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The Best Episodes of I Love Lucy Season 2

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Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 1 - Job Switching
    9.3/10(1661 votes)

    S2:E1

    Ricky wants Lucy to try working for a week, so she and Ethel get jobs at a candy factory, where they are totally inept-especially at wrapping chocolates-due to a speeding conveyor belt that has them stuffing chocolates in their mouths, blouses, and hats.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  2. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 10 - Lucy Is Enceinte
    8.9/10(561 votes)

    S2:E10

    Lucy is delighted to learn she is pregnant-but how to tell Ricky? At lunch, he's too preoccupied with work to listen to her, then it's off to the club-where Lucy finds the right moment and just the right way to tell him.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  3. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 16 - Lucy Goes to the Hospital
    8.7/10(510 votes)

    S2:E16

    Ricky and the Mertzes rehearse for pregnant Lucy's trip to the hospital. It turns out to be predictably chaotic, but Lucy does deliver Little Ricky.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  4. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 30 - Ricky and Fred are TV Fans
    8.7/10(406 votes)

    S2:E30

    With Ricky and Fred glued to a TV fight, their wives go to the local cafe, where service is so slow that Lucy makes change for herself at the cash register and the girls are arrested. They finally prove their innocence and get home to husbands who didn't know they were gone.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 4 - The Handcuffs
    8.6/10(435 votes)

    S2:E4

    After Lucy snaps a pair of antique handcuffs on herself and Ricky, they realize there's no key. A locksmith is found, but not before the Ricardos go to bed handcuffed together, and Ricky has to do a TV show with his "attached" wife trying to upstage him.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  6. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 29 - The Camping Trip
    8.6/10(395 votes)

    S2:E29

    Lucy fears that she and Ricky don't have enough in common, so she decides to pursue one of his interests: camping. Ricky and Fred don't want her (or Ethel, for that matter,) horning in on their summer retreat, so Ricky decides to take Lucy on a "trial run" in the woods and make her life miserable. But Lucy is wise to his plan, and guess whose life is made miserable in the end?

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 21 - Lucy Changes Her Mind
    8.4/10(393 votes)

    S2:E21

    Whether it's getting dressed or ordering dinner at a restaurant, Lucy seems unable to finish anything without changing her mind. Ricky loses his temper, so Lucy tries to play a trick with an old, unfinished love letter to a beau from high school. Fred warns Ricky of Lucy's plot, and Lucy is soon in over her head.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 28 - Lucy Wants New Furniture
    8.4/10(375 votes)

    S2:E28

    Lucy tries to hide some new furniture she bought without Ricky's permission in the kitchen. Discovering his wife's extravagant purchase, Ricky insists that Lucy pays for it from her allowance.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 31 - Never Do Business With Friends
    8.4/10(389 votes)

    S2:E31

    The Ricardos sell their old washing machine to the Mertzes for $35. When it breaks down the next day, the Mertzes want out of the deal. A tug-of-war ensues, however, when the Mertzes want the machine back after a repairman offers them $50 for it.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 8 - Redecorating
    8.3/10(426 votes)

    S2:E8

    Waiting to find out if she has won a home furnishing contest, Lucy won't leave the house, much to Ricky's annoyance. He tells Fred to call her and say that she's won. In her joy, Lucy sells all the old furniture, leaving Ricky with the job of buying it back.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  11. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 20 - The Black Eye
    8.3/10(389 votes)

    S2:E20

    Lucy misses catching a book tossed to her by Ricky, and winds up with a black eye that Fred and Ethel are convinced was intentional. Trying to patch things up for the Ricardos, Fred sends Lucy flowers, but inadvertently uses his own name instead of Ricky's.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 22 - No Children Allowed
    8.3/10(373 votes)

    S2:E22

    When a cranky tenant (Elizabeth Patterson, in her first appearance as Mrs. Trumble,) threatens to move because of Little Ricky's loud crying, Ethel makes it clear that her friendship with Lucy is more important than a rental agreement. But Ethel doesn't let the Ricardos forget her loyalty.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 27 - Lucy Is Matchmaker
    8.3/10(364 votes)

    S2:E27

    Lucy plays matchmaker when she meets a friend of the Mertzes (Hal March, as Eddie) who happens to be an eligible bachelor. His line of work? He's a lingerie salesman, a fact that just might get her (and Ethel) into trouble when her matchmaking efforts inevitably backfire.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 3 - The Anniversary Present
    8.2/10(395 votes)

