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Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

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Episodes

19 seasons · 591 episodes
Season 126 ep. · 1954–1955
  1. Episode 1: Inheritance

    Sep 12, 1954

    Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home.

  2. Episode 2: Arithmetic

    Sep 19, 1954

    Jeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions, so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doesn't pass his next test.

  3. Episode 3: The Colt

    Sep 26, 1954

    To make up for ignoring Jeff, Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names ""Domino."" Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in his enthusiasm over having a horse.

  4. Episode 4: The Gun

    Oct 3, 1954

    Jeff wants to learn to use his father's gun, but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm, although Gramps thinks he should learn to use it.

  5. Episode 5: Mr. Peabody

    Oct 10, 1954

    Gramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm, then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old man.

  6. Episode 6: The Convict

    Oct 17, 1954

    Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

  7. Episode 7: Feud

    Oct 24, 1954

    When Gramps quarrels with Matt Brockway after a hotly contested checker game, both men forbid their sons to play with each other. After Jeff and Porky's first attempt to fix the problem goes horribly wrong, so the boys hide in the woods in hopes that in ""saving"" them Gramps and Matt will be friends again.

  8. Episode 8: The Lion

    Oct 31, 1954

    With Gramps and Ellen away for the day, Jeff and Porky plan a lazy day--until an escaped circus lion invades the farm. Worse, no one will believe them when they call for help.

  9. Episode 9: Gramps

    Nov 7, 1954

    When Gramps has chest pains, the family tries to keep him from exerting himself.

  10. Episode 10: Lassie's Pups

    Nov 14, 1954

    Jeff thinks Lassie needs a vet when her time comes, but a storm is brewing and Gramps says dogs can cope. Dr. Wilson: Frank Ferguson. Mrs. Wilson: Frances Morris.

  11. Episode 11: The Job

    Nov 21, 1954

    A radio producer hears Ellen singing at church and offers her a job singing on radio--but she and Jeff must take an apartment in the city and leave Lassie with Gramps to do it.

  12. Episode 12: The Carnival

    Nov 28, 1954

    Jeff shows a dog trainer at the fair Lassie's tricks--and thinking she can be a headliner for them, the man and his partner steal her. Clay: Richard Garland.

  13. Episode 13: Sale of Lassie

    Dec 5, 1954

    Jeff overhears the wrong conversation, and, thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation, attempts to sell Lassie to raise the money.

  14. Episode 14: The Rustlers

    Dec 12, 1954

    The calf Jeff is raising for the county fair vanishes the same night Lassie comes home injured and covered with mud--then she mysteriously starts chasing Ellen's car.

  15. Episode 15: The Fighter

    Dec 19, 1954

    Jeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward.

  16. Episode 16: The Contest

    Dec 26, 1954

    While Jeff prepares for the county fair, a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie.

  17. Episode 17: Runaways

    Jan 2, 1955

    After Lassie is suspected of having rabies, she's about to be taken to the pound--but Jeff runs away with her. Clay: Richard Garland. Brockway: Paul Maxey.

  18. Episode 18: The Brat

    Jan 9, 1955

    Ellen offers the boys a special treat if they will babysit a boy while she is called out on an errand. But the kid turns out to be more than Jeff and Porky can handle.

  19. Episode 19: Father

    Jan 16, 1955

    The church is holding a father-son event and Jeff doesn't want Gramps to fill in for his dad. Jeff is then even more embarrassed when Ellen decides to accompany him instead.

  20. Episode 20: The Fawn

    Jan 23, 1955

    Jeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn, but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm.

  21. Episode 21: Blind Soldier

    Jan 30, 1955

    The parents of a blind veteran try to buy Lassie--the young man's own collie Lassie has died and they do not want to tell him the truth, fearing he will slip into depression again.

  22. Episode 22: The Cave

    Feb 6, 1955

    Jeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate.

  23. Episode 23: The Injury

    Feb 13, 1955

    An injured man, hurt in a car accident, is brought to the farm. He mutters something about hitting a collie with his car--and Lassie is acting strangely.

  24. Episode 24: The Well

    Feb 20, 1955

    A snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well.

  25. Episode 25: The Snake

    Feb 27, 1955

    Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor.

  26. Episode 26: The Bear

    Mar 6, 1955

    Jeff and Porky's campout is ruined by a persistent bear.

Season 239 ep. · 1955–1956
  1. Episode 1: The Runt

    Sep 11, 1955

    All of Lassie's pups have been given away except for Laddie, the runt, and she hides him in an abandoned mineshaft to keep him with her.

  2. Episode 2: The Pit

    Sep 18, 1955

    When Jeff and Porky see pit bull terriers, Gramps suspects illegal dogfights are being held in the area.

  3. Episode 3: The Kittens

    Sep 25, 1955

    Jeff and Lassie find a litter of abandoned kittens and are horrified when Gramps says to leave them alone; that they can't be saved and will probably starve.

  4. Episode 4: The Dog Show

    Oct 2, 1955

    Porky enters Lassie in the Capitol City Dog Show obedience trials without knowing what the procedure is, but Jeff finds out what's involved and trains her.

  5. Episode 5: The School

    Oct 9, 1955

    A new teacher has forbidden the children from bringing dogs into the classroom and one of Jeff's classmates is determined to do something about it.

  6. Episode 6: The Violin

    Oct 16, 1955

    Jeff teaches Lassie to howl when he plays the violin, hoping to get out of lessons, but Ellen sees through the scheme

  7. Episode 7: The Monster

    Oct 23, 1955

    There is a weird ""monster"" in the lake making unearthly noises--but it turns out to be a displaced seal, which Jeff promptly tries to adopt.

  8. Episode 8: The Witch

    Oct 30, 1955

    Lassie comes down with an odd ailment. The kids are convinced that a creepy old lady they call the "witch woman" has cast a spell on the dog.

  9. Episode 9: The Wild Duck

    Nov 6, 1955

    Jeff nurses a wild duck back to health but when he releases it back to the wild, he fears the duck may be the victim of poachers in the area.

  10. Episode 10: The Rival

    Nov 13, 1955

    Jeff and Gramps are jealous when Clay Horton takes Ellen out on a date.

  11. Episode 11: The Newspaper

    Nov 20, 1955

    The boys start printing a newspaper to make themselves some pocket money--but the material they print gets them into hot water instead.

  12. Episode 12: The Clown

    Nov 27, 1955

    After an itinerant clown and his dog entertain at a church carnival, the man is accused of robbing a neighbor.

  13. Episode 13: The Twister

    Dec 4, 1955

    The Millers batten down the hatches as a severe storm approaches.

  14. Episode 14: Gramps' Birthday

    Dec 11, 1955

    Jeff and Ellen plan a surprise party for Gramps so well that Gramps feels neglected on his birthday and ""runs away.""

  15. Episode 15: The Gypsies

    Dec 18, 1955

    A gypsy girl and her family camp on the Miller farm, despite neighbors' reports of thievery.

  16. Episode 16: The Gift

    Dec 25, 1955

    A television set meant for the Brockways is delivered to the Millers.

  17. Episode 17: The Stamp Album

    Jan 1, 1956

    In a quest for a valuable stamp, the boys begin quarreling with each other.

  18. Episode 18: The Dog Catcher

    Jan 8, 1956

    When Lassie is impounded in Capitol City for lack of tag and leash, Jeff learns that most of the dogs in the pound are to be killed so he brings, much to the consternation of Ellen, the dogs to the farm so he can find them homes.

  19. Episode 19: Pokey

    Jan 15, 1956

    Matt Brockway says Pokey is useless and tells Porky he is going to give the dog away.

  20. Episode 20: The Trial

    Jan 22, 1956

    When Gramps refuses to sell the farm to nasty Emmet Carey, Edgar Carey pretends that a barbed wire scratch he got in the barn is Lassie's bite, figuring the Millers will give up the farm before giving up Lassie

  21. Episode 21: The Hawk

    Jan 29, 1956

    Jeff and Porky horrify Gramps by trying to tame a red-tailed hawk as a hunting falcon.

  22. Episode 22: The Tree House

    Feb 5, 1956

    The boys quarrel over Pokey being able to sleep in their new tree house.

  23. Episode 23: The Visitor

    Feb 12, 1956

    The Millers welcome a Japanese exchange student--and run into bigotry from a neighbor who has never gotten over World War II.

  24. Episode 24: The Raft

    Feb 19, 1956

    The boys' journey on their new raft is hampered by the fact that Porky can't swim.

  25. Episode 25: The Journey

    Feb 26, 1956

    When Gramps and Ellen tell him that Lassie is going blind, Jeff takes the dog on a long journey to find the doctor that can restore her sight.

  26. Episode 26: The Vet

    Mar 4, 1956

    Jeff decides he wants to be a veterinarian, and his first patient is the Miller cow.

  27. Episode 27: Lassie's Double

    Mar 11, 1956

    Ellen accidentally brings home a valuable champion collie from a dog show rather than Lassie--and is accused of theft!

  28. Episode 28: The Child

    Mar 18, 1956

    Jeff and Porky, told to babysit little Janie, leave the child with Lassie while they run to see construction equipment at work, not knowing Janie is following them.

  29. Episode 29: The Leash

    Mar 25, 1956

    After a friend's mother is involved in a serious car accident, Jeff becomes over protective of Lassie.

  30. Episode 30: Sunday School

    Apr 1, 1956

    Jeff, in charge of collecting money for Sunday School, loses the contributions and has no way of replacing them.

  31. Episode 31: The Deer Hunter

    Apr 8, 1956

    Jeff discovers that a new classmate's father is jacklighting deer.

  32. Episode 32: Domino

    Apr 15, 1956

    A disreputable horse dealer schemes to buy Jeff's colt cheaply by proving to Gramps that the horse is vicious.

  33. Episode 33: The Marauder

    Apr 22, 1956

    One of Lassie's puppies, Comet, mistreated by its owner, has turned wild.

  34. Episode 34: The Calf

    Apr 29, 1956

    Jeff and Porky enter the world of business when they take a 4-H calf home from the county's fair, intent on raising it to sell for the price of an outboard motor. In their care, the calf grows into a prize-winning heifer.

  35. Episode 35: The Crop Duster

    May 6, 1956

    Gramps' blames Lassie's son Laddie's illness on the spray used by a local crop duster.

  36. Episode 36: War Dog

    May 13, 1956

    Jeff persuades a neighbor to buy a rehabilitated war dog, only to have the dog exhibit aggressive behavior. Joe Brown: James Griffith.

  37. Episode 37: The Haircut

    May 20, 1956

    Ellen battles with Jeff to go get a haircut--until the unexpected happens.

  38. Episode 38: Diane

    May 27, 1956

    Jeff and Porky quarrel over a new girl in town, who is happily playing one boy off another!

  39. Episode 39: The Frog

    Jun 3, 1956

    When Jeff and Porky discover their competition jumping frog is female and about to lay eggs, they drive Gramps and Ellen to exhaustion in their quest to see the eggs are fertilized and produce offspring.

Season 338 ep. · 1956–1957
  1. Episode 1: Bee Hive

    Sep 9, 1956

    Jeff and Porky try to raise bees for an upcoming 4H show but a wild raccoon threatens to ruin their work.

  2. Episode 2: Friendship

    Sep 16, 1956

    Cranky old Daniel Mueller fences in a pasture that's a shortcut the kids use going and coming to school and the boys want revenge, but Lassie is privy to his gentle side. Then one night the collie discovers Mueller seriously ill.

  3. Episode 3: Quarantine

    Sep 23, 1956

    Pokey is temporarily quarantined at the Miller farm due to a disease threat. However, when the dog runs away, one of the Miller's neighbors threatens to shoot Pokey on sight to protect his livestock.

  4. Episode 4: Bone

    Sep 30, 1956

    Lassie uncovers a bone that is of interest to a local archaeologist but Pokey takes it away when she tries to bury it.

  5. Episode 5: The Watch

    Oct 7, 1956

    Ellen tries to teach Jeff a lesson about being on time but Jeff takes the idea a little too far.

  6. Episode 6: Hoax

    Oct 14, 1956

    Jeff and Porky send Lassie on a fake call for help but when Jeff is injured and does need help, people are skeptical that the need is genuine.

  7. Episode 7: The Fish Story

    Oct 21, 1956

    Jeff and Porky enter a fishing contest to win a new pole, but it's Lassie that catches the fish!

  8. Episode 8: Transfusion

    Oct 28, 1956

    Pokey needs a blood transfusion to save her life and only Lassie has the blood needed for the transfusion.

  9. Episode 9: Local Elections

    Nov 4, 1956

    Gramps is going fishing on the day of local elections and Ellen is worried that his absence from voting could mean a man who dislikes all dogs is elected as animal catcher for the area.

  10. Episode 10: Gossip

    Nov 11, 1956

    Jeff misunderstands a man who gives him a ride--and the newcomer is branded as an ex-convict.

  11. Episode 11: Fish Conservation

    Nov 18, 1956

    With a drought affecting availability of fish in the area, two restaurant owners look to take advantage of the Miller's generosity by taking free fish from the Miller's lake.

  12. Episode 12: Challenge

    Nov 25, 1956

    Ellen makes Jeff promise to stop taking on dares from other people. However, his promise is tested when a mischievous boy takes his report card and leaves it atop a phone pole.

  13. Episode 13: Tractor

    Dec 2, 1956

    Gramps wins a tractor in a contest but refuses to learn how to use it even after his first attempts go poorly.

  14. Episode 14: Goats

    Dec 9, 1956

    To earn money for a motor for his bike, Jeff agrees to take care of Jim Teal's goats while he's fencing in their new pasture. But the rambunctious animals run Jeff-- and Lassie, Porky, and the family--ragged

  15. Episode 15: A Place For Everything

    Dec 16, 1956

    Ellen enlists Lassie's help to teach Jeff to pick up after himself but things don't turn out as planned.

  16. Episode 16: Party Line

    Dec 23, 1956

    Jeff discovers that the reason for Jenny's grumpiness is that no one remembered her birthday.

