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I Love Lucywas like nothing else on television when it first premiered in 1951.
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She concocts a plan to reunite the couple via a small dinner party at her apartment with Ricky.
The argument inspires a fight between Lucy and Ricky, who go their separate ways for the night.
The episode ultimately underscores that despite their squabbles, the Ricardos are more miserable apart than they are together.
While the show never actually uses the word pregnant, the message is clear.
To help Ricky get better, Lucy asks Fred to throw him a Daddy Shower.
Ricky quickly picks up on the farce.
To ease everyones worries, the group rehearses their trip to the hospital.
When Lucy finally gives birth, Ricky receives a call at work mid-performance.
At the hospital, in full costume, he meets his son for the first time and promptly faints.
Lucy gives an impassioned argument for new furniture, but Ricky refuses.
Lucy attempts to make some concessions, leading to some tragic home dress-sewing and hair-perming.
After seeing just how upset she is, Ricky relents.
Ricky challenges Lucy to an audition, where shell have to be truthful about her lack of experience.
Opening a diner seems easy enough, but it quickly proves to be a challenge.
The couples immediately clash, from disagreements on the name of the restaurant to the division of labor.
Eventually, the diner is divided in two: A Little Bit of Cuba and Big Hunk of America.
While Ricky works, the trio go looking for celebrities at the Brown Derby.
Lucys attempt at a hasty escape results with Holden getting an entire plate dumped on him.
Unbeknownst to Lucy, Ricky later invites the man over to meet her.
Fortunately, Holden covers for her in front of Ricky.
It begins pouring rain in each location and both groups quickly realize how much they miss their spouses.
With the help of Rock Hudson, the couples reunite.
Lucy receives a negative reputation on the cross-country trip when she repeatedly pulls the emergency stop.
While she gossips about it to Ethel, the actual jewel thief listens nearby.
Thinking shes assisting a federal agent, she inadvertently helps the man, who holds her at gunpoint.
Lucy saves the day by once again pulling the emergency stop.
She becomes convinced that she needs to study grape-stomping at a wine vineyard.
Ethel is selected for the small role instead.
In Lucy and Superman, Superman (George Reeves) proves to be her greatest challenge to date.
When it begins pouring rain, Superman is dispatched to rescue Lucy.
