The WORST episodes of Here's Lucy
Every episode of Here's Lucy ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 Takes Over
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1970
One night Kim, Craig and Lucy find an old diary belonging to Lucy's great-grandmother and see that Harry's side of the family has owed their side of the family $10 for 100 years, with interest! The total comes to an incredible amount (over $145,000) and so Harry let's Lucy become the boss of the Employment Agency.... until they find out that later on in the diary it says that Harry's side of the family paid back the $10.
#2 - Lucy Stops a Marriage
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/28/1970
Lucy assumes that Harry is broke and marrying a rich woman for her money. She schemes to break up the union before it can happen.
#3 - Lucy and Ma Parker
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1970
Crooks move in next door to Lucy and the kids. Ma Parker, dangerous leader of a gang of 35 year old little people. After the cops nab Ma, Lucy poses as her to catch Joe Grapefruit the brains of a counterfeiting outfit.
#4 - Lucy, Part-Time Wife
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1970
Harry bribes Lucy into posing as his pregnant wife to keep away an old flame with romantic desires for Harry. A funny physical show in which Lucy gets ready to deliver a baby largely made of feathers.
#5 - Lucy Loses Her Cool
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1970
Lucy is chosen on an audience participation game show. The host, Art Linkletter, offers her $500 if she won't lose her temper for 24 hours. When she's escorted off the stage, the host then brings out Harry, Mary Jane, & the kids, offering them $250 each if they can make Lucy lose her temper! They do everything possible to make Lucy lose it, but she overcomes temptation. Lucy manages to demolish a grocery store!
#6 - Lucy and Rudy Vallee
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1970
Lucy tries to modernize Rudy Vallee with the help of Kim and her Rock N Roll friends.
#7 - Lucy's Wedding Party
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1970
While Uncle Harry is away at his college reunion, Lucy borrows his home for a Greek couple's wedding.
#8 - Lucy, the American Mother
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1970
Craig produces a documentary focusing on his mother and family. Chaos ensues when Lucy leaves money in a library book that she has returned, and goes through shelf after shelf of books.
#9 - Lucy, the Coed
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1970
Harry & his classmates hold a reunion musical variety show about the roaring 20's in which of course Lucy & family are prominently featured. A fun show with good music and dancing.
#10 - Lucy and the Drum Contest
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1970
After seeing Buddy Rich perform Craig decides to enter a drum contest. Lucy of course believes that Buddy Rich will help Craig and after some confusion he does.
#11 - Where is My Wandering Mother Tonight?
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1974
Spending the weekend with Kim, Lucy overhears her daughter complaining about her visit and leaves.
#12 - Lucy and Wally Cox
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1970
Lucy schemes to help change a father's image of his son. Wally Cox appears as the son of Alan Hale. Lucy & Wally guard a warehouse and are successful in foiling a real robbery and soaking Harry in the process.
#13 - Lucy and Ann-Margret
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1970
Craig decides he wants to be a songwriter much to the dismay of doctor loving Lucy. Craig writes Country Magic. Ann-Margret likes Craig's new song, and wants to duet with him on her upcoming television special.
#14 - Lucy and Viv Visit Tijuana
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1970
Lucy and Viv talk Harry into taking them to Tijuana for the day. After shopping in a tourist shop, they stopped at the border because a stuffed toy has thousands of dollars worth of jewels inside.
#15 - Lucy and Lawrence Welk
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1970
Lucy brags to Viv, who's visiting, that she knows Lawrence Welk personally, and then schemes to introduce her to the band leader, whom she has actually never met. She and Mary Jane then attempt to foot Vivian with a wax dummy, but the kids get the real Lawrence Welk instead.
#16 - Lucy the Laundress
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1970
When Lucy's drives into a Chinese Laundry, she takes a part time job there to pay for the damages.
#17 - Lucy and Liberace
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1970
Craig's high school club initiation scavenger hunt includes a candelabra that Craig borrowed from Liberace. Lucy of course thinks it has been stolen and feels obliged to return it to the famous pianist. A cute song and dance segment follows as the whole family end up with Liberace at his home.
#18 - Lucy the Helpful Mother
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1969
The kids acquire part-time jobs to pay for a new phones, but Lucy ends up filling in for them with the multiple jobs that they acquire including various exotic animals.
#19 - Lucy Protects Her Job
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1969
Harry suggests Lucy is overworked and should hire an assistant. Suspecting Harry is really attempting to replace her, Lucy has Kim arrive to the office as temp secretary Shoiley Shopenauer, the world's worst office assistant.
#20 - Lucy and the Generation Gap
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1969
Kim and Craig are in charge of producing the school play, and decide its theme should be the Generation Gap. When they have casting problems, Lucy and Harry wind up playing the parents, and they all put on a really spectacular show.
#21 - Lucy is a Bird Sitter
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1974
Lucy is enlisted by Harry to sit for a rare Tongan Weewawk. Unfortunately, Lucy loses the bird that looks a lot like a common white pigeon.
#22 - Lucy and the 20-20 Vision
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/12/1971
Lucy wants a long weekend to go to Mexico with the kids. Lucy tries to cure miserable Harry by coaxing him to get glasses. After much scheming with eye doctors and double vision Harry gives in.
#23 - Lucy and Phil Harris Strike Up the Band
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1974
To drum up business, Lucy gets ethnic minority clients hired in a band, but upsets a women's liberation group for not hiring any female musicians.
#24 - Mary Jane's Boyfriend
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1974
Mary Jane finally catches a man. Unfortunately, the new boyfriend makes a play for Lucy.
#25 - Lucy, the Sheriff
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1974
A small Montana town contacts Lucy, who's great grandmother Flora Belle Orchid was a former sheriff, to be honored during a week long festival. Lucy enjoys the power and prestige of being sheriff until a real bank robbery happens during a re-enactment.