Lucy Goes to the Hospital Lucy Goes to the Hospital "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is an episode of the 1950s American television show "I Love Lucy" in which the title character, Lucy Ricardo, gives birth to her son, "Little Ricky," after a "predictably chaotic" sequence of events. Twelve hours before the broadcast, the actress who played Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball, had given birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. by cesarean section. The episode had actually been filmed on November 14, 1952. The episode was the culmination of an unprecedented pairing of the fictional pregnancy of Lucy with the real-life pregnancy of Lucille Ball; "real-time pregnancy
Not All Dogs Go to Heaven Seth MacFarlane directed the recording sessions with the guest stars. "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" received a 4.8/7 Nielsen Rating. Ahsan Haque of "IGN" called the episode "surprisingly refreshing", saying the scenes with the "Star Trek" cast lived up to expectations. He also found "Meg's journey of seeking acceptance through religion" well handled. Steve Heisler of "The A.V. Club" gave the episode a C grade, criticized "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" as boring and formulaic and stated that the writers "have no idea how to best use Meg". Not All Dogs Go to Heaven "Not All Dogs Go