Ep 21. New Neighbors

Lucy and Ricky are excited to welcome their new neighbors to their building. When the new couple, Betty and Ralph Ramsey, arrive, Lucy and Ethel quickly become enamored with Betty. Betty is refined, elegant, and seems to have it all together. Lucy, feeling a bit envious, tries to impress Betty by showing off her cooking skills. She decides to make Betty and Ralph a home-cooked meal and enlists Ethel's help in the kitchen.

As they prepare the meal, Lucy and Ethel discover that Betty has hired a full-time maid and cook. They become even more determined to impress her with their domestic skills. However, things don't go quite as planned and the meal ends up being a disaster. The Ramsays are polite but clearly unimpressed.

Lucy and Ethel then try to impress Betty with their fashion sense. They show off their best outfits, but Betty quickly puts them in their place by revealing that she is a fashion editor and that their outfits are outdated. Feeling even more inadequate, Lucy and Ethel try to come up with a way to top Betty's seemingly perfect life.

They soon find out that Betty has a husband who's always working and never has time for her. Lucy and Ethel hatch a plan to make Ricky and Ralph jealous by pretending that they are leaving their husbands for the other's husband. The plan doesn't go quite as they hoped and the Ramsays end up getting the wrong impression about the couples.

However, in the end, Lucy learns that Betty admires her for her sense of humor, something that Lucy had always taken for granted. The two couples make amends and Lucy and Ethel learn that appearances can be deceiving.

The episode is full of humor and wit, with Lucy and Ethel's antics providing plenty of laughs. The themes of envy, inadequacy, and the pressure to keep up appearances are still relevant today, making this episode a timeless classic. The chemistry between Lucy and co-star Desi Arnaz is also a highlight, with their natural comedic timing shining through in every scene. Overall, "New Neighbors" is a must-watch episode for fans of classic television and anyone who appreciates good comedy.