The End of Desilu

The Plot Thickens

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Tv & Film, Film History

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Lucy and Desi's studio expands as they buy the RKO lot and produce new shows under the Desilu banner. The strain of running an empire takes its toll, and Desi falls further into gambling, drinking and philandering as a refuge from work. Lucy doubles down on her career, but after shooting a tearful final episode of her signature TV show, her marriage reaches its breaking point.

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0:00.0	In January 1955, the Hollywood confidential story had just hit news stands.
0:13.2	It said Desi was with sex workers.
0:17.0	It was a bombshell, the kind of public humiliation Lucy hated.
0:21.0	Well, I'm sick of tired of the whole thing.
0:24.2	It seems to me you're just sick of me.
0:26.6	You just don't like our whole marriage.
0:28.6	Well, maybe I don't.
0:30.3	What makes you think I do?
0:32.5	Only a few months later, Lucy and Desi started filming a new movie together, called Forever
0:37.2	Darling, about a couple in the throes of a marital crisis.
0:41.2	And you snore.
0:42.6	And you use suck your teeth all the time.
0:45.0	And you talk with your mouthful.
0:47.2	It was an interesting choice for two people whose own marriage had been quietly falling
0:51.4	apart for years.
0:52.4	I think I'll scream.
0:53.4	I will not.
0:55.6	While promoting the movie, Lucy and Desi put on a happy face.
0:59.6	Forever Darling is a real plug for matrimony.
1:02.7	You see, it's a story about two people that find complete happiness and understanding
1:08.2	marriage.
1:09.2	Mariah Carey.
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