I Love Lucy backdrop
Comedy•Family

The Worst Episodes of I Love Lucy

Every episode of I Love Lucy ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of I Love Lucy!

Binge this in 3d 3h•Peaking at 10.0/10

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

Airs on
CBS
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons6

All123456

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
    Click to reveal
    I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 2 - The Saxophone
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - The Saxophone

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 3 - The Anniversary Present
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - The Anniversary Present

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 4 - The Handcuffs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Handcuffs

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 5 - The Operetta
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - The Operetta

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 6 - Vacation from Marriage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Vacation from Marriage

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 7 - The Courtroom
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - The Courtroom

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of I Love Lucy

    READ
  7. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 8 - Redecorating
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Redecorating

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 9 - Ricky Loses His Voice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Ricky Loses His Voice

    S2:E9

    Ricky's laryngitis makes it impossible for him to perform in a big reopening show for the Tropicana. So Lucy substitutes herself, the ex-vaudivillian Mertzes, and a chorus line of middle-aged showgirls from the Flapper Follies of 1927. Look for Barbara Pepper as one of the showgirls.

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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 10 - Lucy Is Enceinte
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Lucy Is Enceinte

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 11 - Pregnant Women are Unpredictable
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Pregnant Women are Unpredictable

    S2:E11

    Lucy thinks Ricky cares more about the baby they're having than about her, especially after he buys her presents like bonnets and rattles. But when he takes her out for a night on the town, she thinks he's lost interest in the baby.

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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 12 - Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song

    S2:E12

    Despite her pregnancy, Lucy wants to appear in Ricky's Gay Nineties revue at the Tropicana. After a disastrous audition, Lucy disguises herself and sneaks into the barbershop quartet number, and then proceeds to ruin it.

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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 13 - Lucy Hires an English Tutor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Lucy Hires an English Tutor

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 14 - Ricky Has Labor Pains
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Ricky Has Labor Pains

    S2:E14

    Ricky develops "labor pains" because he is jealous of the attention being lavished on the expectant Lucy. So she decides to throw him a "daddy shower," which Fred turns into a "stag party," which Lucy and Ethel crash.

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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 15 - Lucy Becomes a Sculptress
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Lucy Becomes a Sculptress

    S2:E15

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

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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 16 - Lucy Goes to the Hospital
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Lucy Goes to the Hospital

    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, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 17 - Sales Resistance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Sales Resistance

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 18 - The Inferiority Complex
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Inferiority Complex

    S2:E18

    When no one laughs at her jokes or wants her to be their bridge partner, Lucy comes to the conclusion that she is inferior to everyone else. Worried by Lucy's behavior, Ricky goes to the psychiatrist (or "fizz-a-key-a-tryst" as Ricky pronounces it,) to find the remedy. But it turns out that this doctor's "remedy" isn't exactly what Ricky had in mind.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 19 - The Club Election
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Club Election

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 20 - The Black Eye
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Black Eye

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 21 - Lucy Changes Her Mind
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Lucy Changes Her Mind

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 22 - No Children Allowed
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - No Children Allowed

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 23 - Lucy Hires a Maid
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Lucy Hires a Maid

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  23. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 24 - The Indian Show
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Indian Show

    S2:E24

    Even the arrival of the baby hasn't dampened Lucy's showbiz aspirations. Wanting to get into the new Indian act at the Tropicana, Lucy pays off one of the performers and appears herself, carrying Little Ricky papoose-style on her back.

    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  24. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 25 - Lucy's Last Birthday
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Lucy's Last Birthday

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  25. I Love Lucy Season 2 Episode 27 - Lucy Is Matchmaker
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Lucy Is Matchmaker

    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

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Saxophone" is the worst rated episode of "I Love Lucy". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll Jr., Jess Oppenheimer, it aired on 9/22/1952. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Anniversary Present".