I Love These ‘I Love Lucy’ Facts From The Classic Show!

Published on August 27, 2019 By Chloe Draws

The Mertzes Came And Went

William Fawley and Vivian Vance are considered supporting roles, even though they appeared in most of the episodes. In fact, there are only seven episodes where they never appeared – all of which were from the first season.

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It seems that they were supposed to come and go, but audiences loved them so much that they were written in as regular characters from the second season. We can’t imagine it any other way and we’re glad it worked out.