Lucy Meets Orson Welles

Season 6 Episode 3 Lucy Meets Orson Welles.

11/17/2016

 

In this episode, Lucy meets Orson Welles.  My relationship with her has changed a little but not too much.  I still think of her as my friend, but I also see Lucy as having other characteristics.  Some of these include having a high ego and bragging.  I feel as though I like her more for these traits because I myself have them a bit as well.  I think I would brag if someone turned me down about something I was really good at.  Besides bragging, Lucy is very unprofessional when she finally is talking to Orson Wells.  When he refuses to let her perform on his show she gets angry and begins ranting and raving.  Seeing this about her made me feel like I might not like her quite as much if I worked with her but would still probably keep her as a friend.

 

Another characteristic Lucy has is that she is really excited by meeting celebrities.  For example, when Lucy gets near a celebrity, she gets very excited and goes kind of crazy for them.  In this way, I feel like our relationship is growing because I too would do the same thing.  Although with me it wouldn't be just a celebrity.  If I got close to one of my favorite country music artists, I would probably get just as excited like Lucy.

 

I think that Lucy could use a bit of warning in this encounter.  She should not be acting so unusual around a celebrity because this would defeat her goal of meeting them.  When someone is serious about being around a celebrity and hoping to get on their show, they should really be professional and act like a normal person.  Besides going crazy around a celebrity, she should not be yelling at them or any work force employee that she hopes to work with.  When someone yells and shows anger, it demonstrates to an employer that they have very little self control.  If Orson Wells thought Lucy had minimal self control, he might be hesitant to hire her.  Also, I have several predictions about her in the next episode.  I think that although her plans to meet Orson Wells have changed a little bit, she will still get to go to Florida.  I feel this way because this is something she wants and will do in order to get the enjoyment of a good trip.

Hollywood At Last

I Love Lucy Season 4 Episode 17 Hollywood At Last

 11/17/2016

In this episode, Lucy and Ricky go on a trip to Hollywood, California.  Actually, the trip is for Ricky's career because he received a role to play Don Juan in a picture, but Lucy came along.  This affects my relationship with Ricky because it shows that he (reluctantly) welcomes Lucy into what he is doing rather than leaving her behind in New York City.  It makes me feel like he really is caring about her company.  Lucy on the other hand, seems very nosy when they reach Hollywood.  For example, when her and Ricky are eating lunch at the Brown Derby Restuarant, she couldn't stop staring at a movie star named William Holden. This makes me feel like she is being nosy because she keeps looking at William when he is trying to have a normal lunch, but it also makes me feel like I have some common lines with her and maybe she isn't doing something very bad.  On the other hand, Ricky actually takes William the movie star home with him, since they both work for the same production company. When I saw this happen, it kind of hurt our relationship a little.  I felt like maybe he wasn't a very honest person and I might not like him as much.  I felt this way because he was bringing home another man and I almost thought he was trying to get romantic with William.

 I would advise Lucy not to stare so much at people.  If she is interested in someone, I think that she should wait for a break in their conversation and introduce herself.  In this way, she would not look as weird or unusual.  On the other hand, I would say that Ricky should stop bringing other people home especially other men without explaining what he is doing.  I feel that this makes him look like a weird person for a couple of reasons.  First off, some people would say he was cheating on Lucy and others would say he looked gay.

 I would expect several changes in behavior in Lucy but not so much in Ricky.  I think that Lucy

will not stare near as much in the next episode.  I feel this way because she was not happy when William was staring back at her constantly and she couldn't get him to stop.  Given this situation, I think that she realizes that staring can get her the opposite reaction of what she wants.  On the other hand, Ricky will not really change his behavior in the next episode.  I feel this way because he doesn't seem to learn anything or experience negative consequences as the result of his actions.  When people don't get a negative consequence, usually they don't make their behavior better.

The Camping Trip

I Love Lucy Season 2 The Camping Trip Episode 29

11/17/2016

 

Before I watched this episode I had no parasocial relationship with Lucy or Ricky whatsoever.  This is probably because I have had limited television exposure in my life.  However, when I did watch this episode, I found that I had developed a sort of friend and mentor relationship with both Lucy and Ricky.

In this episode, Lucy has kind of a good sense of humor with her husband Ricky.  This made me feel good because she matched my characteristic of having a sense of humor.  Also, Lucy was somewhat deceiving when talking to her husband about what she knew how to do.  An example of this is saying she knew how to hunt ducks when Ethel was doing all the hunting and giving her ducks that were hunted.  This had two effects on my relationship with Lucy.  At first I sort of thought she was a cheater but then I reconsidered and took this feeling back because I could see myself doing something like this to someone.  When I realized I might deceive someone like this myself, I found that Lucy and I had some common ground.  On the other hand, Ricky and I have an interesting relationship.  Ricky sort of asks Lucy questions that really require her to think.  Back to the duck case, he asks her where she got the ducks and how they were skinned so good.  This affects my relationship with him because I also would ask questions of people if I thought I was being deceived, and this made me have common lines with Ricky.

 I would give a lot of advice to Lucy in this episode.  I would say that she should first off not lie to people and if she is going to, make sure that she is prepared to answer any question.  In addition to being prepared to answer any question, she should make sure her answers are well thought out.  I have several predictions about her behavior in the next episode.  One of the biggest things is that she will not be deceiving to other people.  Instead of being deceiving, she will have learned what does and doesn't work and tell the truth.  As I mentioned above, if Lucy does decide to lie or deceive, she will think through everything before doing so.  On the other hand, I do not think Ricky needs any advice or criticism.  I expect him to be just the same in the next episode.  I feel this way because he doesn't do anything that he needs to learn from.