Best to Worst Episodes of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
These are all 13 episodes of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour in order of most well-written in terms of connective plot with most intricate twists to the least enthralling of the full series.
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- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazDanny ThomasLucy and Ricky sublet their country house to the Williams family. The Williams' popularity rose from "Make Room for Daddy", starring Danny Thomas.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazMaurice ChevalierAt San Diego, California, doing a USO show, Lucy and Mertz duo go to Mexico to shop. But return with an unexpected and surprise stowaway in the trunk which causes problems at the border. Celebrity, Maurice Chevalier.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazPaul DouglasLucy decides she must re-enter the workforce if she wants more spending money. Ethel stays behind to cook and clean for the Ricardos, and Lucy finds out how much has changed in the employment departments.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazFernando LamasTired of being second in Ricky's life, Lucy drags Ethel to a ski resort on the second Ricardo's honeymoon and succeeds at enraging Ricky's short temper with extreme jealousy with Fernando Lamas.
- 1957–19601h8.2 (149)TV EpisodeDirectorDesi ArnazStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazMilton BerleLucy wants Milton Berle in little Ricky's school play. So while at his office, she overhears that he can't concentrate on writing a new book, so she offers up her home so that he can write in peace, without anyone else's knowledge. Ricky jumps to the conclusion that Lucy is having an affair and punches out Mr. Berle, not knowing who he really was. The episode concludes with the play Milton agreed to do.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazFred MacMurrayLucy, Ricky, Fred, Ethel and Fred MacMurray, are in a one-on-one race in a Las Vegas desert to go uranium hunting, but when they make a find all bets are off and it's a race to get back to the claims office, first.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazBetty GrableLucy tries to convince Ricky to keep a racehorse they won in a contest, even if it means running the horse herself in a race to win enough money to pay for the horse's upkeep.
- DirectorDesi ArnazStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazRobert CummingsLucy and the gang head to Japan on business and encounter Bob Cummings. Chaos ensues with a string of pearls in a Geisha house.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazTallulah BankheadWhen Tallulah Bankhead moves in next door Lucy reacts in typical fashion and continuous chaos ensues.
- DirectorDesi ArnazStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazErnie KovacsErnie Kovacs and Edie Adams move in next door to the Ricardo's and Lucy can't stop torturing Ernie every time she's in his presence.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazRed SkeltonLucy and the gang are flying to Alaska to see some property Fred and Ricky bought.
- DirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazIda LupinoThe normally celebrity-hungry Lucy is disappointed to find she is sharing a vacation cabin with movie stars.
- 1957–19601h 15m8.0 (194)TV EpisodeDirectorJerry ThorpeStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazAnn SothernHedda Hopper visit the Ricardos' Connecticut home for an interview. They all answer questions of how Lucy first met Ricky after a cruise trip to Havana, Cuba, with Ann Sothern in 1940 with thanks to Rudy Vallee's assistance.