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Lassie (US) Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Inheritance

First aired: Sep/12/1954
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Guest star: Myron Healey (Caleb Brown), Jim Hayward (Matt Willis), Everett Glass (Emmett Carey), Lee Erickson (Edgar Carey)

*** Eleven year old Jeff Miller is bequeathed a collie named Lassie. The collie however refuses to leave her dead master's house.

Screencap right: At the reading of Homer Carey's will, Jeff receives Lassie as a bequest and is overcome with joy. Tommy Rettig as Jeff and Pal as Lassie. Pal had played Lassie in several MGM films through the 1940s. He was older and near retirement when the television series went into production. He played Lassie in only this episode and in "The Well." The role was then passed to his son Junior.



2 :01x02 - Arithmetic

First aired: Sep/19/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Guest star: Carol Brannon (Miss Amelia Robbins)

Jeff is failing arithmetic. His mother arranges a make up test that coincides with the time Jeff planned to attend the circus.



3 :01x03 - The Colt

First aired: Sep/26/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Guest star: Walter Baldwin ([unknown]), Phil Chambers ([unknown])

Gramps gives Jeff a colt named Domino. Lassie runs away when Jeff ignores her.



4 :01x04 - The Gun

First aired: Oct/03/1954
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Trevor Bardette (Joe King)

Jeff finds his father's gun and wants to learn to use it. Ellen disapproves.



5 :01x05 - Mr. Peabody

First aired: Oct/10/1954
Writer: David Chantler
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Guest star: Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Florence Lake (Jenny), James Bell (Lester Peabody)

An elderly traveling farm worker charms Jeff with tall tales and in doing so provokes Gramps' jealousy and suspicions.



6 :01x06 - The Convict

First aired: Oct/17/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Thomas Carr
Guest star: Dabbs Greer (Joe Baker), Richard Garland (Clay Horton)

An escaped convict threatens Gramps and Ellen if Jeff won't supply him with food and clothing. Jeff hides the convict in his secret cave.



7 :01x07 - Feud

First aired: Oct/24/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Guest star: Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Marjorie Bennett (Birdie Brockway)

Gramps and Matt Brockway quarrel over a checkers game and forbid Jeff and Porky to see each other. The boys hide in Tuckers Woods hoping the men will be reconciled.



8 :01x08 - The Lion

First aired: Oct/31/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Guest star: Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Florence Lake (Jenny), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

*** Jeff sees a lion in the woods but no one will believe him.



9 :01x09 - Gramps

First aired: Nov/07/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Dayton Lummis (Dr. Wallace Stuart)

Gramps has chest pains. Jeff and Ellen take over his chores until Doc Stuart can diagnose. Gramps suffers beneath the restrictions placed upon his life.



10 :01x10 - Lassie's Pups

First aired: Nov/14/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Guest star: Frances Morris (Mrs. Wilson), Frank Ferguson (Dr. Peter Wilson)

Lassie suffers a difficult labor during a storm. Jeff rides for help in the night while Ellen tends Lassie.



11 :01x11 - The Job

First aired: Nov/21/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Raymond Greenleaf (Phineas Monroe), Anne O'Neal (Neighbor), Thurston Hall ([unknown])

When department store owner Phineas Monroe hears Ellen singing at church, he offers her a job on the radio show he sponsors. Ellen and Jeff must take an apartment in Capitol City to do so and leave Gramps and Lassie on the farm alone.



12 :01x12 - The Carnival

First aired: Nov/28/1954
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Vic Perrin ([unknown]), Raymond Hatton ([unknown]), Henry Slate ([unknown]), Richard Garland (Clay Horton)

While visiting a carnival, Jeff shows a carnival worker Lassie's tricks. The show's owner and the carny believe Lassie can be a star and try to steal her.



13 :01x13 - Sale of Lassie

First aired: Dec/05/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Rod Amateau
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Mike)

Jeff tries to sell Lassie to Porky's cousin when the family needs money for Gramps' slipped disc operation.



14 :01x14 - The Rustlers

First aired: Dec/12/1954
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Richard Karlan (Head Thief), William Phipps (Jenkins)

A calf Jeff is raising for the county fair is stolen.



15 :01x15 - The Fighter

First aired: Dec/19/1954
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Christian Drake (Pete Barnum), Gordon Jones (Frank Galloway)

Jeff is excited by a man working the harvest. When the man backs away from a fight though, Jeff decides he's a coward.



16 :01x16 - The Contest

First aired: Dec/26/1954
Guest star: Frank Ferguson (Dr. Peter Wilson)

Lassie participates in a dog race but is fed some spoiled meat by a disturbed child staying with the Millers.



17 :01x17 - Runaways

First aired: Jan/02/1955
Writer: David Chantler
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Bill Nelson (Tex), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Paul E. Burns (Jason)

Lassie is believed to have rabies and the constable is required to take her away from the farm for observation. Jeff runs away and hops a boxcar with Lassie.



18 :01x18 - The Brat

First aired: Jan/09/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Timothy Hovey (Malcolm), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky babysit a child who proves to be a handful.



19 :01x19 - Father

First aired: Jan/16/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Raymond Greenleaf (Dr. Harding), Stuart Torres (Higgy)

A father and son event is held at the church but Jeff doesn't want Gramps to play his father. Jeff becomes even more embarassed when his mother decides to accompany him. Jeff's friend Higgy calls him a "mama's boy."



20 :01x20 - The Fawn

First aired: Jan/23/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Trevor Bardette (Joe King), Frank Ferguson (Dr. Peter Wilson)

Gramps allows Jeff to keep a fawn whose mother was killed but warns his grandson that Lassie must be kept from the fawn because dogs and wild animals don't get along together.



21 :01x21 - Blind Soldier

First aired: Jan/30/1955
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Paul Richards (Dick Barton), Mary Newman (Mrs. Barton), Jonathan Hale (Walter Barton)

Jeff loans Lassie to the parents of a blind Korean War veteran. The veteran's own collie died during his absence from home and his parents believe Lassie can help ease the bad news.



22 :01x22 - The Cave

First aired: Feb/06/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy, Inez Asher
Director: Thomas Carr
Guest star: Robert Malcolm (Mr. Neilsen), Sammy Ogg (Ben Neilsen)

Jeff and Lassie become trapped in a cave after being lured there by Ben Neilsen's story about a skeleton.



23 :01x23 - The Injury

First aired: Feb/13/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Dayton Lummis (Dr. Wallace Stuart)

George Walton, the victim of an auto accident outside the Miller gate, recovers on the Miller farm. He wonders if he hit Lassie.



24 :01x24 - The Well

First aired: Feb/20/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Guest star: Hallene Hill (Liz Barton), Tristram Coffin (Mr. Hazlitt), Hugh Beaumont (Mr. Saunders)

A businessman wants to dredge an old well on the Miller farm but Gramps refuses.



25 :01x25 - The Snake

First aired: Feb/27/1955
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Dayton Lummis (Dr. Wallace Stuart), Florence Lake (Jenny), Richard Garland (Clay Horton)

Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake. Ellen and Gramps rush him to a doctor. When the truck breaks an axle, they all proceed on foot.



26 :01x26 - The Bear

First aired: Mar/06/1955
Director: Thomas Carr

A bear harasses Gramps and Jeff on a fishing trip.



27 :02x01 - The Runt

First aired: Sep/11/1955
Writer: Lillie Hayward
Director: Lesley Selander

All of Lassie's pups have found homes except Laddie, the runt. Lassie hides him in a mineshaft.



28 :02x02 - The Pit

First aired: Sep/18/1955
Guest star: Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), John Pickard (Mr. Curran)

Gramps believes illegal dogfights are being held in the area when Lassie is attacked by a bull terrier.



29 :02x03 - The Kittens

First aired: Sep/25/1955
Guest star: Madge Blake (Laura Purdy), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Lassie finds a litter of abandoned kittens. Gramps wants to drown them at once.



30 :02x04 - The Dog Show

First aired: Oct/02/1955
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Don Beddoe (Pokey's master), Trevor Bardette (Joe King)

Jeff trains Lassie for the Capitol City Dog Obedience Trials.



31 :02x05 - The School

First aired: Oct/19/1955
Guest star: Phyllis Coates (Miss Vernon), Judy Nugent (Susan "Spike" Ames), Eric Neilsen (Woody)

Jeff's schoolmates are accustomed to having their dogs to sleep beneath their desks during the day. The new schoolteacher Miss Vernon forbids dogs in the classroom. Woody decides to do something about the regulation.



32 :02x06 - The Violin

First aired: Oct/16/1955
Guest star: Lucien Littlefield (Francis Bridgeman), Earle Hodgins (Slim Hawkins)

Jeff teaches Lassie to howl when he plays the violin, hoping to get out of violin lessons.



33 :02x07 - The Monster

First aired: Oct/23/1955
Guest star: Robert Bice (Nanook's owner), Kathryn Sheldon (Clara Parr), Almira Sessions (Louise Ross)

Jeff adopts a seal found in the lake and names it Joe. Ellen is dismayed.



34 :02x08 - The Witch

First aired: Oct/30/1955
Guest star: Gertrude Graner (Old Woman), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky think an eccentric old woman is a witch and are convinced she's casting spells.



35 :02x09 - The Wild Duck

First aired: Nov/06/1955
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Richard Garland (Clay Horton), John Cliff ([unknown])

Jeff nurses a duck and names him Medwick. He later releases the duck in a posted marsh where he discovers too late that men are hunting illegally.



36 :02x10 - The Rival

First aired: Nov/13/1955
Guest star: Terry Ann Ross (Janie Taylor), Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Ken Osmond (Delivery boy)

Jeff and Gramps grow jealous when Clay Horton, the constable asks Ellen for a date. Ellen resents their attitude.



37 :02x11 - The Newspaper

First aired: Nov/20/1955
Writer: Joel Andrews
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Leonard Penn ([unknown]), Gregory Gray ([unknown])

Jeff and Porky acquire a printing press and use Lassie as collateral when buying supplies. A story the boys print about graft causes them considerable trouble.



38 :02x12 - The Clown

First aired: Nov/27/1955
Guest star: Stuart Torres (Higgy), Dorothy Asher (Grace), Ralph Moody (Tops, a clown)

A circus clown promises to perform at a church carnival. Jeff's friend Higgy causes trouble.



39 :02x13 - The Twister

First aired: Dec/04/1955

A downed power line sends Gramps out of the house and into a powerful storm.



40 :02x14 - Gramps' Birthday

First aired: Dec/11/1955
Guest star: Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Ellen plan a surprise birthday party for Gramps. Jeff and Porky come close to being blown to bits by dynamite while picking flowers for the celebration.



41 :02x15 - The Gypsies

First aired: Dec/18/1955
Guest star: Reba Waters (Tina, a gypsy girl), Gloria Saunders (Tina's mother)

Gypsies camp on the MIller farm. Jeff's colt Domino becomes seriously ill.



42 :02x16 - The Gift

First aired: Dec/25/1955
Guest star: Paul Wexler (Repairman), Hal K. Dawson (Cal Hubbard)

Lassie breaks a television set that belongs to the Brockways.



43 :02x17 - The Stamp Album

First aired: Jan/01/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), William Challee (Ed Higgins)

Jeff and Porky ignore Lassie while engrossed in a stamp album. Lassie gets rid of the album.



44 :02x18 - The Dog Catcher

First aired: Jan/08/1956
Guest star: Oliver Blake (Joe Hofsteder), Joan Sudlow (Pet shop owner), Terry Lee Blake (Secretary)

After Lassie is nabbed by the Capitol City dogcatcher, Jeff tries to find homes for fifteen unwanted dogs.



45 :02x19 - Pokey

First aired: Jan/15/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway)

Matt Brockway decides Pokey is useless and wants to get Porky a "real" dog.



46 :02x20 - The Trial

First aired: Jan/22/1956
Guest star: David Kasday (Edgar Carey), Robert Cornthwaite (District Attorney), Everett Glass (Emmett Carey), John Harmon (Henry Wheatley), Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Will Wright (Caleb Brown), Judy Nugent (Susan "Spike" Ames)

Gramps refuses to sell the Miller farm to Emmett Carey. His son Edgar pretends Lassie has bitten him.



47 :02x21 - The Hawk

First aired: Jan/29/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky want to tame a hawk but Gramps suspects the bird will kill their chickens.



48 :02x22 - The Tree House

First aired: Feb/05/1956
Guest star: Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff throws Porky out of his treehouse because Pokey barks at the moon. Jeff later finds the treehouse trashed.



49 :02x23 - The Visitor

First aired: Feb/12/1956
Director: Maurice Geraghty
Guest star: Warren Nagata (Haru Yamaguchi)

The Millers host a Japanese exchange student.



50 :02x24 - The Raft

First aired: Feb/19/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky sail to a nearby island looking for pirate treasure after Gramps gives them a map. A thunderstorm ruins their adventure.



51 :02x25 - The Journey

First aired: Feb/26/1956
Guest star: Ann O'Neal (Secretary), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Paul Cavanagh (Dr. Elwood Mason)

Lassie is losing her eyesight. Jeff hikes to Capitol City looking for a surgeon to operate on Lassie.



52 :02x26 - The Vet

First aired: Mar/04/1956
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Jeff pretends to be a veterianrain and frightens a cow into not giving milk.



53 :02x27 - Lassie's Double

First aired: Mar/11/1956
Writer: Mortimer Braus
Director: Maurice Geraghty
Guest star: Vera Marshe (Ida Houston), Milton Frome (Harry Houston), Marjorie Bennett (Birdie Brockway)

Ellen accidentally brings a collie named Chester home from a church bazaar.



54 :02x28 - The Child

First aired: Mar/18/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Frank Gerstle (Ken Hubbard), Terry Ann Ross (Janie Taylor)

Jeff agrees to babysit a child who wanders into the path of road construction equipment.



55 :02x29 - The Leash

First aired: Mar/25/1956
Writer: Gwen Bagni
Director: Arthur Hilton
Guest star: Florence Lake (Jenny)

Jeff keeps Lassie leashed in the barn, fearful that something terrible will happen to her after a neighbor has an auto accident.



56 :02x30 - Sunday School

First aired: Apr/10/1956
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Gay Goodwin (Diane Carroll)

When Jeff loses the money he raised to help flood victims, a Sunday school classmate taunts him.



57 :02x31 - The Deer Hunter

First aired: Apr/08/1956
Guest star: Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Robert J. Wilke (Mr. Correy), Scott Correll (Jim Correy)

The father of Jeff's friend Jim hunts deer illegally.



58 :02x32 - Domino

First aired: Apr/15/1956
Guest star: Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Francis McDonald (Clem Wyatt)

A horse dealer schemes to buy Domino cheaply by telling Gramps the horse is vicious.



