Lassie

Total Seasons :19Total Episodes : 591

The first season of the television series Lassie premiered in the United States on CBS on September 12, 1954 and ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 6, 1955. Produced by Robert Maxwell, the episodes follows the adventures of a female rough collie named Lassie and her young owner Jeffrey Miller. In 1958, the first through third seasons began syndication under the title "Jeff's Collie...

Episodes(26)

1. Inheritance

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

Air Date : 1954-09-12

2. Arithmetic

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

Air Date : 1954-09-19

3. The Colt

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

Air Date : 1954-09-26

4. The Gun

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

Air Date : 1954-10-03

5. Mr. Peabody

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

Air Date : 1954-10-10

6. The Convict

Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

Air Date : 1954-10-17

7. Feud

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

Air Date : 1954-10-24

8. The Lion

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

Air Date : 1954-10-31

9. Gramps

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

Air Date : 1954-11-07

10. Lassie's Pups

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

Air Date : 1954-11-14

11. The Job

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

Air Date : 1954-11-21

12. The Carnival

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

Air Date : 1954-11-28

13. Sale of Lassie

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

Air Date : 1954-12-05

14. The Rustlers

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

Air Date : 1954-12-12

15. The Fighter

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

Air Date : 1954-12-19

16. The Contest

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

Air Date : 1954-12-26

17. Runaways

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

Air Date : 1955-01-02

18. The Brat

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

Air Date : 1955-01-09

19. Father

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

Air Date : 1955-01-16

20. The Fawn

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

Air Date : 1955-01-23

21. Blind Soldier

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

Air Date : 1955-01-30

22. The Cave

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

Air Date : 1955-02-06

23. The Injury

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

Air Date : 1955-02-13