- Lucy Ricardo: [Sets food in living room; Rick enters] Oh, hi Ricky. Eh... I thought you'd never get here...
- Ricky Ricardo: [Check watch] Whaddya talkin' about? I'm ten minutes early.
- Lucy Ricardo: [Stares off dreamily] Oh... Uh h-hows everything darling.
- Ricky Ricardo: [Sifts through mail] Everything's terrible.
- Lucy Ricardo: [Smiles, unknowing what Ricky said] Oh, good.
- Ricky Ricardo: [pause] Good? I said everything was terrible.
- Lucy Ricardo: [Looks at Ricky] Huh? Oh, terrible?
- Ricky Ricardo: Yeah, terrible.
- [Puts mail down]
- Ricky Ricardo: I don't think I'll put on another night club show as long as I live...
- [Paces about the room]
- Ricky Ricardo: The lights are all wrong, the costumes are all wrong, *nobody* knows their number!
- [Shakes his head]
- Ricky Ricardo: Nothing good happened today...
- Lucy Ricardo: Oh, it will, dear. Why don't you sit down.
- [She seats Ricky on the couch]
- Lucy Ricardo: See? I made lunch in here, it's more... cozey and comfortable.
- Ricky Ricardo: [Smiles and reaches for platter] Oh, gee honey; that looks wonderful -
- [Lucy almost sits on his out-strecthed arms; he looks at her]
- Lucy Ricardo: Maybe you should relax a little.
- [Sits him back again]
- Ricky Ricardo: No, it's okay, I'm just hungry, honey -
- [She sits on his arms again as he reaches for the food]
- Lucy Ricardo: [Sits him back again] Sit back, dear.
- [Sits on his lap and wraps her arms around him; Ricky takes a bite of food in his hand]
- Lucy Ricardo: Ricky... darling...
- Ricky Ricardo: [Muffled full of food] What ith it, honey?
- Lucy Ricardo: Put that away.
- [Takes food out of his hand]
- Lucy Ricardo: Now, swallow that.
- [Ricky pain-stakingly does so; Lucy puts her arms around him a second time]
- Lucy Ricardo: Ricky... Ricky Darling -
- [Ricky takes food from his other hand, chews it openly and looks back at Lucy]
- Lucy Ricardo: Ricky, do you have to eat *now*?
- Ricky Ricardo: Well, honey it's lunch time. You fix me a beautiful lunch.
- Lucy Ricardo: Well, just wait a minute. Now, swallow that.
- Ricky Ricardo: [Eyes widen as he forces to swallow] My stomach is gonna think I lost my teeth.
- Lucy Ricardo: [Wraps her arms around him again] Ricky... Darling -
- [telephone rings; Lucy glares at it and holds Ricky closer while pouting slightly]
- Ricky Ricardo: Uh, honey the phone's ringin'.
- Lucy Ricardo: I know it...
- Ricky Ricardo: Well, honey, *one* of us has to get up and answer it.
- Lucy Ricardo: No.
- [Ricky motions to get up]
- Lucy Ricardo: No, let it ring.
- Ricky Ricardo: [Gently slides her off while looking intently at the phone] Oh, now, come on, honey. It might be important. Come on...
- [Lucy groans in disapointment and sits down on the couch while Ricky answers the phone]
- Ethel Mertz: [Enters happily] I saw Ricky leaving; that didn't take too long. What'd he say?
- Lucy Ricardo: [Sadly] Nothing. I haven't told him yet...
- Ethel Mertz: You *didn't*? Why not?
- Lucy Ricardo: Because I kept being interrupted by... telephones and sandwiches and...
- [Looks at Ethel]
- Lucy Ricardo: certain busy-bodies.
- Ethel Mertz: [Crosses her arms] Well, thanks...
- Lucy Ricardo: I'm sorry.
- [Looks down]
- Lucy Ricardo: I guess I didn't mean that...
- Ethel Mertz: [Smiles] Oh, that's alright. You're bound to be cranky in your condition.
- Lucy Ricardo: [Quickly looks at Ethel] I AM *NOT* CRANKY!
- Ethel Mertz: [Smiles and nods] Sure.