This episode marks the first time the Widow Carmichael and Theodore J. Mooney lay eyes on each other, beginning a love-hate relationship that will last for the next five seasons, and continue when the pair assume new names and identities and continue on through the first half of the Seventies (the decade -- not their chronological ages).
They have a showdown at the bank - she wants money, he won't budge. His predecessor Mr. Barnsdahl (Charles Lane had been let go from the series) has left a 27-page dossier (SINGLE-spaced!!) on Mrs. Carmichael so the jig is up and Mooney's no fool. They agree on a compromise if she will economize and trim expenses. First up is do-it-yourself-haircuts, but that ends in disaster when Mooney's son Arnold (MY THREE SONS Barry Livingston) accidentally gets a Mohawk courtesy of Lucy.
Then it's back to the bank to harass him ... I mean, apologize, which ends up with "The Scalper" and Mooney being locked overnight in the vault with nothing to do except play fake high-stakes poker with the bank's money and fight over the only edible thing they have - uncooked macaroni.
Talk about getting off on the wrong foot. This isn't a great episode but it's necessary viewing to understand their contentious relationship and why Mooney's dislike of Lucy is actually quite justified. Oh, and just when it looks like everything is back to normal ...
Tune in next week for Part II.
They have a showdown at the bank - she wants money, he won't budge. His predecessor Mr. Barnsdahl (Charles Lane had been let go from the series) has left a 27-page dossier (SINGLE-spaced!!) on Mrs. Carmichael so the jig is up and Mooney's no fool. They agree on a compromise if she will economize and trim expenses. First up is do-it-yourself-haircuts, but that ends in disaster when Mooney's son Arnold (MY THREE SONS Barry Livingston) accidentally gets a Mohawk courtesy of Lucy.
Then it's back to the bank to harass him ... I mean, apologize, which ends up with "The Scalper" and Mooney being locked overnight in the vault with nothing to do except play fake high-stakes poker with the bank's money and fight over the only edible thing they have - uncooked macaroni.
Talk about getting off on the wrong foot. This isn't a great episode but it's necessary viewing to understand their contentious relationship and why Mooney's dislike of Lucy is actually quite justified. Oh, and just when it looks like everything is back to normal ...
Tune in next week for Part II.