59 :02x33 - The Marauder

First aired: Apr/22/1956
Guest star: Strother Martin (Lem Boots), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

One of Lassie's pup is grown and believed to be terrorizing the area.



60 :02x34 - The Calf

First aired: Apr/29/1956
Guest star: Alan Reynolds ([unknown]), Steve Darrell ([unknown])

Jeff and Porky raise a calf and become deeply attached to it.



61 :02x35 - The Crop Duster

First aired: May/06/1956
Guest star: Ross Elliott (Steve Talbot)

Lassie's pup Laddie becomes ill and Gramps believes a pesticide from a crop duster is to blame. The real culprit however is Gramps' gopher poison..



62 :02x36 - War Dog

First aired: May/13/1956
Guest star: James Griffith (Joe Brown)

A rehabilitated war dog exhibits aggressive behavior towards its new owner.



63 :02x37 - The Haircut

First aired: May/20/1956
Writer: Richard Sanville
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Clarence Strait ([unknown]), Isabel Withers ([unknown])

Ellen has to get Gramps and Jeff spruced up for a family wedding.



64 :02x38 - Diane

First aired: May/27/1956
Guest star: Gay Goodwin (Diane Carroll), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Marjorie Bennett (Birdie Brockway), Aline Towne (Mrs. Carroll)

A new girl in town causes a jealous rift between Jeff and Porky.



65 :03x01 - Bee Hive

First aired: Sep/09/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Ray Teal (Jim Teal)

Jeff and Porky raise bees for the 4H Livestock Show. A wild animal raids their hive.



66 :03x02 - Friendship

First aired: Sep/16/1956
Guest star: Tiger Fafara ([unknown]), Otto Waldis (Daniel Mueller), Grandon Rhodes (Doc Stevens), Gay Goodwin (Diane Carroll)

Daniel Mueller fences in a piece of his property that the kids use as a shortcut. Lassie discovers Mueller seriously ill.



67 :03x03 - Quarantine

First aired: Sep/23/1956
Writer: Jack Jacobs, Malvin Wald
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Strother Martin (Lem Boots), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway)

A hoof and mouth scare sweeps the area and Pokey is quarantined on the Miller farm. But the dog runs away and a neighbor threatens to shoot him.



68 :03x04 - Bone

First aired: Sep/30/1956
Guest star: Howard McNear (Professor Scott), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Lassie digs up a mammoth bone that holds interest for a man of science. Pokey steals the bone from Lassie.



69 :03x05 - The Watch

First aired: Oct/07/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff is always late so Ellen says he can have his father's watch if he demonstrates an awareness of time. Jeff makes up schedules for everyone -- including Porky.



70 :03x06 - Hoax

First aired: Oct/14/1956
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Ray Teal (Jim Teal)

Jeff "cries wolf" too many times. When he really needs help, no one will listen.



71 :03x07 - The Fish Story

First aired: Oct/21/1956
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

When Porky breaks Jeffs fishing rod, the boys plan to win a new one in a fishing tournament.



72 :03x08 - Transfusion

First aired: Oct/28/1956
Guest star: Florence Lake (Jenny), Richard Garland (Clay Horton), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Lee Erickson (Woody), Gay Goodwin (Diane Carroll)

Pokey is badly injured and needs a transfusion.



73 :03x09 - Local Elections

First aired: Nov/04/1956
Guest star: Jason Johnson (Jud Perkins), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Lee Erickson (Woody), Gay Goodwin (Diane Carroll), George Chandler (Mr. Fowler), Ethel Sturdevant (Woman at Polling Place)

Jud Perkins, an animal hater, runs for the office of animal regulator.



74 :03x10 - Gossip

First aired: Nov/11/1956
Guest star: Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Ray Montgomery (Pete Teal), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Florence Lake (Jenny)

When Jim Teal's nephew Pete says he hails from Chatsburg (the site of a state prison), Jeff and Porky spread the gossip that the man is an ex-convict.



75 :03x11 - Fish Conservation

First aired: Nov/18/1956
Guest star: Robert Knapp (Younger Fisherman), Michael Whalen (Phil Potter), Wally Brown (Older Fisherman)

Two restauranteurs want to collect free fish from the Miller lake.



76 :03x12 - Challenge

First aired: Nov/25/1956
Guest star: Lee Erickson (Woody)

Ellen makes Jeff promise to think before he does something foolish. When Woody leaves Jeff's report card on top of a telephone pole, Jeff forgets his promise.



77 :03x13 - Tractor

First aired: Nov/02/1956
Guest star: Alan Hale, Jr. (Joe Franklin)

Gramps wins a tractor but refuses to use it after a test drive goes bad.



78 :03x14 - Goats

First aired: Dec/09/1956
Writer: Richard Wormser, Arthur Richards
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Ray Teal (Jim Teal)

Jeff takes care of Jim Teal's goats but the playful animals drive everyone crazy.



79 :03x15 - A Place For Everything

First aired: Dec/16/1956
Guest star: Pat Hardy (Mary), Douglas Fowley (Purdy Timmons), Ron Hagerthy (Jack)

Ellen wants Lassie to help Jeff learn to be tidy but Lassie begins tidying up after everyone.



80 :03x16 - Party Line

First aired: Dec/23/1956
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Florence Lake (Jenny), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings, Sheriff)

Jenny has a birthday and no one remembers.



81 :03x17 - Superstition

First aired: Dec/30/1956
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver, a veterinarian), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Porky's superstitions are made light of by Ellen and Jeff until bad things begin happening to Jeff.



82 :03x18 - Goodbye Forever

First aired: Jan/06/1957
Guest star: House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings, Sheriff), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Porky wants to run away but Jeff persuades him to stay put for a day.



83 :03x19 - Lassie's Vanity

First aired: Jan/13/1957
Guest star: Rita Lynn (Receptionist), Barry Bernard (Milton Mason), Syd Saylor (Painter)

Ellen wins a radio contest. In Capitol City Lassie goes to a pet salon and the experience goes to her head.



84 :03x20 - Champion

First aired: Jan/20/1957
Guest star: George Chandler ([unknown]), Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Lee Erickson (Woody)

Gramps believes his eyesight is too poor to enter a turkey shoot. A marauding wolf proves Gramps wrong.



85 :03x21 - Vigil

First aired: Jan/27/1957
Writer: Edmond Kelso
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Michael Winkelman (Jimmy Travis), Eve Miller (Mrs. Travis), Nolan Leary (Dan Cook), House Peters, Jr. (Sheriff Benson)

A terrier keeps vigil at the last place he saw his master -- the Calverton Junction train depot.



86 :03x22 - Chimp

First aired: Feb/03/1957
Guest star: Paul Wexler (Joe Pinkham), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Slim Pickens (Eddie), Nolan Leary (Dan Cook)

A chimp is mistakenly delivered to Jeff and he hides the animal in the loft.



87 :03x23 - Lassie's Day

First aired: Feb/10/1957
Guest star: Jon Shepodd (Al), James Parnell ([unknown]), Joe Conley (Deliveryman), Cheryl Callaway (Betsy)

Lassie and Pokey set off on a series of adventures when left alone for the day.



88 :03x24 - Rock

First aired: Feb/17/1957
Writer: Mona Fisher
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Aline Towne (Miss Vernon), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky collect rocks for a school science project.



89 :03x25 - The Artist

First aired: Feb/24/1957
Guest star: Madge Blake (Miss Chapin, an artist)

Jeff tries to fix a cranky city lady up with Gramps.



90 :03x26 - Survival

First aired: Mar/03/1957
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Lloyd Nelson (Camper), Rayford Barnes (Ranger)

Jeff and Porky camp out as a survival test. The boys are put in danger by a neighboring camper's fire.



91 :03x27 - Bird Watchers

First aired: Mar/10/1957
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky have a bird project for school. Lassie defends a mallard from a predator.



92 :03x28 - The Dog House

First aired: Mar/17/1957
Guest star: Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway)

Gramps insists Lassie must sleep outside when a fox wrecks havoc in the hen house.



93 :03x29 - The Search

First aired: Mar/24/1957
Writer: Edmond Kelso
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Hal K. Dawson (Watchmaker), House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings, Sheriff), Tom London (Bob)

Gramps drives off in a huff just before a big storm arrives.



94 :03x30 - Boy's Day

First aired: Mar/31/1957
Guest star: Herbert Butterfield (Ralph Peterson), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Lane Bradford (Robber), Malcolm Atterbury (Ed Case), Florence Lake (Jenny)

Gramps and his pals stage a fake bank robbery on Calverton Boys Day to give Constable Jeff and Deputy Porky some action.



95 :03x31 - The Snob

First aired: Apr/07/1957
Guest star: Carlyle Mitchell (Harry Powell), Grandon Rhodes (Doc Stevens), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Powell), Lonnie Thomas (Timmy Powell)

After visiting a wealthy boy's home, Jeff is disappointed with everything at home.



96 :03x32 - Haunted House

First aired: Apr/14/1957
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Phil Chambers (Soldier), Jim Bannon (Phil Davies)

Jeff and Porky sneak into a haunted house and see a ghost.



97 :03x33 - The Nest

First aired: Apr/21/1957
Writer: Homer McCoy, Edward Seabrook
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Strother Martin (Lem Boots)

Gramps needs to use his mower but a rare bird has made her nest on it. Jeff and Porky have resolved to protect the bird and the nest.



98 :03x34 - Father Ellen

First aired: Apr/28/1957

Ellen thinks Jeff is lonesome when he stays away from the father and son 4 H meetings.



99 :03x35 - Poverty

First aired: May/05/1957
Writer: Homer McCoy, Edward Seabrook
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Henry Slate (Peddler)

Jef renounces his allowance and other amenities when he believes the farm is being foreclosed.



100 :03x36 - The Apple Tree

First aired: May/12/1957
Writer: Tom Allen
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Paul Maxey (Matt Brockway)

When rabbits ruin the apple orchard Jeff tries to convince Gramps to graft from a tree Lassie finds in the forest.



101 :03x37 - The Harvesters

First aired: May/19/1957
Guest star: House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings, Sheriff), Jason Johnson (Jud Perkins), Nestor Paiva (Michael Zolenko), Ray Giarusso (Valentine Zolenko)

A migrant boy breaks into the school to read books.



102 :03x38 - Jeff's Moustache

First aired: May/26/1957

Jeff feels grown up when he gets a shave so Gramps gives him adult chores.



103 :04x01 - The Runaway

First aired: Sep/08/1957
Writer: Paul David
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Ann Seaton (Miss Beauvard), House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings), George Selk (Jed Clausen), Hallene Hill (Abby Clausen)

*** One night, the Millers discover a waif-like boy hiding in the barn and take a great liking to him. Over breakfast the next morning, they learn the runaway's name is Timmy and that he's been living in distant Olive Bridge with his elderly (and ailing) Aunt Abby and Uncle Jed Clausen. Ellen meets with a social worker and Timmy's aunt and uncle to discuss Timmy's situation. She suggests that Timmy remain on the Miller farm until the Clausens see an improvement in their health and their circumstances. The Clausens readily accept Ellen's suggestion, believing it will be best for Timmy. Timmy is delighted with his new home on the farm.



104 :04x02 - The Suit

First aired: Sep/15/1957
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: John English
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Timmy tears his new suit and blames it on Lassie.



105 :04x03 - Graduation

First aired: Sep/22/1957
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver, a veterinarian), Florence Lake (Jenny), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff takes a summer job at Doc Weaver's office and accidentally lets loose a dog that may have rabies.



106 :04x04 - The Burro

First aired: Sep/29/1957
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver, a veterinarian), Don Diamond (Joe), Tito Vuolo (Tony Bonelli)

Timmy and Lassie find a sick burro and nurse it back to health.



107 :04x05 - The Berry Pickers

First aired: Oct/06/1957
Writer: Paul David
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Grandon Rhodes (Doc Stevens), Florence Lake (Jenny), House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings)

Timmy becomes sick after eating nightshade berries.



108 :04x06 - The Raccoon

First aired: Oct/13/1957
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver, a veterinarian)

Timmy and Jeff tend an injured raccoon. The raccoon wreaks havoc in the Miller kitchen and barn.



109 :04x07 - The Ballerina

First aired: Oct/20/1957
Guest star: Frances Mercer (Lucy Hopkins), Janine Perreau (Debbie Hopkins)

Jeff becomes smitten with a visiting ballerina.



110 :04x08 - The Elephant

First aired: Oct/27/1957
Guest star: House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings, Sheriff), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway)

Jeff and Porky find a baby elephant in the woods and want to use him in their backyard circus.



111 :04x09 - The Spartan

First aired: Nov/03/1957
Guest star: Grandon Rhodes (Doc Stevens)

Timmy catches a cold after falling in a lake and retreats to his tree house to endure his suffering like a Spartan.



112 :04x10 - Happy

First aired: Nov/10/1957
Guest star: Benny Rubin (Ben)

Timmy hides a chimp from the zoo in his tree house.



113 :04x11 - The Wolf

First aired: Nov/17/1957

Timmy adopts a wolf cub and is stalked by its mother.



114 :04x12 - The Tooth

First aired: Nov/24/1957

Timmy looses a tooth as everone gets ready to view an eclipse.



115 :04x13 - Transition

First aired: Dec/01/1957
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: Maurice Geraghty
Guest star: Marjorie Bennett (Birdie Brockway), Jon Shepodd (Paul Martin), Cloris Leachman (Ruth Martin), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Florence Lake (Jenny), House Peters, Jr. (Jim Billings)

*** Ellen sells the farm to Paul and Ruth Martin after Gramps passes away. The Martins adopt Timmy. Jeff gives Lassie to Timmy when he and his mother leave the farm for a new life in Capitol City.

Screencap right: Jeff gives Lassie to Timmy and says good-bye. One of the greatest moments in the entire series.



116 :04x14 - Timmy's Family

First aired: Dec/08/1957
Guest star: Myron Cook (Truck Driver), Joey D. Vieira (Sylvester "Porky" Brockway), Jan Clayton (Ellen Miller)

Timmy feels his mother is smothering him with overprotectiveness. When Ruth wonders if Timmy is allergic to Lassie, Timmy packs Lassie off to Jeff in Capitol City.



117 :04x15 - The Bike

First aired: Dec/15/1957
Guest star: I. Stanford Jolley (Hobo), Ray Ferrell (Mike Creel), Greta Granstedt (Mrs. Creel)

Timmy tells his parents he needs a bike to get to school on time. When Timmy borrows a friend's bike and loses it, Paul wonders if Timmy is really ready for the responsibility of owning a bike.



118 :04x16 - The Goose

First aired: Dec/22/1957
Writer: Ed Adamson
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Gary Hunley (Roy)

When Willy Brewster's pet goose strays from the Martin farm, Lassie rushes to the rescue.