  17. Episode 17: Superstition

    Dec 30, 1956

    Porky is upset when a black cat crosses Lassie's path and then she walks under a ladder, but Jeff and Ellen tell him superstitions are silly--but Jeff may be converted when unfortunate things keep happening.

  18. Episode 18: Goodbye Forever

    Jan 6, 1957

    After being punished for something he didn't do, Porky tells Jeff that he's running away. Jeff asks Porky to stick around in the hope that he can convince him not to leave.

  19. Episode 19: Lassie's Vanity

    Jan 13, 1957

    Lassie is praised for her looks after a visit to a pet salon and she takes the compliments a little too much to heart.

  20. Episode 20: Champion

    Jan 20, 1957

    Jeff persuades Gramps to enter a turkey shoot, even though Gramps doesn't think his eyesight is good enough.

  21. Episode 21: Vigil

    Jan 27, 1957

    A little dog left in Jeff's care pines for his missing master.

  22. Episode 22: Chimp

    Feb 3, 1957

    Porky and Jeff receive a chimpanzee by mail instead of the hamsters ordered. When they try and hide the chimp from everyone, they discover that the task is far more difficult than they imagined.

  23. Episode 23: Lassie's Day

    Feb 10, 1957

    With the Millers and Brockways attending a wedding, Lassie and Pokey set out on a series of adventures.

  24. Episode 24: The Rock

    Feb 17, 1957

    A baseball that gets misplaced during rock collecting for a school exhibit causes a rift between Jeff and Porky.

  25. Episode 25: The Artist

    Feb 24, 1957

    Jeff tries his hand in matchmaking by matching Gramps up with an artist that is staying at a nearby cottage.

  26. Episode 26: Survival

    Mar 3, 1957

    Porky and Jeff spend a night roughing it in the woods but their tranquility is threatened by a nearby camper's carless fire tending.

  27. Episode 27: Bird Watchers

    Mar 10, 1957

    While Porky and Jeff go off to identify birds for a school project, Lassie tends bird eggs whose mother was killed by a ferret.

  28. Episode 28: The Dog House

    Mar 17, 1957

    Lassie feels she is being punished when she is made to sleep outside in a dog house built by Gramps.

  29. Episode 29: The Search

    Mar 24, 1957

    Gramps heads out on a secret fishing trip just as a bad storm approaches the area.

  30. Episode 30: Boy's Day

    Mar 31, 1957

    Jeff and Porky are sheriffs on the town's annual boy's day, so Gramps cooks up a fake robbery to give them a little excitement.

  31. Episode 31: The Snob

    Apr 7, 1957

    After visiting to Timothy Powell's summer home, Jeff is envious of the wonderful things he saw at the wealthy Powells and turns up his nose at the farm and Porky. So when the Powells go away for the weekend, Ellen has Timmy stay with the Millers.When Timothy falls seriously ill, however, it is Ellen's unwavering care that brings about his recovery, and Jeff realizes that money isn't everything and Jeff finds out the boy thinks he's the lucky one.

  32. Episode 32: Haunted House

    Apr 14, 1957

    On a dare, Porky and Jeff venture into a supposed haunted house and are surprised to see what appears to be a real ghost.

  33. Episode 33: The Nest

    Apr 21, 1957

    Gramps is determined to use the mower before the onset of bad weather but Jeff and Porky are just as set to protect a nest atop the machine that belongs to a rare bird.

  34. Episode 34: Father Ellen

    Apr 28, 1957

    To cheer Jeff up, Ellen tries to join him for several outdoor activities but he thinks she is doing it as she needs to be cheered up.

  35. Episode 35: Poverty

    May 5, 1957

    Under the mistaken belief that the farm is about to foreclosed on, Jeff adopts a frugal outlook on his daily life.

  36. Episode 36: The Apple Tree

    May 12, 1957

    With the apple orchard partly ruined by rabbits, Gramps contemplates selling the farm.

  37. Episode 37: The Harvesters

    May 19, 1957

    Nearby squatters have Jud Perkins determined to try and be rid of them but Jeff wants to help them.

  38. Episode 38: Jeff's Moustache

    May 26, 1957

    Jeff talks about growing a moustache but when he starts acting older than he actually is, Gramps decides to teach him a lesson.

Season 440 ep. · 1957–1958
  1. Episode 1: The Runaway

    Sep 8, 1957

    Lassie discovers a small, waiflike boy hiding in the barn, but the child won't talk. The Millers soon find out he's Timmy, an orphan living in Olive Branch with his elderly relatives, Uncle Jed and Aunt Abby Clausen. (Some type of accident killed Timmy's parents.)

  2. Episode 2: The Suit

    Sep 15, 1957

    Timmy is so excited about his new suit that Ellen allows him to wear it until Jeff gets home, but when he tears it, afraid they will send him back to his aunt and uncle, Timmy lies and lays the blame on Lassie. To make him confess, Ellen makes him decide Lassie's punishment.

  3. Episode 3: Graduation

    Sep 22, 1957

    Jeff is thrilled to accept a summer job at Doc Weaver's office, but when he neglects his duty for a few minutes, a potentially rabid dog is let loose

  4. Episode 4: The Burro

    Sep 29, 1957

    When Timmy and Lassie find a sick burro, abandoned by neglectful but well-meaning owners, everyone thinks Timmy's exaggerating until Ellen finds the creature. Timmy's faith and the family's nursing save the burro, but then her owners come return.

  5. Episode 5: The Berry Pickers

    Oct 6, 1957

    With Jeff at the dentist, Timmy and Gramps go out to pick huckleberries for pies for the church supper. Timmy thinks Gramps is ill when he naps after berrying, but it's Timmy who must be rescued after eating nightshade berries.

  6. Episode 6: The Raccoon

    Oct 13, 1957

    Timmy and Jeff nurse an injured raccoon against protests from Gramps--and ""Sam"" repays them by wreaking havoc in kitchen, barn, and chicken coop. Released to the wild, he returns to begin stealing things from the house.

  7. Episode 7: The Ballerina

    Oct 20, 1957

    Jeff tries every way he can to avoid meeting Debbie, the daughter of Ellen's visiting college roommate Lucy Hopkins--until he sees her dance and is smitten. But when Porky lampoons her dancing, Debbie tells both boys off.

  8. Episode 8: The Elephant

    Oct 27, 1957

    Jeff and Timmy saw a huge elephant. Ellen & Gramps doesn't want it as an 2nd Pet for Lassie. They decided to keep it until the animal control person comes by and wanted to get rid of the elephant.

  9. Episode 9: The Spartan

    Nov 3, 1957

  10. Episode 10: Happy

    Nov 10, 1957

  11. Episode 11: The Wolf

    Nov 17, 1957

  12. Episode 12: The Tooth

    Nov 24, 1957

  13. Episode 13: Transition

    Dec 1, 1957

  14. Episode 14: Timmy's Family

    Dec 8, 1957

    Timmy believes he and Lassie are unloved and unwanted by the Martins, and sends Lassie to the Millers in Capitol City. Ellen Miller, knowing that Timmy is mistaken, returns to the farm to reunite Timmy with his loving adoptive parents.

  15. Episode 15: The Bike

    Dec 15, 1957

    Timmy borrows a bike to learn to ride, but when the bike is stolen, he must replace the stolen one with his new bicycle. The situation is resolved when Lassie plays detective to hunt down the bike thief.

  16. Episode 16: The Goose

    Dec 22, 1957

  17. Episode 17: The Baby-Sitter

    Dec 29, 1957

  18. Episode 18: The Crisis

    Jan 5, 1958

    Paul, Timmy, and Lassie are stranded on a deserted road when Paul realizes Timmy is becoming seriously ill. Lassie must risk her life to bring help to the sick child.

  19. Episode 19: The Business

    Jan 12, 1958

    When Timmy and Scott launch a bait-worm selling business, their only potential customer refuses to buy anything. He changes his mind, however, when Lassie saves him from drowning.

  20. Episode 20: The Ring

    Jan 19, 1958

    Timmy believes one of Uncle Petrie's tall tales and is hurt to discover he has been lied to. A gift of a friendship ring, crafted by Uncle Petrie himself, mends their relationship.

  21. Episode 21: The Greyhound

    Jan 26, 1958

  22. Episode 22: Inoculation

    Feb 2, 1958

  23. Episode 23: The Pony

    Feb 9, 1958

    Timmy comes running home with a story about a rabbit-sized pony--but no one believes him.

  24. Episode 24: Sinbad

    Feb 16, 1958

    To replace Uncle Petrie broken guitar Timmy enters a borrowed parrot in a contest to win the prize of a new guitar.

  25. Episode 25: The Square Dance

    Feb 23, 1958

    Timmy refuses to attend the Grange Square Dance out of fear that he will have to dance with a girl. After Uncle Petrie reassures him this will not happen, he relents. To everyone's surprise, a fire disrupts the children's dance and Lassie must save the day.

  26. Episode 26: The Garden

    Mar 3, 1958

    A drought is hitting the area pretty hard, and Timmy desperately attempts to keep his own small garden from perishing.

  27. Episode 27: Concussion

    Mar 9, 1958

    When Timmy insists on going to a blasting site despite Lassie's protests, she is struck on the head by a dynamite-propelled rock and appears to not know who she is. Then she wanders away from the farm.

  28. Episode 28: The Hungry Deer

    Mar 16, 1958

    Members of the community band together to hunt down deer driven to eat their crops, but Timmy and Scott fight to do something that doesn't involve killing them.

  29. Episode 29: The Hospital

    Mar 23, 1958

    Timmy is stricken with severe stomach cramps and keeps calling out for Lassie.

  30. Episode 30: The Penguin

    Mar 30, 1958

    A crate holding a penguin enroute to the Capitol City zoo falls off its truck, and Timmy and Scott adopt the creature

  31. Episode 31: The Bird House

    Apr 6, 1958

    Timmy tends an injured sparrow.

  32. Episode 32: Seeing Eye Dog

    Apr 13, 1958

    When Lassie finds an injured seeing-eye dog, the family searches in vain for the dog's owner. The situation appears hopeless until Lassie leads them to the dog's missing collar, and a telephone call to Capitol City Hospital reunites dog and owner.

  33. Episode 33: Junior Firemen

    Apr 20, 1958

    Timmy becomes overzealous in his efforts to spot fire hazards to win a contest.

  34. Episode 34: The Blanket

    Apr 27, 1958

    Ruth tries to replace Lassie's disreputable old blanket with a new one, but Lassie will have none of it.

  35. Episode 35: The Rabbits

    May 4, 1958

    Timmy's new rabbits take precedence over Lassie.

  36. Episode 36: The Cub Scout

    May 11, 1958

    Scott's city cousins make fun of Timmy and Scott's interest in the Cub Scouts

  37. Episode 37: The Crow

    May 18, 1958

    Timmy's ""patient,"" an injured crow he names ""Peck,"" recovers to become a farm pest.

  38. Episode 38: The Mother

    May 25, 1958

    On the sly, Lassie tends some orphaned puppies.

  39. Episode 39: The House Guest

    Jun 1, 1958

    Timmy becomes annoyed with a house guest of Ruth when all she can talk about is all the finer things Ruth is missing by living on a farm.

  40. Episode 40: The Sermon

    Jun 8, 1958

    Inspired by Uncle Petrie's tale of a boy who talks to the animals, Timmy sets out to befriend animals himself. But he helps some people along the way and it is their friendship and kindness that save Lassie from a precarious situation.

Season 539 ep. · 1958–1959
  1. Episode 1: The Storm

    Sep 7, 1958

    Timmy and Boomer try to teach Boomer's new dog Mike, a distant little terrier, farm ways, but he seems unable to learn.

  2. Episode 2: Wishing

    Sep 14, 1958

    Uncle Petrie allows Timmy to ride a pony at a pony-ride concession, and Timmy falls in love with the animal--so Lassie sneaks out in the night and brings ""Star"" home.

  3. Episode 3: The Teacher

    Sep 21, 1958

    Timmy and his classmates adore their teacher Miss Hazlit, and when they find out she may have to leave because of budget constraints, they try to earn the money to keep her on. But the money is lost on their way to speak to the school board.

  4. Episode 4: The Owl

    Sep 28, 1958

    Timmy and Boomer are so desperate to be useful that Ruth entrusts a fresh egg delivery to the boys, but they're sidetracked by an aggressive barn ow1 after they try to replace two broken eggs.

  5. Episode 5: The Crash

    Oct 5, 1958

    Timmy and Boomer run to see a plane crash and don't know what to do when they find the injured pilot in the wreckage.

  6. Episode 6: The Rocking Chair

    Oct 12, 1958

    Lassie falls in love with a rocking chair destined for donation to a benefit sale, and when it's sold, she determines to do something to get it back.

  7. Episode 7: Fish Out of Water

    Oct 19, 1958

    Timmy brings home a rainbow trout with plans to keep it as a pet, but the idea engenders all sorts of obstacles.

  8. Episode 8: Trapped

    Oct 26, 1958

    When Timmy and Boomer discover there will be girls at the Halloween party they are looking forward to, they go out hunting for foxfire to smear on their faces so girls won't kiss them and are trapped in an abandoned house.

  9. Episode 9: Our Gal

    Nov 2, 1958

    Paul's expensive new sow ""Our Gal"" turns out to have an unfortunate predeliction zfor running away, even through reinforced fencing, and after she has a litter of piglets.

  10. Episode 10: Lassie's Decision

    Nov 9, 1958

    Timmy's plan to help his new friend Henry, who is afraid of dogs, backfires when Henry mistakes Lassie's extra attention as love for him and believes she wants to stay with him.

  11. Episode 11: The Egret

    Nov 16, 1958

    On a bird-watching expedition for school, Timmy sees a rare snowy egret, but no one will believe him. Finally a professor is dispatched to see if his report is true.

  12. Episode 12: The Archers

    Nov 23, 1958

    After bow hunters shoot a bear cub, then leave it in the forest to die, the Martins try to save the animal.

