The BEST episodes of Here's Lucy

Every episode of Here's Lucy ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Here's Lucy!

Lucille Ball stars as Lucille Carter along with her real life children, Desi Arnaz, Jr. as son Craig and Lucie Arnaz as daughter Kim. Lucy works at the Unique Employment Agency which is run by her brother-in-law Harry Carter, and the show featured a special guest star each episode who usually played themselves.

Last Updated: 10/1/2025Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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#1 - Lucy and Donny Osmond

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1972

Lucy and Kim attend a Donny Osmond concert with cousin Patricia (Eve Plumb), who is crazy for the 14 year old singer. Donny, spots Kim in the audience, and he falls in love at first sight. Kim believes the flowers and letters are for Patricia, but soon discovers the mix-up. Realizing Donny volunteered to perform at Kim's Charity function because of the mix-up, Kim feels obligated to set the record straight.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Bob O'Brien
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#2 - Lucy's Birthday

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1968

It's Lucille Carter's birthday, and her teenage children Kim and Craig strive to make it special. They decide to treat her to a meal at a fancy Chinese restaurant.

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4 votes

#3 - Lucy the Process Server

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1968

The simple assignment of making a bank deposit and serving a summons is not so simple when it's assigned to Lucy.

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4 votes

#4 - Lucy and Eva Gabor

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1968

Eva Von Graunitz, author of the scandalous, banned-in-Boston best seller "Valley of the Puppets", needs privacy while she writes the script for the film adaptation, so she goes to the Unique Employment Agency. Harry sends her to Lucy's house and trusts her to make sure no one disturbs Miss Von Graunitz at work.

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#5 - Lucy the Matchmaker

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1968

Lucy decides that Uncle Harry should try to find a wife, so she visits a computer dating service to procure him a date.

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2 votes

#6 - Lucy and the Gold Rush

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/1968

Kim and Craig collect rocks for Kim's geology class, and Uncle Harry is led to believe that one of them contains gold.

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1 votes

#7 - With Viv As a Friend, Who Needs an Enemy?

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/14/1972

Viv shows up for a surprise visit, and tells Lucy she may stay in California for a year, but everything goes awry when Harry fires Lucy and hires Viv in her place, making Lucy furious. After a few weeks, Harry can't stand Viv and Viv can't stand Harry. Lucy comes up with a scheme to get Viv to quit, but Kim blabs the whole thing to Viv.

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1 votes

#8 - Lucy and Her Prince Charming

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1972

A visiting Latin Prince falls for Lucy. Uncle Harry is promised a reward if Lucy agrees to marry the prince. Harry sees dollar signs and encourages her through various schemes to marry him. Lucy decides that she does not love the prince and so cannot get married.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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#9 - Lucy the Shopping Expert

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/1969

Craig wants $100 to buy a surf board. Lucy says no, so he asks Uncle Harry to get him a job. His new job finds him working at the same grocery store where Lucy is trying to teach Kim how to be a good shopper.

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#10 - Lucy and the Astronauts

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1971

"Operation Redhead" is a result of Lucy helping Harry, who is photographing the splash down as part of the naval reserve. Space nut Lucy must go through decontamination with Astronauts when she makes physical contact with them after a landing.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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#11 - Lucy Goes on Strike

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1969

Lucy goes on a strike with the other secretaries to get Harry to give her a raise. When she overhears him later on, Lucy thinks Harry is trying to murder her.

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2 votes

#12 - Lucy and the Ex-Con

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1969

Lucy goes undercover as an old lady to catch the crook of a robbery she may have caused.

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#13 - Lucy's Working Daughter

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1968

Uncle Harry secures teenage Kim Carter her very first "real" job in a trendy fashion boutique. Her mother, Lucy is skeptical about Kim taking on such a responsibility, and attempts to give her daughter a few tips on how to make a good impression. Lucy's suggestions are not appreciated, and Kim begins to have doubts about her abilities. Lucy decides to patronize the boutique in order to bolster Kim's commissions, and eventually performs an impromptu fashion show at a nearby restaurant -- much to the dismay of both Uncle Harry and Lucy's son Craig.

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#14 - Lucy Sells Craig to Wayne Newton

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1968

While seeing Wayne Newton in concert, Lucy persuades him to give him an audition as a drummer for his back-up band.

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#15 - Lucy the Conclusion Jumper

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1968

Stumbling upon research notes for Kim and Don's school project on teenage marriage sets Lucy leaping before she looks and landing her and Harry in hot water at City Hall.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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1 votes

#16 - Lucy Sublets the Office

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/31/1972

Lucy is promoted to office manager, and looks for ways to save money. Her solution is to sublet half the office to a toy maker.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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1 votes

#17 - Lucy's Replacement

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/17/1972

Harry gets a new office computer, leading Lucy to get a new job at an insurance company, so she schemes to make the computer obsolete and get her job back.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Fred S. Fox
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1 votes

#18 - Lucy's Punctured Romance

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/7/1972

Lucy has a new boyfriend Bob Collins, but Kim and Uncle Harry are worried. The milkman doesn't help matters when he informs the pair the Lucy's boyfriend is a playboy. Kim & Harry cook up all kinds of crazy stunts to scare off Bob.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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#19 - Kim Finally Cuts You-Know-Who's Apron Strings

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/21/1972

Kim moves into her own apartment (one managed by Lucy's brother) and deals with neighbors and lecherous men.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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#20 - Lucy and Eva Gabor Are Hospital Roomies

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1972

Lucy's new hospital roommate has broken her foot, and steals the attention from Lucy. Lucy being Lucy torments Eva for the entire stay.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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#21 - Harrison Carter, Male Nurse

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1972

Harry plays 24hr home-nurse when Lucy arrives home from the hospital after the others (Kim; Vanda & Mary Jane) all fail to help due to other commitments.

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#22 - A Home Is Not An Office

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1972

Amazingly, Harry is lost without Lucille, and after 4 failed replacements moves the office to her house while she is recovering. Lucy then uses a variety of schemes to get him out. Harry ends up being arrested for operating a business in a residential area

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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2 votes

#23 - Lucy and Joe Namath

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1972

Craig is home from college. While playing tennis, a football coach suspects he may also make a great quarterback. But can even Joe Namath convince Lucy this is best for Craig?

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Bob O'Brien
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1 votes

#24 - The Case of the Wreckless Wheelchair Driver

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1972

Lucy is involved in a lawsuit when a young man is flattened by Lucy's wheelchair. A con man (Jesse White) seeks to get $100,000 from Lucy based on an injury lawsuit. Kim proves the guy is faking by offering him a job to sing and dance at a club.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
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1 votes

#25 - Lucy, the Other Woman

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1972

The milkman's wife thinks Lucy is having an affair with her husband. After she throws him out Lucy, Kim & Harry work to get the two back together.

Directors: Coby Ruskin