Like the William Holden episode, this one has many layers and phases, with each player doing his or her part superbly. Bobby the Bellboy particularly plays his part to perfect.
Then there is Ethel's bravado performance as Lucy literally hangs in the balance outside their hotel window five floors up. It was a rare moment of extreme comic intensity, well over the top while oddly seeming quite appropriate and necessary in the wild context.
This is one of my favorite episodes - the William Holden, Natalie Schaefer, Barbara Eden, wine vat, and "Lucy buys a birthday gift for Ethel (when all Ethel really wanted was a toaster)" episodes being the others.
Then there is Ethel's bravado performance as Lucy literally hangs in the balance outside their hotel window five floors up. It was a rare moment of extreme comic intensity, well over the top while oddly seeming quite appropriate and necessary in the wild context.
This is one of my favorite episodes - the William Holden, Natalie Schaefer, Barbara Eden, wine vat, and "Lucy buys a birthday gift for Ethel (when all Ethel really wanted was a toaster)" episodes being the others.