The Lucy Show season 2 episode guide – The second season, with Lucille Ball sharing a house with Vivian Vance, and driving Gale Gordon to the brink …
Lucy Plays Cleopatra
Both Lucy and her best friend Viv want to play the part of Cleopatra …. In an amateur play production, directed by Hans Conried. But once they reach a compromise, they both try upstaging each other.
Kiddie Parties, Inc.
The high price of their kids’ birthday parties inspire Lucy and Viv to start their own children’s birthday party business. But there’s no such thing as “easy money” …
Lucy and Viv Play Softball
Lucy and Viv join a charity softball tournament. But, the coach finds out the hard way that Lucy, despite good intentions, has no skill. But then an injury forces him to let her play …
Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault
Lucy and Mr. Mooney accidentally get locked into the bank vault. And that’s after she gives his son a haircut …. A mohawk!
Lucy and the Safe Cracker
Lucy accidentally locks poor Mr. Mooney into the bank vault …. Again! While trying to demonstrate how it happened in the previous episode! So, she decides to come to his rescue, by breaking into the vault from the candy store next door. But the store’s owned by a former safe cracker …
Lucy Goes Duck Hunting
A little white lie tends to backfire. And Lucy lies to her new boyfriend that she’s a great duck hunter … Even though all she knows about it is how to make a duck call. But then he invites her duck hunting …
Lucy and the Bank Scandal
When Lucy’s daughter Chris dates Mooney’s son Bob, she tells her mom about tall the new things at the Mooney house. New, expensive things. Could Mr. Mooney be embezzling money from the bank? No, but her suspicions make for a funny episode.
Lucy Decides to Redecorate
Wanting to remodel, Lucy asks Mr. Mooney for some money. But, he will only give her a small amount. So, she and Viv will do the big work themselves!
Lucy Puts Out a Fire at the Bank
The Volunteer Fire Department needs to be retrained by a professional, to get their contract renewed. So, Lucy decides to start a fire at Mr. Mooney’s bank, to show what they’ve learned!
Lucy and the Military Academy
When Jerry attends a military academy, Lucy misses him. So she decides to impersonate a cadet to sneak in and check in on him.
Lucy’s College Reunion
At a college reunion, Lucy and Viv stea the statue of the college founder. It’s an old tradition that the Dean (Roland Winters) doesn’t want revived!
Loophole in the Lease
Who should pay to have the leaky roof fixed? Lucy and Viv disagree about who should pay.
Lucy Conducts the Symphony
Viv’s cousin is in town for a symphony concert. But, to deal with his stage fright, Lucy tries to hypnotize him. But when that fails, she takes his place in the orchestra.
Lucy Plays Florence Nightingale
Chris wants a new dress for her first formal dance. So, Lucy needs Mr. Mooney’s signature on a check. But he’s hospitalized with a broken leg, so Lucy impersonates a candy striper …
Lucy Goes to Art Class
Viv and Lucy both fall for a handsome man (Robert Alda) that they meet at an art store. So, they join an art class (led by John Carradine) to be closer to him. They spar back and forth, until …
Chris Goes Steady
Mr. Mooney’s son and Chris announce that they’re going steady. Which neither parent likes! So, Lucy tries to use reverse psychology to try and break them up. But Chris turns the tables on her!
Lucy Takes Up Golf
Once again, Lucy exaggerates (lies through her teeth) to have a date with a sportsman (her real-life husband, Gary Morton).
Lucy Teaches Ethel Merman to Sing
Ethel Merman comes to town incognito, and Lucy recruits her to sing for a boy scout show. Part 1 of 2.
Ethel Merman and the Boy Scout Show
Ethel Merman takes center stage in the Boy Scout show.
Lucy and Viv Open a Restaurant
Lucy wants Viv to invest her life savings in opening a restaurant. But when Mr. Mooney hears that a highway will be going through the area, he wants to be a partner as well.
Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank
To buy Jerry a tuba, Lucy gets a job at Mr. Mooney’s bank. All she has to do is give out toasters to new customers, when they open an account. But, she unintentionally causes a run on the bank!
Viv Moves Out
After a fight, Viv is going to move out! So, Lucy finds a new roommate to help with expenses. And the new roommate’s driving her crazy! And then Viv wants to move back in …
Lucy Is Her Own Lawyer
To stop Mr. Mooney’s dog from incessant barking, Lucy takes him to court! And, she ends up putting the dog on the witness stand!
Lucy Meets a Millionaire
When Italian millionaire Umberto Fabriani (Cesare Danova) asks Lucy on a date, she spills spaghetti sauce all over his tuxedo. When Lucy and Mr. Mooney break into the cleaners to retrieve his other tux, Lucy gets an … unexpected dye job!
Lucy Goes Into Politics
Lucy and Viv help Mr. Mooney campaign for the office of city comptroller. One problem: Lucy forgets to book any talent for his big campaign rally.
Lucy and the Scout Trip
Lucy and Viv have to fill in on the scout trip. And, of course, Lucy gets lost in the woods.
Lucy Is a Process Server
Lucy takes a temporary job as a process server for an attorney’s office. She must serve poor Mr. Mooney with a subpoena. Since he’s leaving on vacation, she chases him to a train station, then his stateroom on board an ocean liner. Finally, the ship leaves port before she can disembark, trapping the two together for a month! Poor Mr. Mooney …
Lucy Enters a Baking Contest
When Viv makes some nasty comments about Lucy’s baking ability, Lucy enters a baking contest to prove her wrong. Then, Lucy swaps hers and Viv’s entries in the contest, which leads to a food fight! With Kathleen Freeman.
Editorial review of The Lucy Show season 2 courtesy of Amazon.com
After the death of her husband, Lucy Carmichael (Lucille Ball) and her friend, the recently divorced Vivian Bagley (Vivian Vance), move into a house together with their children. The series follows the adventures of the widow Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own.