119 :04x17 - The Baby-Sitter

First aired: Dec/29/1957
Writer: Charles O'Neal, Joseph Shaftel
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Claire Meade (Mrs. Grimes), Ricky Allen (Scott Richards)

Ruth arranges for a baby-sitter to look after Timmy but Timmy decides he's old enough to take care of himself.



120 :04x18 - The Crisis

First aired: Jan/05/1958
Writer: Vincent Fotre
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Grandon Rhodes (Doc Stevens), Helen G Hatch (Mrs. Fry), Tim Graham (Garage owner), Billy Wayne (Sam Fry)

Paul sends Lassie for help when Timmy is stricken with measles.



121 :04x19 - The Business

First aired: Jan/12/1958
Guest star: Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Taylor Holmes (Mr. Delahaney), Hal K. Dawson (Winston)

Lassie finds the best worms for catching fish so Timmy and Scott go into business selling "Lassie Worms." But a wealthy sportsman prefers his own expensive lures and becomes the boys' most difficult customer.



122 :04x20 - The Ring

First aired: Jan/19/1958
Writer: Claire Kennedy
Director: R. G. Springsteen
Guest star: Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), George Chandler (Petrie J. Martin)

Ruth invites Paul's Uncle Petrie to live on the farm.



123 :04x21 - The Greyhound

First aired: Jan/26/1958
Writer: T. C. Lengyel
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Vic Perrin (Forsythe), Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

A stolen greyhound is injured in a vehicle accident. The Martins nurse the dog back to health and find the dog's rightful owner.



124 :04x22 - Inoculation

First aired: Feb/02/1958
Writer: Robert Lees
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), Jimmy Fields (Timmy's classmate), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards)

After listening to frightening stories about needles and inoculations from a classmate, Timmy is reluctant to receive a polio shot at school.



125 :04x23 - The Pony

First aired: Feb/09/1958
Writer: Edmond Kelso
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Robert Anderson (Everyman)

After listening to Uncle Petrie's fairy tales, Timmy tells his parents he's discovered fairy ponies in the forest.



126 :04x24 - Sinbad

First aired: Feb/16/1958
Writer: Pauline Stone, Michael Cosgrove
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: J. Anthony Hughes (Grocer), Dorothy Crehan (Grandma), Vera Denham (Tillie Olgethorpe), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards)

Timmy and Scott try to win a $50 contest prize by teaching a parrot to talk.



127 :04x25 - The Square Dance

First aired: Feb/23/1958
Guest star: William Newell (Hank Holcomb), Florence Lake (Jenny), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Lloyd Nelson (Farmer)

Timmy looks forward to attending a square dance at the Grange Hall with his parents until he learns he's expected to dance with girls. Timmy takes Lassie to the dance as his partner.



128 :04x26 - The Garden

First aired: Mar/02/1958
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards)

Timmy performs a midnight rain dance when a dry spell threatens to ruin his garden.



129 :04x27 - Concussion

First aired: Mar/09/1958
Writer: Robert Lees
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Florence Lake (Jenny), Gilman Rankin ([unknown]), Roy Barcroft (Foreman on the road crew), Ralph Votrian ([unknown]), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Lassie falls into the hands of a vicious young man after being injured at a road construction site.



130 :04x28 - The Hungry Deer

First aired: Mar/16/1958
Director: R. G. Springsteen
Guest star: Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Bruce Cowling (Warden Hammer)

Paul and his neighbors hunt the deer invading their orchards and fields.



131 :04x29 - The Hospital

First aired: Mar/23/1958
Writer: Ed Adamson
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Thomas Browne Henry (Dr. Gordon), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Grandon Rhodes (Doc Stevens)

Timmy is diagnosed with appendicitis. While recuperating he suffers chicken pox.



132 :04x30 - The Penguin

First aired: Mar/30/1958
Guest star: Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Stuart Wade (Truck driver)

A penguin falls from a truck bound for the zoo. Timmy tries to hide the penguin from his parents.



133 :04x31 - The Bird House

First aired: Apr/06/1958
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Timmy builds a birdhouse and tends a sick sparrow.



134 :04x32 - Seeing Eye Dog

First aired: Apr/13/1958
Guest star: Kathleen Mulqueen (Mrs. Wallace), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), John Maxwell (Frank Wallace), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards)

The Martins successfully reunite a lost seeing eye dog with its owner.



135 :04x33 - Junior Firemen

First aired: Apr/20/1958
Writer: Robert Lees
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Austin Green (Fireman), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards)

Timmy participates in a school contest to win a ride on a fire truck.



136 :04x34 - The Blanket

First aired: Apr/27/1958
Writer: Ed Adamson
Director: Philip Ford

Ruth wants to replace Lassie's old blanket with a new one. Lassie finds help when Ruth is injured in an auto accident.



137 :04x35 - The Rabbits

First aired: May/04/1958
Writer: James Henerson
Director: Philip Ford

Timmy neglects Lassie when he receives two rabbits as a gift.



138 :04x36 - The Cub Scout

First aired: May/11/1958
Writer: Pauline Stone, Michael Cosgrove
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Terry Kelman (Bert), Robert Bice (Mr. Westrop), Vaughn Meadows (Hank Westrop), Kelly Junge, Jr. (Scott Richards), Ken Osmond (Ralph)

Timmy and Scott join the Cub Scouts. Their forest outing is ruined by Scott's two cousins from Chicago.



139 :04x37 - The Crow

First aired: May/18/1958
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Philip Ford

A crow recovers one of Uncle Petrie's treasured possessions.



140 :04x38 - The Mother

First aired: May/25/1958
Director: Lesley Selander

A dog gives birth in the forest during a storm. Lassie finds her litter of puppies.



141 :04x39 - The House Guest

First aired: Jun/01/1958
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Mr. Watkins), Ruthie Robinson (Lisa)

The Martins entertain Ruth's young niece Lisa. Ruth becomes locked in a shed that houses a leaking gas tank.



142 :04x40 - The Sermon

First aired: Jun/08/1958
Writer: Jessica Benson
Director: Philip Ford
Guest star: Daryn Hinton (Picnicker 1), Ed Hinton ([Unknown]), Phil Tead (Hobo), Isabelle Dwan ([Unknown]), Vera Marshe ([Unknown])

On a stroll in the woods, Timmy helps several strangers and they, in turn, help Timmy when Lassie falls from a cliff.



143 :05x01 - The Storm

First aired: Sep/07/1958
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Boomer wants his dog to learn to be a real farm dog.



144 :05x02 - Wishing

First aired: Sep/14/1958
Guest star: Malcolm Atterbury (Judge Baxter), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Orville Sherman (Undetermined)

Timmy falls in love with a pony.



145 :05x03 - The Teacher

First aired: Sep/21/1958
Writer: Jo Conway, Ruth Church
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), Trevor Bardette (Sam Burke), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Jon Lormer (Silas Huff), Ray Teal (Jim Teal)

Timmy and his classmates are fearful Miss Hazlit will lose her job due to budget constraints.



146 :05x04 - The Owl

First aired: Sep/28/1958
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy and Boomer are harassed by a barn owl when making an egg delivery.



147 :05x05 - The Crash

First aired: Oct/05/1958
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Russell Johnson (Mr. Matthews), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy and Boomer discover an injured pilot in the wreckage of an airplane.



148 :05x06 - The Rocking Chair

First aired: Oct/12/1958
Guest star: Rusty Lane (Joe Bascomb), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller)

Lassie falls in love with an old rocking chair. When the chair is sent to auction, she finds a way to get it back.



149 :05x07 - Fish Out of Water

First aired: Oct/19/1958
Writer: William Kelsay
Director: Lesley Selander
Guest star: Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy wants to keep a rainbow trout as a pet.



150 :05x08 - Trapped

First aired: Oct/26/1958
Writer: Monroe Manning, Alan Woods
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Harold Goodwin (Foreman), Rand Brooks (Bulldozer Operator), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy and Boomer become trapped in an abondoned house in the woods.



151 :05x09 - Our Gal

First aired: Nov/02/1958
Writer: Arthur Fitz-Richard
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Jason Johnson (Herb), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Paul's new sow runs away.



152 :05x10 - Lassie's Decision

First aired: Nov/09/1958
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Judith Ames (Mrs. Bridell), Harry Cheshire (Mr. Binns), Dennis Moore (Huntsman), Earl Robie (Henry Bridell), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

A boy afraid of dogs wants Lassie to be his pet.



153 :05x11 - The Egret

First aired: Nov/16/1958
Writer: Will Gould
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Dennis Moore (Huntsman), Harry Cheshire (Mr. Binns), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy spots a snowy egret but no one believes him.



154 :05x12 - The Archers

First aired: Nov/23/1958
Writer: Arnold Belgard, Miriam Geiger, James Henerson
Director: Abby Berlin
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Harry Harvey, Jr. (2nd Hunter), Ron Hagerthy (1st Hunter)

The Martins nurse a wounded bear cub back to health.



155 :05x13 - The Bundle from Britain

First aired: Nov/30/1958
Writer: Peggy Phillips, Arnold Belgard
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), Billy Pottin (Robin (as Billy Potton)), Christopher Olsen (Bud)

Timmy has a visitor from England. Boomer becomes jealous.



156 :05x14 - The Black Woods

First aired: Dec/07/1958
Director: Franklin Adreon

Uncle Petrie discovers two men holding the bank president captive in the woods.



157 :05x15 - The Raffle

First aired: Dec/14/1958
Writer: Robert Lees
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Kathleen Freeman (Mrs. Graff)

Ruth wins a piano in a raffle.



158 :05x16 - The Christmas Story

First aired: Dec/21/1958
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Addison Richards (Dr. Watkins), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Larry J. Blake (Al Bronson), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Lassie is struck by a car on Christmas Eve and requires delicate surgery.



159 :05x17 - The Lady Bugs

First aired: Dec/28/1958
Writer: Jessica Benson
Director: Abby Berlin
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy and Boomer want to go into the lady bug business.



160 :05x18 - Junior GI's

First aired: Jan/04/1959
Writer: Arnold Belgard
Director: Franklin Adreon

Timmy wanders into a live mine field where the Army is conducting maneuvers.



161 :05x19 - The Big Cat

First aired: Jan/11/1959
Writer: Alan Woods, Monroe Manning
Director: Lesley Selander

Ruth is caught in a trap set for a cougar.



162 :05x20 - The Tree

First aired: Jan/18/1959
Writer: Will Gould
Director: Abby Berlin

Timmy writes a letter to the President when a tree planted by Johnny Appleseed is slated for removal.



163 :05x21 - Timmy,The Oil Millionaire

First aired: Jan/25/1959
Writer: Monroe Manning, Alan Woods
Director: George Archainbaud
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy and Boomer discover oil.



164 :05x22 - Beholden

First aired: Feb/01/1959
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: J. Pat O'Malley (Asa Winkler)

A handyman gets a job on the Martin farm and then arranges "accidents" to stay on.



165 :05x23 - Tartan Queen

First aired: Feb/08/1959

A breeder believes Lassie is the descendant of a famous show dog.



166 :05x24 - The Horse Show

First aired: Feb/15/1959
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: George Archainbaud

Timmy enters his burro Lucky in a horse show.



167 :05x25 - The Cat Who Came To Dinner

First aired: Feb/22/1959

The Martins adopt a mischievous cat who gets Lassie into trouble.



168 :05x26 - The Bonnet

First aired: Mar/01/1959
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: George Archainbaud

Timmy and Lassie ruin Ruth's new hat while playing.



169 :05x27 - The Puppy Story

First aired: Mar/08/1959
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Mary Lawrence (Edith), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Charles Herbert (Jerry)

Lassie hides her puppies in the woods so they won't be sold.



170 :05x28 - The Young Flyers

First aired: Mar/15/1959
Writer: Michael Cosgrove, Pauline Stone
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Michael Garth (Scoutmaster)

Timmy loses his kite for the Cub Scout Kite Contest.



171 :05x29 - The Watch Dog

First aired: Mar/22/1959
Writer: Robert Lees
Director: Abby Berlin
Guest star: Frank Ferguson (Seth Collins), Martha Wentworth (Bertha Collins)

Lassie is blamed for damage done by a chimpanzee.



172 :05x30 - The Puppet

First aired: Mar/29/1959
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Ted Knight (Mr. Ventrilo)

Lassie falls in love with a ventriloquist's canine hand puppet.



173 :05x31 - Rock Hound

First aired: Apr/05/1959
Writer: William Kelsay
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), James Anderson (Case Ferguson), J. Anthony Hughes (Mr. Brody)

Timmy and Boomer believe a neighbor is a bank robber.



174 :05x32 - The Charm

First aired: Apr/12/1959
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

When Timmy and Boomer borrow Uncle Petrie's good luck charm for a school project, Uncle Petrie begins having bad luck.



175 :05x33 - Teamwork

First aired: Apr/19/1959
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Reba Waters (Millicent Radcliffe)

Timmy and Boomer make plans to build a lean-to. Boomer's cousin visits and wanders into a cave.



176 :05x34 - Stablemates

First aired: Apr/26/1959
Writer: Robert Lees
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Stuart Randall (Mr. Kramer)

Timmy and Lassie bring a race horse home.



177 :05x35 - The Camera

First aired: May/03/1959
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Dan White (Amos Lovejoy), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller)

Timmy's new camera catches a hunter poaching on the Martin farmlands.



178 :05x36 - Peace Patrol

First aired: May/10/1959
Writer: Arnold Belgard
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

When Timmy's Peace Patrol funds are stolen, Lassie tracks the thief to the haunted barn. The Lone Ranger congratulates Timmy on his success.



179 :05x37 - Swami

First aired: May/17/1959
Writer: James Henerson
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Timmy and Boomer manage a fortune telling booth at the church carnival.



180 :05x38 - Campout

First aired: May/24/1959
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates), Johnny Washbrook (Chuck)

Timmy and Boomer camp out in the barn.



181 :05x39 - Lassie's Guest

First aired: May/31/1959
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Franklin Adreon
Guest star: Todd Ferrell (Boomer Bates)

Boomer leaves his dog in Timmy's care while visiting relatives.



182 :06x01 - The New Refrigerator

First aired: Sep/06/1959
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Norman Morgan
Guest star: Don Beddoe (Mr. Cuppy)

Ruth is thrilled when Paul comes home with an electric refrigerator to replace her old icebox. Lassie however will not accept the new appliance.

Screencap right: June Lockhart as Ruth Martin in the Main Title credits.



183 :06x02 - Old Henry

First aired: Sep/13/1959
Writer: Oliver Drake, Rose Mathias
Director: Earl Bellamy

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

Screencap right: Hugh Reilly as Paul Martin from the Main Title credits.



