I Love Lucy: Season 2

1952 · 31 episodes · ★ 8.7

What Season 2 of I Love Lucy

Lucy Ricardo is a housewife living in New York with her husband, Ricky, a singer and bandleader. They share an apartment building with their friends and landlords, Fred and Ethel Mertz, former vaudeville performers. Lucy is naive and ambitious, and dreams of stardom. She wants to take the stage at Ricky's nightclub, but her role in the business is limited and she feels left out. Her schemes get her and her husband into trouble. This season brings home-front mix-ups, from a job at a candy factory to a saxophone audition that ends in lies, with constant rivalries between couples and friends.

31episodes

Sep 15, 1952premiered

Jun 29, 1953latest episode

13 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Job Switching
Sep 15, 1952 · 24 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Elvia Allman, Alvin Hurwitz, Amanda Milligan
2x02 The Saxophone
Sep 22, 1952 · 25 min
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!
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Herb Vigran, Charles Victor
2x03 The Anniversary Present
Sep 29, 1952 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: Marc Daniels · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Herb Vigran, Gloria Blondell, Richard Reeves
2x04 The Handcuffs
Oct 6, 1952 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Marc Daniels · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Will Wright, Veola Vonn, Paul Dubov
2x05 The Operetta
Oct 13, 1952 · 24 min
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.
Directed by Marc Daniels · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Myra Marsh
2x06 Vacation from Marriage
Oct 27, 1952 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr.
2x07 The Courtroom
Nov 10, 1952 · 25 min
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!
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Harry Bartell, Robert B. Williams, Moroni Olsen
2x08 Redecorating
Nov 24, 1952 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Margie Liszt, Hans Conried, Florence Halop
2x09 Ricky Loses His Voice
Dec 1, 1952 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Arthur Q. Bryan, Hazel Pierce, Helen Dickson, Barbara Pepper
2x10 Lucy Is Enceinte
Dec 8, 1952 · 25 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Richard Reeves, William Hamel
2x11 Pregnant Women are Unpredictable
Dec 15, 1952 · 26 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Bennett Green
2x12 Lucy's Showbiz Swan Song
Dec 22, 1952 · 23 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Jerry Hausner, Pepito Pérez, Vernon Dent
2x13 Lucy Hires an English Tutor
Dec 29, 1952 · 25 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring Hans Conried
2x14 Ricky Has Labor Pains
Jan 5, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Written by: Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Louis Merrill, Hazel Pierce, Jerry Hausner
2x15 Lucy Becomes a Sculptress
Jan 12, 1953 · 25 min
Lucy decides to explore her artistic side and takes up sculpting.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring Paul Harvey, Leon Belasco, Shepard Menken
2x16 Lucy Goes to the Hospital
Jan 19, 1953 · 25 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring: Charles Lane, Barbara Pepper, Peggy Rea, Adele Longmire
2x17 Sales Resistance
Jan 26, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Sheldon Leonard, Verna Felton
2x18 The Inferiority Complex
Feb 2, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Gerald Mohr
2x19 The Club Election
Feb 16, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Lurene Tuttle, Peggy Rea, Margie Liszt, Ida Moore
2x20 The Black Eye
Mar 9, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Starring: Bennett Green
2x21 Lucy Changes Her Mind
Mar 30, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Starring: Frank Nelson, John Hart, Sally Corner, Phil Arnold
2x22 No Children Allowed
Apr 20, 1953 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Vivi Janiss, Charlotte Lawrence, Margie Liszt, Peggy Rea
2x23 Lucy Hires a Maid
Apr 27, 1953 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Verna Felton
2x24 The Indian Show
May 4, 1953 · 25 min
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.
Directed by William Asher · Starring: Carol Richards, Frank Gerstle, Richard Reeves
2x25 Lucy's Last Birthday
May 11, 1953 · 25 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Ransom M. Sherman, Byron Foulger, William Hamel, Elizabeth Patterson
2x26 The Ricardos Change Apartments
May 18, 1953 · 25 min
Now that they have Little Ricky, Lucy insists they need more room, and wants to change apartments with one of the other tenants (Mrs. Benson.) She convinces a reluctant Ricky by cluttering their apartment with baby things and assorted junk.
Directed by William Asher · Written by Madelyn Pugh, Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll Jr. · Starring Norma Varden
2x27 Lucy Is Matchmaker
May 25, 1953 · 26 min
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.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Phil Arnold, Hal March, Peggy Rea, William Hamel
2x28 Lucy Wants New Furniture
Jun 1, 1953 · 26 min
Lucy tries to hide some new furniture she bought without Ricky's permission in the kitchen. Discovering his wife's extravagant purchase, Ricky insists that Lucy pays for it from her allowance.
Directed by William Asher
2x29 The Camping Trip
Jun 8, 1953 · 26 min
Lucy fears that she and Ricky don't have enough in common, so she decides to pursue one of his interests: camping. Ricky and Fred don't want her (or Ethel, for that matter,) horning in on their summer retreat, so Ricky decides to take Lucy on a "trial run" in the woods and make her life miserable. But Lucy is wise to his plan, and guess whose life is made miserable in the end?
Directed by William Asher · Starring June Whitley Taylor, Doris Singleton
2x30 Ricky and Fred are TV Fans
Jun 22, 1953 · 25 min
With Ricky and Fred glued to a TV fight, their wives go to the local cafe, where service is so slow that Lucy makes change for herself at the cash register and the girls are arrested. They finally prove their innocence and get home to husbands who didn't know they were gone.
Directed by William Asher · Starring: Frank Nelson, Lawrence Dobkin, Allen Jenkins
2x31 Never Do Business With Friends Season Finale
Jun 29, 1953 · 26 min
The Ricardos sell their old washing machine to the Mertzes for $35. When it breaks down the next day, the Mertzes want out of the deal. A tug-of-war ensues, however, when the Mertzes want the machine back after a repairman offers them $50 for it.
Directed by: William Asher · Starring: Herb Vigran, Elizabeth Patterson