• Air date: 29 Sep '68 28 episodes
      Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973. One of the longest-running series on television, the show chalked up seventeen seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons. Initially filmed in black and white, the show transitioned to color in 1965. The show's first ten seasons follow Lassie's adventures in a small farming community. Fictional eleven-year-old Jeff Miller, his mother, and his grandfather are Lassie's first human companions until seven-year-old Timmy Martin and his adoptive parents take over in the fourth season. When Lassie's exploits on the farm end in the eleventh season, she finds new adventures in the wilderness with a succession of United States Forest Service Rangers. After traveling without...
  • List of Episodes (28)
    • 1. Lassie's Race for Life

      29 Sep '68
      As Corey, Lassie, and a young woman consulting with the Forest Service on landslide prevention aid a poisoned goose, its mate waits faithfully by.
    • 2. Burst of Freedom

      06 Oct '68
      Lassie races for help after an earthquake traps Corey under a tree in the path of an incipient rockslide, but the motorist who picks her up nets and drugs her, selling her to a vet conducting animal experiments.
    • 3. The Holocaust (1)

      13 Oct '68
      A fire rages on a Western mountain range and, despite the efforts of helicopter crews, firefighters, and Lassie, Ranger Corey Stuart is trapped in the inferno. When a rescue team finally reaches Corey, he is seriously injured.
    • 4. The Holocaust (2)

      20 Oct '68
      Severely injured from a raging fire, Ranger Corey Stuart lies in a hospital with Lassie keeping vigil by his side in this conclusion to a two-part series. When Lassie is given to a new Ranger during Corey's recovery, she journeys miles to return to his side.
    • 5. Last Frontier

      27 Oct '68
      Lassie, Scott, and their pilot Johnny assist an injured hunter trapped near a glacier.
    • 6. Eagle's Dynasty

      03 Nov '68
      While Neeka's father and Scott nurse an eagle that has become sodden from a fall in the lake, Lassie protects the bird's baby from a lynx.
    • 7. Day of the Wolf

      10 Nov '68
      Neeka must take charge when Lassie breaks a leg in a trap on a hike--and a wolf is stalking them.
    • 8. Glacier Canyon

      17 Nov '68
      After surviving a boat explosion that traps Neeka's father, Lassie braves icy waters to find Neeka and Scott.
    • 9. Track of the Jaguar (1)

      24 Nov '68
      A jaguar has been attacking cattle and the watchdog on a Western ranch, and Lassie arrives to help. She gets some unexpected assistance when a cougar, foraging nearby, hears the battle and attacks the jaguar.
    • 10. Track of the Jaguar (2)

      01 Dec '68
      Lassie stands guard over the injured watchdog as the jaguar and cougar battle. The jaguar retreats in defeat and Lassie recognizes the cougar as a friend from days past. Lassie summons the rangers to eliminate the hostile jaguar for good.
    • 11. New Horizon

      08 Dec '68
      Ranger Scott Turner and a Scripps Oceanographic scientist, Diane Stafford, become trapped in a kelp bed during a deep-sea scuba dive. Lassie discovers their predicament and alerts Ranger Bob Erickson for the rescue.
    • 12. Out of the Frying Pan

      15 Dec '68
      Lassie twice comes to the rescue of a stray kitten that is first attacked by an angry hawk, then trapped in a cave by rising tides. The collie also finds time to retrieve a forest ranger's horse that has broken loose from his tether.
    • 13. Lassie and the 4-H Boys

      29 Dec '68
      Two brothers are quarreling over ownership of a prize bull that they are entering in the 4-H show. They must resolve their feud, however, when the bull strays and is lost in the mountains, with a marauding mountain lion close by.
    • 14. Deadly Game

      05 Jan '69
      Lassie's day with Jingo on his master's construction site turns too busy: first she pulls the beagle away from a blasting site, then, in trying to get him out of a house about to be demolished, Lassie is herself trapped.
    • 15. What Price Valor? (1)

      12 Jan '69
      Bruno, a war dog under rehabilitation, suffers from flashbacks after being exposed to blasting and escapes from his run. Warning the construction crew and local ranchers that Bruno is dangerous, Lassie, Bob, and his trainer Mike then try to find him before the others do.
    • 16. What Price Valor? (2)

      19 Jan '69
      In the second of a two-part series, Lassie finds Bruno, a retired war dog that has been spooked by dynamite explosions. Lassie tries to calm the frightened and confused canine, and must intervene to prevent ranchers from shooting the dog before his master arrives.
    • 17. A Chance to Live

      26 Jan '69
      On a trek through the Oregon rainforest, Lassie and her master discover a careless camper who has leaked oil into a stream, endangering hundreds of ducks on their seasonal flight. The Ranger and Lassie teach the camper a conservation lesson he won't soon forget.
    • 18. The Return Home

      02 Feb '69
      On a trek through the Oregon rainforest, Lassie and her master discover a careless camper who has leaked oil into a stream, endangering hundreds of ducks on their seasonal flight. The Ranger and Lassie teach the camper a conservation lesson he won't soon forget.
    • 19. Tempest (1)

      09 Feb '69
      Bob and Lassie visit the wild, surf-tossed Oregon coast where logs washed downriver into the bay are creating a problem, where they meet Jake Peterson, an old acquaintance of Lassie, a former forest ranger who now is a crab fisherman. The logs prove even more dangerous next day, when Jake takes Lassie out fishing with him.
    • 20. Tempest (2)

      16 Feb '69
      Huddled together in his disabled boat, Lassie and injured Jake Peterson ride out the tumultuous surf. But as the boat heads for the Cliffs, Bob and the Coast Guard begin a highly dangerous rescue.
    • 21. To Catch a Crow

      23 Feb '69
      A boy's camp is in danger of being disbanded when a wristwatch is stolen from a camper at the swimming hole. Lassie unravels the mystery, however, when she discovers the thief not another camper, but a pilfering crow.
    • 22. Walden

      02 Mar '69
      Lassie befriend Patricia Prescott, who refers to herself as ""Walden,"" a free-spirited teenage girl, who has left home to live in the wilderness like her idol, Henry David Thoreau, after the young woman cleans up a picnic area. But both of them are endangered by aftershocks from an offshore earthquake.
    • 23. The Stalker

      09 Mar '69
      Lassie leads the search for a tiger that escaped while en route to the zoo. The frightened animal is on a rampage.
    • 24. Price of Wisdom

      16 Mar '69
      Scott and Lassie stay with Neeka and his dad Dean Chalmers for a couple of days, and Neeka has the weekend to finish a biology report. While collecting leaves, he and Lassie meet Mr. Bowers, a lonely man who limps due to an injury and has turned his back on society. After Lassie and Neeka uncover Mr. Bowers' scientific knowledge and help him when he is hurt, Mr. Bowers realises he wants human company after all.
    • 25. Night of the Ghost

      23 Mar '69
      Scott, Lassie and Neeka camp overnight in an old mining town that is haunted, according to legend, by a wolf and a man. Despite Scott's assurances there are no ghosts haunting the town, Neeka and Lassie hear strange sounds and see things that have even Lassie spooked.