the dust from that blowup finally settles there's packing to do. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kathryn Card as Mrs. McGillicuddy | Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 1955 |
| Episode 13 - [First Stop] |
| Details : The Ricardos and Mertzes have a hard time finding accommodations that will please everyone on their trip to California. They finally hit a greasy restaurant where stale cheese sandwiches cost them a dollar apiece. Hoping to find something better elsewhere Ricky pays the check. The couples leave -- only to return several hours later fooled by some purposely misleading road signs. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Olin Howland as Mr. Skinner | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Jan. 17, 1955 |
| Episode 14 - [Tennessee Bound] |
| Details : The Ricardo-Mertz westward trek faces a delay — they're all thrown in jail for speeding — in Bent Fork Tenn. home of Lucy's cousin Ernest who'll do all he can to get them out of the pokey even if it means marrying one of the sheriff's two daughters Teensy and Weensy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tennessee Ernie Ford as Ernie Ford | Will Wright as Mr. Walters | Marilyn Borden as Twin | Rosalyn Borden as Twin | Will Wright as Sheriff | Aaron Spelling as Gas Station Man | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1955 |
| Episode 15 - [Ethel's Home Town] |
| Details : The Ricardos and the Mertzes stop at Ethel's hometown: Albuquerque New Mexico (Vivian Vance's real-life hometown). Under the impression that Ethel has been called to Hollywood and not Ricky the townsfolk accord her a monumental ovation. When Ethel refuses to disillusion them -- and even goes so far as to put on a celebrity act -- Lucy takes matters into her own hands. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Irving Bacon as Will Potter | Chick Chandler as Bill Hackett | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1955 |
| Episode 16 - [Hollywood At Last!] |
| Details : Lucy arrives in Hollywood with stars in her eyes. She heads for The Brown Derby a celebrity hangout where she encounters Eve Arden and William Holden -- and inadvertently presents Holden with a custard pie in the face. Hollywood legends William Holden and Eve Arden guest-star as themselves. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eve Arden as Eve Arden (uncredited) | William Holden as William Holden | Harry Bartell as Waiter | Dayton Lummis as Mr. Sherman | Danni Sue Nolan as Secretary | Allan Ray as Server | Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Feb. 07, 1955 |
| Episode 17 - [Don Juan And The Starlets] |
| Details : Lucy is forced to lend Ricky to five dazzling starlets for a proposed evening of publicity pictures. She tries to wait up for him but falls asleep on the sofa and doesn't awake until late the next morning. When she finds Ricky's bed unused she jumps to the conclusion that he spent the night out with the starlets and decides she wants a divorce. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Iva Shepard as Maid | Dolores Donlon as Starlet | Maggie Magennis as Starlet | Shirley Tegge as Starlet | Beverly Thompson as Starlet | Ross Elliott as Publicity Man | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Feb. 14, 1955 |
| Episode 18 - [Lucy Gets In Pictures] |
| Details : Lucy finally gets her shot at Hollywood stardom — as a chorus girl photographed in a lavish musical. But she had better not get a swelled head because the headdress she has to wear is too big as it is. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lou Krugman as Director | Louis Nicoletti as Dick | Onna Conners as Showgirl | Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Feb. 21, 1955 |
| Episode 19 - [The Fashion Show] |
| Details : Lucy's a model at a charity fashion show but the redhead — wearing a scratchy tweed suit — is red all over from too much time in the California sun. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sheila MacRae as Sheila MacRae | Brenda Marshall as Brenda Marshall | Amzie Strickland as Salesgirl | Don Loper as Don Loper | Mona Carlson as Mona Carlson | Jeanne Martin as Jeanne Martin | Marilyn Johnson as Marilyn Johnson | Frances E. Neal as Frances E. Neal | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1955 |
| Episode 20 - [The Hedda Hopper Story] |
| Details : Lucy takes a dive in an effort to further Ricky's career by creating a big splash in Hedda Hopper's Hollywood column. Her scheme turns out to be all wet in an adventure that could only happen to Lucy and Ethel. Hedda Hopper the renowned Hollywood gossip columnist guest-stars as herself. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Hedda Hopper as Hedda Hopper | Hy Averback as Charlie Pomerantz | John Hart as Lifeguard | Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Kathryn Card as Mrs. McGillicuddy | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Mar. 14, 1955 |
| Episode 21 - [Don Juan Is Shelved] |
| Details : Ricky's movie is shelved so Lucy schemes to get Ricky another role. The plan: impress MGM studio boss Dore Schary by any means necessary even if it means that Schary must impress himself. But first there are 500 fan letters to write. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Philip Ober as Arnold (uncredited) | Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Kathryn Card as Mrs. McGillicuddy | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Mar. 21, 1955 |
