Lassie

• E1

  Inheritance

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

  1954-09-12
• E2

  Arithmetic

  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.

  1954-09-19
• E3

  The Colt

  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.

  1954-09-26
• E4

  The Gun

  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.

  1954-10-03
• E5

  Mr. Peabody

  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.

  1954-10-10
• E6

  The Convict

  Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

  1954-10-17
• E7

  Feud

  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.

  1954-10-24
• E8

  The Lion

  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.

  1954-10-31
• E9

  Gramps

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

  1954-11-07
• E10

  Lassie's Pups

  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.

  1954-11-14
• E11

  The Job

  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.

  1954-11-21
• E12

  The Carnival

  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.

  1954-11-28
• E13

  Sale of Lassie

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

  1954-12-05
• E14

  The Rustlers

  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.

  1954-12-12
• E15

  The Fighter

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

  1954-12-19
• E16

  The Contest

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

  1954-12-26
• E17

  Runaways

  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.

  1955-01-02
• E18

  The Brat

  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.

  1955-01-09
• E19

  Father

  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.

  1955-01-16
• E20

  The Fawn

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

  1955-01-23
• E21

  Blind Soldier

  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.

  1955-01-30
• E22

  The Cave

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

  1955-02-06
• E23

  The Injury

  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.

  1955-02-13
• E24

  The Well

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

  1955-02-20
• E25

  The Snake

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

  1955-02-27
• E26

  The Bear

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

  1955-03-06

Top cast

Hugh Reilly

Paul Martin

Josh Albee

Mike Bishop

Larry Pennell

Keith Holden

Larry Wilcox

Dale Mitchell