I Love Lucy: Season 3, Episode 21

3 - 21: Bonus Bucks

Ricky secretly hides a winning Bonus Buck worth $300 in Lucy's purse, but she gives all the money in her purse to the grocery boy! Ethel gets the winning dollar in the form of change from the grocery boy, and Lucy and Ethel fight over it, to the point of ripping it. After the Ricardos' half of the dollar gets sent to the laundromat, the gang has to rush to get it back before the 3 pm contest deadline. Lucy and Ricky end up retrieving the bill, but at a great cost- they damaged so much from rushing that the group only ends up with one dollar left! Oh, the irony!