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I Love Lucy: Season 3

Poster for I Love Lucy Season 3

31 episodes · premiered Oct 5, 1953

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  1. Episode 1: Ricky's 'Life' Story Oct 5, 1953 · 25m Lucy is upset because a 'Life' magazine feature on Ricky's home life didn't include a picture of her.
  2. Episode 2: The Girls Go Into Business Oct 12, 1953 · 24m Lucy and Ethel are all set to go into business when they buy a new dress shop. But what to call it? Ethelu's? Lucyeth's? Unfortunately, naming the shop isn't their only problem when they…
  3. Episode 3: Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress Oct 19, 1953 · 26m Lucy and Ethel buy the same dress for the upcoming talent show for the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League. True, they'll be doing a duet, and their number is Cole Porter's corny…
  4. Episode 4: Equal Rights Oct 26, 1953 · 26m Lucy and Ethel demand equal rights for women. Okay, say Ricky and Fred at the restaurant: separate checks for the four of them. Thus begins Lucy and Ethel's careers as restaurant…
  5. Episode 5: Baby Pictures Nov 2, 1953 · 26m The Ricardos and the Applebys always brag to each other about their little sons. But when Lucy's and Caroline Appeby's exchanges turn hostile and sarcastic, Ricky worries that it will…
  6. Episode 6: Lucy Tells the Truth Nov 9, 1953 · 25m Ricky and the Mertzes bet Lucy that she can't go twenty-four hours without telling a lie. The outcome? Lucy insults all her friends and has to admit her real age, weight, and hair color…
  7. Episode 7: The French Revue Nov 16, 1953 · 26m Ricky is planning a French revue for the club, and since Lucy is determined to be in it, she hires a Frenchman to coach her. When Ricky forbids her to come near the place, she tries…
  8. Episode 8: Redecorating the Mertzes' Apartment Nov 23, 1953 · 26m It's redecorating time at the Mertzes', and Lucy and Ricky volunteer to help. But when Fred turns on a fan as Lucy is unstuffing a chair, the paint and feathers they were using go flying…
  9. Episode 9: Too Many Crooks Nov 30, 1953 · 25m Lucy sneaks into the Mertzes' apartment to borrow one of Fred's suits so that she can order him a custom-made tweed suit for his birthday. This leads Ethel to think that Lucy is the…
  10. Episode 10: Changing the Boys' Wardrobe Dec 7, 1953 · 24m Lucy and Ethel are disgusted by their husbands' old clothes, so they secretly give them away to a secondhand store. Unfortunately for them, the boys find out about their plan, and buy…
  11. Episode 11: Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined Dec 14, 1953 · 26m Lucy finally gets her chance to be in show business, when she tricks Ricky into letting her do the "Jitterbug" in one of his shows. She's terrific during rehearsals, but problems occur…
  12. Episode 12: Ricky's Old Girlfriend Dec 21, 1953 · 25m Ricky is jealous when Lucy comes up with a long list of ex-boyfriends, so he invents an old flame-who just happens to be in town. Her name? Carlotta Romero, with whom Ricky DID perform…
  13. Episode 13: The Million Dollar Idea Jan 11, 1954 · 26m The Ricardo household budget is in shambles (as usual) after Lucy decides to put her salad dressing on the market. Her plan? To market it on a TV morning show on the station her friend…
  14. Episode 14: Ricky Minds the Baby Jan 18, 1954 · 25m Ricky agrees to watch his son, but while Daddy is engrossed in a football game, Little Ricky wanders off. Lucy finds him in the hallway, and calls Ricky to ask where the baby is…
  15. Episode 15: The Charm School Jan 25, 1954 · 26m It's time for charm school for Lucy and Ethel when their men eye a pretty woman at a party. But Ricky and Fred are anything but charmed by the results.
