On December 2, 1986, just two weeks after "Life Was Lucy" was canceled, Desi Arnaz Sr. died from lung cancer at age 69. These two events devastated Lucille Ball and she became despondent.
In "Lucy and Mannix are Held Hostage" (S4;E4) Lucy Carter suddenly starts naming and talking to her plants: Ruthie, Hugo, and Priscilla. Ruthie meets an untimely end when tossed out a window in an attempt to stop a robbery.
Unaired episode; it would have aired December 6, 1986.
This episode was filmed ninth, but scheduled to be the eleventh one broadcast.
This is the only episode written by Mark Tuttle, who was also a writer on "Three's Company," one of Lucille Ball's favorite shows. He had worked with director Mark Daniels on two episodes of the TV series "Private Benjamin" (1981-82).