  13. Episode 13: The Bundle from Britain

    Nov 30, 1958

    Boomer is jealous when Timmy seems to prefer the company of his English visitor, Robin, and his little Cairn terrier Basil, so he and a classmate make fun of Robin's short pants and school tie

  14. Episode 14: The Black Woods

    Dec 7, 1958

    Having seen sugar maples while taking Timmy on a nature hike, Uncle Petrie returns to the woods to investigate--and runs into two men holding bank president Robert Hanson hostage. Remembering that he taught Timmy smoke signals on their hike, he makes a desperate gamble while helping one of the criminals make a fire.

  15. Episode 15: The Raffle

    Dec 14, 1958

    Tongues wag in the neighborhood after Lassie picks Ruth's ticket as a winner in a raffle for a piano--but the real loser is Timmy, who's forced to take lessons

  16. Episode 16: The Christmas Story

    Dec 21, 1958

    Several days before Christmas, Lassie is struck by a truck while saving a three-year-old girl and so seriously injured she needs a special veterinarian to operate on her

  17. Episode 17: The Lady Bugs

    Dec 28, 1958

    Timmy and Boomer want to be partners in a business, and, learning Paul is planning to spend $10 on ladybugs to help fight aphids in his apple orchard, are determined to find a cache of them Lassie discovered earlier. But the collie wants nothing to do with the itchy pests

  18. Episode 18: Junior GI's

    Jan 4, 1959

    The Army is conducting war games near the farm, and excited Timmy, Boomer, and their friends plan their own maneuvers. But it's no game when scout Timmy and his ""war dog"" Lassie wander into a live mine field!

  19. Episode 19: The Big Cat

    Jan 11, 1959

    Ruth, taking a woods shortcut on her way to a Grange supper and having to replace a flat tire, is caught in a trap set by a state hunter to catch a marauding cougar.

  20. Episode 20: The Tree

    Jan 18, 1959

    For a club project, Timmy and Boomer adopt a tree that was supposedly planted by Johnny Appleseed, then discover it is sleighted to be cut down to make way for a highway, so Timmy writes a letter to the President of the United States.

  21. Episode 21: Timmy,The Oil Millionaire

    Jan 25, 1959

    When Lassie keeps coming home with greasy muck on her legs, Timmy and Boomer investigate, and discover a pool of oil on their property. But Uncle Petrie's investigation of the pool proves to be his undoing.

  22. Episode 22: Beholden

    Feb 1, 1959

    Asa Winkler, a conniving handyman, claims Lassie bit him and tore his pants to obtain odd jobs at the Martins--and arranges other ""accidents"" to stay on.

  23. Episode 23: Tartan Queen

    Feb 8, 1959

    A breeder says Lassie may be descended from a famous show dog and urges Timmy not to let her run wild, so she must sit on the sidelines while Boomer's terrier Mike has all the fun.

  24. Episode 24: The Horse Show

    Feb 15, 1959

    Timmy, disappointed that there are no contests in the county fair a small boy can participate in, enters his burro Lucky in a farm horse event.

  25. Episode 25: The Cat That Came to Dinner

    Feb 22, 1959

    The Martins adopt a cat they find half-drowned outside the house, but the conniving cat, dubbed ""Marmalade"" by Timmy because of his color, immediately starts getting Lassie into trouble.

  26. Episode 26: The Bonnet

    Mar 1, 1959

    Knowing Ruth hasn't had a new hat in four years, Paul buys her a lovely spring hat he discovers she was longing for, but Timmy and Lassie inadvertently ruin it while playing.

  27. Episode 27: The Puppy Story

    Mar 8, 1959

    Timmy and Boomer are heartbroken when they find out Lassie's puppies are to be sold, so Lassie hides them in an old pen in the woods. But the mischevious babies get free.

  28. Episode 28: The Young Flyers

    Mar 15, 1959

    The entire family pitches in to help Timmy win in his Cub Scout troop's kite-flying contest, especially after the original kite is lost.

  29. Episode 29: The Watch Dog

    Mar 22, 1959

    Lassie, staying at a neighbor's house while the family as at the county fair, is blamed for the damage done by Chipper, a chimpanzee being nursed by Mrs. Collins.

  30. Episode 30: The Puppet

    Mar 29, 1959

    Lassie falls in love with Suzy, a canine hand puppet manipulated by a down-on-his-luck ventriloquist.

  31. Episode 31: Rock Hound

    Apr 5, 1959

    Timmy and Boomer are convinced that their new neighbor is a bank robber.

  32. Episode 32: The Charm

    Apr 12, 1959

  33. Episode 33: Teamwork

    Apr 19, 1959

    Timmy and Boomer heartily disagree over the methods and tasks involved in the construction of a lean to but learn to work together when the boys and Lassie must rescue Boomer's visiting cousin Millicent from a cave ledge.

  34. Episode 34: Stable Mates

    Apr 26, 1959

    Lassie befriends a stray dog and finds a rambunctious runaway show horse which, after Lassie trains the stray dog to be a stable mate, becomes more calm.

  35. Episode 35: The Camera

    May 3, 1959

    While helping Timmy get pictures for a photo contest Paul and Uncle Petrie comes across a uncooperative man hunting pheasants on the Martin property.

  36. Episode 36: Peace Patrol

    May 10, 1959

    Timmy wants his school to participate in The Lone Ranger Peace Patrol program encouraging children to save their money to buy saving bonds to support the United States.

  37. Episode 37: Swami

    May 17, 1959

    At the church carnival Timmy and Boomer dresses Lassie as a fortune teller but it does not goes as they planned.

  38. Episode 38: Campout

    May 24, 1959

    An unprepared city boy who has after a quarrel run away from his uncle with whom he is visiting leads Timmy and Boomer who are camping out in the Martin barn into danger in the woods.

  39. Episode 39: Lassie's Guest

    May 31, 1959

    When Boomer goes on an overnight visit, Mike who has been left in Timmy's care becomes shut in the trunk of the Martin's car while chasing his ball and taken to a garage where a fire starts.

Season 637 ep. · 1959–1960
  1. Episode 1: The New Refrigerator

    Sep 6, 1959

    Ruth loves her new refrigerator, but Lassie prefers meals from the old icebox instead--precipitating a battle of wills.

  2. Episode 2: Old Henry

    Sep 13, 1959

    Timmy buys an old plowhorse for a dollar, but Paul says they cannot keep the animal since he can't do any work. In trying earn money to keep the horse, Timmy becomes trapped in a mine.

  3. Episode 3: The Contest

    Sep 20, 1959

    Timmy enters a ""why I love my pet"" contest and entrusts Lassie to get the entry to the mailman on time, but she spends so much time aiding neighbors in trouble that the letter is not delivered.

  4. Episode 4: The Mascot

    Sep 27, 1959

    Baseball great Roy Campanella comes to coach the Calverton Boys' League just as Timmy puts in a bid for Lassie to become the team's mascot. But when Timmy overhears two boys bargaining over who will pitch the first game and is threatened that Lassie will not get the mascot position if he tells, he's thrown in a quandary.

  5. Episode 5: The Sulky Race

    Oct 4, 1959

    A down-on-his-luck horse racer who needs to win just one more race to start his own farm boards his two harness horses, Big Boy, his future stud horse, and Lazy Joe, Big Boy's stablemate, at the Martin farm. But at an early time-trial, Big Boy turns up lame.

  6. Episode 6: Growing Pains

    Oct 11, 1959

    After Timmy gets a ""real shiner"" in a fight, Ruth can't understand the self-respect he's gained with his larger classmates and forbids him to play football with them.

  7. Episode 7: The Flying Machine

    Oct 18, 1959

    As the smallest in the group, Timmy chosen to be test pilot for the gang's homemade glider. But the test flight will be held over a cliff.

  8. Episode 8: The UNICEF Story

    Oct 24, 1959

    On a windy night, Lassie hears screaming coming from the woods, and upon investigating, finds a foreign girl named Anna wandering about lost. Befriending the girl, Lassie brings her home to the Martins. They discover she is a European girl that the Wilkins family has taken in temporarily. She is enrolled in the Calverton school and Timmy begins acclimating her to the area by taking her on a picnic. He notices she always eats as if she is starving; at first he does not notice that she is also hoarding food. Anna is continually coming in late, and then Miss Hazlit begins having complaints from Rudy that things are disappearing from the childrens' lunch boxes. When Rudy accuses Anna in front of the other kids, Timmy fights with him until Miss Hazlit breaks it up and makes Rudy apologize. Timmy comes home, however, and overhears Miss Hazlit telling Ruth that she also suspects that Anna is the thief. Timmy is disturbed, but agrees to let Miss Hazlit take care of the matter. In the meantime,

  9. Episode 9: Water Boy

    Nov 1, 1959

    Paul needs a new well, and Cully Wilson swears he can find water with a divining rod rather than Paul hiring an expensive geologist.

  10. Episode 10: The Whopper

    Nov 8, 1959

    Ruth is disturbed by the tall tales Timmy is telling to impress Willy Brewster--a problem compounded when he tells Willy and Flip that Mrs. Larson, a new neighbor living in a run-down house, is a witch.

  11. Episode 11: The Bounty Hunter

    Nov 15, 1959

    Due to stock killings by a puma nicknamed ""Satan,"" the local farmers hire a bounty hunter, a curt, unlikable man whose tracking dog King and Lassie immediately strike sparks off one another.

  12. Episode 12: The Land Grabber

    Nov 22, 1959

    After Paul refuses to consider selling his land to a real estate broker, someone ruins his tomato crop and sets fire to his hay.

  13. Episode 13: The Man from Mars

    Nov 29, 1959

    When Timmy sees a meteorite come down, he's sure it was really a spaceship from another planet--and that a man from Mars is wandering around the farm. Funny thing is: food keeps disappearing from the Martin house!

  14. Episode 14: In Case of Emergency

    Dec 6, 1959

    After a local farmer dies on the way to the Capitol City hospital, fifty miles away, the Martins spearhead a plan to start a community hospital, but a prominent farmer known as a skinflint refuses his approval.

  15. Episode 15: Star Reporter

    Dec 20, 1959

    Timmy persuades editor Ira Caldwell to let him try and earn money by selling newspaper subscriptions to the Calverton Sentinel,and then accidently overhears a plan to rob the local dairy's co-op while at the Vance farm.

  16. Episode 16: Alias Jack and Joe

    Dec 27, 1959

    During a game, the boys begin fighting and Flip is knocked out by a rock thrown by Rudy, who makes Timmy and Sam believe Flip is dead and it's their fault, so the two boys and Lassie run away to avoid disgracing their families.

  17. Episode 17: Judas Goat

    Jan 3, 1960

    Phil Houston's stockyards suddenly gets a new source of lambs for market thanks to his assistant Joe Morton and Lassie seems to be reacting to strange noises not coming from the new silent dog whistle Timmy recently purchased.

  18. Episode 18: The Space Traveler

    Jan 10, 1960

    When Timmy and Don accidentally release the guinea pig from an experimental rocket, they replace it with Timmy's guinea pig Alexander the Great. But authorities suspect the guinea pig on the rocket was exposed to deadly radiation.

  19. Episode 19: The Maverick

    Jan 17, 1960

    large mongrel dog who's been a nuisance on neighbors' farms is trapped in a gorge, and although most of the farmers want the stray dead, the Calverton dog pound representative wants to save him.

  20. Episode 20: The Grasshopper and the Ant

    Jan 24, 1960

    Timmy, studying grasshoppers for a school project, becomes so worried about a possible plague when he sees a big nest of the insects that he speaks up at the Grange meeting and tries to buy insecticide with his own money. It's only then that even Paul takes him seriously--and is glad he did.

  21. Episode 21: Homing Pigeon

    Jan 31, 1960

    After he trades some old sports equipment for a homing pigeon, Timmy's next task is to train her. But only Lassie--and a male pigeon attracted to the new homer--knows ""Bright Eyes"" is endangered by a hawk on her first long-distance flight.

  22. Episode 22: The Explorers

    Feb 7, 1960

    After an Explorer lectures Timmy's Cub Scout den, the inspired den goes on a hike and wonder into the Badlands where they become stranded on a rock ledge.

  23. Episode 23: The Epidemic

    Feb 14, 1960

    When Paul tends a neighbor's herd, he discovers they have hoof-and-mouth disease--and now Princess, the new purebred cow he invested $1000 in, and the Martin's old cow Bessie are threatened with slaughter.

  24. Episode 24: Fur-Coated Killer

    Feb 21, 1960

    A neighbor may lose his new means of moneymaking when minks from his mink farm are blamed for slaughtering chickens. But the killer turns out to be something more dangerous: a wolverine.

  25. Episode 25: Judgment Seat

    Feb 28, 1960

    The father of a new girl Timmy befriends owns the land Paul is renting for his alfalfa crop--and plans to flood the field before Paul can harvest it.

  26. Episode 26: The Elephant

    Mar 6, 1960

    After Timmy and other schoolchildren saved up enough money to purchase an baby elephant for the Capitol City Zoo, the city authorities find there is no place to house it, so, newly named ""Peanuts"" by Timmy, it ends up boarding at the Martin farm.

  27. Episode 27: Clementine

    Mar 13, 1960

    Timmy saves the life of a rooster that Paul only suspects was involved in cockfighting, but a neighbor's hired hand recognizes ""Clementine"" as a champion fighter named Dynamite who was left for dead.

  28. Episode 28: The Puppy Sitter

    Mar 20, 1960

    Lassie, who turns out not to be expecting puppies, refuses to have anything to do with Henry Enders' setter puppies that Timmy is taking care of.

  29. Episode 29: The Champ

    Mar 27, 1960

    Everyone makes fun of Timmy's runt piglet, Champ.

  30. Episode 30: The Phone Hog

    Apr 3, 1960

    Paul is trapped in his truck by a downed power line during an electrical storm, but Timmy can't call for help because a garrilous woman is constantly on the telephone.

  31. Episode 31: The Chase

    Apr 10, 1960

    After watching two callous city hunters and their rented dog ruin a neighbor's fence, Timmy and Cully Wilson lead the men on a chase through the forest using a young raccoon's scent as bait. It's a grand practical joke--until one of the unexperienced men accidentally shoots the other.

