I Love Lucy

10 Best Episodes of I Love Lucy - Season 3

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Written by Sophie and last updated on nov 18, 2022.

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I Love Lucy - S3E24

#15 - Lucy Writes a Novel (Season 3 - Episode 24)

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 gets a copy to a publisher.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 13 votes.

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#14 - Equal Rights (Season 3 - Episode 4)

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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 dishwashers. So they plot revenge: they'll scare their husbands by claiming to have been robbed.

The episode was rated 7.89 from 35 votes.

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#13 - Lucy Tells the Truth (Season 3 - Episode 6)

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. But she nearly gets a part on a TV show, by telling the truth, more or less.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 29 votes.

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#12 - The Golf Game (Season 3 - Episode 30)

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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 Ricardo living room and pretend to be as deeply absorbed in the game as their husbands are in the fairways.

The episode was rated 7.95 from 20 votes.

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#11 - Ricky Minds the Baby (Season 3 - Episode 14)

Ricky agrees to watch is 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. Panicking, Ricky searches everywhere, before Lucy walks in with his son.

The episode was rated 7.95 from 21 votes.

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#10 - Too Many Crooks (Season 3 - Episode 9)

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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 notorious neighborhood burglar, "Madame X", and she goes spying on her friend to prove it.

The episode was rated 7.96 from 27 votes.

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#9 - The French Revue (Season 3 - Episode 7)

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 various disguises, and finally succeeds as a chorus girl.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 22 votes.

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#8 - Ricky's Hawaiian Vacation (Season 3 - Episode 22)

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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 her match in the show's host, Freddie Fillmore, a prankster par excellence.

The episode was rated 8.05 from 22 votes.

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#7 - Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress (Season 3 - Episode 3)

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 "Friendship," but wearing the same dress isn't exactly what they had in mind. Meanwhile, Lucy needs to persuade Ricky to host the show, so she decides to use a little reverse psychology.

The episode was rated 8.06 from 35 votes.

I Love Lucy - S3E1

#6 - Ricky's 'Life' Story (Season 3 - Episode 1)

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Lucy is upset because a 'Life' magazine feature on Ricky's home life didn't include a picture of her.

The episode was rated 8.06 from 35 votes.

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#5 - The Diner (Season 3 - Episode 27)

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. Can a food fight be far behind?

The episode was rated 8.24 from 17 votes.

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#4 - The Charm School (Season 3 - Episode 15)

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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.

The episode was rated 8.41 from 22 votes.

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#3 - Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined (Season 3 - Episode 11)

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 when Lucy accompanies Ricky (who's been suffering from headaches) to the eye doctor just before the show. There, the doctor decides to examine Lucy's eyes, as well. He puts some eyedrops in Lucy's eyes which "relaxes" them, but Lucy's vision is blurry for the next twenty four hours. Naturally, this causes problems since Lucy has to perform that night.

The episode was rated 8.44 from 27 votes.

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#2 - Sentimental Anniversary (Season 3 - Episode 16)

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Lucy and Ricky want to spend their 13th wedding anniversary alone, but the Mertzes have another idea: a surprise party.

The episode was rated 8.48 from 21 votes.

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#1 - Home Movies (Season 3 - Episode 20)

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 mixed up with a TV pilot Ricky's making, is it?

The episode was rated 8.91 from 22 votes.

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