184 :06x03 - The Contest

First aired: Sep/20/1959
Writer: Monroe Manning, Alan Woods
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Hal K. Dawson (Contest Announcer), Jon Lormer (Silas Huff), Trevor Bardette (Sam Burke), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster)

Timmy enters a contest and entrusts Lassie to get the entry to the mailman. But Lassie aids so many neighbors in distress that the letter is not delivered.

Screencap right: Main Title, 1959.



185 :06x04 - The Mascot

First aired: Sep/27/1959
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Roy Campanella (Himself), Terry Rangno (Undetermined), Rickey Murray (Undetermined)

Baseball great Roy Campanella arrives in town to coach the Calverton Boys' League. Timmy proposes Lassie as team mascot.



186 :06x05 - The Sulky Race

First aired: Oct/04/1959
Writer: Monroe Manning, Alan Woods
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Paul Fix (Sam Snow), Lloyd Nelson (Race Announcer)

A down-on-his-luck harness horse racer boards his two horses, Big Boy and Lazy Joe at the Martin farm. Big Boy becomes lame.



187 :06x06 - Growing Pains

First aired: Oct/11/1959
Writer: Arnold Belgard, Rose Mathias
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Eddie Little (Eddie), Michael McGreevey (Mike), Stephen Talbot (Steve)

Ruth forbids Timmy to play football with the bigger boys at school.. But Timmy defies his mother so he won't be called a "mamma's boy."



188 :06x07 - The Flying Machine

First aired: Oct/18/1959
Writer: Ruth Church, Richard Fisher
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Stephen Talbot (Steve), Shirley Mitchell (Alma Stevens), Eddie Little (Eddie)

Timmy is the smallest boy in his gang and is chosen to be test pilot for their homemade glider. The boys decide the glider will be launched from a cliff.



189 :06x08 - The UNICEF Story

First aired: Oct/24/1959
Director: Norman Morgan
Guest star: Karen Dicker (Anna), Scotty Morrow (Rudy), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit)

A European refugee girl in Timmy's class is accused of stealing food for her starving family. Ruth sends the children out to trick-or-treat for UNICEF.



190 :06x09 - Water Boy

First aired: Nov/01/1959
Writer: Hendrik Vollaerts
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

Paul needs a new well. Neighbor Cully Wilson says he can find water with a divining rod and save Paul the expense of hiring a geologist.



191 :06x10 - The Whopper

First aired: Nov/08/1959
Writer: Harold Shumate
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Edith Evanson (Mrs. Larson), Flip Mark (Flip)

Timmy tells his friends that a new neighbor living in a run-down house is a witch.



192 :06x11 - The Bounty Hunter

First aired: Nov/15/1959
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: John Anderson (Les Matthews)

The local farmers hire a bounty hunter to find a rampaging puma. Lassie takes a dislike to the man's dog King.



193 :06x12 - The Land Grabber

First aired: Nov/22/1959
Writer: Ellis Marcus
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Ken Mayer (Mr. Cranston), Jack Williams (Accomplice), Michael McGreevey (Mike), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller)

Paul refuses to sell his land to a real estate broker. A vandal ruins his tomato crop.



194 :06x13 - The Man from Mars

First aired: Nov/29/1959
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Everett Glass (Professor)

When Timmy sees a meteorite fall, he's convinced a spaceship from another planet has landed and that a man from Mars is wandering about the farm.



195 :06x14 - In Case of Emergency

First aired: Dec/06/1959
Writer: Sid Harris, Betty Hopkins
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Percy Helton (Jason Blalock), Perry Cook (Junkman), Grandon Rhodes (Dr. Stuart), George Chandler (Petrie J. Martin)

The Martins want a community emergency room created but a prominent farmer tells area businessmen a hospital is unnecessary



196 :06x15 - Star Reporter

First aired: Dec/20/1959
Writer: Elwood Ullman, Steven Michaels
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Ben Morris (Undetermined), Tyler McVey (Mr. Vance), James Bell (Ira Caldwell)

While selling newspaper subscriptions, Timmy overhears a plan to rob the local dairy's co-op.



197 :06x16 - Alias Jack and Joe

First aired: Dec/27/1959
Director: George Blair
Guest star: Dick Kay Hong (Sam Kuramoto), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Florence Lake (Jenny), Scotty Morrow (Rudy), Flip Mark (Flip)

Timmy and his friend Sam Kuramoto run away after they think they've killed a playmate.



198 :06x17 - Judas Goat

First aired: Jan/03/1960
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Bill Erwin (Joe Morton), Steve Pendleton (Bob Thomas), K. L. Smith (Undetermined), Tom Brown (Undetermined)

Timmy has a new silent dog whistle.



199 :06x18 - The Space Traveler

First aired: Jan/10/1960
Writer: Charles Smith
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Chris Warfield (Assistant), Walter Coy (Colonel), Tom Nolan (Don)

Timmy and his friend Don substitute Timmy's guinea pig for one they find in an army test rocket. Army officials then suspect Timmy and Lassie have been exposed to radiation.



200 :06x19 - The Maverick

First aired: Jan/17/1960
Writer: Alan Woods, Monroe Manning
Director: Earl Bellamy
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Len), David McMahon (Mel), Ross Elliott (Joe Smith)

An animal control representative wants to save a smart mongrel dog that's become a nuisance on the area farms.



201 :06x20 - The Grasshopper and the Ant

First aired: Jan/24/1960
Writer: Hendrik Vollaerts
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Byron Foulger (Dan Porter), Phil Chambers (Ted), Jon Lormer (Silas Huff)

Timmy is studying grasshoppers for a school project, and discovers a nest of the insects. Worried about a plague, he presents his findings at a Grange meeting and tries to buy insecticide with his own money.



202 :06x21 - Homing Pigeon

First aired: Jan/31/1960
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



203 :06x22 - The Explorers

First aired: Feb/07/1960
Writer: Arnold Belgard
Director: Earl Bellamy



204 :06x23 - The Epidemic

First aired: Feb/14/1960
Writer: Alan Woods, Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



205 :06x24 - Fur-Coated Killer

First aired: Feb/21/1960
Writer: Les Farber, Mary Fay
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



206 :06x25 - Judgment Seat

First aired: Feb/28/1960
Writer: Harold Shumate
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



207 :06x26 - The Elephant

First aired: Mar/06/1960
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



208 :06x27 - Clementine

First aired: Mar/13/1960
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



209 :06x28 - The Puppy Sitter

First aired: Mar/20/1960
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



210 :06x29 - The Champ

First aired: Mar/27/1960
Writer: Oliver Drake
Director: Oliver Drake



211 :06x30 - The Phone Hog

First aired: Apr/03/1960
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



212 :06x31 - The Chase

First aired: Apr/10/1960
Writer: Jo Conway, Monroe Manning, George Beck
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Hal Smith (Caswell), Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

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. Brownie: Dick Whittinghill.



213 :06x32 - The Killer

First aired: Apr/17/1960
Writer: Steven Michaels, David Boehm
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



214 :06x33 - The Moved Monument

First aired: Apr/24/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



215 :06x34 - The Alligator

First aired: May/01/1960
Writer: Will Gould
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



216 :06x35 - The Wrong Gift

First aired: May/08/1960
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Gerald Schnitzer
Guest star: Howard Wright (Mr. Slocum), Richard Reeves (Pipefitter II), Frank Gerstle (Pipefitter I), Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Tuttle), Bonita Granville Wrather (Mrs. Brewster), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster)

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.



217 :06x36 - The Fog

First aired: May/15/1960
Writer: David Boehm
Director: George Blair



218 :06x37 - The Hermit

First aired: May/22/1960
Writer: Elwood Ullman, Ruth Church
Director: George Blair



219 :07x01 - Blacktail

First aired: Sep/11/1960
Director: Gerald Schnitzer
Guest star: Charles Herbert (Jerry)



220 :07x02 - The Wallaby

First aired: Sep/18/1960
Writer: Will Gould
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



221 :07x03 - Cully's New Pet

First aired: Sep/25/1960
Writer: William Beaudine
Director: William Beaudine



222 :07x04 - The Rescue

First aired: Oct/02/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



223 :07x05 - Feathered Menace

First aired: Oct/09/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



224 :07x06 - The Gentle Tiger

First aired: Oct/16/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



225 :07x07 - The Renegade

First aired: Oct/23/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



226 :07x08 - The Blind Dog

First aired: Oct/30/1960



227 :07x09 - The Swallows of Los Pinos

First aired: Nov/06/1960



228 :07x10 - Sea Serpent

First aired: Nov/13/1960
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



229 :07x11 - Visiting Colt

First aired: Nov/20/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



230 :07x12 - Little Cabbage

First aired: Nov/27/1960
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Jeffrey Hayden



231 :07x13 - The Big Race

First aired: Dec/04/1960



232 :07x14 - Bows and Arrows

First aired: Dec/18/1960
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



233 :07x15 - The Christmas Story

First aired: Dec/25/1960
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Jack B. Hively



234 :07x16 - The White-Faced Bull

First aired: Jan/01/1961
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



235 :07x17 - Apron Strings

First aired: Jan/08/1961



236 :07x18 - The Mad Dog

First aired: Jan/22/1961



237 :07x19 - The Trip

First aired: Jan/29/1961



238 :07x20 - Shadrack

First aired: Feb/05/1961
Writer: Les Farber, Mary Fay
Director: William Beaudine



239 :07x21 - The Patriot

First aired: Feb/12/1961
Writer: Oliver Drake
Director: Gerald Schnitzer



240 :07x22 - The Eagle

First aired: Feb/19/1961



241 :07x23 - Cracker Jack

First aired: Feb/26/1961
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



242 :07x24 - Cully's Hound Dog

First aired: Mar/05/1961



243 :07x25 - The Fire Watchers

First aired: Mar/12/1961



244 :07x26 - Senor Coyote

First aired: Mar/19/1961



245 :07x27 - Bessie

First aired: Mar/26/1961
Writer: Richard Sanville, Robert Lees
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Florence Lake (Jenny), Michael McGreevey (Joey), Harry Carey, Jr. (Barney Kent)

*** Ruth thinks her cow Bessie is going dry but a neighbor boy has been stealing its milk to feed his baby sister.



246 :07x28 - The Pigeon

First aired: Apr/02/1961
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: L. Q. Jones (Sergeant Nolan), Raymond Bailey (General Steele)

*** When Lassie becomes fond of an injured Army pigeon, Timmy offers to buy it.



247 :07x29 - Long Chase

First aired: Apr/09/1961
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Chick Chandler (Mr. Conte), Russ Bender (Doc Hayden)

Lassie fills in for an injured carnival dog and performs so well the carnival dog's trainer steals her.



248 :07x30 - The Ostrich

First aired: Apr/16/1961
Writer: Sandy Spillman
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: J. Pat O'Malley (Captain Gene Holter), Nolan Leary (Judge Baxter)

Timmy meets a man who races ostriches against horses at county fairs.



249 :07x31 - Fools Gold

First aired: Apr/23/1961
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

Timmy and Cully think a deceased gold prospector's burro knows where an old gold mine is located.



250 :07x32 - The Greyhound

First aired: Apr/30/1961
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: Gerald Schnitzer
Guest star: Richard Correll (Steve Johnson), Peggy Stewart (Mrs. Johnson)

*** Lassie loses a race against a neighbor's greyhound but proves herself a worthy dog in another way.



251 :07x33 - Rodeo

First aired: May/14/1961
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Austen Jewell
Guest star: Patty Ann Gerrity (Charlotte "Charlie" Gaynor), Chris Warfield (Lucky Gaynor)

*** When a saddle bronc rider's horse injures its leg, Lassie finds another horse for the cowboy to ride.



252 :07x34 - The Search

First aired: May/21/1961
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Richard Darley
Guest star: Florence Lake (Jenny), Cynthia Lane (Lost Girl)

*** A six year girl falls into a concrete irrigation ditch. Lassie finds the girl's doll and leads Ruth and Timmy to her.



253 :07x35 - Timmy and the Martians

First aired: May/28/1961
Writer: F. Paul Hall
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Gil Rogers (Bobby), Richard Correll (Steve Johnson), Roy Barcroft (Colonel J. R. Compton), John Archer (Major Thornton)

*** When an Army plane crashes, Timmy believes his home-made "Martian Detector" is responsible.



254 :08x01 - Lassie at the Grand Canyon

First aired: Sep/10/1961
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Jack B. Hively
Guest star: Robert Armstrong (Oliver), Carl Benton Reid (Richard Bliss)

While vacationing at the Grand Canyon, Timmy and Ruth meet a blind musician who saves Timmy's life.



255 :08x02 - The Bloodhound

First aired: Sep/17/1961
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

When Ruth's wallet disappears, Cully's bloodhound Relentless is brought in to solve the mystery.



256 :08x03 - The Mysterious Intruder

First aired: Sep/24/1961
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller)

Lassie is suspected of harassing the neighbor's livestock but a strange collie roaming the area is the culprit.



257 :08x04 - The Badger Game

First aired: Oct/01/1961
Guest star: Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster)

Timmy wants an exotic pet to enter in a contest. When he tries to capture a badger, he gets stuck in the badger's burrow and must be rescued by his father.



258 :08x05 - The Outlaw

First aired: Oct/08/1961
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Jimmy Bates (Jimmy Hodges), Herbert Patterson (Officer Slater), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Florence Lake (Jenny)

Officer Slater's dog Deputy is injured in a car crash following a chase for a bank robber and turns savage. Timmy and Lassie try to save the dog before a posse -- and a vengeful neighbor boy who was bitten by the animal -- catch him.



259 :08x06 - The Winner

First aired: Oct/15/1961
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Harry Carey, Jr. (Race Official), Harry Shannon (Joseph McCarthy)

Timmy enters Lassie in the Silver Lake Coon Dog Trials. Lassie angers the owner of the reigning champ.



260 :08x07 - Heat Wave

First aired: Oct/22/1961
Writer: Les Farber
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Ray Teal (Jim Teal), Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

Jim Teal wants Cully confined to a rest home. Timmy gets caught in a trap during a violent storm.



261 :08x08 - The Deer

First aired: Oct/29/1961
Guest star: Roy Barcroft (Deer hunter)

Timmy wants to keep a doe safe from hunters and tries to capture her.



262 :08x09 - Lassie Adopts the Fire Chief

First aired: Nov/05/1961
Guest star: Dick Foran (Ed Washburne)

Lassie prefers keeping company with Fire Chief Ed Washburne rather than Timmy.



263 :08x10 - The Pied Piper

First aired: Nov/12/1961
Writer: Les Farber
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: John Hubbard (Hank)

Timmy breeds rats on the farm and keeps the project secret from his parents.



264 :08x11 - Joey

First aired: Nov/19/1961
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Michael Burns (Joey Young), Jacqueline Scott (Cora Young), James Seay (Stan Morton)

*** Timmy's blind friend Joey is denied a trained dog because of his age. Timmy trains Lassie for the job and gives her to Joey.



