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.
#1 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Lucy and the Andrews Sisters
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1969
Patty Andrews recreates the Andrews sisters at the time of their greatest hits for a fan club reunion with the help of Lucy, Kim, and Craig. Lucy & Kim sing with Patty while Craig plays Bing Crosby.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#13 - Lucy's Impossible Mission
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1968
In this spoof of Mission: Impossible, Lucy inadvertently intercepts the tape and hears the secret message, leading to the Carters volunteering to impersonate Indian royalty at an embassy ball to help retrieve hidden microfilm.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Lucy and Harry's Tonsils
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1969
Harry shares sad news with his family of a SERIOUS operation, which turns out to be having his tonsils out. Lucy, Kim, and Craig attempt to keep Uncle Harry in the hospital after Harry has a run in with the nurse (Mary Wickes). Once he meets the sexy nurse (Paula Stewart) he changes his mind and wants to stay.
#18 - Lucy Goes to the Air Force Academy (2)
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1969
Lucy is still trying as hard as she can to get Craig into the Air Force Academy, and each result ends hilariously. This week she decides to camp out and gets the family captured as part of some war games.
#21 - Lucy and Carol Burnett
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1969
Angeles High School needs money for a gymnasium, and the assembly that the students are staging to raise money to build one could use a star. Lucy suggests getting Carol Burnett to appear. They go to a taping of her show, and during the question and answer session, Lucy persuades Carol to do the benefit.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.