The Lucy Show: 5x12

Lucy and the Monkey

Lucy is overworked, between the work that she’s neglected and having to sell tickets for a benefit for the bank. Mary Jane warns that Lucy will have a nervous breakdown if she’s not careful, but Lucy initially blows off this comment — but she later thinks she’s been hallucinating when she enters Mr. Mooney’s office and finds a monkey, who’s part of the benefit show, sitting at Mooney’s desk. Lucy thinks she’s been seeing Mr. Mooney as a monkey, so it’s off to the psychiatrist’s office, who gives her this advice: «  »Face your fear and it will disappear. » » So on her next encounter with the simian, she treats him as if he’s Mooney… which gets confusing as Mooney and the monkey simultaneously enter and exit the room…