265 :08x12 - Lassie's Wild Baby

First aired: Nov/26/1961
Writer: Jessica Benson
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Jane Darwell (Mrs. Brenner)

Lassie wants to be a mother so she adopts a cougar baby.



266 :08x13 - The Dognappers

First aired: Dec/03/1961
Writer: Marianne Mosner
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Frank Killmond (Roy), David Whorf (Dognapper), Judee Morton (Kathie), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller)

Two thieves make their living stealing dogs and collecting the rewards.



267 :08x14 - The Dove

First aired: Dec/17/1961
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Linda Wrather (Willy Brewster), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), Rafael Lopez (Pepe Ramirez)

Timmy shelters a Mexican boy and learns from Sheriff Miller that doing so is illegal.



268 :08x15 - Yochim's Christmas

First aired: Dec/24/1961
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Lloyd Corrigan (Sculptor), William Hughes (Billy Joe Yochim), Ellen Corby (Pearly Mae Yochim)

Billy Joe Yochim and his mother visit the Martins at Christmastime. Billy Joe believes an aged sculptor he and Timmy save from a sleigh accident is Santa Claus.



269 :08x16 - The Parrot

First aired: Dec/31/1961
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Charles Tannen (Mr. Shulman)

Cully finds a lost parrot and gives it to Ruth for her birthday. Lassie is blamed for the bird's mischief-making.. When a reward is posted for the parrot, Cully tries to get it back.



270 :08x17 - Lassie's Protege

First aired: Jan/07/1962
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Tommy Ivo (Johnny Sexton), Susan Crane (Johnny Sexton's Girlfriend), David Macklin (Drag Car Racer)

After suffering a rebuke from Timmy, Lassie runs away and makes friends with a raccoon. But the friendship is short-lived when a reckless teenage driver kills the animal.



271 :08x18 - The Black Sheep

First aired: Jan/14/1962
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Nolan Leary (Judge Baxter), William Benedict (Judge at Calverton County Fair), Nestor Paiva (Immigrant Shepherd)

*** Timmy's black lamb escapes the barn during a thunderstorm and becomes lost in a neighbor's flock of sheep. Timmy competes at the Calverton County Fair.



272 :08x19 - The Partnership

First aired: Jan/21/1962
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Dick Foran (Ed Washburne), Nolan Leary (Judge Baxter)

*** Timmy and Ed Washburne share the cost of buying a wild colt. Timmy releases the colt when its mother comes to the farm.



273 :08x20 - The Hike

First aired: Jan/28/1962
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Shirley Mitchell (Jean Roberts), Lew Brown (Jim)

Timmy's friend Mike drops their hiking plans so Timmy sets off alone. While playing hide-and-seek with Lassie he tumbles down a hillside and becomes trapped in a forest fire.



274 :08x21 - Bird of Prey

First aired: Feb/04/1962
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Announcer), Jan Stine (Richard Martin)

Timmy's cousin Dick Martin teaches Timmy how to train a falcon. Timmy visits the Air Force Academy with his mother and Lassie.



275 :08x22 - Casey

First aired: Feb/11/1962
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: George Selk (Carnival worker), Ray Walker (Tramp), Eddy Waller (Jonathan Grigsby)

When a pet chimpanzee named Casey is left in Timmy's care, the animal escapes and leads Timmy on a wild goose chase.



276 :08x23 - The Odyssey I

First aired: Feb/18/1962
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Rusty Lane (Beefy trucker), Leonard P. Geer (Slim trucker), Richard Reeves (Mike Finch), Jon Lormer (Henry Deshew)

In the Capitol City farmers' market, Lassie is locked in a truck that travels hundreds of miles away. When Lassie is released, she sets off through field and forest to find her way back to Timmy.



277 :08x24 - The Odyssey II

First aired: Feb/25/1962
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Alan Hale, Jr. (Outdoorsman)

Lassie continues her odyssey. Timmy and his father travel to Lexington to post ads and to search for their dog. Lassie spends a night with a kind outdoorsman.



278 :08x25 - The Odyssey III

First aired: Mar/04/1962
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Alan Hale, Jr. (Outdoorsman)

Much time has passed with no word or sign of Lassie. Cully suggests that Lassie may not come home and presents Timmy with a puppy hoping to assuage the boy's despair. Timmy gives up hope that Lassie will return.



279 :08x26 - Double Trouble

First aired: Mar/11/1962
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Phillip Terry (Dan Walsh), Frank Albertson (Norman Talley)

Lassie is mistaken for a champion show dog and is given red carpet treatment at the Capitol City Dog Show.



280 :08x27 - Eager Beaver

First aired: Mar/18/1962
Guest star: Stuart Randall (Al Livermore)

Paul tries to trap the beavers damming the water needed for irrigation. Lassie sets them free.



281 :08x28 - Lassie and the Eagle

First aired: Mar/25/1962
Writer: Joanne Court
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: James Seay (Doc Porter), Lane Bradford (Deputy)

"Mrs. Eagle" returns to visit her adopted gosling and helps Lassie when she has her puppies.



282 :08x29 - The Vindication of Relentless

First aired: Apr/01/1962
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Byron Foulger (Milt Stewart)

When the county tax assessor's ledger is carried off by a bear, Cully's bloodhound Relentless is called upon to catch the thief.



283 :08x30 - The Unwanted

First aired: Apr/08/1962
Guest star: Robert Williams (Mr. Dinsmore), James Seay (Doc Porter), Russ Conway (Ben Carter), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit)

Timmy wants to give Miss Hazlit's uncle a dog.



284 :08x31 - The Musher

First aired: Apr/15/1962
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Lloyd), Robert Brubaker (Pete Kester)

Timmy trains Lassie, Cully's hound Sam, and Shag, a friend's dog to participate as sled dogs at the Alpine Meadows Winter Carnival. Lassie's feelings are hurt when Timmy makes Sam the lead dog.



285 :08x32 - Lassie's Good Deed

First aired: Apr/29/1962
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Stacy Keach (Mr. Jensen's doctor), James Burke (Mr. Jensen), Maudie Prickett (Nurse at reception desk)

When Timmy's elderly friend Mr. Jensen is hit by a car and falls into a coma, Timmy takes care of his dog Ruff. Lassie knows what will cure Mr. Jensen and brings his dog to the hospital.



286 :08x33 - Sanctuary

First aired: May/06/1962
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Fuzzy Knight (Judge Fred J. Beaber), William Schallert (Barry Weldon), John Cliff (Construction worker)

Timmy and Cully begin a letter writing campaign to stop a road from being built through a woodland area.



287 :08x34 - Lassie and the Calf

First aired: May/13/1962
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Nolan Leary (Judge Baxter), L. Q. Jones (Blake), James Seay (Doc Porter), Jason Johnson (Ezra Tate)

Timmy tends a neighbor's sickly calf and wants to keep it for his own.



288 :08x35 - Elephant Sitters

First aired: May/20/1962
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Charles Irwin (O'Toole)

Cully babysits an elephant named Little Lena. Timmy finds a way for Lena to make money for her owner.



289 :08x36 - Lassie and the Tiger

First aired: May/27/1962
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Florence Lake (Jenny), Robert Foulk (Sheriff Miller), Hans Naumann (Himself)

A tiger escapes its trainer and follows Timmy home.



290 :09x01 - Fine Feathered Friend

First aired: Sep/30/1962
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Vito Scotti (Mr. Magico)

Lassie and Timmy attend a magic show. Lassie steals the magician's pigeon.



291 :09x02 - Quick Brown Fox

First aired: Oct/07/1962
Writer: Dwight Hauser
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Jim Davis (Hunter)

Timmy rescues two fox kits after their mother has been killed.



292 :09x03 - Desperate Search

First aired: Oct/14/1962
Writer: David Richards
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver)

Timmy promises a friend to care for his pregnant dog. The dog runs off to bear her puppies in a mine shaft.



293 :09x04 - Home Within a Home

First aired: Oct/21/1962
Guest star: William Henry (Wayne Harrison), Nelson Olmsted (Bill Dixon), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit)

Cully's barn must be demolished to make way for a gas line. But no matter how many times Cully and Timmy evacuate the animals, the creatures come back to the barn.



294 :09x05 - Deadly Goats

First aired: Oct/28/1962
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Russell Thorson (Les Sims)

Paul orders Timmy to keep an eye on the goats he has pastured in a canyon after one of them dies from anthrax. Timmy is careless and the goats escape, endangering the harvest season.



295 :09x06 - Fawn Patrol

First aired: Nov/04/1962
Writer: Virginia Marie Cooke
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Russell Johnson (Mark Adams), Harry Shannon (Trube Cato)

Timmy and Lassie help Forest Service biologist Mark Adams tag fawns for a conservation project. Trube Cato, a grumpy farmer is caught in one of his own "varmint" traps.



296 :09x07 - Gentle Savage

First aired: Nov/11/1962
Writer: Dwight Hauser
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Denver Pyle (Mr. Madden)

Timmy and Lassie rescue an injured wild stallion and take him home. The horse longs to join his wild companions and threatens the Martins.



297 :09x08 - The Nest

First aired: Nov/18/1962
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Karl Swenson (Abner), William Keene (Mr. Hibbs)

Timmy discovers a duck nesting on an unused railroad track.



298 :09x09 - Lassie's Ordeal

First aired: Nov/25/1962
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Garry Walberg (Hammond), Rafer Johnson (Road construction worker)

Lassie is trapped at a road construction site trying to rescue a fawn.



299 :09x10 - Howling Hero

First aired: Dec/02/1962
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Dick Foran (Ed Washburne)

Fire Chief Ed Washburne's dog Smokey is afraid of fires but overcomes his fear when Ed needs his help.



300 :09x11 - A Career for Lassie

First aired: Dec/16/1962
Guest star: Kenneth Tobey (Dan Fuller), Teddy Rooney (Danny Fuller)

Timmy's new friend Danny, son of a retired clown who has settled on a local farm, is homesick for the carny life and talks Timmy into running away to join the carnival.



301 :09x12 - Show Dog

First aired: Dec/30/1962
Guest star: William Bennett (Mr. Pike), Sean McClory (Captain Shawn Kennedy)

After a promotion at the local store, an overworked champion Irish setter, stows away in the Martin truck and learns the joy of being free in the country from Lassie.



302 :09x13 - Decision

First aired: Jan/06/1963
Writer: Sumner Long
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Robert Gibbons (Mr. Lattimer), Philippe Chapelle (Ricky)

*** Timmy's friend Ricky becomes attached to a lost terrier and vows not part with him when the owner claims it.



303 :09x14 - A Specialist for Lassie

First aired: Jan/13/1963
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Stuart Randall (Mr. Farnham), Ed Prentiss (Dr. Harvey)

Lassie is accidentally shot by a deer hunter and needs a specialist.



304 :09x15 - Lassie's Lonely Burden

First aired: Jan/20/1963
Writer: Z. C. Cramer
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Don Beddoe (Chuck), Hal K. Dawson (Race official)

A pigeon race Timmy has entered is threatened by a hawk.



305 :09x16 - Swimmers

First aired: Jan/27/1963
Guest star: Russ Anderson (John Anderson), Ronnie Dapo (Kevin Anderson)

When a Labrador retriever injures its spine, its owner propose to have it put away.



306 :09x17 - Lassie's Fish Story

First aired: Feb/03/1963
Writer: William R. Cox, Lee Frederic
Director: Robert Dwan
Guest star: Dick Foran (Ed Washburne), Charles Watts (Joe Bly), William Tracy (Reporter)

*** Lassie's purported ability to point fish creates a sensation in Calverton.



307 :09x18 - Cully's Revenge

First aired: Feb/10/1963
Writer: Francis Rosenwald
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Arthur Space (Doc Weaver), Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

Cully's beloved hound Sam is killed by a maverick steer. Cully vows revenge.



308 :09x19 - The Journey I

First aired: Feb/17/1963



309 :09x20 - The Journey II

First aired: Feb/24/1963



310 :09x21 - The Journey III

First aired: Mar/03/1963



311 :09x22 - The Journey IV

First aired: Mar/10/1963



311 :09x23 - The Journey V

First aired: Mar/17/1963



312 :09x24 - Project Bluebirds

First aired: Mar/24/1963
Writer: Jessica Benson
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Charles P. Thompson (George Watts, a farmer)

*** Timmy encourages bluebirds to take up residence in the Calverton area by providing nesting boxes. A sudden invasion of starlings threatens his project.



313 :09x25 - The Twister

First aired: Mar/31/1963
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Russell Thorson (Les Sims), Willard Sage (Ed)

Cully predicts a tornado. The Martins warn their neighbors then take refuge in their storm cellar.



314 :09x26 - Lassie and the Rustler

First aired: Apr/07/1963
Guest star: Jim Bannon (Mr. Haynes), Edward Faulkner (Drifter)

Timmy believes a drifter is raiding a neighbor's turkey farm.



315 :09x27 - Lady from Nevada

First aired: Apr/14/1963
Writer: Warren Douglas
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Hal Smith (Mr. Banner), Eddy Waller (Matt Krebs), Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson)

Cully participates in a burro race with Lassie helping him win.



316 :09x28 - Operation Woodland

First aired: Apr/21/1963
Writer: James Douglass West
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Russell Johnson (Mr. Allen), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit)

*** Timmy volunteers to gather pine cones for a class project.



317 :09x29 - Weasel Warfare

First aired: Apr/28/1963
Writer: Dwight Hauser
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Andy Clyde (Cully Wilson), Sally Bliss (Miss Hazlit), John Zaremba (Dr. Temple)

*** Cully is confined to the hospital after a serious heart attack. Timmy tends Cully's farm but gophers invade the melon patch.



318 :09x30 - Silver Soldier

First aired: May/05/1963
Writer: David Richards
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Patrick Waltz (Simons), Gene Pinkerton ([unknown]), Ken Mayer ([unknown]), Bill Coontz ([unknown])

King, an army guard dog-in-training escapes his handlers and threatens Timmy.



319 :09x31 - A Matter of Pride

First aired: May/12/1963
Guest star: Stephen Barringer (Rusty Warden), Larry Wayne (Radar Technician)

The Martins hold a pigeon race. Timmy's pigeon falls behind an electric fence at a radar station.



320 :09x32 - Eagle's Lair

First aired: May/19/1963
Writer: Jerry Thomas
Director: Joseph Sargent
Guest star: Bonita Granville Wrather (Ruth Martin), Charles Meredith (Joe Clarke)

A hunter shoots a bald eagle. Timmy tends the eaglets.