  32. Episode 32: The Killer

    Apr 17, 1960

    Sam Burke buys a savage German Shepherd named Bismarck after a bobcat depredates his flock of sheep and attacks the Martin stock as well, leaving a lamb orphaned--but Lassie knows that something else was responsible for the killings.

  33. Episode 33: The Moved Monument

    Apr 24, 1960

    Paul, Henry Enders, and some other farmers may lose some valuable farmland--and Paul an expensive fence--due to a road building project. Henry Enders tells the Martins he understands some of the original survey markers were once moved, so the two men try to find any that were not replaced.

  34. Episode 34: The Alligator

    May 1, 1960

    Flip will get Timmy's turtle Myrtle if Lassie behaves like the greedy dog in Aesop's Fables, and indeed she does drop her bone--because she saw the escaped alligator that's taken up residence in the lake.

  35. Episode 35: The Wrong Gift

    May 8, 1960

    When Willy's expensive Mother's Day gift and Timmy's more frugal choice are mixed up, Timmy can't bear to tell his mother after seeing her pleased reaction--so he takes steps to earn the additional money Willy's gift cost.

  36. Episode 36: The Fog

    May 15, 1960

    The Martins' weekend camping trip turns dangerous when a treacherous fog envelops their camping area--and Timmy, stuck in a sinkhole in the swamp while searching for Lassie, is threatened by a maurauding wolf.

  37. Episode 37: The Hermit

    May 22, 1960

    Timmy befriends the hermit who recently moved into the area, a man a visiting construction worker and his son scorn.

Season 736 ep. · 1960–1961
  1. Episode 1: Blacktail

    Sep 11, 1960

    Jerry, the lame boy who adopted Lassie's son Blacktail, and his dog visit the farm, when the Martins find out Jerry can walk without his brace, but is afraid to try.

  2. Episode 2: The Wallaby

    Sep 18, 1960

    Something's raided the family strawberry patch, but the large mysterious tracks puzzle everyone until Timmy catches a glimpse of the animal, describing it as a ""giant rabbit."" In reality it's a wallaby named Pancho--who poses a danger to Lassie!

  3. Episode 3: Cully's New Pet

    Sep 25, 1960

    Cully tells Timmy no animal is all bad, so Timmy befriends a skunk, but no one, not even Lassie, will come near his new friend.

  4. Episode 4: The Rescue

    Oct 2, 1960

    Timmy is trapped on a ledge while chasing a strayed ewe that has just given birth and Ruth desperately tries to get the attention of a nearby helicopter pilot reseeding the hills.

  5. Episode 5: Feathered Menace

    Oct 9, 1960

    Ruth agrees to babysit Betty Wilder's infant twins, but the young mother arrives early and reluctantly leaves Timmy and Lassie to care for the babies until Ruth returns from an errand. Timmy thinks it will be a cinch--until a marauding hawk chases a frightened pigeon into the bedroom where the babies are sleeping.

  6. Episode 6: The Gentle Tiger

    Oct 16, 1960

    Timmy learns a lesson in obedience when he takes a job as water boy at a traveling carnival. He disregards an order, inadvertently allowing a tiger to escape from its cage.

  7. Episode 7: The Renegade

    Oct 23, 1960

    Timmy finds out that Bob Alder's dog Butch is going blind from cataracts and that Bob's father wants to have him put to sleep, so Ruth hires Bob to help with gathering corn to help pay for Butch's surgery. But Butch wanders away from the field where they are working.

  8. Episode 8: The Blind Dog

    Oct 30, 1960

    A blind dog is trapped in a skip-loader and in danger of being buried alive. Lassie risks her life to save the handicapped pup and Timmy helps the dog's owner find work to pay for a sight-restoring operation for his pet.

  9. Episode 9: The Swallows of Los Pinos

    Nov 6, 1960

    Timmy and Ruth try to prove that a little chapel should not be sleighted for demolition because a flock of swallows return there every year on the same day, but they may not arrive after a hawk attacks the scout swallow.

  10. Episode 10: Sea Serpent

    Nov 13, 1960

    Mistaking a fin print on the beach left by a diver for the tracks of a sea monster, Timmy and Culley Wilson let their imaginations get the better of them. They launch an attack on the would-be sea creature endangering the life of the diver.

  11. Episode 11: Visiting Colt

    Nov 20, 1960

    Timmy cares for a young colt during a neighbor's vacation, and doesn't realize until Lassie has twice saved the horse's life that he has neglected his oldest and best friend.

  12. Episode 12: Little Cabbage

    Nov 27, 1960

    Movie star Mimi Marlowe has car trouble near the Martin farm and is forced to leave her baby, a pet poodle, in Timmy and Lassie's care. Excitement ensues, as Lassie must save the poodle, which in turn rescues Timmy from a precarious situation.

  13. Episode 13: The Big Race

    Dec 4, 1960

    Timmy is punished for neglecting his farm chores when he joins Willie Brewster to build a vehicle for a go-cart race.

  14. Episode 14: Bows and Arrows

    Dec 18, 1960

    Timmy and Bob build their own bows and arrows to go ""hunting"" like the two bow hunters they met, but when Bob uses one of the hunter's arrows, he hits an unexpected target.

  15. Episode 15: The Christmas Story

    Dec 25, 1960

    The Martin's new neighbors turn out to be living in an abandoned shack with little food. Efforts to help are rebuffed by the father, but when the sheriff becomes involved, Timmy and Lassie find the father a job and the family enjoys a happy Christmas.

  16. Episode 16: The White-Faced Bull

    Jan 1, 1961

    A neighbor's prize bull strays onto the Martin farm and tries to attack Timmy. When the bull is later poisoned, the neighbor accuses Paul of the deed. Detectives Timmy and Lassie launch an investigation to find the real culprit.

  17. Episode 17: Apron Strings

    Jan 8, 1961

    When Timmy and Lassie bring home a litter of starving orphaned puppies, rescued from a maurading bobcat, the family tries to save them although one has already died of starvation. Inadvertantly, the pups teach Timmy, who's been relying on Paul to help him with arithmetic homework, about self-sufficiency.

  18. Episode 18: The Wild Horse

    Jan 15, 1961

    Timmy observes what he believes is a wild horse which becomes a menace to the local farms but persuades Paul to convince the local farmers to spare the life of the horse which is later learned to be an escaped thoroughbred.

  19. Episode 19: The Mad Dog

    Jan 22, 1961

    While Paul is away, Ruth and Timmy care for a stray dog that Timmy names Duke. But after being involved in a fight, Duke suddenly shows all the signs of rabies.

  20. Episode 20: The Trip

    Jan 29, 1961

    When the Martins travel by train to Chicago for an agricultural exhibition, as well as to visit Ruth's mother and family, Lassie is taken along, but her crate falls off the baggage car enroute and Tom and Jess, two friendly truckers, try to help her get back where she belongs.

  21. Episode 21: Shadrack

    Feb 5, 1961

    Cully plays host to his old regiment's Army mule, but he and Timmy must save the animal from being destroyed when it suddenly goes mad and begins rampaging all over the countryside.

  22. Episode 22: The Patriot

    Feb 12, 1961

    After finding out the local Army base needs dogs to guard their missiles, Timmy adopts Homer, a German Shepherd from the dog pound to give to the Army, but the dog has become so cowed from abuse that the family wonders if he can ever be trained.

  23. Episode 23: The Eagle

    Feb 19, 1961

    Timmy and Lassie watch in horror as a man raids a golden eagle's nest and destroys her only egg, so Timmy gives the bereaved bird a goose egg to raise.

  24. Episode 24: Cracker Jack

    Feb 26, 1961

    Enroute to the city to relocate after a drought, a backwoods family stops at the Martins after Timmy plays a trick on them. But when their son Billy Joe finds out his parents plan to give away his beloved dog Mitchell, he swears Timmy to secrecy after returning to the Martins', then he and the dog head for the woods--where deer season has just begun.

  25. Episode 25: Cully's Hound Dog

    Mar 5, 1961

    When Paul offers to farm the land Cully has allowed to lie fallow, the old man thinks Paul means he should retire. But after Timmy gives him a pep talk, Cully decides to fight back by hitching horse to plow and farming his land again.

  26. Episode 26: The Fire Watchers

    Mar 12, 1961

    Ruth is on volunteer tower duty during a dry spell and must take action when a forest fire starts due to a careless smoker. Meanwhile Lassie helps Ranger Wade start a backfire after he's injured in the path of the fire in a fall from his horse.

  27. Episode 27: Senor Coyote

    Mar 19, 1961

    Timmy befriends José, a new Spanish boy in school (the other boys keep calling him "Josie"), but doesn't know what to do when José's pet coyote Taquita is accused of killing Mr. Ransom's chickens.

  28. Episode 28: Bessie

    Mar 26, 1961

    When Ruth thinks their cow is going dry, she makes the difficult decision to sell Bessie to the slaughterhousea and purchase a new cow. What they don't realize is that a neighbor's boy has been stealing some of her milk.

  29. Episode 29: The Pigeon

    Apr 2, 1961

    Lassie and Caesar, an Army homing pigeon that Timmy nurses back to health, get so attached to each other that when he is returned to the Army, she refuses to eat, and Caesar frees himself to return to his collie friend. So Timmy decides to see if the Army will let him buy the bird.

  30. Episode 30: Long Chase

    Apr 9, 1961

    When carnival performer Mr. Conte's trained dog Terry is injured, Lassie substitutes for her--so well that he wants to buy her. When Timmy won't sell, the man steals her.

  31. Episode 31: The Ostrich

    Apr 16, 1961

    Timmy and Lassie make the acquaintance of Captain Gene Holter, a man who makes his living racing his two ostriches Romeo and Juliet against horses at county fairs. But when Ruth finds out Juliet, defending a egg she just laid, chased Timmy, she forbids the boy to return to the fairgrounds.

  32. Episode 32: Fools Gold

    Apr 23, 1961

    Lassie brings home a gold miner's pack burro, and Timmy and Culley get gold fever. The burro leads them to a mine, but their digging causes the roof to collapse, trapping them. Lassie and the fireman must rescue them before the mine fills with gas.

  33. Episode 33: The Greyhound

    Apr 30, 1961

    Timmy bets Lassie's new jeweled collar that she can beat a friend's new greyhound, Pat, in a race, and is chagrined when the collie loses.

  34. Episode 34: Rodeo

    May 14, 1961

    Timmy bets Lassie's new jeweled collar that she can beat a friend's new greyhound, Pat, in a race, and is chagrined when the collie loses.

  35. Episode 35: The Search

    May 21, 1961

    While playing on her own, Lassie brings home the talking doll belonging to a lost city child, who is trapped in a concrete irrigation ditch that's slowly filling with water.

  36. Episode 36: Timmy and the Martians

    May 28, 1961

    Timmy erroneously believes that his operation of a machine he and his friends have made to contact Martians has caused an army plane to crash but the army believes that Lassie's behavior at the time of crash is a clue to accident.

Season 836 ep. · 1961–1962
  1. Episode 1: Lassie at the Grand Canyon

    Sep 10, 1961

    Ruth and Timmy, visiting the Grand Canyon, befriend a blind pianist with a unique outlook on life who helps Timmy after he is angered by Lassie's behavior when she follows him on a mule ride and he's forced to turn back.

  2. Episode 2: The Bloodhound

    Sep 17, 1961

    Timmy and Lassie discover the sad truth about Relentless, Cully's new--and much bragged about--dog: he's lost his sense of smell. The truth might have remained secret had not the money earned in a church fundraising drive gone missing.

  3. Episode 3: The Mysterious Intruder

    Sep 24, 1961

    The Gardners, the Martins' new neighbors, accuse Lassie of killing their cat and attacking their sheep, but Lassie knows there's a strange collie in the area.

  4. Episode 4: The Badger Game

    Oct 1, 1961

  5. Episode 5: The Outlaw

    Oct 8, 1961

    After a police dog and policeman befriended by Timmy and Lassie are shot by a bank robber, the dog on the loose becomes aggressive to the point of attack and might be killed by authorities except the dog is gentled by Timmy and Lassie.

  6. Episode 6: The Winner

    Oct 15, 1961

  7. Episode 7: Heat Wave

    Oct 22, 1961

  8. Episode 8: The Deer

    Oct 29, 1961

  9. Episode 9: Lassie Adopts the Fire Chief

    Nov 5, 1961

    When the fire chief's Dalmatian is killed at a fire, Timmy loans Lassie to the chief for during the day but Lassie becomes enthralled with the fire engine and fire chasing to the extent she ignores Timmy.

  10. Episode 10: The Pied Piper

    Nov 12, 1961

  11. Episode 11: Joey

    Nov 19, 1961

  12. Episode 12: Lassie's Wild Baby

    Nov 26, 1961

  13. Episode 13: The Dognappers

    Dec 3, 1961

    A pair of men steal dogs for ransom until they lock up Lassie after stealing Lassie with their vehicle at which time Lassie frees the stolen dogs and alerts the law.

  14. Episode 14: The Dove

    Dec 17, 1961

    An illegally entered Mexican boy found injured by Timmy places the Martins in legal jeopardy as both Timmy and the Mexican boy struggle with doing the right thing.

  15. Episode 15: Yochim's Christmas

    Dec 24, 1961

  16. Episode 16: The Parrot

    Dec 31, 1961

  17. Episode 17: Lassie's Protege

    Jan 7, 1962

    Lassie, lonely when Timmy returns to school after a vacation, befriends a raccoon. She is devistated when the raccoon, whom Timmy named Melonhead, is run over by young drag racer Johnny Sexton.

  18. Episode 18: The Black Sheep

    Jan 14, 1962

  19. Episode 19: The Partnership

    Jan 21, 1962

    A colt Timmy finds after a forest fire and wants to keep must be auctioned by the county and, when it appears Timmy will lose the bid, Washburne puts up money on the condition Timmy will house but then the mare comes looking for the colt.

  20. Episode 20: The Hike

    Jan 28, 1962

    Disobedient Timmy hikes in the woods alone because his hiking partner is sick and is knocked unconscious after slipping down an embankment as a forest fire starts.

