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I Love Lucy Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1952 - 1953
Episode 1
Job Switching
Mon, Sep 15, 195230 mins
After Ricky and Fred get upset about the girls' spending, Lucy and Ethel go to work in a candy factory while the boys do the housework.
Episode 2
The Saxophone
Mon, Sep 22, 195230 mins
Lucy doesn't want to be left home when Ricky goes on tour, so she tries to convince him that she is a talented saxophone player. When that doesn't work, she tries to make him so jealous that he won't leave her by herself.
Episode 3
The Anniversary Present
Mon, Sep 29, 195230 mins
For their anniversary, Ricky secretly tries to buy some pearls for Lucy through a neighbor lady who works at a jewelry store. Lucy finds out just enough to think there's something going on between them.
Episode 4
The Handcuffs
Mon, Oct 6, 195230 mins
Lucy attaches herself to Ricky using old handcuffs from Fred. She doesn't know he never had a key for them.
Episode 5
The Operetta
Mon, Oct 13, 195230 mins
The Ricardos and Mertzes perform in an operetta for a club benefit.
Episode 6
Vacation from Marriage
Mon, Oct 27, 195230 mins
Lucy convinces Ethel that both of their marriages are in a rut. They decide to take some time away from their spouses. Lucy moves in with Ethel and Fred moves in with Ricky. By Saturday night they all get bored and both attempt to check the activity of the other pair at the same time. Lucy and Ethel almost get caught spying and end up getting locked on the roof in their night clothes.
Episode 7
The Courtroom
Mon, Nov 10, 195230 mins
The Ricardos buy the Mertzes a television set for their 25th wedding anniversary. When Ricky accidentally breaks it, Fred breaks the Ricardo's TV and both couples end up suing each other.
Episode 8
Redecorating
Mon, Nov 24, 195230 mins
Lucy and Ethel are both sick of their furniture, so they enter a contest where the grand prize is five rooms of new furniture.
Episode 9
Ricky Loses His Voice
Mon, Dec 1, 195230 mins
Ricky gets a sore throat just before a show for the new owner of the Tropicana.
Episode 10
Lucy Is Enceinte
Mon, Dec 8, 195230 mins
When Lucy learns that she's going to have a baby, she tries to find the right way to tell this to Ricky.
Episode 11
Pregnant Women Are Unpredictable
Mon, Dec 15, 195230 mins
Ricky does his best to deal with pregnant Lucy's emotional needs.
Episode 12
Lucy's Show-Biz Swan Song
Mon, Dec 22, 195230 mins
Pregnant Lucy insists on being in a barbershop quartet skit at the club with Ricky and the Mertzes.
Episode 13
Lucy Hires an English Tutor
Mon, Dec 29, 195230 mins
Lucy is worried that their unborn child will someday ask a lot of difficult questions, so she hires a tutor to teach her, Ricky, and the Mertzes.
Episode 14
Ricky has Labor Pains
Mon, Jan 5, 195330 mins
Ricky develops psychosomatic labor pains.
Episode 15
Lucy Becomes a Sculptress
Mon, Jan 12, 195330 mins
Lucy believes that no child should grow up without artistic influence. So, Lucy decides to take up sculpting. When Ricky scoffs, they arrange for an art critic to judge her work. When Lucy's sculpture accidentally breaks, she ends up disguising herself as a bust to fool the critic.
Episode 16
Lucy Goes to the Hospital
Mon, Jan 19, 195330 mins
Lucy has her baby.
Episode 17
Sales Resistance
Mon, Jan 26, 195330 mins
Lucy seems to be unable to resist buying junk from fast-talking salesmen.
Episode 18
The Inferiority Complex
Mon, Feb 2, 195330 mins
Ricky and the Mertzes try to pull Lucy out of an emotional slump.
Episode 19
The Club Election
Mon, Feb 16, 195330 mins
Lucy and Ethel run against each other for President of their women's club.
Episode 20
The Black Eye
Mon, Mar 9, 195330 mins
After a household accident in which Lucy gets a black eye, neither she nor Ricky can convince the Mertzes that Ricky didn't hit her. So Lucy decides to make up a doozy of a story - including that she is seeing another man. Fred meanwhile decides to send Lucy flowers under Ricky's name but inadvertently signs his own. When Ethel sees the gift card, she decides that her Fred is Lucy's secret lover.
Episode 21
Lucy Changes Her Mind
Mon, Mar 30, 195330 mins
When Ricky gets upset about Lucy constantly changing her mind and never finishing anything, he tells her she has to finished everything she starts. When she finds an old, incomplete love letter to a former boyfriend, she decides to finish it.
Episode 22
No Children Allowed
Mon, Apr 20, 195330 mins
Lucy has a difficult night with Little Ricky crying constantly. A neighbor, Mrs Trumbull complains and says the lease does not allow children. Ethel says the lease does not matter because the Ricardos can stay.
Episode 23
Lucy Hires a Maid
Mon, Apr 27, 195330 mins
When Lucy needs to help with the baby and housekeeping, but she hires a maid who turns out to be more than a little domineering.
Episode 24
The Indian Show
Mon, May 4, 195330 mins
Ricky plans a Native American show at the club and needs to find a few Native Americans. Lucy, Fred and Ethel want to be part of it. Ricky hires Fred and Ethel but not Lucy, so Lucy has to resort to trickery to be its inclusion.
Episode 25
Lucy's Last Birthday
Mon, May 11, 195330 mins
Lucy is depressed when she thinks everyone forgot her birthday and wanders off while her surprise party waits at the club.
Episode 26
The Ricardos Change Apartments
Mon, May 18, 195330 mins
Lucy tries everything to convince Ricky to let them move to a bigger apartment.
Episode 27
Lucy Is a Matchmaker
Mon, May 25, 195330 mins
Lucy and Ethel play matchmaker for one of Fred's friends who is visiting from out of town, but things get complicated.
Episode 28
Lucy Wants New Furniture
Mon, Jun 1, 195330 mins
Ricky insists that Lucy use her allowance to pay for new furniture she bought without his approval.
Episode 29
The Camping Trip
Mon, Jun 8, 195330 mins
Lucy and Ethel want to go with Ricky and Fred on their camping trip.
Episode 30
Ricky and Fred Are TV Fans
Mon, Jun 22, 195330 mins
The girls get fed up with the boys watching the fights on television. They try to do something to distract them and end up getting arrested.
Episode 31
Never Do Business with Friends
Mon, Jun 29, 195330 mins
The Ricardos sell their old washing machine to the Mertzes after they buy a new one. It's the Ricardos vs. the Mertzes when it breaks down before the Mertzes pay for it.