Michael Mayer

Ricky becomes interested in a diner that is for sale so the Ricardos and the Mertzes all buy it together. Right away, Ethel and Fred feel they are doing all the work while Lucy and Ricky have all the fun.

Lucy and Ricky, and Fred and Ethel are fed up with each other's annoying habits and decide they all need a break. They split up for a brief vacation and Lucy and Ethel decide they'll go to Palm Springs for a girls-only good time.

Ricky books a two-month summer job in Maine and decides to take Lucy and Little Ricky. For the summer, they want to sublet their apartment at a profit, but their friends and landlords, the Mertzes, are not in favor.

For their trip out west, Ricky buys a new car to replace the old, beat-up one Fred bought. Lucy convinces her husband to teach her how to drive it. After one driving lesson, Ricky is a harried and beaten man.

Lucy's mother wants to join the Ricardos on their road trip out west. As anticipated, Ricky blows his stack when he hears that Lucy's mother wants to go along, and continues to complain that everyone's going on the trip.

Ricky, Fred, and Ethel don't believe that Lucy could go one day without telling a lie. To prove their point, they bet her $100 that within 24 hours she'll be fibbing up a storm.