  21. Episode 21: Bird of Prey

    Feb 4, 1962

  22. Episode 22: Casey

    Feb 11, 1962

  23. Episode 23: The Odyssey I

    Feb 18, 1962

  24. Episode 24: The Odyssey II

    Feb 25, 1962

  25. Episode 25: The Odyssey III

    Mar 4, 1962

  26. Episode 26: Double Trouble

    Mar 11, 1962

  27. Episode 27: Eager Beaver

    Mar 18, 1962

  28. Episode 28: Lassie and the Eagle

    Mar 25, 1962

  29. Episode 29: The Vindication of Relentless

    Apr 1, 1962

  30. Episode 30: The Unwanted

    Apr 8, 1962

  31. Episode 31: The Musher

    Apr 15, 1962

  32. Episode 32: Lassie's Good Deed

    Apr 29, 1962

  33. Episode 33: Sanctuary

    May 6, 1962

  34. Episode 34: Lassie and the Calf

    May 13, 1962

  35. Episode 35: Elephant Sitters

    May 20, 1962

  36. Episode 36: Lassie and the Tiger

    May 27, 1962

    An animal trainer permits his tiger to swim in the fishing hole at which time it flees at Lassie' s bark and terrorizes the Martins while Sheriff Miller's posse is on the hunt and the trainer attempts to prevent the animal's destruction.

Season 932 ep. · 1962–1963
  1. Episode 1: Fine Feathered Friend

    Sep 30, 1962

    Lassie is concerned over the fate of a magician's disappearing pigeon.

  2. Episode 2: Quick Brown Fox

    Oct 7, 1962

    Timmy and Lassie care for a pair of orphaned fox cubs.

  3. Episode 3: Desperate Search

    Oct 14, 1962

    Timmy promises his friend Andy that he'll care for his pregnant dog, but while taking her home, she is struck by a car and runs away.

  4. Episode 4: Home Within a Home

    Oct 21, 1962

    Cully's old barn is condemned for passage of a new gas line, but the old man can't get his animals to leave.

  5. Episode 5: Deadly Goats

    Oct 28, 1962

    Paul orders Timmy to keep an eye on the goats he has pastured in a canyon when one of them dies from anthrax, but he's careless and lets them escape.

  6. Episode 6: Fawn Patrol

    Nov 4, 1962

    Timmy and Lassie help ranger Mark Adams tag fawns for a conservation project.

  7. Episode 7: Gentle Savage

    Nov 11, 1962

    Timmy and Lassie care for a wild stallion suddenly tame after a fall down a cliff.

  8. Episode 8: The Nest

    Nov 18, 1962

    Timmy and Lassie aid a mallard duck who laid her eggs on the track of a soon-to-be-opened spur line.

  9. Episode 9: Lassie's Ordeal

    Nov 25, 1962

    Lassie is trapped on a rocky ledge at a construction site while trying to help a trapped fawn.

  10. Episode 10: Howling Hero

    Dec 2, 1962

    Smokey, the new fire dog, is afraid of fires.

  11. Episode 11: A Career for Lassie

    Dec 16, 1962

    Timmy and his new friend Danny, the son of a retired circus performer, decide to run away to join the carnival.

  12. Episode 12: Show Dog

    Dec 30, 1962

    Timmy and Lassie befriend a overworked Irish Setter doing promotions for a dog food company.

  13. Episode 13: Decision

    Jan 6, 1963

  14. Episode 14: A Specialist for Lassie

    Jan 13, 1963

  15. Episode 15: Lassie's Lonely Burden

    Jan 20, 1963

  16. Episode 16: Swimmers

    Jan 27, 1963

  17. Episode 17: Lassie's Fish Story

    Feb 3, 1963

    So that Mr. Washburne's fish will not be ineligible in a contest because Lassie found it, Timmy has to hide that Lassie can find large fish despite that he will be rebuked for creating a news story frenzy by telling Lassie's ability.

  18. Episode 18: Cully's Revenge

    Feb 10, 1963

  19. Episode 19: The Journey: Part 1

    Feb 17, 1963

  20. Episode 20: The Journey: Part 2

    Feb 24, 1963

  21. Episode 21: The Journey: Part 3

    Mar 3, 1963

  22. Episode 22: The Journey: Part 4

    Mar 10, 1963

  23. Episode 23: The Journey: Part 5

    Mar 17, 1963

  24. Episode 24: Project Bluebirds

    Mar 24, 1963

  25. Episode 25: The Twister

    Mar 31, 1963

  26. Episode 26: Lassie and the Rustler

    Apr 7, 1963

  27. Episode 27: Lady from Nevada

    Apr 14, 1963

  28. Episode 28: Operation Woodland

    Apr 21, 1963

  29. Episode 29: Weasel Warfare

    Apr 28, 1963

  30. Episode 30: Silver Soldier

    May 5, 1963

  31. Episode 31: A Matter of Pride

    May 12, 1963

  32. Episode 32: Eagle's Lair

    May 19, 1963

    Timmy and Lassie help a wounded eagle by a having a goose lure her back to her nest to care for her babies.

Season 1029 ep. · 1963–1964
  1. Episode 1: Lassie and the Birdwatch

    Sep 29, 1963

  2. Episode 2: The Agreement

    Oct 6, 1963

  3. Episode 3: Lassie to the Rescue

    Oct 13, 1963

  4. Episode 4: Jeeper

    Oct 20, 1963

  5. Episode 5: A Time for Giving

    Oct 27, 1963

  6. Episode 6: Three Alarm

    Nov 3, 1963

  7. Episode 7: The Treasure (1)

    Nov 10, 1963

  8. Episode 8: The Treasure (2)

    Nov 17, 1963

  9. Episode 9: Lassie and the Winged Enemy

    Dec 1, 1963

  10. Episode 10: High Tension

    Dec 8, 1963

  11. Episode 11: Lassie's Gift of Love (1)

    Dec 15, 1963

  12. Episode 12: Lassie's Gift of Love (2)

    Dec 22, 1963

  13. Episode 13: Day of Darkness

    Dec 29, 1963

  14. Episode 14: Horse Thief

    Jan 5, 1964

  15. Episode 15: Her Master's Voice

    Jan 12, 1964

  16. Episode 16: A Challenge for Lassie

    Jan 19, 1964

    To help with the Martin's financial bind, Timmy hitches a ride to a distant town to enter canine field trials to win the prize money for which he must put up Lassie for the unexpectedly high entrance fee.

  17. Episode 17: The Disappearance (1)

    Feb 2, 1964

  18. Episode 18: The Disappearance (2)

    Feb 9, 1964

  19. Episode 19: The Disappearance (3)

    Feb 16, 1964

  20. Episode 20: The Disappearance (4)

    Feb 23, 1964

  21. Episode 21: The Disappearance (5)

    Mar 1, 1964

  22. Episode 22: Lassie Counts Sheep

    Mar 8, 1964

  23. Episode 23: Lassie and the Moving Mountain

    Mar 15, 1964

  24. Episode 24: Lassie and the Piglets

    Mar 22, 1964

  25. Episode 25: Guide Dog

    Apr 5, 1964

  26. Episode 26: Bee Line

    Apr 12, 1964

  27. Episode 27: Hit and Run

    Apr 19, 1964

  28. Episode 28: Lassie and the Savage

    Apr 26, 1964

  29. Episode 29: The Samaritans

    May 3, 1964

Season 1133 ep. · 1964–1965
  1. Episode 1: The Wayfarers (1)

    Sep 6, 1964

  2. Episode 2: The Wayfarers (2)

    Sep 13, 1964

  3. Episode 3: The Wayfarers (3)

    Sep 20, 1964

  4. Episode 4: Lassie and the Eaglets

    Sep 27, 1964

  5. Episode 5: Climb the Mountain Slowly

    Oct 4, 1964

  6. Episode 6: Leave It to Lassie and the Beavers

    Oct 11, 1964

  7. Episode 7: Lassie and the Shifting Sands

    Oct 18, 1964

  8. Episode 8: Lassie and the Loner

    Oct 25, 1964

  9. Episode 9: Lassie and the Fugitive (1)

    Nov 8, 1964

  10. Episode 10: Lassie and the Fugitive (2)

    Nov 15, 1964

  11. Episode 11: Nature's Way

    Nov 22, 1964

  12. Episode 12: Crossroad

    Nov 29, 1964

  13. Episode 13: Mountain Mystery

    Dec 6, 1964

  14. Episode 14: Realm of the Wild

    Dec 13, 1964

  15. Episode 15: The Little Christmas Tree

    Dec 20, 1964

  16. Episode 16: Lassie Works a Miracle

    Dec 27, 1964

  17. Episode 17: It's an Ill Wind

    Jan 3, 1965

  18. Episode 18: Lassie and the Girl in the Canyon

    Jan 10, 1965

  19. Episode 19: Stranger in the Woods

    Jan 24, 1965

  20. Episode 20: High Water

    Jan 31, 1965

  21. Episode 21: The Loser

    Feb 7, 1965

  22. Episode 22: The Old Man in the Forest

    Feb 14, 1965

  23. Episode 23: Look Homeward, Lassie (1)

    Feb 21, 1965

  24. Episode 24: Look Homeward, Lassie (2)

    Feb 28, 1965

  25. Episode 25: Look Homeward, Lassie (3)

    Mar 7, 1965

  26. Episode 26: Day of Devotion

    Mar 7, 1965

  27. Episode 27: Tinderbox

    Mar 21, 1965

  28. Episode 28: Lassie and the Swamp Girl

    Mar 28, 1965

  29. Episode 29: Trouble Below Zero

    Apr 4, 1965

  30. Episode 30: Runaround

    Apr 11, 1965

    Lassie finds a mischievous chimpanzee named Debbie and takes her to the ranger station where she ruins the newly-cleaned station and creates havoc outside. Lassie gets some help from a raven before the big inspection.

  31. Episode 31: Long Ears

    Apr 28, 1965

    Dusty, a lead pack mule, is being retired but he doesn't want retirement. Instead, he breaks away and follows his pack team with Lassie close behind him. His persistence convinces his human to let him continue packing.

  32. Episode 32: Lassie's Teamwork

    May 9, 1965

  33. Episode 33: Honor Bright

    May 16, 1965

Season 1232 ep. · 1965–1966
  1. Episode 1: Lassie Meets a Challenge

    Sep 12, 1965

  2. Episode 2: Sudden Fury

    Sep 19, 1965

  3. Episode 3: Lassie and the Dynamite

    Sep 26, 1965

    In an area being developed for swimming and fishing, two youngsters playing hooky wander into the blasting zone. Lassie is able to bring help and rescue the boys.

  4. Episode 4: Lassie and the Seagull

    Oct 3, 1965

  5. Episode 5: Charlie Banana

    Oct 10, 1965

  6. Episode 6: In the Eyes of Lassie

    Oct 17, 1965

  7. Episode 7: Trouble at Paradise Lake

    Oct 24, 1965

  8. Episode 8: Little Dog Lost

    Oct 31, 1965

  9. Episode 9: Lassie's Time of Peril

    Nov 7, 1965

    A flooded river threatens to sweep away a bridge construction project. Ranger Corey Stuart and Lassie brave the raging waters in a small boat to construct a log chain barrier and control the flow of water and logs.

  10. Episode 10: In the Midst of Splendor

    Nov 14, 1965

  11. Episode 11: Lassie Saves a Life

    Nov 21, 1965

  12. Episode 12: The Waif

    Nov 28, 1965

  13. Episode 13: Crisis

    Dec 5, 1965

  14. Episode 14: Pitfall

    Dec 12, 1965

  15. Episode 15: Temper the Wind

    Dec 19, 1965

  16. Episode 16: The Gift of Life

    Dec 26, 1965

  17. Episode 17: Lassie Catches the Poachers

    Jan 2, 1966

  18. Episode 18: The Town That Wouldn't Die

    Jan 16, 1966

  19. Episode 19: Just One Old Cow

    Jan 23, 1966

  20. Episode 20: The Outcast

    Jan 30, 1966

  21. Episode 21: Cradle of the Deep

    Feb 6, 1966

  22. Episode 22: The Homesick Hound

    Feb 13, 1966

    A bloodhound needs to be relocated, but he dislikes all his new abodes.

  23. Episode 23: The Silent Threat

    Feb 20, 1966

    Corey and another ranger battle a spruce bud worm infestation by spraying but meet resistance from a horse ranch owner. Lassie makes friends with a colt and reveals the true cause of death of one of the horses.

  24. Episode 24: The Friendless

    Feb 27, 1966

  25. Episode 25: Avalanche

    Mar 6, 1966

  26. Episode 26: Babes in the Woods

    Mar 13, 1966

  27. Episode 27: Lassie's Rescue Mission

    Mar 20, 1966

  28. Episode 28: The Doll

    Mar 27, 1966

  29. Episode 29: The Untamed Land

    Apr 3, 1966

  30. Episode 30: The Day the Mountain Shook

    Apr 17, 1966

  31. Episode 31: The Vigil

    Apr 24, 1966

  32. Episode 32: The Strongest Instinct

    May 1, 1966

Season 1330 ep. · 1966–1967
  1. Episode 1: Lassie and the Buffalo

    Sep 11, 1966

    Corey shows an old friend why a buffalo hunt will improve the quality of life in a herd while Lassie helps a perpetually straying calf get back to its mother, who is sleighted to be killed.

  2. Episode 2: Danger Mountain

    Sep 18, 1966

    While inspecting a ski area with the careless proprietor, Corey and Lassie find major infractions, but trouble is only starting when they are trapped at the top of a stalled ski lift with the now injured man.

  3. Episode 3: Fly Away Home

    Sep 25, 1966

    In the Franklin National Forest, a wetlands sanctuary, Lassie saves a Canada goose who was trapped in a fishing line and then attacked by bobcat, injuring her wing.

  4. Episode 4: A Time for Courage

    Oct 2, 1966

    Corey leaves Lassie with Ed, a novice smoke jumper injured in a fire, when he participates in a smoke jump. When Corey and his friend Lane, a veteran fire fighter, are trapped and Ed has the idea to send Lassie, with a transmitter, in to find them.

