| I Love Lucy: Season 4 | |
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| Season 4 | |
 Season 4 DVD Cover | |
| Network | CBS-TV |
| Episodes | 30 |
| Aired from | June 17, 1954 - May 30, 1955 |
| Premiere | The Business Manager |
| Finale | The Tour |
| Season guide | |
| Previous Season 3 |
Next Season 5 |
I Love Lucy season four lasted from June 17, 1954 to May 30, 1955, with a total of 30 episodes.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| Season 1 | 35 | October 15, 1951 | June 9, 1952 | |
| Season 2 | 31 | September 15, 1952 | June 29, 1953 | |
| Season 3 | 31 | October 5, 1953 | May 24, 1954 | |
| Season 4 | 30 | October 4, 1954 | May 30, 1955 | |
| Season 5 | 26 | October 3, 1955 | May 14, 1956 | |
| Season 6 | 27 | October 1, 1956 | May 6, 1957 | |
Season 4 (1954-1955)[]
| Ep.# | # in Series | Prod. Code | Title | Written by | Directed by | Film Date | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98 | 4-1 / 098 | Lucy Cries Wolf | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | June 3, 1954 | October 18, 1954 |
| To find out how much Ricky really loves her, Lucy calls him during a rehearsal and says there's a burglar in the apartment. It's only after two attempts that Lucy finds herself tied and gagged by two local crooks. | |||||||
| 2 | 99 | 4-2 / 099 | The Matchmaker | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | June 10, 1954 | October 25, 1954 |
| Matchmaker Lucy invites girlfriend Dorothy and her beau to a cozy dinner at the Ricardos' apartment, hoping to present an example of marital bliss. | |||||||
| 3 | 100 | 4-3 / 100 | The Business Manager | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | June 17, 1954 | October 4, 1954 |
| Ricky hires a business manager (Charles Lane), and Lucy finds him tighter with money than Ricky. | |||||||
| 4 | 101 | 4-4 / 101 | Mr. and Mrs. TV Show | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | June 24, 1954 | November 1, 1954* |
| Ricky has a chance to do an "at-home" TV show, and Lucy wants to be in it. Things go well until Lucy discovers Ricky only let her do the show because the sponsor insisted.
Note: This episode's original scheduled network broadcast was pre-empted. It eventually aired on Monday, April 11, 1955. | |||||||
| 5 | 102 | 4-5 / 102 | Mertz and Kurtz | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | July 1, 1954 | October 11, 1954 |
| To help Fred impress his ex-vaudeville partner, Barney Kurtz (Charles Winninger), Lucy agrees to pose as the Mertzes' maid. | |||||||
| 6 | 103 | 4-6 / 103 | Ricky's Movie Offer | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | September 16, 1954 | November 8, 1954 |
| A Hollywoodtalent scout (Frank Nelson) wants Ricky to audition, and everyone wants to get into the act. | |||||||
| 7 | 104 | 4-7 / 104 | Ricky's Screen Test | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | September 23, 1954 | November 15, 1954 |
| Ricky gets an unsolicited assist from Lucy when he appears as Don Juan in a screen test. | |||||||
| 8 | 105 | 4-8 / 105 | Lucy's Mother-In-Law | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | September 30, 1954 | November 22, 1954 |
| Lucy's trying desperately to perfect her Spanish-speaking skills in preparation for meeting her Cuban mother-in-law for the first time. | |||||||
| 9 | 106 | 4-9 / 106 | Ethel's Birthday | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | October 7, 1954 | November 29, 1954 |
| Fred asks Lucy to choose something special for him to give Ethel for her birthday. Ethel opens the gift, then complains that Fred's choice of presents is getting worse every year. | |||||||
| 10 | 107 | 4-10 / 107 | Ricky's Contract | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | October 14, 1954 | December 6, 1954 |
| Ricky's still waiting for the results of his screen test, to later find out he got the job
Note: This episode was, according to a CBS press release of August 14, 1954, to be broadcast in color, but ultimately plans to film it in color were abandoned. | |||||||
| 11 | 108 | 4-11 / 108 | Getting Ready | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | October 21, 1954 | December 13, 1954 |
| The Ricardos and the Mertzes are all ready to leave for California, until they see the antique car Fred has bought for the trip. | |||||||
| 12 | 109 | 4-12 / 109 | Lucy Learns To Drive | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | October 28, 1954 | January 3, 1955 |
| Ricky makes the mistake of teaching Lucy to drive his brand new car. It's only after showing Ethel how the car works that she crashes into another car and has to get them unhooked and fixed in time. | |||||||
| 13 | 110 | 4-13 / 110 | California, Here We Come! | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | November 4, 1954 | January 10, 1955 |
| Lucy and Ricky are all ready to start their trek to Los Angeles when complications develop: Lucy's mother decides to join them. The car is also extremely overloaded with baggage strapped precariously on all sides. | |||||||
| 14 | 111 | 4-14 / 111 | First Stop | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | November 11, 1954 | January 17, 1955 |