| Episode 22 - [Bull Fight Dance] |
| Details : Lucy literally blackmails Ricky into getting her a part in one of his guest appearances on television. He does get her a role -- as a bull. When Lucy is displeased with the turn of events she transforms the bull's image from that of a snarling beast to a mincing creature resembling Elsie the Borden Cow. Look for the classic scene where Lucy upstages Ricky in this episode. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ross Elliott as Publicity Man | Ray Kellogg as Prop Man | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Mar. 28, 1955 |
| Episode 23 - [Hollywood Anniversary] |
| Details : Frantic over having forgotten the date of their wedding anniversary Ricky tells Lucy that he has a big party planned in a famous nightclub. He doesn't tell her when it is desperately wiring their marriage license bureau for the correct date. This episode is based on an actual surprise anniversary party that Desi Arnaz threw for Lucy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ross Elliott as Publicity Man | Harold Stern as Harold Stern | Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Kathryn Card as Mrs. McGillicuddy | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Apr. 04, 1955 |
| Episode 24 - [The Mr And Mrs Tv Show] |
| Details : Ricky is initially reluctant to host a new TV show when he learns that the sponsor prefers a husband-and-wife format. Nonetheless he agrees to do the show. But when Lucy learns that he hadn't wanted her in the show at all she decides to get even by sabotaging the Breakfast with Lucy and Ricky dress rehearsal. What Lucy doesn't know is that the so-called rehearsal is actually being broadcast to the entire city of New York in an effort to achieve an unrehearsed spontaneous look. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : John Litel as Harvey Cromwell | Lee Millar as Mr. Taylor | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Apr. 11, 1955 |
| Episode 25 - [The Star Upstairs] |
| Details : Cornel Wilde becomes the one-hundredth movie star Lucy has seen in Hollywood; he is living in the penthouse directly above the Ricardo suite. Determined to get a glimpse of the handsome actor Lucy disguises herself as a bellboy then hides under the star's luncheon cart to gain entry into Wilde's suite. Things go smoothly until she finds herself locked out on Cornel's terrace and must make her way down the side of the building using a few blankets as rope. Swashbuckler Cornel Wilde guest-stars as himself in this episode. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Cornel Wilde as Cornel Wilde | Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Apr. 18, 1955 |
| Episode 26 - [In Palm Springs] |
| Details : Lucy and Ricky and Ethel and Fred are bored with each other so the gals head off to Palm Springs for a break. Rock Hudson guests as himself (and has a hand in getting the couples back together). |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bob Jellison as Bellboy | Rock Hudson as Rock Hudson | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : Apr. 25, 1955 |
| Episode 27 - [The Dancing Star] |
| Details : Lucy begs Van Johnson to let her dance a number with him at the nightclub to impress her rival Caroline Appleby who is visiting from New York. Van accepts the challenge by waltzing her across the ballroom floor as his dance partner. Movie star Van Johnson guest-stars as himself. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Van Johnson as Van Johnson | Doris Singleton as Carolyn | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : May. 02, 1955 |
| Episode 28 - [Harpo Marx] |
| Details : Lucy decides to impersonate some Hollywood notables to impress nearsighted Caroline Appleby who is visiting from New York. A mixup occurs when Lucy having introduced her friend to Gary Cooper Clark Gable Marlon Brando and Jimmy Durante decides to impersonate Harpo Marx just as the real Harpo arrives at the apartment with Ricky. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Doris Singleton as Carolyn | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : May. 09, 1955 |
| Episode 29 - [Ricky Needs An Agent] |
| Details : Ricky needs an agent Lucy figures so she nominates herself (unbeknownst to Ricky of course) and heads off to negotiate with a studio executive to land him a role in a movie. Her strategy: use a nonexistent Broadway musical as a bargaining chip. It works too well. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Parley Baer as Mr. Reilly | Helen Kleeb as Secretary | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : May. 16, 1955 |
| Episode 30 - [The Tour] |
| Details : Lucy and Ethel are abandoned by their sightseeing bus tour when they try to get a grapefruit from Richard Widmark's garden. When Lucy is stranded inside the garden wall she and Ethel who is outside launch plans to get Lucy out -- but without comparing notes on how. Film star Richard Widmark guest-stars as himself. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Widmark as Richard Widmark | Benny Rubin as Driver | Juney Ellis as Maid | Barbara Pepper as Woman On Bus | Audrey Betz as Woman On Bus | Director : William Asher | |
| Air Date : May. 30, 1955 |