  16. Episode 16: Sentimental Anniversary Feb 1, 1954 · 26m Lucy and Ricky want to spend their 13th wedding anniversary alone, but the Mertzes have another idea: a surprise party.
  17. Episode 17: Fan Magazine Interview Feb 8, 1954 · 26m A reporter for a fan magazine, Eleanor Harris, spends an "average day" with the Ricardos. Of course, it's anything BUT average for the happily married couple. And they might not be one so…
  18. Episode 18: Oil Wells Feb 15, 1954 · 25m The Ricardos and Mertzes as oil millionaires? Lucy and Ethel get a hot stock tip from their new neighbors from Texas. But Ricky and Fred say no. At first, anyhow. But are these neighbors…
  19. Episode 19: Ricky Loses His Temper Feb 22, 1954 · 26m Ricky explodes when Lucy buys an expensive hat. She offers to return it, and bets him he'll lose his cool over something else before she buys another hat. But no matter what she does to…
  20. Episode 20: Home Movies Mar 1, 1954 · 26m Ricky's home movies move the Mertzes to walk out, and prompt Lucy, Fred and Ethel to make a movie of their own, a "Western musical drama" shot in the Ricardo living room. But that's not to…
  21. Episode 21: Bonus Bucks Mar 8, 1954 · 26m A dollar bill takes a zany trip-with the Ricardos and Mertzes in hot pursuit. It's a winning bill (worth $300) in a newspaper contest. It belongs to Ricky, but he gallantly slips it into…
  22. Episode 22: Ricky's Hawaiian Vacation Mar 22, 1954 · 26m Ricky's band is to play in Hawaii-and guess who wants to go also? Lucy's plan: to go on a game show that gives away airline tickets. It calls for some trickery, and Lucy just might meet…
  23. Episode 23: Lucy Is Envious Mar 29, 1954 · 25m Lucy's past fibs to her rich and snotty ex-schoolmate are about to catch up with her when she unwittingly pledges $500 to a charity drive. In order to come up with the money, she and Ethel…
  24. Episode 24: Lucy Writes a Novel Apr 5, 1954 · 26m Lucy writes a novel in which the characters are thinly-veiled caricatures of Ricky, Fred and Ethel. Too thinly veiled, Ricky, Fred and Ethel think. So they burn it. But not before Lucy…
  25. Episode 25: Lucy's Club Dance Apr 12, 1954 · 25m The Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League forms a quintet (with Lucy on sax) as a fundraiser. It's no way to raise money (Ethel likens Lucy's sound to a "moose with a head cold"). Maybe…
  26. Episode 26: The Black Wig Apr 19, 1954 · 26m Lucy plays a black-wigged temptress to test Ricky's fidelity. The result makes makes her see red so she schemes to get even. But she won't divorce him. Ethel agrees: "Yeah, stay married to…
  27. Episode 27: The Diner Apr 26, 1954 · 26m The Ricardos and the Mertzes buy a diner, name it "A Little Bit of Cuba" and go to work. Well, the Mertzes go to work; the Ricardos "greet." Not surprisingly, relations are soon strained…
  28. Episode 28: Tennessee Ernie Visits May 3, 1954 · 26m The corn starts popping when Tennessee Ernie Ford comes to visit in Part 1 of a two-part episode. He's Lucy's "Cousin" Ernest, an earnest young man from Bent Fork, Tenn., who knows nothing…
  29. Episode 29: Tennessee Ernie Hangs On May 10, 1954 · 26m Lucy gets sick of an extensive visit by Tennessee Ernie, who claims he is her cousin. She tries to get rid of the likeable character by pleading poverty. The scheme backfires when…
  30. Episode 30: The Golf Game May 17, 1954 · 26m Championship golfer Jimmy Demaret visits the Ricardos when Lucy and Ethel arrive at a bizarre scheme for combating their "golf widowship." The girls install a basketball court in the…
  31. Episode 31: The Sublease May 24, 1954 · 26m The Ricardos are off to Maine for the summer, so they decide to sublet their apartment. Their landlords, the Mertzes, don't like the idea, and like the potential tenants even less. Nor are…