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"Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her." Filmed first, it actually aired fourth. Caught up in a murder mystery, Lucy lets her imagination run away with her when she sees and hears a few "clues" that Ricky may have tired of her.

"The Quiz Show." Desperate to make her budget balance, Lucy agrees to some crazy stunts for the radio show "Females are Fabulous."

"The Audition." Seven episodes in, and Lucy is already trying to break into show biz again. In a reworking of the unaired pilot (found on volume 1), Lucy films in for an injured clown when Ricky is auditioning for a TV show. Includes their cello vaudeville act.

"The Seance." Lucy's sudden interest in numerology and the occult interferes with Ricky's career and leads to a wild plan to save it.

While there are some wonderful episodes here, the series gets much better. Part of this is because the writers already knew Lucy and were still deciding how to develop Ricky, Ethel, and Fred. Heck, Fred is missing completely from "The Quiz Show" and Ethel meets a similar fate in "The Audition."

This DVD is a collector's dream. The episodes are presented in their entirety, and they look and sound sharp. There are occasional flaws in the picture, but considering the source material is 50 years old, it really isn't bad at all. The extras feature the original opening plugging the show's sponsor (the episodes themselves use the heart we're used to from reruns), info on the guest cast, photos of rehearsal, mistakes in one episode (I caught two of them myself), and two episodes of Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband" that got reworked for the show. (These episodes help prove my point earlier about the writers, also from the show, not knowing what to do with the other characters yet.)

True, the way season 1 was released isn't nearly as nice in terms of sets as other shows have gotten. But this is still a classic comedy with decent bonus material to make any fan happy.

Lucy- A Classic Forever
Anyone can appreciate Lucy's screwball comedy and Ricky's hilarious accent. The Mertzes are the perfect sidekicks for them. As a fairly young viewer who never watched a show in black and white, I was pleasantly surprised by how modern Lucy's comedy is. I now own everyone of the Lucy season one episode

See the first filmed episode of "I Love Lucy".
"Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying To Murder Her" is the first "I Love Lucy" episode filmed on September 8, 1951. It is also the first with the Mertzes played by Vivian Vance and William Frawley. However it did not air first. It was broadcast as the forth episode on November 5, 1951. (The pilot episode shown in "I Love Lucy" Volume One, Season One, is actually the very first Mr & Mrs. Richardo episode but was never aired. It was lost until found. It was shown for the first time on CBS on April 30, 1990. It was never shown in re-runs or syndication) "The Quiz Show", episode 5, was filmed October 5, 1951. It aired November 12, 1951. The man who plays "Arnold", Phil Ober, was Vivian Vance's first husband. Hazel Pierce appeared in 13 "I Love Lucy" episodes. "The Audition", episode 6, was filmed October 12, 1951 and broadcasted November 19, 1951. This episode is simular to the pilot episode of March 1951. Vivian Vance is not in this episode. "The Seance", episode 7, was filmed October 19, 1951 and broadcast November 26, 1951. Jay Novello was also in episode "The Sublease", episode 97, in 1954 and "Visitor From italy", episode 158, in 1956. In the Bonus Materials, the flubs are fun to see. If you've seen any episode many times, bringing out an unnoticed flub makes the show fun to watch again. In the Special Footage, you will see footage that has not been seen since 1952. Much more surprise bonuses.