| After a long day of non-stop driving, the Ricardos and the Mertzes pull into a run-down cafe somewhere near Cincinnati that has nothing but frozen cheese sandwiches. The bunk beds in their ugly cabin, with spongy sagging mattresses, scoot back and forth across the floor every time a noisy train passes nearby. | |||||||
| 15 | 112 | 4-15 / 112 | Tennessee Bound | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | November 18, 1954 | January 24, 1955 |
| Lucy's rush to California lands the Ricardos and the Mertzes in jail in Bent Fork, Tennessee, the home town of their favorite "peapicker", Tennessee Ernie Ford. Future TV producerAaron Spelling has a bit role as a gas station attendant. | |||||||
| 16 | 113 | 4-16 / 113 | Ethel's Home Town | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | November 25, 1954 | January 31, 1955 |
| The Ricardos and the Metzes arrive in Ethel's home town: Albuquerque, New Mexico and visit her parents. Lucy, Ricky, and Fred are shocked when the town-folk give Ethel a big welcome since Ethel told everybody she was the aspiring star. | |||||||
| 17 | 114 | 4-17 / 114 | Hollywood, At Last (also titled L.A., at Last!) | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | December 2, 1954 | February 7, 1955 |
| Arriving in Hollywood, Lucy goes star hunting at the Brown Derby restaurant, and finds William Holden and Eve Arden, annoying Holden by staring at from behind a potted plant. | |||||||
| 18 | 115 | 4-18 / 115 | Don Juan and the Starlets | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | December 9, 1954 | February 14, 1955 |
| Ricky leaves Lucy at home and goes out for an evening of publicity with five gorgeous starlets. | |||||||
| 19 | 116 | 4-19 / 116 | Lucy Gets Into Pictures | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | December 16, 1954 | February 21, 1955 |
| Lucy finally gets her chance - she lands a part as a murdered showgirl in a major MGMmusical. | |||||||
| 20 | 117 | 4-20 / 117 | The Fashion Show | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | December 23, 1954 | February 28, 1955 |
| Lucy is determined to have a beautiful Don Loper gown for her very own and winds up being part of a "Hollywood Wives" fashion show. | |||||||
| 21 | 118 | 4-21 / 118 | The Hedda Hopper Story | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | February 3, 1955 | March 14, 1955 |
| Ricky's agent concocts a publicity stunt designed to land Ricky in Hedda Hopper's celebrity gossip column...save Lucy from drowning in the hotel pool. | |||||||
| 22 | 119 | 4-22 / 119 | Don Juan Is Shelved | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | February 10, 1955 | March 21, 1955 |
| When producer Dore Schary decides to shelve Ricky's film, "Don Juan," Lucy schemes to create public demand for Ricky's talent. Vivian Vance's then-husband, Philip Ober, appears as Schary. | |||||||
| 23 | 120 | 4-23 / 120 | Bull Fight Dance | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | February 17, 1955 | March 28, 1955 |
| Asked to appear in a Spanish dance number on Ricky's "Heart Fund" show, Lucy envisions herself as an exotic Senorita. But Ricky has something altogether different in mind. | |||||||
| 24 | 121 | 4-24 / 121 | Hollywood Anniversary | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | February 24, 1955 | April 4, 1955 |
| Ricky has forgotten the date of their anniversary, but he has a scheme to convince Lucy that he knew it all along. | |||||||
| 25 | 122 | 4-25 / 122 | The Star Upstairs | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | March 3, 1955 | April 18, 1955 |
| Lucy poses as a bellboy to gain entrance to movie star Cornel Wilde's hotel room. It's getting out of the room that proves to be tougher with dangling down off the balcony to his room. | |||||||
| 26 | 123 | 4-26 / 123 | In Palm Springs | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | March 17, 1955 | April 25, 1955 |
| Upset by a quarrel with their husbands, Lucy and Ethel leave for a weekend in Palm Springs, where they encounter Rock Hudson. | |||||||
| 27 | 124 | 4-27 / 125 | Lucy and Harpo Marx | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | March 24, 1955 | May 9, 1955 |
| Lucy promised Carolyn Appleby she'd produce some real Hollywood celebrities. Now she's got to deliver. Dressing up as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper and other celebrities, she manages to fool the near-sighted Carolyn. However, the real [[Harpo Marx]' shows up only to discover Lucy dressed up as him. | |||||||
| 28 | 125 | 4-28 / 124 | Dancing Star | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | March 31, 1955 | May 2, 1955 |
| Carolyn Appleby, a friend of Lucy's, visiting from New York, wants to meet some of the stars that Lucy has befriended, starting with Van Johnson, who is appearing at the Ricardos' hotel. | |||||||
| 29 | 126 | 4-29 / 126 | Ricky Needs an Agent | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | April 7, 1955 | May 16, 1955 |
| Lucy pretends to be Ricky's agent and tries to bluff a studio executive (Parley Baer) into casting Ricky in a film, only to get him released from his contract. | |||||||
| 30 | 127 | 4-30 / 127 | The Tour | Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh & Bob Carroll, Jr. | William Asher | April 14, 1955 | May 30, 1955. |
| Lucy and Ethel take a bus tour of movie stars' homes in Beverly Hills, and Lucy winds up picking grapefruit in Richard Widmark's backyard. | |||||||