321 :10x01 - Lassie and the Birdwatch

First aired: Sep/29/1963



322 :10x02 - The Agreement

First aired: Oct/06/1963



323 :10x03 - Lassie to the Rescue

First aired: Oct/13/1963



324 :10x04 - Jeeper

First aired: Oct/20/1963
Writer: David Richards
Director: Joseph Sargent



325 :10x05 - A Time for Giving

First aired: Oct/27/1963
Writer: Z. C. Cramer, Christopher Bose
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



326 :10x06 - Three Alarm

First aired: Nov/03/1963
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: William Beaudine



327 :10x07 - The Treasure (1)

First aired: Nov/10/1963
Writer: David Richards
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



328 :10x08 - The Treasure (2)

First aired: Nov/17/1963
Writer: David Richards
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



329 :10x09 - Lassie and the Winged Enemy

First aired: Dec/01/1963
Writer: Orville Hampton
Director: William Beaudine



330 :10x10 - High Tension

First aired: Dec/08/1963
Writer: Robert Lees, Richard Sanville
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



331 :10x11 - Lassie's Gift of Love (1)

First aired: Dec/15/1963
Writer: Kay Lenard, Jess Carneol
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



332 :10x12 - Lassie's Gift of Love (2)

First aired: Dec/22/1963
Writer: Jess Carneol, Kay Lenard
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



333 :10x13 - Day of Darkness

First aired: Dec/29/1963
Writer: David Richards
Director: William Beaudine



334 :10x14 - Horse Thief

First aired: Jan/05/1964
Writer: Z. C. Cramer, Christopher Bose
Director: William Beaudine



335 :10x15 - Her Master's Voice

First aired: Jan/12/1964



336 :10x16 - A Challenge for Lassie

First aired: Jan/19/1964



337 :10x17 - The Disappearance (1)

First aired: Feb/02/1964



338 :10x18 - The Disappearance (2)

First aired: Feb/09/1964



339 :10x19 - The Disappearance (3)

First aired: Feb/16/1964



340 :10x20 - The Disappearance (4)

First aired: Feb/23/1964



341 :10x21 - The Disappearance (5)

First aired: Mar/01/1964



342 :10x22 - Lassie Counts Sheep

First aired: Mar/08/1964
Writer: Orville Hampton
Director: Hollingsworth Morse



343 :10x23 - Lassie and the Moving Mountain

First aired: Mar/15/1964



344 :10x24 - Lassie and the Piglets

First aired: Mar/22/1964



345 :10x25 - Guide Dog

First aired: Apr/05/1964



346 :10x26 - Bee Line

First aired: Apr/12/1964



347 :10x27 - Hit'n'Run

First aired: Apr/19/1964



348 :10x28 - Lassie and the Savage

First aired: Apr/26/1964



349 :10x29 - The Samaritans

First aired: May/03/1964



350 :11x01 - The Wayfarers (1)

First aired: Sep/06/1964



351 :11x02 - The Wayfarers (2)

First aired: Sep/13/1964



352 :11x03 - The Wayfarers (3)

First aired: Sep/20/1964



353 :11x04 - Incident of the Eagle

First aired: Sep/27/1964



354 :11x05 - Climb the Mountain Slowly

First aired: Oct/04/1964



355 :11x06 - Leave It to Lassie

First aired: Oct/11/1964
Guest star: Jeanette Nolan (Maude Lester)

A cranky old women threatens to harm the beavers that have dammed the source of her stream.



356 :11x07 - Lassie and the Shifting Sands

First aired: Oct/18/1964



357 :11x08 - Lassie and the Loner

First aired: Oct/25/1964



358 :11x09 - Lassie and the Fugitive (1)

First aired: Nov/08/1964



359 :11x10 - Lassie and the Fugitive (2)

First aired: Nov/15/1964



360 :11x11 - Nature's Way

First aired: Nov/22/1964



361 :11x12 - Crossroad

First aired: Nov/29/1964



362 :11x13 - Mountain Mystery

First aired: Dec/06/1964



363 :11x14 - Realm of the Wild

First aired: Dec/13/1964
Writer: Barry Shipman



364 :11x15 - The Little Christmas Tree

First aired: Dec/20/1964



365 :11x16 - Lassie Works a Miracle

First aired: Dec/27/1964
Writer: Barry Shipman



366 :11x17 - It's an Ill Wind

First aired: Jan/03/1964



367 :11x18 - Lassie and the Girl in the Canyon

First aired: Jan/10/1964



368 :11x19 - Stranger in the Woods

First aired: Jan/24/1965



369 :11x20 - High Water

First aired: Jan/31/1965



370 :11x21 - The Loser

First aired: Feb/07/1964



371 :11x22 - The Old Man in the Forest

First aired: Feb/14/1965
Writer: Barry Shipman



372 :11x23 - Look Homeward, Lassie (1)

First aired: Feb/21/1965



373 :11x24 - Look Homeward, Lassie (2)

First aired: Feb/28/1965



374 :11x25 - Look Homeward, Lassie (3)

First aired: Mar/07/1965



375 :11x26 - Day of Devotion

First aired: Mar/07/1965



376 :11x27 - Tinderbox

First aired: Mar/21/1965



377 :11x28 - Lassie and the Swamp Girl

First aired: Mar/28/1965



378 :11x29 - Trouble Below Zero

First aired: Apr/04/1965



379 :11x30 - Runaround

First aired: Apr/11/1965



380 :11x31 - Long Ears

First aired: Apr/28/1965



381 :11x32 - Lassie's Teamwork

First aired: May/09/1965



382 :11x33 - Honor Bright

First aired: May/16/1965



383 :12x01 - Lassie Meets a Challenge

First aired: Sep/12/1965
Writer: Barry Shipman
Guest star: Hugh Lawrence (Doc Sheltin)

A cougar stalks a pregnant doe.



384 :12x02 - Sudden Fury

First aired: Sep/19/1965

Lassie and her canine friend are caught in a flood.



385 :12x03 - Lassie and the Dynamite

First aired: Sep/26/1965

Lassie rescues two boys wandering in a blasting site.



386 :12x04 - Lassie and the Seagull

First aired: Oct/03/1965

Corey visits his father's old friend who is caring for an injured seagull.



387 :12x05 - Charlie Banana

First aired: Oct/10/1965

A chimp commits thefts at the ranger station.



388 :12x06 - In the Eyes of Lassie

First aired: Oct/17/1965
Writer: Barry Shipman

Corey rescues a victim of altitude spasm and then is snowblinded. He relies on Lassie to save him.



389 :12x07 - Trouble at Paradise Lake

First aired: Oct/24/1965

The government turns down a request to restock Paradise Lake.



390 :12x08 - Little Dog Lost

First aired: Oct/31/1965

A Florida girl's puppy gets lost in a swamp.



391 :12x09 - Lassie's Time of Peril

First aired: Nov/07/1965
Writer: Monroe Manning
Director: John English
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Brad), Buck Young (Ranger (I)), Roy Engel (Ranger (II))

Corey orders Lassie to wait ashore while he runs a chain across a soon-to-be overflowing river to stop the progress of logs downstream, but she jumps in to retrieve his dropped oar and is swept downstream, enperiled by both rapids and logs. She makes it to safety in the midst of the rapids, then Corey must rescue her—and still set the chain.



392 :12x10 - In the Midst of Splendor

First aired: Nov/14/1965

Motorcyclists destroy bristlecone pines and endanger the life of a girl.



393 :12x11 - Lassie Saves a Life

First aired: Nov/21/1965

Corey suspects a spunky motherless boy may have been bitten by a rabid squirrel.



394 :12x12 - The Waif

First aired: Nov/28/1965

A collie puppy living in a ghost town and an embittered veterinarain are brought together.



395 :12x13 - Crisis

First aired: Dec/05/1965
Guest star: Joan Freeman (Sue Lambert. a veterinarian at the animal park near the Holden Ranch)



396 :12x14 - Pitfall

First aired: Dec/12/1965



397 :12x15 - Temper the Wind

First aired: Dec/19/1965
Guest star: Ron Hagerthy (Copter Pilot)



398 :12x16 - The Gift of Life

First aired: Dec/26/1965



399 :12x17 - Lassie Catches the Poachers

First aired: Jan/02/1966



400 :12x18 - The Town That Wouldn't Die

First aired: Jan/16/1966



401 :12x19 - Just One Old Cow

First aired: Jan/23/1966



402 :12x20 - The Outcast

First aired: Jan/30/1966



403 :12x21 - Cradle of the Deep

First aired: Feb/06/1966
Guest star: Hugh Beaumont (Jim)



404 :12x22 - The Homesick Hound

First aired: Feb/13/1966



405 :12x23 - The Silent Threat

First aired: Feb/20/1966



406 :12x24 - The Friendless

First aired: Feb/27/1966



407 :12x25 - Avelanche

First aired: Mar/06/1966



408 :12x26 - Babes in the Woods

First aired: Mar/13/1966



409 :12x27 - Lassie's Rescue Mission

First aired: Mar/20/1966



410 :12x28 - The Doll

First aired: Mar/27/1966



411 :12x29 - The Untamed Land

First aired: Apr/03/1966



412 :12x30 - The Day the Mountain Shook

First aired: Apr/17/1966



413 :12x31 - The Vigil

First aired: Apr/24/1966



414 :12x32 - The Strongest Instinct

First aired: May/01/1966



415 :13x01 - Lassie and the Buffalo

First aired: Sep/11/1966



416 :13x02 - Danger Mountain

First aired: Sep/18/1966



417 :13x03 - Fly Away Home

First aired: Sep/25/1966



418 :13x04 - A Time for Courage

First aired: Oct/02/1966



419 :13x05 - Lassie Baits a Bear

First aired: Oct/09/1966



420 :13x06 - Lassie the Voyager (1)

First aired: Oct/16/1966



421 :13x07 - Lassie the Voyager (2)

First aired: Oct/23/1966



422 :13x08 - Lassie the Voyager (3)

First aired: Oct/30/1966



423 :13x09 - Lassie the Voyager (4)

First aired: Nov/06/1966



424 :13x10 - Lassie the Voyager (5)

First aired: Nov/13/1966



425 :13x11 - Lassie the Voyager (6)

First aired: Nov/20/1966



426 :13x12 - Lassie the Voyager (7)

First aired: Nov/27/1966



427 :13x13 - Little Jim

First aired: Dec/04/1966



428 :13x14 - The Greatest Gift

First aired: Dec/25/1966



429 :13x15 - Once Upon a Horse

First aired: Jan/01/1967



430 :13x16 - Interlude of Mercy

First aired: Jan/08/1967



431 :13x17 - Crisis at Devil's Gorge

First aired: Jan/15/1967



432 :13x18 - Lassie's Litter Bit

First aired: Jan/22/1967



433 :13x19 - Day of the Bighorn

First aired: Jan/29/1967



434 :13x20 - The Protectors

First aired: Feb/05/1967



435 :13x21 - A Matter of Seconds

First aired: Feb/19/1967



436 :13x22 - Never Look Back

First aired: Feb/26/1967



437 :13x23 - The Eighth Life of Henry IV

First aired: Mar/05/1967



438 :13x24 - Lure of the Wild

First aired: Mar/12/1967



439 :13x25 - Most Dangerous Game

First aired: Mar/19/1967



440 :13x26 - Barney

First aired: Apr/02/1967



441 :13x27 - Return of the Charm

First aired: Apr/09/1967



442 :13x28 - Winged Attack

First aired: Apr/16/1967



443 :13x29 - Goliath

First aired: Apr/23/1967



444 :13x30 - Trapped

First aired: Apr/30/1967



445 :14x01 - Perils of the Prairie

First aired: Sep/10/1967



446 :14x02 - Inferno

First aired: Sep/17/1967



447 :14x03 - Cry of the Wild

First aired: Sep/24/1967



448 :14x04 - The Guardian

First aired: Oct/01/1967



449 :14x05 - Starfire

First aired: Oct/08/1967



450 :14x06 - Brink of Oblivion

First aired: Oct/15/1967



451 :14x07 - The Homeless

First aired: Oct/22/1967



452 :14x08 - A Time for Decision

First aired: Oct/29/1967



453 :14x09 - Rim of Disaster (1)

First aired: Nov/05/1967



454 :14x10 - Rim of Disaster (2)

First aired: Nov/12/1967



455 :14x11 - Ride the Mountain

First aired: Nov/19/1967



456 :14x12 - Dangerous Journey

First aired: Nov/26/1967
Guest star: Ray Teal (Walt Johnson)



457 :14x13 - Fury at Wind River

First aired: Dec/03/1967



458 :14x14 - Showdown

First aired: Dec/17/1967



459 :14x15 - Miracle of the Dove

First aired: Dec/24/1967



460 :14x16 - Have You Any Wool?

First aired: Dec/31/1967



461 :14x17 - The Bracelet

First aired: Jan/07/1968



462 :14x18 - The Foundling

First aired: Jan/14/1968
Guest star: Ron Hagerthy (Tom)



463 :14x19 - Rescue Ridge

First aired: Jan/21/1968



464 :14x20 - White Wilderness

First aired: Jan/28/1968
Guest star: Cal Bartlett (Cal)



465 :14x21 - The Lonely One

First aired: Feb/04/1968
Guest star: Parley Baer (Unknown)



466 :14x22 - The Searchers

First aired: Feb/11/1968
Guest star: Parley Baer (Unknown)



467 :14x23 - Countdown

First aired: Feb/18/1968
Guest star: Parley Baer (Unknown)



468 :14x24 - Escape to Danger

First aired: Feb/25/1968
Writer: Jennings Cobb
Director: Jack B. Hively
Guest star: Jay Novello (Tom Whitney)

An elderly animal trainer's truck is wrecked and his trained animals escape. Corey and Lassie recover the animals.



469 :14x25 - The Ledge

First aired: Mar/03/1968



470 :14x26 - Hanford's Point (1)

First aired: Mar/10/1968
Guest star: Jan-Michael Vincent (Chris Hanford), Tony Dow (Hanford)



471 :14x27 - Hanford's Point (2)

First aired: Mar/17/1968
Guest star: Jan-Michael Vincent (Chris Hanford), Tony Dow (Hanford)



472 :14x28 - Hanford's Point (3)

First aired: Mar/24/1968
Guest star: Tony Dow (Hanford), Jan-Michael Vincent (Chris Hanford)



473 :15x01 - Lassie's Race for Life

First aired: Sep/29/1968
Guest star: John Cliff (Bill), Morgan Jones (Clay Adams), Patricia Owens (Linda Monroe)

Corey, Lassie, and a young woman help a poisoned goose.



474 :15x02 - Burst of Freedom

First aired: Oct/06/1968
Guest star: Berkeley Harris (Cliff), Merry Anders (Ann)

Lassie rushes for help after Corey is trapped by an earthquake but a passing motorist captures her and sells her to a professor conducting experiments on dogs.



