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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: Season 1

31 episodes Premiered Oct 6, 1958 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Lucy Goes to Mexico

Oct 6, 1958 · 60 min

Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel are visiting San Diego. While Ricky rehearses a show with Maurice Chevalier, Lucy and Ethel cross the Mexican border to do a little shopping. Returni

S1·E2

Song of Bernadette

Oct 13, 1958 · 60 min

Based on Mary Gray Blanton's biography The Miracle of Bernadette, this is the story of Bernadette Soubirous, a french peasant girl who discovered healing waters after seeing a visi

S1·E5

Debut

Nov 3, 1958 · 60 min

S1·E6

The Time Element

Nov 10, 1958 · 60 min

A patient visiting a psychiatrist complains of recurrent dreams in which he imagines he is living in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. A series of flashbacks shows him

S1·E7

The Night The Phone Rang

Nov 17, 1958 · 60 min

What more terrifying predicament could an innocent man be faced with than to become involved with a gang of highly organized criminals—a murder syndicate which selects not only i

S1·E8

Silent Thunder

Nov 24, 1958 · 60 min

An American Indian seeks dignity in a white community.

S1·E9

Lucy Makes Room for Danny

Dec 1, 1958 · 60 min

Lucy & Ricky are off to sunny California for his latest motion picture, and rent their home to Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) and family. When Ricky's picture deal falls through, s

S1·E10

K. O. Kitty

Dec 8, 1958 · 60 min

Dance teacher Kitty Williams, who loves dogs, is delighted when she learns that she has inherited a boxer from her late Uncle Charlie. But the ""boxer"" turns out to be Harold Tibb

S1·E12

Ballad For A Bad Man

Dec 22, 1958 · 60 min

Chris Hody, a professional bounty hunter, goes after young Danny Cash, who is wanted for robbery and murder. The girl Cash loves is a member of a troupe of entertainers. Hody joins

S1·E14

The Comeback

Feb 4, 1959 · 60 min

A has-been ballplayer revives a Little League team.

S1·E17

Symbol of Authority

Dec 23, 1958 · 60 min

A shy, inarticulate proofreader finds illusory escape from his humdrum world by masquerading as a doctor in a big-city hospital.

S1·E18

Martin's Folly

Jan 19, 1959 · 60 min

Martin is a middle class husband living with his wife and son in suburbia. The family is forced to live austerely while Martin spends every extra dollar building a boat in his gara

S1·E19

Perilous

May 20, 1959 · 60 min

S1·E20

Chain of Command

Feb 12, 1959 · 60 min

An Army lieutenant commanding a basic-training unit clashes with an arrogant Private.

S1·E22

Lucy Goes to Alaska

Feb 9, 1959 · 60 min

Alaska is celebrating statehood! Red Skelton invites Ricky Ricardo to appear on his television show that is being filmed in the new state. The entire gang comes along and take a

S1·E23

The Innocent Assassin

Feb 16, 1959 · 60 min

Eileen Gorman and Jamsie Corcoran are in love, but they live in 1921 Dublin, Ireland, and their romance is blighted by civil strife. Their fathers are partisans of the Irish Republ

S1·E28

Lucy Wants A Career

Apr 13, 1959 · 60 min

Lucy is exasperated. Once again tired of her daily routine, she wants to give show business another try. Ricky agrees, and Lucy auditions as a ""Girl Friday"" for a morning news

S1·E31

Murder in Gratitude

Nov 20, 1959 · 60 min

After the reception for Gerald Lester's wedding, his brother Derek and a few close associates board a train with the newlyweds. During the trip Gerald suddenly becomes ill and die