Lucy blackmails her husband with a threat to portray him negatively in a "star's spouse" interview she's gotten. While Ricky gives in and assigns her a role in the show, Lucy finds out an unexpected twist — she's been cast as the bull in a toreador number. However, the irrepressible Lucy still plans a way to one-up Ricky.
This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
- Actually Pretty Funny: As irritated as Ricky becomes when Lucy refuses to follow the script, he ultimately finds the result humorous, as shown in a shot of him after the number finishes.
- Beastly Bloodsports: The number in which Lucy participates depicts a bullfight between toreador Fernando the Fearless and El Toro. The song narrates the match dramatically, but Lucy changes it to a farce.
- "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: Ricky accuses his wife of trying to blackmail him when she threatens to say nasty things about him in an interview if he doesn't let her participate in the show. Lucy fully admits that what she's doing to Ricky counts as blackmail. She'd just prefer to call it a different word.Lucy: Let's not call it that.Ricky: That's what it is!Lucy: I know, but let's not call it that.
- Exact Words: Ricky told Lucy she could have a part in the show, and he gave her one...he just never told her that she would have no lines and would spend all her time on stage covered in a bull suit.
- Unreliable Narrator: Invoked by Lucy. In the song, Fernando has the upper hand the entire time, for all El Toro's strength and fury, and in the last line he kills the bull. Lucy sends the performance Off the Rails by refusing to act as the song dictates, and in her version, El Toro ultimately defeats Fernando.