475 :15x03 - The Holocaust (1)

First aired: Oct/13/1968
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Control), Gregory Morton (Dr. Baker), Robert Patten ([unknown]), Robert Brubaker (Lane Becker), Darwin Joston (Ed), Ron Hayes (Dave), Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson)

Corey is badly burned in a forest fire and requires extensive hospitalization. Ranger Bob Erickson provides a home for Lassie.



476 :15x04 - The Holocaust (2)

First aired: Oct/20/1968
Guest star: Tyler McVey (Doctor), William Bramley (Policeman), Donald Woods (Director), Ron Hayes (Dave)

Ranger Scott Turner joins Bob Erickson in caring for Lassie. The rangers designate themselves Lassie's "godfathers."



477 :15x05 - Last Frontier

First aired: Oct/27/1968
Guest star: Jeff Pomerantz ([unknown]), Phillip Pine ([unknown]), Douglas Henderson ([unknown])

Lassie and Scott come to the aid of a hunter trapped near a glacier.



478 :15x06 - Eagle's Dynasty

First aired: Nov/03/1968
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka), Robert Rockwell (Dean Chalmers)

Lassie protects an eaglet from a predatory lynx.



479 :15x07 - Day of the Wolf

First aired: Nov/10/1968
Guest star: Robert Rockwell (Dean Chalmers), Mark Miranda (Neeka)

A wolf stalks Lassie and Neeka.



480 :15x08 - Glacier Canyon

First aired: Nov/17/1968
Guest star: Robert Rockwell (Dean Chalmers), Mark Miranda (Neeka)

After a boat explosion Lassie searches frigid waters for Neeka and Scott.



481 :15x09 - Track of the Jaguar (1)

First aired: Nov/24/1968
Guest star: Garry Walberg (Paul Denning), Paul Petersen (Billy Cameron), Ed Prentiss (Doc Barnes)

A jaguar threatens a rancher's livestock.



482 :15x10 - Track of the Jaguar (2)

First aired: Dec/01/1968
Guest star: Garry Walberg (Paul Denning), Paul Petersen (Billy Cameron)

Scott and Lassie hunt the jaguar after it attacks a bloodhound.



483 :15x11 - New Horizon

First aired: Dec/08/1968
Guest star: Wende Wagner (Diane Stafford)

Scott and Bob rescue a pelican.



484 :15x12 - Out of the Frying Pan

First aired: Dec/15/1968
Writer: S. H. Barnett, Colin MacKenzie
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Ellen Corby (Amy Baker), Morgan Jones (Al Jennings)

While Bob and Al exercise their horses along the seashore, Lassie protects a lost kitten from a predatory hawk and returns it to its owner.



485 :15x13 - Lassie and the 4-H Boys

First aired: Dec/29/1968
Writer: Vernon E. Clark
Director: William Beaudine
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Judge), Jim Halferty (Russ Hines), Steve Brodie (Mr. Hines), Jerry Mathers (Ken Hines)

Two brothers raise a 4-H bull and argue over its fate. Russ wants to keep the bull as a pet while Ken suggests selling the bull to earn their college tuition.



486 :15x14 - Deadly Game

First aired: Jan/05/1969
Guest star: Lloyd Nelson (Worker), Roy Engel (Hank)

Lassie is trapped at a construction site.



487 :15x15 - What Price Valor? (1)

First aired: Jan/12/1969
Writer: Colin MacKenzie, S. H. Barnett
Director: William Beaudine, Jr.
Guest star: Mike Farrell (Joe), Wayne Heffley ([unknown]), John Cliff (Carl), Norman Alden (Mike)

Bruno, a war dog being rehabiliated from his violent past with bombs, escapes his caretakers.



488 :15x16 - What Price Valor? (2)

First aired: Jan/19/1969
Guest star: Norman Alden (Mike), William Smith (Buck Grant), Stuart Randall (Charlie Withers), James McCallion (Jim Malone), Mike Farrell (Joe)

Lassie finds the escaped dog and tries to lead him home.



489 :15x17 - A Chance to Live

First aired: Jan/26/1969
Guest star: Sam Edwards (Man), Bill Williams (Jack)

A mallard and her ducklings are endangered by a man working on his car.



490 :15x18 - The Return Home

First aired: Feb/02/1969
Guest star: Bill Williams (District Ranger), Sammy Jackson (Rick Butler)

Bob is opposed in his plans to stabilize an area threatened by erosion..



491 :15x19 - Tempest (1)

First aired: Feb/09/1969
Guest star: Ford Rainey (Jake Peterson), Tom McAdams (Himself)

Logs washed downriver create a hazard on the Oregon coast.



492 :15x20 - Tempest (2)

First aired: Feb/16/1969
Guest star: Christian Drake (Pilot), Ford Rainey (Jake Peterson)

Lassie and a friend are trapped in a disabled boat.



493 :15x21 - To Catch a Crow

First aired: Feb/23/1969
Guest star: Richard Evans (Luke Roberts), Cal Bartlett (Roy), Peter Hobbs (Ted Worth), Dan Ferrone (Phil Worth)

Luke Roberts, a former deliquent is wrongly suspected when a watch is stolen.



494 :15x22 - Walden

First aired: Mar/02/1969
Guest star: Buck Young (Sheriff), Lloyd Nelson (Dispatcher), Hilary Thompson (Walden)

Lassie and a free-spirited teenager called Walden are threatened by the aftershocks of an offshore earthquake.



495 :15x23 - The Stalker

First aired: Mar/09/1969
Guest star: Richard Tretter (Rick), Kevin Hagen (Andy), Patricia Derby (Lori)

Lassie leads the search for a rampaging tiger.



496 :15x24 - Price of Wisdom

First aired: Mar/16/1969
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka), Robert Rockwell (Dean Chalmers), R. G. Armstrong (Mr. Bowers)

While collecting leaves for a biology report, Neeka and Lassie meet a lonely man who shuns society.



497 :15x25 - Night of the Ghost

First aired: Mar/23/1969
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka)

Scott, Lassie, and Neeka camp overnight in the ruins of a haunted mining town.



498 :15x26 - Time of Crisis

First aired: Mar/30/1969
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka), Robert Rockwell (Dean Chalmers), John Harmon (Samuel Roderick)

Three frightened horses run away after a truck explosion.



499 :15x27 - Lassie and the Flying Squirrels

First aired: Apr/06/1969

Lassie helps two flying squirrels find another home.



500 :15x28 - Moonshiners

First aired: Apr/13/1969
Guest star: Patrick Waltz (Ranger), Bucklind Beery (Leroy), Wayne Sutherlin (Woody)

Brothers Leroy and Woody plan to make moonshine in a national forest.



501 :16x01 - Last Chance

First aired: Sep/28/1969
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Jack B. Hively
Guest star: Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson), Ron Hayes (Jim McKay), Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

Scott and Bob try to change a hunter's mind about killing wolves.



502 :16x02 - Success Story

First aired: Oct/05/1969
Guest star: Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

Scott and Lassie help a Job Corps vounteer succeed.



503 :16x03 - Patsy

First aired: Oct/12/1969
Guest star: William Bramley (Hilliard), John Harmon (Munson)

Lassie saves a chimp in danger at a construction site.



504 :16x04 - No Margin for Error

First aired: Oct/19/1969
Writer: Frank L. Moss
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Richard Evans (Jeff Treat), Roy Engel (Sheriff), Ross Elliott (Chuck), Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

Scott disarms a bomb that lies next to a trapped man.



505 :16x05 - Lassie and the Water Bottles

First aired: Oct/26/1969
Director: Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
Guest star: Barbara Hale (Sarah Caldwell), Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

Scott rescues a fawn trapped in a water tank on a widow's ranch.



506 :16x06 - Survival

First aired: Nov/02/1969
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Mark Roberts ([unknown]), Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson), David Westberg ([unknown]), Skip Homeier (Bert), Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

During an elk survey, Scott's helicopter crashes in the snow swept wilderness.



507 :16x07 - Father and Son

First aired: Nov/09/1969
Guest star: Russell Johnson (John Bradley), Jed Allan (Scott Turner), Ted Eccles (Tom Bradley), William Keene (Ezra Trask), Patrick Waltz (Ranger)

A boy playing hooky injures Scott with a rifle shot.



508 :16x08 - The Sky is Falling

First aired: Nov/16/1969
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
Guest star: Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson), James Westerfield (Dan Harlan), Jed Allan (Scott Turner), Mark Miranda (Neeka)

Lassie and Neeka track a stray chick through a redwood forest.



509 :16x09 - No Greater Love

First aired: Nov/23/1969
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: James B. Clark
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka), Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson)

Bob and Neeka camp in the wilderness. Lassie is swept down an icy river after rescuing a crow tangled in twine.



510 :16x10 - More Than Meets the Eye

First aired: Nov/30/1969
Guest star: Jed Allan (Scott Turner), Kathy Martinez (Kathy)

Scott and Lassie help a withdrawn blind girl enjoy a nature trail with other blind children.



511 :16x11 - The Chase

First aired: Dec/14/1969
Guest star: Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

Scott and Lassie help an exhausted doe chased by snowmobilers.



512 :16x12 - The Blessing

First aired: Dec/21/1969
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Bonita Granville Wrather
Guest star: Med Flory (Father Matthew of the Mission San Luis Rey), Tony Davis (Manuel Sandoval)

Bob Erickson encounters a Mexican boy on his way to the Mission San Luis Rey who believes his deaf terrier's hearing can be restored with a blessing.



513 :16x13 - Superstition Canyon

First aired: Dec/28/1969

Lassie babysits a burro.



514 :16x14 - The Road Back (1)

First aired: Jan/04/1970
Guest star: John Zaremba ([unknown]), Jed Allan (Scott Turner)

While in San Franciso with Scott, Lassie is hit by a car and suffers amnesia. She escapes from a veterenarian's office and wanders without direction.



515 :16x15 - The Road Back (2)

First aired: Jan/11/1970
Guest star: Sammy Jackson ([unknown])

Lassie wanders to San Francisco's waterfront and befriends a boat owner.



516 :16x16 - The Road Back (3)

First aired: Jan/18/1970

Lassie makes more friends but is mistaken for a rabid collie called Tawny.



517 :16x17 - The Road Back (4)

First aired: Jan/25/1970
Guest star: Lisa Lee ([unknown]), Andrea Tong ([unknown])

Lassie is chased through the streets of San Francisco by health officials.



518 :16x18 - Winged Rescue

First aired: Feb/01/1970
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka)

Lassie and Neeka become lost in the desert.



519 :16x19 - The Cliff

First aired: Feb/08/1970
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Guest star: Mark Miranda (Neeka), Richard Webb (Gene McClintock), Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson)

Neeka takes a wrong path in the Mesa Verde National Park and breaks his leg. A search and rescue operation is organized by Park Rangers,



520 :16x20 - Warm Heart--Cold Nose

First aired: Feb/15/1970
Guest star: Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson), Ann Doran (Edie Fraser), Ford Rainey (Clint Fraser), Bing Russell (Ed)

When a blind woman is injured, Lassie goes for help.



521 :16x21 - Whitewater Fury

First aired: Mar/01/1970
Writer: James Douglass West
Director: Tom Beemer
Guest star: Buck Young (Dan), Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson)

While Bob and Dan scout a river for a tourist trail, Lassie is poisoned and needs immediate treatment.



522 :16x22 - Chucka

First aired: Mar/08/1970
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Med Flory (Sam), Jack De Mave (Bob Erickson), Jay Novello (Charlie Ngani)

Bob rescues a playful dog named Chucka from the waters of Lake Powell. When an old Navajo shepherd is injured in Monument Valley, Chucka tends his sheep while Lassie races for help.



523 :17x01 - Lassie's Interlude

First aired: Sep/20/1970
Guest star: Skip Homeier (Jim Pearson), Rob Hughes (Mark Saunders)

Lassie's friend Mark Saunders helps put out a fire with summer camp owners Jim and Nancy Pearson.. Lassie remains with the Pearsons when Mark continues on his travels. Lassie has a romantic interlude with the Pearsons' collie Duke.



524 :17x02 - The Birth

First aired: Sep/27/1970
Guest star: Skip Homeier (Jim Pearson), Michael-James Wixted (Kerry), Jack Bannon ([unknown])

Lassie's puppies are in danger of being killed by a man who believes they were sired by a vicious dog.



525 :17x03 - The Survival

First aired: Oct/04/1970
Guest star: Michael-James Wixted (Kerry), Jack Bannon ([unknown])

Lassie and her three puppies escape to the desert. Kerry finds them and helps them to survive.



526 :17x04 - The Miracle

First aired: Oct/11/1970
Guest star: Sally Fraser ([unknown]), Rob Hughes ([unknown]), Robert Rockwell ([unknown]), Jack Bannon ([unknown]), Michael-James Wixted (Kerry), Skip Homeier (Jim Pearson)

Lassie continues to elude those who wish her puppies harm. One of the pups remains with Kerry.



527 :17x05 - The Innocents

First aired: Oct/11/1970

Lassie teaches her two remaining pups to survive in the wild.



528 :17x06 - The Offering

First aired: Oct/25/1970
Guest star: Robert Donner (Clay Braddock), Mary Gregory (Mrs. Braddock), Sean Kelly (Davey Braddock)

Lassie and her pups meet a boy who has suffered the recent death of his dog. One of Lassie's pups remains with the boy.



529 :17x07 - Nature's Child

First aired: Nov/01/1970
Guest star: Med Flory (Father), Jewel Blanch (Girl)

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



530 :17x08 - Flock of Love

First aired: Nov/08/1970

An old man claims a flock of birds love him.



531 :17x09 - Aftermath

First aired: Nov/15/1970

After a forest fire, Lassie helps the animals find new homes.



532 :17x10 - Here Comes Glory! (1)

First aired: Nov/22/1970
Guest star: Ron Hayes (Monty), Ron Howard (Gary), Bruce Bennett (Bert Daniels), Conlan Carter (Hank Christian, a veterinarian)

*** Lassie is poisoned by a pesticide and is discovered by a race horse named Glory and his trainer.



533 :17x11 - Here Comes Glory! (2)

First aired: Nov/29/1970
Guest star: Conlan Carter (Hank Christian, a veterinarian), Ron Howard (Gary), Ron Hayes (Monty), Bruce Bennett (Bert Daniels)

*** Gary and Lassie help Glory recover from surgery after a leg injury.



534 :17x12 - A Year of Sundays

First aired: Dec/06/1970
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Dick Moder
Guest star: Noah Beery, Jr. (Ramsey Harris), Rob Hughes (Mark Saunders), Angela Greene (Bonnie)

*** A truck driver picks up a young man eager to see the world.



535 :17x13 - Any Heart in a Storm

First aired: Dec/13/1970
Guest star: Kate Reid (Lonely woman)

*** Lassie takes refuge during a rainstorm in the garage of a lonely woman. A mudslide threatens the house.



536 :17x14 - Gentle Dawn

First aired: Jan/10/1971
Guest star: Robert Sampson (Tom Wade), Linda Meiklejohn (Sandy Warner)

*** Two lonely people are brought together when Lassie brings them an injured bird.



537 :17x15 - Lassie's Busy Day

First aired: Jan/17/1971
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: William Beaudine, Jr.

