I Love Lucy - Season 2

Ricky wants Lucy to try working for a week, so she and Ethel get jobs at a candy factory, where they are totally inept-especially at wrapping chocolates-due to a speeding conveyor belt that has them stuffing chocolates in their mouths, blouses, and hats.

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!

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.

Inspired by a magic trick she saw, Lucy handcuffs herself to Ricky using old handcuffs from Fred. She was unaware of the fact that he didn't have a key for them.

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.

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.

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!

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.
 

Ricky comes down with a sore throat just as he is about to open a new show.

When Lucy learns that she's going to have a baby, she tries to find the right way to tell this to Ricky.

With the baby coming, Ricky decides to make Lucy breakfast in bed and shower her (baby) with gifts. Lucy then gets depressed thinking that all the special treatment she is getting is only because of the baby.

Pregnant Lucy insists on being in a barbershop quartet skit at the club with Ricky and the Mertzes.

Lucy wants her baby to be raised hearing nothing but perfect English, so she hires a tutor to teach her, Ricky, and the Mertzes proper English diction. The tutor turns out to be an aspiring entertainer, and hopes that Ricky will give him a break.

When Lucy's pregnancy cravings and preoccupation with a baby shower leave Ricky frustrated and overwhelmed, he begins to develop psychosomatic pregnancy symptoms of his own. A doctor advises Lucy and Ethel to give Ricky some special attention as a cure, so the women ask Fred to organize a men-only "daddy shower" for him. When Fred calls it a "stag party" in front of Lucy, curiosity gets the best of her and she must find a way to sneak into the event.

Lucy feels that her child should grow up with artistic influence, so she takes up sculpting. When Ricky arranges for an art critic to arrive and judge her work, she ends up disguising herself as a bust in an attempt to fool the critic.

With the baby due at any moment, Ricky and the Mertzes carefully rehearse the trip to the hospital. But when the big moment actually comes, things do not go quite so smoothly. When they eventually get there, Lucy stays in labor for quite a while, so Ricky goes to do his new show at the club. He is in full tribal face makeup when the call comes from the hospital, and he rushes over still in costume.

When Lucy buys a gadget in response to an ad, Ricky gets angry.

Lucy makes one faux pas after another and develops an inferiority complex.

Lucy and Ethel each run for president of their club, the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League. They soon discover that the deciding vote will be from their club's newest member, Ruth Knickerbocker. Lucy and Ethel's campaigns end up taking a nasty turn, while Ricky and Fred each campaign separately for the other woman to win.

Lucy and Ricky are both engrossed in a thrilling novel, and decide to read it aloud to enjoy it at the same time. When Ricky tosses the book to Lucy for her to put it away, it accidentally hits her in the face, giving her a black eye. Trouble begins when Fred and Ethel overhear the dialogue from the novel and, seeing the black eye, fear the worst. When Ethel will not accept the truth, Lucy concocts a "juicy story" about her falling in love with another man, which only leads to further trouble.

Lucy seems unable to finish anything without changing her mind. Ricky loses his temper over it, so Lucy tries to play a trick on him with an old, unfinished love letter to a beau from high school. However, Fred finds out from Ethel and warns Ricky of Lucy's plot.

The Ricardos' lease does not allow children, and their crying new baby Little Ricky causes neighbor Mrs. Trumbull to complain to Lucy and Ethel about the noise. However, she later has a change of heart. This episode marked the beginning of recurring character Mrs. Trumbull.

Ricky allows Lucy to hire a maid because she keeps falling asleep during the day from staying up nights with Little Ricky. However, the maid she hires has a cozy schedule, refuses to help take care of the baby, treats Lucy with disdain, and eats most of the Ricardos' food.

Ricky is planning an Indian number for his nightclub act, and assumes that motherhood has ended Lucy's show business ambitions. However, Lucy still wants to get in on the act, and persuades the female vocalist in the number to switch places with her.

When it seems that everyone has forgotten Lucy's birthday, she becomes depressed and wanders around town. She meets the "Friends of the Friendless" in the park, and joins them. They all march to Ricky's club to protest, where a surprise party is waiting for her.

Now that they have a baby, Lucy thinks that she and Ricky need a bigger apartment, but Ricky says they cannot afford it. When Lucy learns that neighbor Mrs. Benson has an extra room now that her daughter has married, Lucy has the idea to swap apartments with Mr. and Mrs. Benson.

Lucy tries to fix up her girl friend with a bachelor friend of Fred's, but soon ends up as an unwitting party in a love triangle.

When Lucy buys a new sofa and coffee table without Ricky's permission, he says she will have to pay for it out of her allowance. To save money, Lucy attempts to make her own dress and gives herself a home perm.

Determined to prove to friends from her bridge club that she and Ricky have not grown apart, Lucy starts spending all of her time with Ricky. When she wants to join him and Fred on a summer camping trip, Ricky takes Lucy into the wilderness for a practice trip to make her hate camping, but Lucy and Ethel team up to thwart his plan.

Ricky and Fred are excited about watching a lengthy boxing match on TV. While Ricky and Fred stay glued to the set, Lucy and Ethel are mistaken for thieves and taken to the police station, while their husbands do not realize they are gone

The Ricardos sell their old washing machine to the Mertzes, where it breaks down in their possession. They demand that the Ricardos take it back, but then change their minds when they find out how much a repairman is willing to pay for it.