Synopsis
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
Episodes
1E1InheritancePremiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home.2E2ArithmeticJeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions, so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doesn't pass his next test.3E3The ColtTo make up for ignoring Jeff, Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names ""Domino."" Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in his enthusiasm over having a horse.4E4The GunJeff wants to learn to use his father's gun, but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm, although Gramps thinks he should learn to use it.5E5Mr. PeabodyGramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm, then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old man.6E6The ConvictJeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.7E7FeudWhen Gramps quarrels with Matt Brockway after a hotly contested checker game, both men forbid their sons to play with each other. After Jeff and Porky's first attempt to fix the problem goes horribly wrong, so the boys hide in the woods in hopes that in ""saving"" them Gramps and Matt will be friends again.8E8The LionWith Gramps and Ellen away for the day, Jeff and Porky plan a lazy day--until an escaped circus lion invades the farm. Worse, no one will believe them when they call for help.9E9GrampsWhen Gramps has chest pains, the family tries to keep him from exerting himself.10E10Lassie's PupsJeff thinks Lassie needs a vet when her time comes, but a storm is brewing and Gramps says dogs can cope. Dr. Wilson: Frank Ferguson. Mrs. Wilson: Frances Morris.11E11The JobA radio producer hears Ellen singing at church and offers her a job singing on radio--but she and Jeff must take an apartment in the city and leave Lassie with Gramps to do it.12E12The CarnivalJeff shows a dog trainer at the fair Lassie's tricks--and thinking she can be a headliner for them, the man and his partner steal her. Clay: Richard Garland.13E13Sale of LassieJeff overhears the wrong conversation, and, thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation, attempts to sell Lassie to raise the money.14E14The RustlersThe calf Jeff is raising for the county fair vanishes the same night Lassie comes home injured and covered with mud--then she mysteriously starts chasing Ellen's car.15E15The FighterJeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward.16E16The ContestWhile Jeff prepares for the county fair, a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie.17E17RunawaysAfter Lassie is suspected of having rabies, she's about to be taken to the pound--but Jeff runs away with her. Clay: Richard Garland. Brockway: Paul Maxey.18E18The BratEllen offers the boys a special treat if they will babysit a boy while she is called out on an errand. But the kid turns out to be more than Jeff and Porky can handle.19E19FatherThe church is holding a father-son event and Jeff doesn't want Gramps to fill in for his dad. Jeff is then even more embarrassed when Ellen decides to accompany him instead.20E20The FawnJeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn, but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm.21E21Blind SoldierThe parents of a blind veteran try to buy Lassie--the young man's own collie Lassie has died and they do not want to tell him the truth, fearing he will slip into depression again.22E22The CaveJeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate.23E23The InjuryAn injured man, hurt in a car accident, is brought to the farm. He mutters something about hitting a collie with his car--and Lassie is acting strangely.24E24The WellA snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well.25E25The SnakeJeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor.26E26The BearJeff and Porky's campout is ruined by a persistent bear.
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