The Lucy Show
Season 1
After her husband's death, Lucy Carmichael and her recently-divorced best friend Vivian Bagley move into a house together with their children. The series follows the adventures of the widow Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own, with her income being controlled by impatient, grumpy banker Mr. Mooney.
30 Episodes
- Lucy Waits Up for Chris
E1Episode 1Lucy Waits Up for ChrisWhen Lucy waits up for her daughter Chris to return from a date, the fourteen-year old girl is mightly embarrassed. Lucy promises never to do it again, but can't help herself. To not be discovered, Lucy accidentally locks herself out of the house and has to enter by the only means available; a trampoline - Lucy Is a Referee
E3Episode 3Lucy Is a RefereeA junior football game is cancelled due to lack of referees. The game prize is tickets to the big NFL game, Lucy volunteers to referee so her sons could go to the game. There is one problem though, she does not know anything about the game. She must now quickly learn to play football. - Lucy Misplaces $2,000
E4Episode 4Lucy Misplaces $2,000The bank gives Lucy a check for $2,000 instead of $20 just minutes after Mr. Barnsdahl had declared that his bank was perfect. To force the grouch into admitting a mistake, she cashes the check and hides the money in a box of candy. When it comes time to return the cash, the box is missing. Harry unknowingly gave the candy to the boys. - Lucy Buys a Sheep
E5Episode 5Lucy Buys a SheepLeft with no one to tend the lawn, Lucy buys a sheep named Clementine to take care of the grass. Unfortunately, weather and circumstances make Clementine an unwelcome house guest, and Lucy sneaks her back to the farm. Only then is she offered $200 for Clementine to appear in a blanket ad. - Lucy Becomes an Astronaut
E6Episode 6Lucy Becomes an AstronautAfter Lucy and Vivian successfully spend 24 hours in a simulated space ship, Vivian decides to deflate Lucy's ego by convincing the red-head that she has been selected as the first woman astronaut and must leave immediately for Cape Canaveral. - Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a Day
E7Episode 7Lucy Is a Kangaroo for a DayLucy takes a secretarial temp job in order to afford a bicycle for Jerry's birthday. Lost in a modern office, she has disastrous contact with the electric pencil sharpener, the water cooler, and the electric typewriter. Her exasperated employer sends on out on errands when her dress gets caught in an elevator and unravels. Not wanting to deliver contracts in her unmentionables, Lucy borrows a kangaroo costume to finish her chores - Lucy, the Music Lover
E8Episode 8Lucy, the Music LoverLucy goes overboard to make the doctor she's dating believe she's as big a classical music lover as he is. Her elaborate plan was for nothing. When she invites her date over, he ends up making beautiful music with Viv. He's even planning to play violin in Viv's benefit recital--until Lucy crushes his hand with the piano lid. - Lucy Puts Up a TV Antenna
E9Episode 9Lucy Puts Up a TV AntennaTo save money, Lucy talks Vivian into helping her install a new TV antenna on the roof. The project becomes caos thanks to Lucy's general klutziness, Viv's fear of heights, broken windows, and new holes in the roof. The plan goes even more awry when Lucy gets stuck in the chimeny! - Vivian Sues Lucy
E10Episode 10Vivian Sues LucyViv trips over one of Jerry's toys and suffers a minor ankle injury. Upset that Lucy thinks she'd sue over this little mishap, Vivian decides to teach Lucy a lesson. Exaggerating her injury and threatening to call her lawyer, Viv lounges in bed for a week, running Lucy ragged with petty demands. Hilarity ensues. - Lucy and Her Electric Mattress
E12Episode 12Lucy and Her Electric MattressLucy plans to surprise Vivian with a new mattress and a redone room while she's on vacation, but the electric mattress Lucy bought her malfunctions (it moves around the room when the motor is on) and Lucy is forced to return it. However, Vivian returns home early and has no place to sleep, so she and Lucy have to share the boys' bunkbeds for a night. - Chris's New Year's Eve Party
E14Episode 14Chris's New Year's Eve PartyChris doesn't want her mother to chaperon her New Year's eve party, so Lucy, Viv and the boys go out for the night and leave the chaperoning to Harry next door. When Harry calls Lucy at the restaurant in a panic, Lucy rushes to save the stale party with a classic Charlie Chaplin imitation. - Lucy's Sister Pays a Visit
E15Episode 15Lucy's Sister Pays a VisitLucy's sister shows up at her doorstep in the middle of the night after having an argument with her husband. Lucy is convinced their marriage is rocky because they didn't have a big wedding. So Lucy and Viv throw Lucy's sister the wedding she never had, getting drunk in the process! - Lucy Becomes a Reporter
E17Episode 17Lucy Becomes a ReporterAfter just three days as the fill-in society reporter for the Danfield newspaper, Lucy's job is hanging by a thread. The only thing that will save it is an interview with the press-shy financier visiting town. Once she learns he had been Viv's high school sweetheart, Lucy heads down to his hotel for a scoop, passing herself off as Vivian. - Lucy and Viv Put in a Shower
E18Episode 18Lucy and Viv Put in a ShowerTired of her daughter Chris hogging the bathroom all the time, Lucy asks her neighbor Harry to install an extra shower for her. Not wanting to do the job, he hires a plumber to do it instead. Lucy nags the plumber so much that he quits, leaving Lucy and Vivian to finish the jobs themselves! - Lucy Drives a Dump Truck
E24Episode 24Lucy Drives a Dump TruckThe fire department members are livid when Lucy fails to get the town council to pay for their new uniforms as she'd guaranteed. Her scheme to raise the funds through a newspaper drive leads to her court marshal by the ladies, a rented dump truck to haul 34 tons of paper to a nearby town, and numerous traffic citations. - Lucy Visits the White House
E25Episode 25Lucy Visits the White HouseLucy and Vivian's sons boy scout club make a replica of the white house out of sugar cubes. The president is so impressed that he invites all of them to the white house to unveil it. Calamity ensues when the replica get destroyed on the train. - Lucy and Viv Take Up Chemistry
E26Episode 26Lucy and Viv Take Up ChemistryViv regrets letting Lucy talk her into joining her for a night-school chemistry class. Lucy gets carried away trying to invent a youth serum and develops a huge ego between explosions. To teach her a lesson, Viv and the professor make her drink her own concoction, which acts as a sedative. When she awakens, she's horrified by the results of her youth formula. - Lucy Is a Chaperone
E27Episode 27Lucy Is a ChaperoneLucy is prepared to chaperone her daughter Chris and some of her school friends for a week at Sandy Cove. When Chris' school principle decides that one woman can't possibly chaperone all those girls Lucy recruits Viv to come along. While at the beach Lucy decides that the kids think that she and Viv are old foogys so they try to dress and act young, only to find out in the end that the kids would rather have their chaperones behave as adults. - Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly
E29Episode 29Lucy and the Runaway ButterflyThe hunt is on for a butterfly Lucy allowed to escape while helping Jerry with his collection. On a dinner date with a lawyer, she leaps into action when she thinks she spots the rogue insect, resulting in chaos at dinner, the park, and eventually a court session.
