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The Lucy Show: Season 5

22 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1966
Previously on The Lucy Show

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Lucy Show Season 4.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Lucy and George Burns

Sep 12, 1966

George Burns arrives at the bank to pick up his statement, but Mr. Mooney has problems locating it. While waiting for Lucy to return to work, Mooney and Burns chat, and Mr. Burns

S5·E2 Core

Lucy and the Submarine

Sep 19, 1966

When Lucy accidentally gets Mr. Mooney stationed on a submarine by talking too much, she sneaks onto the submarine dressed as a sailor to get him to sign some important contracts,

S5·E3 Core

Lucy, the Bean Queen

Sep 26, 1966

Lucy finds a sale on beans that says ""The Best Beans You've Ever Eaten or Double Your Money Back"". Needing money for new furniture, Lucy & Mary Jane keep buying and returning mo

S5·E4 Core

Lucy and Paul Winchell

Oct 3, 1966

Ventriloquist Paul Winchell comes into the bank and opens an account with Lucy. When Mr. Mooney fails to find a celebrity for an upcoming benefit for the bank, Lucy suggests that

S5·E5 Mytharc

Lucy and the Ring-a-Ding-Ding

Oct 10, 1966

Mr. Mooney has a $6,000 ring delivered, which is an anniversary present for his wife. Lucy wants the thrill of having such an expensive rock on her finger for a brief moment, and

S5·E6 Core

Lucy Goes to London

Oct 17, 1966

Lucy writes a jingle for a dog food company and wins a trip to London, England (""in Europe""). But when she misses her flight, she's forced to take a commuting flight to New York

S5·E7 Core

Lucy Gets a Roommate

Oct 31, 1966

Lucy advertises for a roommate to help with the expenses, and after reading the correspondence, she finally decides on Carol Bradford (Carol Burnet), a frumpy off-kilter librarian.

S5·E8 Core

Lucy and Carol in Palm Springs

Nov 7, 1966

Lucy fakes sick so she can get out of work and accompany Carol, who's going to entertain at a golf tournament in Palm Springs. When they arrive, the hotel staff realizes that ther

S5·E9 Core

Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft

Nov 14, 1966

When a letter arrives from the US Government, Lucy finds that she's mistakenly been drafted. Instead of ""Lucy,"" the letter is addressed to ""Lou C."" So she sets off to the dra

S5·E10 Core

Lucy and John Wayne

Nov 21, 1966

When Mr. Mooney sends Lucy to the movie studio to deliver some papers regarding the financing on John Wayne's new film, she ignores his warning not to bother Mr. Wayne and finds he

S5·E11 Core

Lucy and Pat Collins

Nov 28, 1966

Lucy and Mary Jane spend their lunch hour shopping for furs (despite the fact they only have 27 cents between them) so they can take advantage of the store's free tea and sandwiche

S5·E12 Core

Lucy and the Monkey

Dec 5, 1966

Lucy is overworked, between the work that she's neglected and having to sell tickets for a benefit for the bank. Mary Jane warns that Lucy will have a nervous breakdown if she's n

S5·E13 Core

Lucy and Phil Silvers

Dec 12, 1966

Efficiency expert Oliver Kasten takes over Mr. Mooney's office and commandeers his secretary, Lucy Carmichael, who quickly patterns herself after Kasten, following his strict order

S5·E14 Core

Lucy's Substitute Secretary

Jan 2, 1967

Lucy is preparing to go on vacation, but she has a change of heart when her substitute secretary turns out to be an attractive blonde who Mr. Mooney really likes. Lucy secretly do

S5·E15 Core

Viv Visits Lucy

Jan 9, 1967

Recently married Vivian leaves Danfield to visit Lucy and the two begin gossiping and making up for lost time. When Viv tells Lucy about a friend's son who's now sporting long-ha

S5·E16 Core

Lucy, the Baby Sitter

Jan 16, 1967

Wanting a break from the bank and to make some extra money, Lucy visits an employment agency and lands a job as a babysitter. Little does she know that the babies are actually chi

S5·E17 Core

Main Street U.S.A.

Jan 23, 1967

Lucy holds a protest against a freeway destroying a small town. The catch is that Mr. Mooney is helping to get the freeway.

S5·E18 Core

Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map

Jan 30, 1967

Picking up where ""Main Street USA"" left off, Lucy, Mr. Mooney, and Mel Tinker stage a shootout at the bank for press coverage, to bring the freeway problem to the attention of th

S5·E19 Core

Lucy Meets the Law

Feb 13, 1967

Lucy is mistaken for a shoplifter called ""The Red Flash"" and taken to jail, but she thinks she's in jail because she littered a candy wrapper.

S5·E20 Core

Lucy, the Fight Manager

Feb 20, 1967

Mr. Mooney has a fight with his wife, so Lucy decides to have some flowers sent over for her. When Eddie, the florist, arrives with the arrangement, Mr. Mooney immediately recogni

S5·E21 Mytharc

Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford

Feb 27, 1967

Mr. Cheever warns Mr. Mooney that his job is in jeopardy unless he attracts new business to their branch of the bank. So when Lucy hears that a recording star, country hick Homer

S5·E22 Mytharc

Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard

Mar 6, 1967

When Sheldon Leonard convinces Mr. Mooney to let him shoot a televison pilot at the bank, Lucy mistakingly thinks he is a gangster who plans to rob the bank, so she and Mary Jane s

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