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I Love Lucy Episode Guide
The Fifth Season (1955-56)

10/10/55: "Lucy and John Wayne"
I Love Lucy Episode 129 - Filmed 9/15/55
Story: Lucy and Ethel have made off with the cement slab of John Wayne's footprints. Now the police are called in to investigate.

10/17/55: "Lucy and the Dummy"
I Love Lucy Episode 130 - Filmed 9/22/55
Story: MGM asks Ricky to help entertain executives at a studio party. Ricky has plans to go deep sea fishing, but as far as Lucy is concerned, "the show must go on."

10/24/55: "Ricky Sells the Car"
I Love Lucy Episode 131 - Filmed 9/29/55
Story: Ricky sells the car and buys train tickets for the trip back East, but he forgets about Fred and Ethel.

10/31/55: "The Great Train Robbery"
I Love Lucy Episode 132 - Filmed 10/6/55
Story: On the train trip back East, Lucy gets entangled with a jewel thief.
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11/7/55: "Homecoming"
I Love Lucy Episode 133 - Filmed 10/13/55
Story: Back in New York City, Ricky is surrounded by excited friends wanting to know about his picture. Soon all the attention goes to his head.

11/14/55: "Face to Face"
("The Ricardos Are Interviewed")
I Love Lucy Episode 134 - Filmed 10/20/55
Story: Lucy and Ricky are scheduled to appear on Ed Warren's TV interview show, "Face to Face," at their home. But the network agent suggests that the apartment is a "dump" and urges them to move into ritzier quarters.
Guest: Elliott Reid

11/28/55: "Lucy Goes to a Rodeo"
I Love Lucy Episode 135 - Filmed 10/27/55
Story: Ricky is dismayed to learn that he signed not for a radio show, but a rodeo show.

12/5/55: "Nursery School"
I Love Lucy Episode 136 - Filmed 11/3/55
Story: Lucy is not happy about being separated from Little Ricky, but Ricky Sr. insists the lad must start Nursery School.

12/12/55: "Ricky's European Booking"
I Love Lucy Episode 137 - Filmed 11/10/55
Story: Ricky's band gets booked in Europe, and the girls can only go if they can come up with enough money to pay their own way.

12/19/55: "The Passports"
I Love Lucy Episode 138 - Filmed 11/17/55
Story: Lucy needs her birth certificate in order to get her passport, but Jamestown has no record of her being born.
 Based on My Favorite Husband #121 ("The Passports")

1/2/56: "Staten Island Ferry"
I Love Lucy Episode 139 - Filmed 11/24/55
Story: The Ricardos and Mertzes are all ready to leave for Europe, until Fred announces that he gets seasick easily.

1/16/56: "Bon Voyage" [top photo]
I Love Lucy Episode 140 - Filmed 12/1/55
Story: After boarding the ocean liner, Lucy goes ashore just one more time to kiss Little Ricky goodbye, and misses the boat.
Guests: Tyler McVey, Jack Albertson

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