*** Lassie is kept busy helping her fellow animals.



538 :17x16 - The River

First aired: Jan/24/1971
Guest star: Danny Madrid ([unknown]), Robert Ferrel ([unknown]), Scott Perry ([unknown]), Don Eitner ([unknown]), Robert Patten ([unknown])

*** Lassie rescues two boys from a raft trapped in whitewater.



539 :17x17 - Other Pastures, Other Fences

First aired: Jan/31/1971
Writer: Jennings Cobb
Director: James B. Clark
Guest star: Russell Thorson (Cullen's father), Karl Swenson (Baird), Kevin Brodie (Cullen)

*** A boy steals a neighbor's horse to strike out on his own.



540 :17x18 - The Awakening

First aired: Feb/07/1971
Guest star: Brooke Bundy (Patty), Joan Tompkins (Katherine)

*** Teenager Patty is poisoned by arsenic in her aunt's well. When Patty prepares to go home, her aunt becomes trapped in a mine and Lassie brings Patty to the rescue.



541 :17x19 - Troubled Waters

First aired: Feb/21/1971
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Jack B. Hively
Guest star: Frank Webb (John Tanner), Aron Kincaid (Reed Adams)

*** Reed Adams, a young officer with the Orange County Sheriff's Dept. strikes up a relationship with a surfer dude. Lassie and her mutt pal Skipper are taken for a boat ride and save the surfer's life.



542 :17x20 - For the Love of Lassie (1)

First aired: Feb/28/1971
Guest star: Sean Kelly (Davey Braddock), Mary Gregory (Mrs. Braddock), Robert Donner (Clay Braddock), Bruce Bennett (Bert Daniels)

Lassie returns to the farm where she left one of her pups. She falls down a well.



543 :17x21 - For the Love of Lassie (2)

First aired: Mar/07/1971
Guest star: Mary Gregory (Mrs. Braddock), Robert Donner (Clay Braddock), Sean Kelly (Davey Braddock), Bruce Bennett (Bert Daniels), Linda Meiklejohn (Sandy Warner), Robert Sampson (Tom Wade)

Lassie has fallen into a well. Many of her friends from the past unite to rescue her from the well.



544 :17x22 - Sneakers

First aired: Mar/21/1971
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Dick Moder

*** Lassie's kitten pal Sneakers gets himself in one scrape after another. Lassie finds him a safe home.



545 :18x01 - Fury Falls

First aired: Oct/07/1971
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Guest star: Skip Burton (Ron Holden), Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell)

*** Still without a home and wandering on her own, Lassie helps several critters in distress before tumbling into a turbulent river and being rescued by two young men on a wilderness camping trip.



546 :18x02 - Search for Yesterday

First aired: Oct/14/1971
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Frank Ferguson (Ben Wiggins)

*** Ron, Dale, and Lassie search for a gold mine after buying a treasure map. A fire threatens the lives of the three friends when it engulfs a shack filled with dynamite.



547 :18x03 - Trouble Tracks

First aired: Oct/21/1971

Lassie befriends a toublesome mutt who's a mascot for a spur line.



548 :18x04 - Wings of the Ghost

First aired: Oct/21/1971
Guest star: Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell), Skip Burton (Ron Holden)

Ron, Dale, and Lassie sleep in a barn that may be haunted.



549 :18x05 - Homecoming

First aired: Nov/04/1971
Guest star: Ron Hayes (Garth Holden), Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell), Skip Burton (Ron Holden), Karl Swenson (Karl Burkholm), Stuart Lee (Lane), Mark Miranda (Andy Lopez), Sherry Boucher (Dr. Sue Lambert), Joshua Albee (Mike Bishop)

*** Ron and Dale return with Lassie to the Holden Ranch, a foster home for boys run by Ron's father Garth Holden. Mike Bishop, an emotionally withdrawn boy on the ranch is given a birthday party.



550 :18x06 - Orphan of the Wild

First aired: Nov/11/1971
Guest star: Sherry Boucher (Dr. Sue Lambert), Joshua Albee (Mike Bishop)

Mike Bishop tends an injured owl at the animal park.



551 :18x07 - Day of Disaster

First aired: Nov/18/1971
Guest star: Ron Hayes (Garth Holden), Skip Burton (Ron Holden), Barbara Wells (Barbara), Alice Frost (Nurse)

*** Ron is knocked unconscious during an earthquake and Lassie is lost in the confusion. Ron and Garth search for Lassie while she helps her fellow animals.



552 :18x08 - The Schemer

First aired: Nov/25/1971
Writer: Eric Freiwald
Director: Dick Darley
Guest star: Joshua Albee (Mike Bishop)

*** Mike's pet raccoon Rags becomes jealous of Lassie and the two animals find themselves in danger on a construction site.



553 :18x09 - The Flying Grandpa

First aired: Dec/02/1971
Guest star: Richard Haydn (Henry Newton), Joshua Albee (Mike Bishop), Ron Hayes (Garth Holden)

*** Mike Bishop befriends the elderly pilot of a Curtis Pusher when his aircraft breaks down in the Holden pasture. The pilot's tall tales of air feats impress Mike but bother Garth, who thinks the man's lies might backfire.



554 :18x10 - Mustang (1)

First aired: Dec/09/1971
Guest star: Ron Hayes (Garth Holden), Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell)

*** A young white stallion challenges the older black leader of a horse herd. When the white horse drives the injured black stallion away from water, Lassie tries to lead the injured horse to safety.



555 :18x11 - Mustang (2)

First aired: Dec/16/1971
Guest star: Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell, friend to Ron Holden), Ron Hayes (Garth Holden, owner of the Holden Ranch and father to Ron Holden)

*** Lassie leads the black stallion back to the Holden Ranch. Garth and Dale hope the horse will remain on the ranch.



556 :18x12 - Roundup

First aired: Jan/13/1972
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Ron Hayes (Garth Holden, owner of the Holden Ranch and father to Ron Holden), Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell, friend to Ron Holden), Skip Burton (Ron Holden, son to Garth Holden and friend to Dale Mitchell)

*** Having finished their final exams at college, Ron and Dale return to the Holden Ranch to roundup the strays. Lassie saves a calf stuck in quicksand and rescues Ron when he falls from his horse in the path of the onrushing herd of cattle.



557 :18x13 - Dream Seeker

First aired: Jan/20/1972
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Skip Burton (Ron Holden, son to Garth Holden and friend to Dale Mitchell), Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell, friend to Ron Holden), Radames Pera (Willy Carson)

*** Ron and Dale take a two day vacation at Pine Lake before going back to college. They pick up a hitch-hiking boy who steals one of their rented motorcycles.



558 :18x14 - Peace is Our Profession (1)

First aired: Jan/28/1972
Guest star: Jack Ging (Lt. Col. Kenneth Stone, a chaplain and friend of Garth), Ron Hayes (Garth Holden, owner of the Holden Ranch and father to Ron Holden)

Garth and Lassie visit Vandenberg Air Force Base. Lassie finds a snow goose nesting near a missle launching area.



559 :18x15 - Peace is Our Profession (2)

First aired: Feb/04/1972
Guest star: Frank Aletter (Col. Cameron), Jack Ging (Lt. Col. Kenneth Stone, a chaplain and friend to Garth)

Lassie protects the snow goose during a missle launch and then makes a friend of a diabetic poodle who stows-away on SAC's airborne command post to be near his owner.



560 :18x16 - Peace is Our Profession (3)

First aired: Feb/11/1972
Guest star: Stephen R. Hudis (Jimmy Fredericks, a crippled boy), Nina Shipman (Gail Fredericks, mother to Jimmy), Jack Ging (Lt. Col. Kenneth Stone, a chaplain and friend to Garth), Frank Aletter (Col. Cameron)

SAC's airborne command post is given permission to land early to help the diabetic dog. Lassie meets Jimmy Fredericks, a frustrated boy depressed over his crippled leg.



561 :18x17 - Peace is Our Profession (4)

First aired: Feb/18/1972
Guest star: Jack Ging (Lt. Col. Kenneth Stone, a chaplain and friend to Garth), Nina Shipman (Gail Fredericks, mother to Jimmy), Stephen R. Hudis (Jimmy Fredericks, a crippled boy)

Jimmy must re-examine his faith when he receives word his father's flight may crash.



562 :18x18 - Paths of Courage (1)

First aired: Feb/25/1972
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl), Stephen R. Hudis (Jimmy Fredericks, a crippled boy), Mark Miranda (Andy Lopez, a boy on the Holden Ranch)

*** Jimmy returns to the Holden Ranch with Garth. Jimmy meets Lucy Baker, a deaf girl with a pet wolf named Mountie. Mountie is shot by a shepherd who does not know the wolf is a pet.



563 :18x19 - Paths of Courage (2)

First aired: Mar/03/1972
Writer: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer
Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Guest star: Stephen R. Hudis (Jimmy Fredericks, a crippled boy), Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl), Ron Hayes (Garth Holden, owner of the Holden Ranch and father to Ron Holden)

*** Lucy and Jimmy find Mountie in a cave where Lassie has hidden him. Jimmy rides for help on Lucy's horse and meets the shepherd who shot Mountie. Garth and the shepherd tend to Mountie.



564 :18x20 - Circle of Life

First aired: Mar/10/1972
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl), Joan Freeman (Sue Lambert. a veterinarian at the animal park near the Holden Ranch), Ron Hayes (Garth Holden, owner of the Holden Ranch and father to Ron Holden)

*** Mountie dies and Lucy becomes severely depressed. She finds meaning and recovery in tending a llama about to give birth at the animal park.



565 :19x01 - Lightning

First aired: Sep/16/1972

Garth's brother Keith takes over the management of the ranch while Garth is abroad. Keith is met with resentment from the boys but he proves himself a capable man when a storm strikes the ranch and starts a fire that traps Lassie in the woods.



566 :19x02 - The Doves of Santa Inez

First aired: Sep/23/1972
Guest star: Karl Swenson (Karl Burkholm, a baker)

Karl Burkholm, the baker tends an injured migrating dove.



567 :19x03 - For Those Who Follow

First aired: Sep/30/1972

A colt escapes from Elaine Baker's ranch.



568 :19x04 - Scarecrow

First aired: Oct/14/1972
Guest star: Joshua Albee (Mike Bishop, a boy on the Holden Ranch)

A crow snatches Mike Bishop's wallet.



569 :19x05 - A Girl and a Boy (1)

First aired: Oct/21/1972
Guest star: Moosie Drier (Deaf boy), Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl)

A deaf boy wanders about the ranch. Communicating through sign language, Lucy discovers he feels no one wants him.



570 :19x06 - A Girl and a Boy (2)

First aired: Oct/28/1972
Guest star: Moosie Drier (Deaf boy), Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl)

Upset when deprived of the dog the Holdens gave him, the deaf boy flees the ranch.



571 :19x07 - Deadly Surf

First aired: Nov/04/1972

Lassie rescues three kittens from the sea.



572 :19x08 - Golden Eagle

First aired: Nov/11/1972
Guest star: Joan Freeman (Sue Lambert. a worker at the animal park)

Lassie aids a pair of golden eagles.



573 :19x09 - A Taste of Freedom

First aired: Nov/18/1972

Lassie meets a nervous racehorse.



574 :19x10 - Run to Nowhere (1)

First aired: Nov/25/1972
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl), George Spell (Joey Greer)

Lucy brings a runaway boy named Joey to the Holden Ranch. Joey has difficulty learning the ways of the ranch.



575 :19x11 - Run to Nowhere (2)

First aired: Dec/02/1972
Guest star: George Spell (Joey Greer), Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl), Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell, friend to Ron Holden), Skip Burton (Ron Holden, son to Garth Holden and friend to Dale Mitchell), Ron Hayes (Garth Holden, owner of the Holden Ranch and father to Ron Holden)

Joey believes he will be sent to an institution and runs away from the ranch. Keith, Dale, Ron, and Lucy set off after him with Lassie trailing his scent but the dog looses him. The Civil Air Patrol joins the search.



576 :19x12 - Vigil of the Stork

First aired: Dec/09/1972
Guest star: Karl Swenson (Karl Burkholm, a baker)

Karl Burkholm has a heart attack. The Holdens are concerned that Karl will loose his will to live.



577 :19x13 - Dream Builder

First aired: Dec/16/1972

A Chicano man wants a piece of land he can call his own.



579 :19x14 - Tell It to the Birds

First aired: Jan/06/1973

An Indian and his pet birds save Lassie from a trap.



578 :19x15 - The Visitor

First aired: Jan/13/1973

A city dog learns country ways from Lassie.



580 :19x16 - Challenge of the Mountain (1)

First aired: Jan/24/1973
Guest star: Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell, friend to Ron Holden)

Dale is injured when he falls from his horse Midnight.



581 :19x17 - Challenge of the Mountain (2)

First aired: Feb/03/1973
Guest star: Larry Wilcox (Dale Mitchell, friend to Ron Holden)

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



582 :19x18 - Legend of the Coyote

First aired: Feb/10/1973

A coyote steals a puppy from the Holden barn.



583 :19x19 - Horsenappers

First aired: Feb/17/1973
Guest star: Iggie Wolfington ([unknown])

Two bumbling thieves try to steal Midnight.



584 :19x20 - A Joyous Sound (1)

First aired: Feb/24/1973
Writer: Robert Schaefer, Eric Freiwald
Director: Jack Wrather, Dick Moder, Jack B. Hively
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl), Jay North ([unknown])

A surgeon believes Lucy's hearing can be restored. Keith and Lassie accompany Lucy and her mother to Los Angeles for Lucy's operation.



585 :19x21 - A Joyous Sound (2)

First aired: Mar/03/1973
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl)

In Los Angeles, Lassie is chased from the hospital where Lucy is undergoing surgery. Lassie wanders the streets. Keith searches for her and Elaine wonders what to tell Lucy.



586 :19x22 - A Joyous Sound (3)

First aired: Mar/10/1973
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl)

At home after her operation, Lucy prays that her hearing -- and Lassie -- will return.



587 :19x23 - Johnny Piper

First aired: Mar/17/1973
Guest star: Pamelyn Ferdin (Lucy Baker, a deaf girl)

Lucy meets an attractive drifter who gives her guitar lessons.



588 :19x24 - The Dawning

First aired: Mar/24/1973

Lassie tracks down the Baker calf which is loose and being stalked by predators.