  5. Episode 5: Lassie Baits a Bear

    Oct 9, 1966

    When Corey devises a way to free a female bear from the pit trap she has been caught in, the animal ""repays"" him by attacking him and knocking him into the same pit.

  6. Episode 6: Lassie the Voyager (1)

    Oct 16, 1966

    While trying to find Corey, on duty in the thick of a hurricane, Lassie is trapped on a freighter which sails with her aboard.

  7. Episode 7: Lassie the Voyager (2)

    Oct 23, 1966

    Lassie, finally escaped from the freighter, swims ashore and assists an injured lighthouse keeper.

  8. Episode 8: Lassie the Voyager (3)

    Oct 30, 1966

    Lassie is put on trial for being a stray in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is defended by an elderly lawyer.

  9. Episode 9: Lassie the Voyager (4)

    Nov 6, 1966

    Lassie helps a lonely teenage mountain girl who attempts to protect her pet fox Riddle from a neighbor's boy and his hounds.

  10. Episode 10: Lassie the Voyager (5)

    Nov 13, 1966

    Lassie,continuing on his voyage, comes up on and helps an abandoned kitten.

  11. Episode 11: Lassie the Voyager (6)

    Nov 20, 1966

    Lassie joins two runaway boys who are rafting down the river to New Orleans; when their raft is lost, they decide to spend the night in a cave.

  12. Episode 12: Lassie the Voyager (7)

    Nov 27, 1966

    Unbeknownst to Corey, who is assigned a project in New Orleans, Lassie has also reached the cresent city.They end up just missing each other several times before finally meeting up again.

  13. Episode 13: Little Jim

    Dec 4, 1966

    Dan Casey's hope of winning the trotting races at the Franklin County Fair with his pony Little Jim is dashed when he is hurt in a fall from the sulky--until his granddaughter Maureen resolves to drive in his place.

  14. Episode 14: The Greatest Gift

    Dec 25, 1966

    Corey and Lassie stop to help young Johnny Conrad on their way to supervise the cutting of the national Christmas tree--but Johnny is heartbroken when he discovers the chosen spruce is ""the meeting tree"" his father, who is missing in action in Vietnam, and he used while on fishing and hunting trips.

  15. Episode 15: Once Upon a Horse

    Jan 1, 1967

    Corey and Lassie tame a wild stallion that was injured in a fall down a ridge and who will always be a little lame.

  16. Episode 16: Interlude of Mercy

    Jan 8, 1967

    Lassie is trying to defend a cougar cub from a vicious attack from a wolf.When she accidently slips and falls down the cliff and is hurt.But Lassie's good deed is repayed when the cougar cub's mother,cares for Lassie and nurses her back to health.

  17. Episode 17: Crisis at Devil's Gorge

    Jan 15, 1967

    While surveying the badlands of North Dakota,for use as a wilderness area, Corey is bitten by a rattlesnake; when his horse returns riderless to the corral, a fellow ranger and a pilot set up a desperate search for him.

  18. Episode 18: Lassie's Litter Bit

    Jan 22, 1967

    After Corey and a fellow ranger put up a trash display to remind tourists to clean up their litter, Lassie finds a well-meaning man tossing trash into a ravine--and after he leaves, a raccoon gets his head caught in a can the man left.

  19. Episode 19: Day of the Bighorn

    Jan 29, 1967

    Lassie helps an aging bighorn sheep who has been trapped and is helpless before a pack of wild dogs.

  20. Episode 20: The Protectors

    Feb 5, 1967

    In this,another of the classic Lassie all-animal episodes, Lassie and an eagle protect a helpless mother owl who was injured by a possum trying to steal her eggs. The eagle hatches the eggs and then feeds the chicks as the owl recovers and Lassie protects the nest.

  21. Episode 21: A Matter of Seconds

    Feb 19, 1967

    When the rangers have an area cleared for a vista stop, several wrecked cars must be towed away from the site. But a squirrel is trapped in the trunk of one of the vehicles and only Lassie knows it.

  22. Episode 22: Never Look Back

    Feb 26, 1967

    Luther Jennings, the elderly ranger manning the survey tower at Strawberry Peak, takes it hard when he finds he'll lose his job when the tower is slated for destruction. Then he's attacked by a jaguar while out on a walk.

  23. Episode 23: The Eighth Life of Henry IV

    Mar 5, 1967

    While Corey helps the town of Whitehorse Falls with modern forestry methods, Lassie has her hands--uh, paws--full with a mischievous kitten who can't seem to help endangering himself.

  24. Episode 24: Lure of the Wild

    Mar 12, 1967

    A coyote rescued and tamed by a fellow forest ranger and now returning to the wild again is stalked by a hunter, but Lassie and ""Monday's"" mate try to outwit the man.

  25. Episode 25: Most Dangerous Game

    Mar 19, 1967

    It's fire season in the Franklin National Forest and when a reporter interviews Corey about fire safety, he finds out most fires are caused by children playing with matches. Sure enough, Lassie soon finds a boy playing with matches who finally ends up setting a fire which she strives to put out.

  26. Episode 26: Barney

    Apr 2, 1967

    Ranger Corey Stuart and Lassie visit a turkey ranch where watchdog Barney has been injured in a fight with a lynx. The lynx successfully terrorizes the ranch as Barney shies away in fear, but when the lynx attacks Lassie, Barney must confront his fears.

  27. Episode 27: Return of the Charm

    Apr 9, 1967

    When Jeremy Boggs loses a good luck charm he acquired during World War II, Lassie returns to the place he lost it to track it down. A squirrel has stored it in a winter cache and Lassie must make a trade to regain the special stone.

  28. Episode 28: Winged Attack

    Apr 16, 1967

    Eddie, a racing pigeon enthusiast, takes his pigeon to an abandoned mine for a test flight. He falls through a mineshaft and sends his pigeon to bring help. Lassie and Ranger Corey Stuart must rescue the boy before heavy beams collapse in the mineshaft.

  29. Episode 29: Goliath

    Apr 23, 1967

    While in the Red River National Forest, Lassie tries to help a huge steer used as a roadside attraction at a tourist cafe, the mistreated animal having escaped after attacking the owner who has been abusing him.

  30. Episode 30: Trapped

    Apr 30, 1967

    While staying with elderly Ben Adams, Lassie befriends an otter couple--one of whom is later caught in a trap set by a neighbor.

Season 1428 ep. · 1967–1968
  1. Episode 1: Perils of the Prairie

    Sep 10, 1967

    After a recent earthquake, Ranger Corey Stuart and Lassie survey the prairie for damage. Lassie comes to the rescue of a colony of frightened prairie dogs threatened by a tarantula and badger and caught in a flood caused by the quake.

  2. Episode 2: Inferno

    Sep 17, 1967

    When an oil well explodes in flames, a pet terrier is injured in the blast. Lassie rescues the dog and follows her to the hospital to donate the blood needed to save her life.

  3. Episode 3: Cry of the Wild

    Sep 24, 1967

    Corey and his partner Bert enlist a widowed sailplane pilot in a Forest Service project to learn about wind-shears; meanwhile, Lassie helps hunt a marauder that savaged a ranch's chickens.

  4. Episode 4: The Guardian

    Oct 1, 1967

    Lassie becomes the protector for a cougar, mistakenly shot as the ranch's maurauder, and her newborn cubs, while Corey accompanies Carol on her surveys.

  5. Episode 5: Starfire

    Oct 8, 1967

    Carol's unbroken mare escapes her corral and heads for the wilderness, oblivious to the danger from a maurading dog, while Carol must crash-land her glider.

  6. Episode 6: Brink of Oblivion

    Oct 15, 1967

    Ranger Corey Stuart and Lassie travel to northern California to alert the community to the dangers of littering. The message hits home when a small fire is fueled by trash and oil-soaked rags, trapping a small dog in a dockside office.

  7. Episode 7: The Homeless

    Oct 22, 1967

    Construction of a motel on Fawn Lake destroys the home of two ring-tailed cats. The homeless animals are separated and threatened by a stalking bobcat and Lassie must reunite them in a new home, far from encroaching civilization.

  8. Episode 8: A Time for Decision

    Oct 29, 1967

    Beauty takes a back seat to progress as urban growth threatens the lakeside community of Fawn Lake. Ranger Stuart recommends an anti-pollution campaign, but warnings go unheeded until a photo of Lassie at the pristine resort serves as a wake-up call.

  9. Episode 9: Rim of Disaster (1)

    Nov 5, 1967

    Ranger Corey Stuart and Lassie are stranded on a Glacier Peak when mechanical problems force their plane to land. In order to take off again, Lassie must be left on the ground, leaving her prey to a marauding bear.

  10. Episode 10: Rim of Disaster (2)

    Nov 12, 1967

    Ranger Corey Stuart must use his plane to save Lassie from the attack of a marauding bear.

  11. Episode 11: Ride the Mountain

    Nov 19, 1967

    Lassie is paralyzed by a falling log and, rather than travel several hours by road to a vet, she and Ranger Corey Stuart brave a death-defying ride on a nine-mile wooden log flume to reach the vet in time.

  12. Episode 12: Dangerous Journey

    Nov 26, 1967

    A tugboat owner is temporarily blinded while in the Columbia River basin. Following the path of a log flume, Lassie leads the helpless man through dangerous territory and into the hands of friends.

  13. Episode 13: Fury at Wind River

    Dec 3, 1967

    Hunters are pursuing a family of deer when Lassie intervenes to help them cross a raging river. All the deer cross safely except a playful fawn, which is swept downstream. Lassie plunges in the torrent to save the young deer.

  14. Episode 14: Showdown

    Dec 17, 1967

    A man who professes to be protecting the forest tries to sabotage the Forest Service's new balloon logging program. After shooting at Corey's truck, cutting a telephone line, and sabotaging a bulldozer, he's ready to do even more damage.

  15. Episode 15: Miracle of the Dove

    Dec 24, 1967

    A small girl's beloved dog is lost right before Christmas.

  16. Episode 16: Have You Any Wool?

    Dec 31, 1967

    Lassie is out feeding her forest friends,when she comes upon a black lamb. The little creature was caught in a snare and being stalked by a coyote. Lassie chases away the coyote and chews the snare rope free. She is about to leave when the pathetically bleating lamb makes her realize it has no home. First she finds a flock of white sheep and the lamb runs up and eagerly nurses on a ewe. But the ewe doesn't recognize the black lamb as hers and savagely drives it away. Next they find a cow, and the lamb tries to nurse on her. But she kicks it away. By now the little fellow is so weak from hunger that Lassie wants to leave it while she reconnoiters, but a hawk appears, so first she must hide the lamb in some brush. To her relief, ahead she finds a flock of black sheep, but returns to find the hawk attacking the lamb, who has broken cover, and must fight the bird off. To Lassie's relief, the black sheep accept the black lamb. But a white lamb is loose in the flock of black ones, being reje

  17. Episode 17: The Bracelet

    Jan 7, 1968

    Corey escorts Miss Ridgeway, a nature painter of renown, to a secluded area where she can work, leaving Lassie with her for company. When her insulin supply is destroyed after a lightning strike sets her cabin afire while she is away painting, Lassie must help get her back to the ranger station over a treacherous bridge before she goes into a diabetic coma.

  18. Episode 18: The Foundling

    Jan 14, 1968

    Corey, investigating a potential campsite at Emerald Forest, and Bill the resident ranger, are chagrined when well-meaning tourists rescue an ""abandoned"" fawn from the forest; believing the fawn's mother will not take it back, they plan to send it to a game ranch. But Lassie has other ideas.

  19. Episode 19: Rescue Ridge

    Jan 21, 1968

    Lassie rescues a coati-mundi's wayward kit--and a lost lamb as well--while Corey and his compatriots battles the forest fire threatening its home.

  20. Episode 20: White Wilderness

    Jan 28, 1968

    Lassie accompanies Ranger Corey Stuart on an avalanche control expedition. When the snow from a man-made avalanche buries a fox, Lassie must find the fox and dig her to the surface.

  21. Episode 21: The Lost One

    Feb 4, 1968

    While Corey is at Cape Kennedy participating in a paracute-testing project, Lassie encounters Atlas, a guard dog gone wild after the death of his master.

  22. Episode 22: The Searchers

    Feb 11, 1968

    Still in Florida, Corey and Lassie befriend Donnie Baker, whose puppy was run over while chasing a rabbit, and must rescue Atlas, trapped in the swamp.

  23. Episode 23: Countdown

    Feb 18, 1968

    Lassie has her hands full: she's reacclimating Atlas to society while keeping watch over a bald eagle injured during one of the parachute tests.

  24. Episode 24: Escape to Danger

    Feb 25, 1968

    An animal trainer's truck crashes in the woods, freeing his animals in the wilderness. Ranger Corey Stuart tends to the trainer's injuries as Lassie retrieves the escaped animals, just as a vicious lynx is threatening to make a meal of Zelda, the pet raccoon.

  25. Episode 25: The Ledge

    Mar 3, 1968

    A shutterbug Boy Scout is so intent on following an eagle to take a photo that he disregards where he is going and is trapped on a ledge.

  26. Episode 26: Hanford's Point (1)

    Mar 10, 1968

    Making a lake into a tourist attraction that will help a town depends on buying land from two independent boys the townspeople view as ""hippies.""

  27. Episode 27: Hanford's Point (2)

    Mar 17, 1968

    The Hanford boys refuse Corey's offer, to the outrage of speculator Wade, whose also worried because his teenager daughter Luci is attracted to ""the hippies.""

  28. Episode 28: Hanford's Point (3)

    Mar 24, 1968

    Wade faces off against the boys and is enraged when he finds out Luci has been helping them in their cause to keep their land from her father.

Season 1528 ep. · 1968–1969
  1. Episode 1: Lassie's Race for Life

    Sep 29, 1968

    As Corey, Lassie, and a young woman consulting with the Forest Service on landslide prevention aid a poisoned goose, its mate waits faithfully by.

  2. Episode 2: Burst of Freedom

    Oct 6, 1968

    Lassie races for help after an earthquake traps Corey under a tree in the path of an incipient rockslide, but the motorist who picks her up nets and drugs her, selling her to a vet conducting animal experiments.

