Ep 13. Lucy and the Efficiency Expert

Lucy and the Efficiency Expert is the thirteenth episode of the first season of The Lucy Show. Lucy is under stress due to the busy office work and the mountainous paperwork. Things take an even more complicated turn when Mr. Barnsdahl, an efficiency expert, is hired to reorganize and streamline the company. Lucy immediately dislikes Mr. Barnsdahl and is convinced that he is a tyrant. Mr. Barnsdahl, on the other hand, is an emotionless, by-the-book guy who has no sense of humor.

Lucy's opinion of the efficiency expert is reinforced when she finds out that her job is in the firing line due to his staffing cuts suggestion. She teams up with her friend Vivian, a part-time actress, to spy on Mr. Barnsdahl, hoping to find something incriminating on him to make him look bad. They follow him to a local diner where he has lunch with a woman named Mrs. Soames. Lucy immediately suspects the worst.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mooney is happy with the new efficient system, which is saving him a lot of money. Mr. Barnsdahl asks Lucy to train Mrs. Soames for a job in the company. Lucy agrees under the assumption that Mrs. Soames is Mr. Barnsdahl's girlfriend and that she will ruin her chances of getting the job. However, Lucy's plan backfires when Mrs. Soames turns out to be a middle-aged woman hired for a low-level job.

Lucy tries to remedy the situation by trying to get Mrs. Soames promoted to a better job, but due to her blunders, she ends up causing chaos and disrupting the entire company. In the end, everything is resolved when Lucy overhears a conversation between Mr. Barnsdahl and Mr. Mooney where they reveal that Mrs. Soames is an efficiency expert as well and that they had hired her to train Mr. Barnsdahl. She was never his girlfriend.

Lucy apologizes to Mr. Barnsdahl for her behavior, and he forgives her. It is revealed that Mrs. Soames found Lucy's antics to be amusing and had sent Mr. Barnsdahl on the wild-goose chase. In the end, Lucy expresses her appreciation for the new efficient system, and everyone is happy.

The episode beautifully showcases Lucy's dislike for authority, and it also highlights the complexity of the new efficient system. The humor is on point, and the episode is worth watching for anyone who is a fan of Lucy's antics.