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The Best Episodes of I Love Lucy Season 4

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The Best Episodes of I Love Lucy Season 4

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...

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  1. 9.5/10(708 votes)

    #1 - L.A. at Last

    S4:E16

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  2. 9.1/10(540 votes)

    #2 - Harpo Marx

    S4:E28

    Lucy promised Carolyn Appleby she'd produce some real Hollywood celebrities. Now she's got to deliver. Dressing up as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and other celebrities, she manages to fool the near-sighted Carolyn. However, the real Harpo Marx shows up only to discover Lucy dressed up as him.

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    Director:William Asher
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  3. 8.9/10(479 votes)

    #3 - First Stop

    S4:E13

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  4. 8.8/10(459 votes)

    #4 - Ethel's Home Town

    S4:E15

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  5. 8.7/10(381 votes)

    #5 - Lucy Learns to Drive

    S4:E11

    Ricky makes the mistake of teaching Lucy to drive his brand new car. It's only after showing Ethel how the car works that she crashes into another car and has to get them unhooked and fixed in time.

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  6. 8.7/10(395 votes)

    #6 - California, Here We Come!

    S4:E12

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  8. 8.6/10(366 votes)

    #7 - The Business Manager

    S4:E1

    Ricky hires a business manager, and Lucy finds him tighter with money than Ricky.

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    Director:William Asher
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  9. 8.6/10(398 votes)

    #8 - Ethel's Birthday

    S4:E8

    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.

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  10. 8.6/10(389 votes)

    #9 - The Tour

    S4:E30

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  11. 8.5/10(432 votes)

    #10 - The Fashion Show

    S4:E19

    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.

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  12. 8.5/10(366 votes)

    #11 - The Star Upstairs

    S4:E25

    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.

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  13. 8.5/10(358 votes)

    #12 - The Dancing Star

    S4:E27

    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.

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  14. 8.4/10(341 votes)

    #13 - Ricky's Movie Offer

    S4:E5

    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?).

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    Director:William Asher
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  15. 8.4/10(327 votes)

    #14 - Getting Ready

    S4:E10

    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.

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  16. 8.4/10(389 votes)

    #15 - Lucy Gets in Pictures

    S4:E18

    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.

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  17. 8.4/10(352 votes)

    #16 - Don Juan is Shelved

    S4:E21

    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.

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  18. 8.4/10(341 votes)

    #17 - Mr. and Mrs. TV Show

    S4:E24

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  19. 8.3/10(371 votes)

    #18 - Lucy Cries Wolf

    S4:E3

    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.

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  20. 8.3/10(349 votes)

    #19 - Ricky's Screen Test

    S4:E6

    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.

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  21. 8.3/10(353 votes)

    #20 - Lucy's Mother-in-Law

    S4:E7

    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.

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  22. 8.3/10(342 votes)

    #21 - Ricky Needs an Agent

    S4:E29

    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.

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  23. 8.2/10(313 votes)

    #22 - Ricky's Contract

    S4:E9

    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.

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    Director:William Asher
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  24. 8.2/10(331 votes)

    #23 - Hollywood Anniversary

    S4:E23

    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.

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  25. 8.2/10(367 votes)

    #24 - In Palm Springs

    S4:E26

    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).

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  26. 8.1/10(422 votes)

    #25 - Tennessee Bound

    S4:E14

    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.

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"L.A. at Last" is the best rated episode of "I Love Lucy" season 4. It scored 9.5/10 based on 708 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by N/A, it aired on 2/7/1955. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Harpo Marx".