7.4/10130 votes#1 - Lucy Waits Up for Chris
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1962
When Lucy waits up for her daughter Chris to return from a date, the fourteen-year old girl is mightly embarrassed. Lucy promises never to do it again, but can't help herself. To not be discovered, Lucy accidentally locks herself out of the house and has to enter by the only means available; a trampoline
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf
8.0/10104 votes#2 - Lucy Digs Up a Date
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1962
Eager to ask Jerry's handsome math teacher to take her to a dance, Lucy steals the teacher's driver's license to find out whether he's married, then ends up in the teacher's fencing outfit to get the license back into his wallet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1093 votes#3 - Lucy Is a Referee
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1962
Lucy referees for a football game at Jerry's school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10100 votes#4 - Lucy Misplaces $2,000
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1962
When the bank accidentally gives Lucy a check for $2,000 instead of $20, Lucy decides to hide the money in a candy box for a few days to give the persnickety banker a good scare.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1095 votes#5 - Lucy Buys a Sheep
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1962
Left with no one to tend the lawn, Lucy buys a sheep named Clementine to take care of the grass. Unfortunately, weather and circumstances make Clementine an unwelcome house guest, and Lucy sneaks her back to the farm. Only then is she offered $200 for Clementine to appear in a blanket ad.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1076 votes#6 - Lucy Becomes an Astronaut
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1962
After Lucy and Vivian successfully spend 24 hours in a simulated space ship, Vivian decides to deflate Lucy's ego by convincing the red-head that she has been selected as the first woman astronaut and must leave immediately for Cape Canaveral.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1098 votes#7 - Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a Day
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1962
To make money to buy a bike for Jerry, Lucy takes a job as a kangaroo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1080 votes#8 - Lucy, the Music Lover
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1962
Lucy causes a doctor's hand to be injured so that he can't play the violin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/10100 votes#9 - Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1962
Lucy and Viv try to replace the TV antenna on the roof.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1082 votes#10 - Vivian Sues Lucy
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1962
After tripping over one of Jerry's toys, Viv decides to sue Lucy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1085 votes#11 - Lucy Builds a Rumpus Room
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1962
Lucy and Viv decide they need an extra room where they can entertain visitors.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10101 votes#12 - Lucy and Her Electric Mattress
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1962
Lucy plans to surprise Vivian with a new mattress and a redone room while she's on vacation, but the electric mattress Lucy bought her malfunctions (it moves around the room when the motor is on) and Lucy is forced to return it. However, Vivian returns home early and has no place to sleep, so she and Lucy have to share the boys' bunkbeds for a night.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10127 votes#13 - Together for Christmas
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1962
Lucy and Viv argue about how best to spend Christmas together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1078 votes#14 - Chris's New Year's Eve Party
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1962
The women allows Chris for a New Year's Eve Party without begin annoyed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1089 votes#15 - Lucy's Sister Pays a Visit
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1963
Lucy tries to convince her siser to have a fancy second wedding.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1075 votes#16 - Lucy and Viv Are Volunteer Firemen
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1963
Lucy and Viv organize the local women into a volunteer fire brigade.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1068 votes#17 - Lucy Becomes a Reporter
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1963
Lucy get a temporary job as a society reporter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10155 votes#18 - Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1963
Tired of her daughter Chris hogging the bathroom all the time, Lucy asks her neighbor Harry to install an extra shower for her. Not wanting to do the job, he hires a plumber to do it instead. Lucy nags the plumber so much that he quits, leaving Lucy and Vivian to finish the jobs themselves!
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller
7.1/1084 votes#19 - Lucy's Barbershop Quartet
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/4/1963
When one of the members of Vivian's Barbershop Quartet drops out, Lucy naturally wants to take her place. Vivian agrees, and now it's up to Lucy to learn how to sing before a big singing contest in Albany!
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller
8.5/1070 votes#20 - Lucy and Viv Become Tycoons
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/11/1963
Lucy convinces Viv to start selling her caramel popcorn.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1069 votes#21 - No More Double Dates
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1963
Lucy and Viv quarrel about where to go for their double date.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1068 votes#22 - Lucy and Viv Learn Judo
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/25/1963
Lucy and Viv decide that they should take judo lessons for self-protection.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1075 votes#23 - Lucy Is a Soda Jerk
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1963
In order to get the money for a parade uniform, Chris applies for a job as a soda jerk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1062 votes#24 - Lucy Drives a Dump Truck
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/1963
Lucy joins a drive to gather newspapers to buy new uniforms for the local firefighters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1089 votes#25 - Lucy Visits the White House
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/25/1963
The ladies escort a local cub scout troop on a trip to Washington.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Lucy Show Season 1
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The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Lucy Waits Up for Chris" is the best rated episode of "The Lucy Show" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf, it aired on 10/1/1962. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Lucy Digs Up a Date".