  3. Episode 3: The Holocaust (1)

    Oct 13, 1968

    A fire rages on a Western mountain range and, despite the efforts of helicopter crews, firefighters, and Lassie, Ranger Corey Stuart is trapped in the inferno. When a rescue team finally reaches Corey, he is seriously injured.

  4. Episode 4: The Holocaust (2)

    Oct 20, 1968

    Severely injured from a raging fire, Ranger Corey Stuart lies in a hospital with Lassie keeping vigil by his side in this conclusion to a two-part series. When Lassie is given to a new Ranger during Corey's recovery, she journeys miles to return to his side.

  5. Episode 5: Last Frontier

    Oct 27, 1968

    Lassie, Scott, and their pilot Johnny assist an injured hunter trapped near a glacier.

  6. Episode 6: Eagle's Dynasty

    Nov 3, 1968

    While Neeka's father and Scott nurse an eagle that has become sodden from a fall in the lake, Lassie protects the bird's baby from a lynx.

  7. Episode 7: Day of the Wolf

    Nov 10, 1968

    Neeka must take charge when Lassie breaks a leg in a trap on a hike--and a wolf is stalking them.

  8. Episode 8: Glacier Canyon

    Nov 17, 1968

    After surviving a boat explosion that traps Neeka's father, Lassie braves icy waters to find Neeka and Scott.

  9. Episode 9: Track of the Jaguar (1)

    Nov 24, 1968

    A jaguar has been attacking cattle and the watchdog on a Western ranch, and Lassie arrives to help. She gets some unexpected assistance when a cougar, foraging nearby, hears the battle and attacks the jaguar.

  10. Episode 10: Track of the Jaguar (2)

    Dec 1, 1968

    Lassie stands guard over the injured watchdog as the jaguar and cougar battle. The jaguar retreats in defeat and Lassie recognizes the cougar as a friend from days past. Lassie summons the rangers to eliminate the hostile jaguar for good.

  11. Episode 11: New Horizon

    Dec 8, 1968

    Ranger Scott Turner and a Scripps Oceanographic scientist, Diane Stafford, become trapped in a kelp bed during a deep-sea scuba dive. Lassie discovers their predicament and alerts Ranger Bob Erickson for the rescue.

  12. Episode 12: Out of the Frying Pan

    Dec 15, 1968

    Lassie twice comes to the rescue of a stray kitten that is first attacked by an angry hawk, then trapped in a cave by rising tides. The collie also finds time to retrieve a forest ranger's horse that has broken loose from his tether.

  13. Episode 13: Lassie and the 4-H Boys

    Dec 29, 1968

    Two brothers are quarreling over ownership of a prize bull that they are entering in the 4-H show. They must resolve their feud, however, when the bull strays and is lost in the mountains, with a marauding mountain lion close by.

  14. Episode 14: Deadly Game

    Jan 5, 1969

    Lassie's day with Jingo on his master's construction site turns too busy: first she pulls the beagle away from a blasting site, then, in trying to get him out of a house about to be demolished, Lassie is herself trapped.

  15. Episode 15: What Price Valor? (1)

    Jan 12, 1969

    Bruno, a war dog under rehabilitation, suffers from flashbacks after being exposed to blasting and escapes from his run. Warning the construction crew and local ranchers that Bruno is dangerous, Lassie, Bob, and his trainer Mike then try to find him before the others do.

  16. Episode 16: What Price Valor? (2)

    Jan 19, 1969

    In the second of a two-part series, Lassie finds Bruno, a retired war dog that has been spooked by dynamite explosions. Lassie tries to calm the frightened and confused canine, and must intervene to prevent ranchers from shooting the dog before his master arrives.

  17. Episode 17: A Chance to Live

    Jan 26, 1969

    On a trek through the Oregon rainforest, Lassie and her master discover a careless camper who has leaked oil into a stream, endangering hundreds of ducks on their seasonal flight. The Ranger and Lassie teach the camper a conservation lesson he won't soon forget.

  18. Episode 18: The Return Home

    Feb 2, 1969

    On a trek through the Oregon rainforest, Lassie and her master discover a careless camper who has leaked oil into a stream, endangering hundreds of ducks on their seasonal flight. The Ranger and Lassie teach the camper a conservation lesson he won't soon forget.

  19. Episode 19: Tempest (1)

    Feb 9, 1969

    Bob and Lassie visit the wild, surf-tossed Oregon coast where logs washed downriver into the bay are creating a problem, where they meet Jake Peterson, an old acquaintance of Lassie, a former forest ranger who now is a crab fisherman. The logs prove even more dangerous next day, when Jake takes Lassie out fishing with him.

  20. Episode 20: Tempest (2)

    Feb 16, 1969

    Huddled together in his disabled boat, Lassie and injured Jake Peterson ride out the tumultuous surf. But as the boat heads for the Cliffs, Bob and the Coast Guard begin a highly dangerous rescue.

  21. Episode 21: To Catch a Crow

    Feb 23, 1969

    A boy's camp is in danger of being disbanded when a wristwatch is stolen from a camper at the swimming hole. Lassie unravels the mystery, however, when she discovers the thief not another camper, but a pilfering crow.

  22. Episode 22: Walden

    Mar 2, 1969

    Lassie befriend Patricia Prescott, who refers to herself as ""Walden,"" a free-spirited teenage girl, who has left home to live in the wilderness like her idol, Henry David Thoreau, after the young woman cleans up a picnic area. But both of them are endangered by aftershocks from an offshore earthquake.

  23. Episode 23: The Stalker

    Mar 9, 1969

    Lassie leads the search for a tiger that escaped while en route to the zoo. The frightened animal is on a rampage.

  24. Episode 24: Price of Wisdom

    Mar 16, 1969

    Scott and Lassie stay with Neeka and his dad Dean Chalmers for a couple of days, and Neeka has the weekend to finish a biology report. While collecting leaves, he and Lassie meet Mr. Bowers, a lonely man who limps due to an injury and has turned his back on society. After Lassie and Neeka uncover Mr. Bowers' scientific knowledge and help him when he is hurt, Mr. Bowers realises he wants human company after all.

  25. Episode 25: Night of the Ghost

    Mar 23, 1969

    Scott, Lassie and Neeka camp overnight in an old mining town that is haunted, according to legend, by a wolf and a man. Despite Scott's assurances there are no ghosts haunting the town, Neeka and Lassie hear strange sounds and see things that have even Lassie spooked.

  26. Episode 26: Time of Crisis

    Mar 30, 1969

    Neeka tries to drive his father's truck, which subsequently catches fire after bumping over a rock, and explodes in a ball of flame. Three terrified horses nearby break out of their corral and run off. After Neeka, Lassie and Dean put out the fire, they find the horses, including Neeka's horse Cloudy, who has been hurt in the escape.

  27. Episode 27: Lassie and the Flying Squirrels

    Apr 6, 1969

    Lassie helps two flying squirrels find a new home.

  28. Episode 28: Moonshiners

    Apr 13, 1969

    Moonshiners set up operations on national forest land. In an attempt to outwit forest rangers, the moonshiners set a fire. Tragedy results as the fire spreads and Lassie must come to the rescue of the moonshiners who become trapped by flames.

Season 1622 ep. · 1969–1970
  1. Episode 1: Last Chance

    Sep 28, 1969

    On a surveying mission of the forest, Scott and Bob are delighted to find wolves restablishing themselves in the area. Then the male is shot while hunting for his pregnant mate and the rangers must save him--and change the hunter's mind about wolves.

  2. Episode 2: Success Story

    Oct 5, 1969

    Scott and Lassie help a Job Corps volunteer who just isn't making the grade.

  3. Episode 3: Patsy

    Oct 12, 1969

    During a surveying trip at a former bombsite sleighted to become a national grassland, Scott carefully disarms the unexploded bomb next to a trapped man while Lassie shuttles supplies to him.

  4. Episode 4: No Margin for Error

    Oct 19, 1969

    During a surveying trip at a former bombsite sleighted to become a national grassland, Scott carefully disarms the unexploded bomb next to a trapped man while Lassie shuttles supplies to him.

  5. Episode 5: Lassie and the Water Bottles

    Oct 26, 1969

    Widowed Sarah Caldwell will have to give up the family ranch if she can't keep water on the property, so Scott helps her install ""water bottles,"" large vinyl storage ""tanks."" But a thirsty fawn gets himself trapped inside the slippery containers.

  6. Episode 6: Survival

    Nov 2, 1969

    As they take an elk survey, Scott and Lassie's helicopter ride turns deadly when the vehicle has has mechnical problems and crashes in the snowy wilderness. Bert tries to at least fix the communications system, but that too is beyond hope; they must rely on their survival gear and wait for rescue.

  7. Episode 7: Father and Son

    Nov 9, 1969

    While surveying Government rangeland, Scott is hurt by a careless rifle shot fired by young Tom Bradley, a boy who has taken to playing hookey and staying in the woods after his mother's death; later, another shot of Tom's gone wrong injures his father.

  8. Episode 8: The Sky is Falling

    Nov 16, 1969

    Neeka, spending his vacation with Scott and Bob, is delighted to help the rangers out at the Roaring Camp spur line, a railroad that will run directly through the majestic redwood forest. There they befriend a persistent little bantam chick (Neeka names him Fairbanks) who is constantly wandering into trouble.

  9. Episode 9: No Greater Love

    Nov 23, 1969

    Bob has the weekend off, so he takes Neeka fishing on the Columbia River, but on a hike, Lassie and Neeka discover a crow building her nest in a dangerous place. When Lassie attempts to save the bird, she is swept down the icy cold river.

  10. Episode 10: More Than Meets the Eye

    Nov 30, 1969

    On a nature hike, Scott and Lassie help Kathy, a withdrawn and fearful girl who is attending school with other blind children for the first time.

  11. Episode 11: The Chase

    Dec 14, 1969

    Scott and Lassie help a doe who has been chased to exhaustion by snowmobilers.

  12. Episode 12: The Blessing

    Dec 21, 1969

    Manuel Sandoval sneaks over the border with his deaf dog Poco, hoping that the Blessing of the Animals as Mission San Luis Rey will restore the little terrier's hearing in time for Christmas.

  13. Episode 13: Superstition Canyon

    Dec 28, 1969

    Lassie babysits a prospector's burro.

  14. Episode 14: The Road Back (1)

    Jan 4, 1970

    Scott and Lassie, in San Francisco's Chinatown for a mini-forest project, befriend the children in a Chinese school. Lassie is struck by a car while saving one of the children and appears to have amnesia. So when a fire strikes the vet's office she's staying at, she escapes to the streets with no idea where she belongs.

  15. Episode 15: The Road Back (2)

    Jan 11, 1970

    Lassie's search for her identity takes her to a wax museum and finally down to the waterfront, where she is befriended by a down-on-his-luck young fisherman with a family and a boat loan he can't pay off.

  16. Episode 16: The Road Back (3)

    Jan 18, 1970

    Heading back to San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge, Lassie befriends a lonely runaway teenager and a lonely soldier, then is mistaken for a possibly rabid collie named Tawny.

  17. Episode 17: The Road Back (4)

    Jan 25, 1970

    Her memory recovering at last, but still hunted by health officials as a rabid dog, Lassie is chased through the streets of San Francisco.

  18. Episode 18: Winged Rescue

    Feb 1, 1970

    Lassie and Neeka are lost in the desert.

  19. Episode 19: The Cliff

    Feb 8, 1970

    Neeka and Lassie take a wrong turn on the self-guided trail at the Mesa Verde National Forest, and, while trying to find their way back, slip off a cliff where Neeka breaks his leg. As darkness falls, Bob and ranger Gene McClintock desperately search for the pair.

  20. Episode 20: Warm Heart--Cold Nose

    Feb 15, 1970

    With Bob at a meeting, Lassie visits overnight with the Frasers, a blind man and his wife who live in the woods without any way of communicating with the outside world. When Edie Fraser is hurt during a walk, Clint and his guide dog Ginger start for help, but Lassie must save them from a cougar's attack and go herself.

  21. Episode 21: Whitewater Fury

    Mar 1, 1970

    While Bob and Dan are scouting out the rapids for a ""whitewater trail"" for tourists, Lassie finds a baby raccoon that has been poisoned by ""pink snow""--the same material she has already eaten. The only way to get her help--a trip down the worst of the rapids.

  22. Episode 22: Chucka

    Mar 8, 1970

    Bob and his Navajo guide Sam find a dog swimming across Lake Powell on their way to survey tribal lands and rescue him; he is Chucka, an indolent dog who'd rather rest or play than tend sheep. But Chucka must ""grow up"" quickly after his shepherd owner, Charlie Ngani, is injured and Lassie must go for help.

Season 1722 ep. · 1970–1971
  1. Episode 1: Lassie's Interlude

    Sep 20, 1970

    Lassie, on her own now (no explanation is given), meets a young man traveling the countryside and his male collie, Duke. They later find haven, and the young man a job, at a ranch where the owner's young son has not spoken for years.

  2. Episode 2: The Birth

    Sep 27, 1970

    While Duke and his master move on, Lassie remains at the ranch, but her new puppies are endangered by the owner, who thinks the pups were sired by a killer dog.

  3. Episode 3: The Survival

    Oct 4, 1970

    Lassie and her three puppies escape from the ranch and head for the desert, where Kerry discovers them and helps them survive.

  4. Episode 4: The Miracle

    Oct 11, 1970

    Mute Kerry continues to help Lassie and her puppies elude his father and the sheriff, who's determined to kill the pups, and by the time the rancher learns Duke was the father of the puppies, it's almost too late.After everything is revealed, Kerry's father let's him adopt one of Lassie's puppies.

  5. Episode 5: The Innocents

    Oct 11, 1970

    In this all-animal episode, Lassie teaches her two remaining puppies to survive in the wild, not an easy task in an area full of snakes and predators.

  6. Episode 6: The Offering

    Oct 25, 1970

    Lassie and her puppies meet a boy who is grief-stricken by the recent death of his dog.So Lassie leaves one of her two remaining puppies with the little boy.

