The argument inspires a fight between Lucy and Ricky, who go their separate ways for the night. The Mertzes are less than pleased and spend the evening elbowing and shoving each other, before finally making up. She concocts a plan to reunite the couple via a small dinner party at her apartment with Ricky. “Fred and Ethel Fight” (Season 1, Episode 22)įred and Ethel spend most of their time bickering, but after a particularly bad fight, Lucy is left to pick up the pieces. I Love Lucy is streaming on Hulu and Paramount+. Whether you’re looking to revisit the Ricardos or meet them for the first time, we’ve rounded up the 16 essential episodes of I Love Lucy. Set against the production of season one’s “Fred and Ethel Fight,” the two grapple with Ball’s alleged Communist Party involvement, Arnaz’s infidelity, and whether to write a pregnancy into the show.ĭespite the behind-the-scenes drama, I Love Lucy remained a top-rated show for all six of its seasons and still draws around 40 million viewers annually with syndication ( according to the official Television Academy website). While viewers occasionally catch a glimpse of Ball and Arnaz’s past (Arnaz’s terminally flirtatious personality, Ball’s struggling film career, their differing levels of fame), Being the Ricardos bucks the comprehensive biopic norm and primarily focuses on the couple’s relationship at the height of I Love Lucy’s success. The film follows Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Arnaz (Javier Bardem) through one production week of I Love Lucy.
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The series was a genuinely funny and groundbreaking TV endeavor, but the greatest appeal of I Love Lucy was the Lucy-Ricky relationship, which was why it was such a shock when Ball and Arnaz divorced after the show went off the air.īeing the Ricardos, out on Amazon Prime Video December 21, suggests that the relationship might have been falling apart from the very beginning of the show. The Ricardos often found themselves in trouble, usually due to Lucy’s antics - she spent beyond their means and often attempted to get into show business, to disastrous effect - but they always managed to work things out by the end of each 25-minute episode. The two interacted with the occasional guest star, but the bulk of their story lines featured their landlords turned best friends, Fred and Ethel Mertz (William Frawley and Vivian Vance). The sitcom, starring real-life married couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, followed the day-to-day life of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo in their cozy New York apartment. I Love Lucy was like nothing else on television when it first premiered in 1951.
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