The BEST episodes of Here's Lucy season 4
Every episode of Here's Lucy season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Here's Lucy season 4!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Lucy and Candid Camera
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/1971
The family believes they are on Candid Camera, but in actuality, the are assisting a robbery. Allen Funt plays a dual role as himself and an evil look-a-like.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Kim Moves Out
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/24/1972
Kim has decided it is time for her to move out of the house, but Lucy becomes an annoying mother hen. Ultimately, Kim plans to teach Mother a lesson.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Lucy and the Chinese Curse
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/10/1972
Lucy saves a man's life, and according to Chinese custom, he is indebted to her. Lucy and Kim scheme to correct the situation once they learn that others in town have the same problem.
#10 - Lucy and the Little Old Lady
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/3/1972
When an old lady comes in the enployment agency looking for a job because she has nowhere to go, Lucy decides to let her stay at her house. When Mrs. Brady sells land to Harry, Kim tells them about a similar sounding scam which gives Lucy and Harry the idea to let the Mrs. Brady have a seance in which they dress up as Napoleon and Josephine to convince her to refund Harry his money.
#11 - Lucy's Bonus Bounces
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/27/1971
Harry takes his psychiatrists advice to give Lucy a raise. Lucy is so shocked by the raise that she thinks he is hiding something and decides to keep a close eye on Harry which leads to paranoia as he tries to get away from those following him.
#12 - Lucy's Lucky Day
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/1971
Lucy is a game show contestant on her lucky day. She can win $1000 if she can train Jackie the chimp to do a trick in a week.
#13 - Lucy in the Jungle
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/1971
Stressed out Harry needs a vacation so Lucy arranges for a house swap with a family in the jungle of Africa. The episode centers on a variety of animals they encounter (chimps, parrot, lion, gorilla) plus a silly segment about a tse-tse fly.
#14 - Lucy Helps David Frost Go Night-Night
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1971
David Frost needs help on an airplane to England to make sure he gets a good nights sleep but hires Lucy which is never a good thing. She has to stay awake during the whole flight to keep visitors away. Once on the plane Lucy's constant distracting keeps him awake. After creating an international incident Lucy then falls asleep while appearing on David Frost's TV show to explain it.
#15 - Won't You Calm Down Dan Dailey?
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1971
Lucy goes to work for movie star Dan Dailey, and star struck Lucy drives him crazy. Dan pleads with Harry to take her back at the Unique Employment Agency.
#16 - Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1971
Lucille and Uncle Harry attend a Ginger Rogers film festival. Ms. Rogers attends in disguise, and is seated next to "you-know-who". When Lucille offends Ms. Rogers, she leaves the theater, but also leaves her purse. Discovering the true identity to the stranger, Harry and Lucy plot to return the purse to meet her again.
#17 - Lucy and Her All-Nun Band
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1971
Lucy books an all Nun band to help Harry's sister who is a sister with a benefit. Lucy takes saxophone lessons from Freddy Martin to join the band when the saxophone player becomes ill.
#18 - Someone's On the Ski Lift with Dinah
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1971
Harry invites Lucy & Kim to join him at a friends ski lodge. Lucy encounters Dinah Shore while there. The two get stuck together on a ski lift, where Lucy proceeds to sing a medley of Dinah's hits to her, and otherwise annoy the singer.
#19 - Lucy Makes a Few Extra Dollars
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1971
Lucy and Kim attempt to make Uncle Harry guilty for not giving Lucy a pay raise.
#20 - Lucy and the Italian Bombshell
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1971
When Harry learns that a woman whom he knew many years ago in Italy is coming to see him. He says they vowed to wait for each other. He wants to look good for her so he asks Lucy and Kim to help him lose weight and learn Italian before she arrives.
#21 - Lucy and the Mountain Climber
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1971
Harry takes on a new partner who tries to add youth to the agency. In an effort to keep her job Lucy bets Harry's business partner that she can beat him at mountain climbing.
#22 - Lucy and Flip Go Legit
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1971
After working for him as a secretary Lucy convinces Flip Wilson to play the part of Prissy in a local production of Gone With the Wind, with Harry as Rhett Butler, Lucy as Scarlett O'Hara, and Kim as Melanie.
#23 - Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1971
Lucy, using binoculars to view a building across the street, thinks she has seen two criminals commit a burglary. The criminals spot her. The next day, before Lucy comes into work, the crooks force Harry to tell them where Lucy is. Harry spills his guts and the hoodlums lock him in the closet. After Harry is freed, he first tells Lucy what happened and she should leave home. He then calls private detective Joe Mannix to protect Lucy.
#24 - Lucy and the Celebrities
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1971
Lucy and Uncle Harry seek celebrities for a radio campaign when a competitor makes a dent in their business. Kim's boyfriend is an impressionist (Rich Little), and offers his services.