  7. Episode 7: Nature's Child

    Nov 1, 1970

    While wandering the forest, Lassie and her remaining puppy meet a little girl who can ""talk to animals.""

  8. Episode 8: Flock of Love

    Nov 8, 1970

    Lassie befriends an elderly man whose claim that the flock of birds he feeds love him is scoffed by his cynical checkers opponent. But the faithful birds will surprise them.

  9. Episode 9: Aftermath

    Nov 15, 1970

    After a forest fire, Lassie helps the wild animals displaced by the flames find new homes.

  10. Episode 10: Here Comes Glory! (1)

    Nov 22, 1970

    Lassie, poisoned by pesticides, is found by an up-and-coming race horse, Glory, and her young owner. Once well again, she befriends a newborn colt on their California thoroughbred farm--then Glory is threatened by a marauding cougar.

  11. Episode 11: Here Comes Glory! (2)

    Nov 29, 1970

    Even Hank can't believe all his surgical skills can heal Glory's injured leg, but Monty takes a chance and has her operated on nevertheless after a pep talk from partner Bert. Then it is up to Gary and Lassie to make her well, with exercise and swim therapy.

  12. Episode 12: A Year of Sundays

    Dec 6, 1970

    Lassie and a workaholic trucker rescue a young man traveling across America trying to live ""a year of Sundays"" after getting out of the Army. The trucker scoffs at Mark's idea--until the brakes fail on a steep downhill run.

  13. Episode 13: Any Heart in a Storm

    Dec 13, 1970

    Lassie takes refuge during a rainstorm in the garage of a good-hearted, lonely widow whose children have gone to college, but the woman is reluctant to let the muddy collie into her tidy house. Then the loose earth behind her house, weakened by water, begins to slide.

  14. Episode 14: Gentle Dawn

    Jan 10, 1971

    Lassie and an injured mother linnet, who was stunned by a car while foraging for food on a road, bring together a lonely man and woman; in caring for the injured creature, they also learn to open themselves to each other.

  15. Episode 15: Lassie's Busy Day

    Jan 17, 1971

    The ring-tailed cat Lassie saves from a bobcat becomes the hunter after he goes after a grouse's nest along with a grey fox; next, a horned owl's nest is threatened by an opossum. After Lassie deals with the possum, she enlists the grey fox's help to rescue a burrowing owl from a ferret. Then the bobcat returns to stalk the horned owl's nest

  16. Episode 16: The River

    Jan 24, 1971

    Lassie makes her way upstream after helping rescue two campers who left their father to try out a new raft and were swept downstream on the rapids. Once she finds help, however, she must find the boys, who are also heading upstream.

  17. Episode 17: Other Pastures, Other Fences

    Jan 31, 1971

    A boy restless with his rural life and chafing under the ""no trespassing"" signs of their territorial neighbor wishes to strike out to ""follow his star""--stealing the neighbor's mare to do so.

  18. Episode 18: The Awakening

    Feb 7, 1971

    Teenage Patty, reluctantly having left the city for a summer in the country with her aunt, has an inauspicious beginning: she's poisoned by arsenic in the well. Her aunt finds the source of the problem in an old mine, but is then trapped when the floor collapses, so Lassie must find Patty, who's just about to leave.

  19. Episode 19: Troubled Waters

    Feb 21, 1971

    Lassie and her new pal, a mutt named Skipper, are getting along just fine with Reed and Johnny, a couple of guys they befriended on the beach, until John discovers Reed is ""the law,"" a harbormaster, and walks out. But he finds he needs ""the law"" later on when he ""borrows"" a for-sale cabin cruiser and takes Lassie and Skipper along for the ride.

  20. Episode 20: For the Love of Lassie (1)

    Feb 28, 1971

    Lassie returns to visit the farm where she left one of her puppies--and once upon her way again, falls down a hidden well.

  21. Episode 21: For the Love of Lassie (2)

    Mar 7, 1971

    As Lassie remains trapped in the well the people she met and helped the previous months converge. In between frequent flashbacks everyone works diligently, including a honeymooning couple, to rescue the beloved dog.

  22. Episode 22: Sneakers

    Mar 21, 1971

    People who have been helped by Lassie (including the couple from ""Gentle Dawn,"" who are now married) help rescue her from the well.

Season 1820 ep. · 1971–1972
  1. Episode 1: Fury Falls

    Oct 7, 1971

    A hawk Lassie rescues from entanglement in kite string returns the favor when the coyote pup Lassie has befriended is threatened by a snake. But it's Lassie herself who then must be rescued by Ron Holden and Dale Mitchell, two young men on a hiking trip, after she must save the hapless pup from nearby rapids.

  2. Episode 2: Search for Yesterday

    Oct 14, 1971

    Now accompanied by Lassie, Ron and Dale have the gold they have been placer mining assayed--and just for the heck of it, buy an old treasure map and go in search of a gold mine. Once they find the place, however, their search is endangered by fire heading for some old dynamite left in a shed.

  3. Episode 3: Trouble Tracks

    Oct 21, 1971

    Lassie befriends a trouble-prone mutt who is mascot of an old railroad spur line.

  4. Episode 4: Wings of the Ghost

    Oct 21, 1971

    The boys and Lassie sleep in an old barn that appears to be haunted.

  5. Episode 5: Homecoming

    Nov 4, 1971

    Ron and Dale return to the Holden Ranch, where Lassie is welcomed by Garth Holden and his foster sons, boys who have been orphaned or abandoned by their families.

  6. Episode 6: Orphan of the Wild

    Nov 11, 1971

    Mike, the new boy, begins works at the local animal clinic and developes a crush on the veterinarian,he's also feeling shy until he helps nurse an injured owl back to health.

  7. Episode 7: Day of Disaster

    Nov 18, 1971

    While in town picking up a gift for Garth, Ron is knocked unconscious when an earthquake strikes, and when he comes to, Lassie has escaped from the truck. As he and the dog search for each other, Lassie helps fellow animals dislocated by the quake, and Ron enlists his father in the search.

  8. Episode 8: The Schemer

    Nov 25, 1971

    Ron and Lassie return home from a trip to find Mike has adopted a raccoon from the wild animal park--and ""Rags"" is immediately jealous of Lassie. Soon dog and raccoon are embroiled in a feud, endangering both of them on a house construction site.

  9. Episode 9: The Flying Grandpa

    Dec 2, 1971

    Mike befriends Henry Newton, who flies a Curtis Pusher at airshows under the name ""The Flying Grandpa,"" when his aircraft breaks down in the Holden pasture. His long involved tall tales of bravery during air feats impress the boy, but bother Garth, who thinks Newton's lies might backfire. And when a bear charges Newton and Mike, the elderly man finds out they do.

  10. Episode 10: Mustang (1)

    Dec 9, 1971

    Garth and Dale survey rangeland for the Forest Service and see a young white stallion challenging the older black leader of a horse herd; Garth predicts the white horse will soon succeed. When he does, driving the injured black stallion away from water, Lassie tries to lead him to safety before he collapses.

  11. Episode 11: Mustang (2)

    Dec 16, 1971

    As Lassie gently leads the stallion back to the Holden Ranch, Garth and Dale leave food and drink for the animal, hoping he will choose himself to live at the ranch.

  12. Episode 12: Roundup

    Jan 13, 1972

    Ron and Dale, home from college, go out on the annual stray roundup and make a bet on which of them will find the most cattle. But it's Lassie who gets the jump on them, helps a calf stuck in quicksand, and then must help Ron when he's thrown from his horse.

  13. Episode 13: Dream Seeker

    Jan 20, 1972

    Ron and Dale, spending two days camping at Pine Lake before returning to college, pick up a boy that Dale can tell is ""on the run."" Sure enough, once he leaves them he builds a campsite in the woods. When the boys find his camp in the woods, he steals one of the motorcycles they've rented.

  14. Episode 14: Peace is Our Profession (1)

    Jan 28, 1972

    Garth takes Lassie with him on his visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base, where they meet Jimmy Fredericks, a boy with a weakened leg who has given up believing he will ever walk normally.

  15. Episode 15: Peace is Our Profession (2)

    Feb 4, 1972

    Lassie protects a snow goose who has chosen to lay her eggs on the flightline.

  16. Episode 16: Peace is Our Profession (3)

    Feb 11, 1972

    Lassie befriends a diabetic poodle named Sparky who stows away on the Looking Glass, where there's no insulin, to be with his owner.

  17. Episode 17: Peace is Our Profession (4)

    Feb 18, 1972

    Jimmy finds out that his father's flight may crash and must re-examine his faith.

  18. Episode 18: Paths of Courage (1)

    Feb 25, 1972

    Hoping to help his self-esteem, Garth takes Jimmy back to the ranch with him. There the uncertain boy meets Lucy Baker, a girl who's been deaf most of her life, and her pet wolf Mountie. But while Jimmy and Lucy get to know each other, Mountie, playing with Lassie, is shot by a shepherd who doesn't know he's a pet.

  19. Episode 19: Paths of Courage (2)

    Mar 3, 1972

    After Lucy and Jimmy find Mountie in the cave where Lassie has hidden him, Lucy sends Jimmy for help on her horse. He is frightened to do so, but does so for her sake, and despite being thrown, finds Domenic, the shepherd who shot Mounty. Meanwhile, Lassie returns to the ranch.

  20. Episode 20: Circle of Life

    Mar 10, 1972

    When Mountie weakens and then dies, even normally optimistic Lucy cannot understand and sinks into depression, so Sue asks her to help out at the wild animal park to take her mind off her loss. Eventually Lucy begins taking an interest in the animals, including a llama about to give birth.

Season 1924 ep. · 1972–1973
  1. Episode 1: Lightning

    Sep 16, 1972

    Garth's brother Keith is met with resentment when he takes over running the ranch, but he proves his mettle when a storm strikes the ranch and starts a fire that traps Lassie in the woods.

  2. Episode 2: The Doves of Santa Inez

    Sep 23, 1972

    Garth's brother Keith is met with resentment when he takes over running the ranch, but he proves his mettle when a storm strikes the ranch and starts a fire that traps Lassie in the woods.

  3. Episode 3: For Those Who Follow

    Sep 30, 1972

    Karl Burkholz and the ""scout"" for a migrating flock of doves become friends when Karl nurses the injured bird.

  4. Episode 4: Scarecrow

    Oct 14, 1972

    Lassie pursues a colt that escapes from the Baker ranch. (Elaine Baker seems to have problems keeping her livestock in check! Later in the season she loses a calf.

  5. Episode 5: A Girl and a Boy (1)

    Oct 21, 1972

    A crow that snatches Mike's wallet leaves the boy angry and determined to find the animal.

  6. Episode 6: A Girl and a Boy (2)

    Oct 28, 1972

    A small deaf boy is found wandering the grounds of the ranch and Lucy, communicating with him in sign language, discovers he feels no one wants him.

  7. Episode 7: Deadly Surf

    Nov 4, 1972

    Deprived of the dog the Holdens have given him, the boy flees.

  8. Episode 8: Golden Eagle

    Nov 11, 1972

    Deprived of the dog the Holdens have given him, the boy flees.

  9. Episode 9: A Taste of Freedom

    Nov 18, 1972

    Lassie must rescue three kittens from the incoming tide.

  10. Episode 10: Run to Nowhere (1)

    Nov 25, 1972

    Lassie befriends a racehorse so nervous that he can't complete a race.

  11. Episode 11: Run to Nowhere (2)

    Dec 2, 1972

    A runaway inner-city orphan is taken in at the ranch, but is distrustful of everyone.

  12. Episode 12: Vigil of the Stork

    Dec 9, 1972

    Joey runs away when he finds out he has to leave the ranch.

  13. Episode 13: Dream Builder

    Dec 16, 1972

    The Holdens are afraid Karl will not survive after a heart attack robs his will to live.

  14. Episode 14: Tell It to the Birds

    Jan 6, 1973

    While out in her own, Lassie's foot is severely damaged when caught in an illegal trap. She comes under the care of a reclusive Native American healer while Dale and Keith mount a search for their beloved animal friend.

  15. Episode 15: The Visitor

    Jan 13, 1973

    Lassie alerts Willy to a dog floating down the stream and together they rescue the stray. At first the dog is fearful of country life but Lassie teaches the little animal which becomes important when a tree traps the collie.

  16. Episode 16: Challenge of the Mountain (1)

    Jan 24, 1973

  17. Episode 17: Challenge of the Mountain (2)

    Feb 3, 1973

    Dale, riding Midnight and accompanied by Lassie, is injured when he falls from the horse.

  18. Episode 18: Legend of the Coyote

    Feb 10, 1973

    Midnight and Lassie must go for help when Dale cannot move.

  19. Episode 19: Horsenappers

    Feb 17, 1973

    Lassie's determined to retrieve the puppy stolen from the Holden barn by a coyote.

  20. Episode 20: A Joyous Sound (1)

    Feb 24, 1973

    Keith accompanies Lucy and Elaine into the city for tests with Lassie going along. Lucy turns out to be a candidate for surgery to restore her hearing but during the operation Lassie wanders off.

  21. Episode 21: A Joyous Sound (2)

    Mar 3, 1973

    Lassie, after accompanying Keith to the big city for Lucy's hearing operation, gets lost. Keith looks for her as Lassie wanders the city, taking in a kid's baseball game, the ocean but then enters an army firing range.

  22. Episode 22: A Joyous Sound (3)

    Mar 10, 1973

    Lassie continues her journey home, getting a fish hook in her paw before being helped by Jim and his surfer friend. Accepting a ride north with his two new pals he nears the Holden Ranch. Lucy finds out if her hearing operation was a success.

  23. Episode 23: Johnny Piper

    Mar 17, 1973

    Lassie, after a narrow escape on a firing range, befriends two young men who have been camping at the beach in their van. While they tend the injured collie, Lucy, now returned home, prays for two miracles: that her hearing -- and Lassie -- will return.

  24. Episode 24: The Dawning

    Mar 24, 1973

    Lucy trades lessons in ""home"" to an attractive young drifter who gives her guitar lessons in return.