    S2:E3

    Lucy thinks that Ricky is pitching woo with a sophisticated neighbor. The woman is actually a jeweler who Ricky has commissioned to fashion a pearl necklace to surprise Lucy with on their anniversary. Lucy takes to spying before the deal can go down and almost loses out on her big surprise.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  15. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 5 - The Operetta
    8.2/10(502 votes)

    S2:E5

    Lucy's women's club wants to stage an operetta, but they're completely broke. (Lucy, the treasurer, seems to have spent it all to pay her own bills.) Thus, Lucy and Ethel write and star in the musical, but when their postdated check bounces for the costumes and scenery, the rental company repossesses everything in midperformance.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  16. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 7 - The Courtroom
    8.2/10(420 votes)

    S2:E7

    The Ricardos give the Mertzes a television set for their anniversary, but Ricky's zealous tuning causes it to blow up. Fred retaliates by breaking the Ricardos' set (by kicking it!) The foursome end up in court, where they manage to destroy the judge's TV, too!

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  17. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 15 - Lucy Becomes a Sculptress
    8.2/10(382 votes)

    S2:E15

    Lucy decides to explore her artistic side and takes up sculpting.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  18. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 17 - Sales Resistance
    8.2/10(395 votes)

    S2:E17

    Convinced his wife is a sucker for a sales pitch, Ricky demands that she return the vacuum cleaner she bought from a door-to-door salesman. Instead, she tries (unsuccessfully) to sell it. Ricky insists that he'll return it-and ends up buying a refrigerator.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 26 - The Ricardos Change Apartments
    8.2/10(376 votes)

    S2:E26

    Now that they have Little Ricky, Lucy insists they need more room, and wants to change apartments with one of the other tenants (Mrs. Benson.) She convinces a reluctant Ricky by cluttering their apartment with baby things and assorted junk.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  20. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 2 - The Saxophone
    8.1/10(402 votes)

    S2:E2

    When Lucy fails her saxophone audition for Ricky's band, she tries to stop him from going on the road by pretending there's another man in her life. Ricky gets back at her by hiring several "lovers," and hiding them in Lucy's closet. But Lucy gets the last laugh in the end!

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  21. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 6 - Vacation from Marriage
    8.1/10(414 votes)

    S2:E6

    The Ricardos and the Mertzes take a week off from their in-a-rut marriages. But each spouse misses the other too much, and despite a last-ditch attempt to make each other jealous, they all decide that they'd rather be in a rut with their mates.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  22. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 19 - The Club Election
    8.1/10(348 votes)

    S2:E19

    Because they both want to be president of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League, Lucy and Ethel both engage in cut-throat competition. Prior to the elections, Lucy and Ethel independently engage in a little "spywork." It seems that half the club plans on voting for Lucy and the other half plans to vote for Ethel. But there is one undecided vote--that of the new member, Ruth Knickerbocker. So Lucy and Ethel both go to extremes to sway Knickerbocker's vote.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 13 - Lucy Hires an English Tutor
    8.0/10(410 votes)

    S2:E13

    Lucy hires an English tutor so that Ricky won't give their yet-to-be-born baby bad speaking habits. The lessons are free, but Lucy does promise the tutor a payback: he'll get to sing at the Tropicana. Of course, Lucy neglects to tell Ricky this.

    Director:William Asher
    Writers:Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.

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  24. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 25 - Lucy's Last Birthday
    8.0/10(392 votes)

    S2:E25

    Convinced everyone has forgotten her birthday, a forlorn Lucy sits on a park bench and meets up with a group of musical "lost souls." To embarrass Ricky, she brings them to the Tropicana, only to discover that a surprise birthday party awaits her.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 23 - Lucy Hires a Maid
    7.9/10(365 votes)

    S2:E23

    Lucy's sleepless nights with the new baby are exhausting, so the Ricardos hire a maid. Unfortunately, this new maid turns out to be a terrible shrew, who takes better care of herself than of Lucy or the apartment. Unable to get the gumption to fire her, Lucy wrecks the apartment, hoping it will make the maid quit.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Job Switching" is the best rated episode of "I Love Lucy" season 2. It scored 9.3/10 based on 1661 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr., it aired on 9/15/1952. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Lucy Is Enceinte".