• Air date: 16 Sep '72 23 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 (23)
    • 1. Lightning

      16 Sep '72
      Garth's brother Keith is met with resentment when he takes over running the ranch, but he proves his mettle when a storm strikes the ranch and starts a fire that traps Lassie in the woods.
    • 2. The Doves of Santa Inez

      23 Sep '72
      Garth's brother Keith is met with resentment when he takes over running the ranch, but he proves his mettle when a storm strikes the ranch and starts a fire that traps Lassie in the woods.
    • 3. For Those Who Follow

      30 Sep '72
      Karl Burkholz and the ""scout"" for a migrating flock of doves become friends when Karl nurses the injured bird.
    • 4. Scarecrow

      14 Oct '72
      Lassie pursues a colt that escapes from the Baker ranch. (Elaine Baker seems to have problems keeping her livestock in check! Later in the season she loses a calf.
    • 5. A Girl and a Boy (1)

      21 Oct '72
      A crow that snatches Mike's wallet leaves the boy angry and determined to find the animal.
    • 6. A Girl and a Boy (2)

      28 Oct '72
      A small deaf boy is found wandering the grounds of the ranch and Lucy, communicating with him in sign language, discovers he feels no one wants him.
    • 7. Deadly Surf

      04 Nov '72
      Deprived of the dog the Holdens have given him, the boy flees.
    • 8. Golden Eagle

      11 Nov '72
      Deprived of the dog the Holdens have given him, the boy flees.
    • 9. A Taste of Freedom

      18 Nov '72
      Lassie must rescue three kittens from the incoming tide.
    • 10. Run to Nowhere (1)

      25 Nov '72
      Lassie befriends a racehorse so nervous that he can't complete a race.
    • 11. Run to Nowhere (2)

      02 Dec '72
      A runaway inner-city orphan is taken in at the ranch, but is distrustful of everyone.
    • 12. Vigil of the Stork

      09 Dec '72
      Joey runs away when he finds out he has to leave the ranch.
    • 13. Dream Builder

      16 Dec '72
      The Holdens are afraid Karl will not survive after a heart attack robs his will to live.
    • 14. The Visitor

      13 Jan '73
      A Chicano man searches for a piece of land that will be his own.
    • 15. Tell It to the Birds

      06 Jan '73
      Benji guest-stars as a city mutt who must learn country ways from Lassie.
    • 16. Challenge of the Mountain (1)

      24 Jan '73
    • 17. Challenge of the Mountain (2)

      03 Feb '73
      Dale, riding Midnight and accompanied by Lassie, is injured when he falls from the horse.
    • 18. Legend of the Coyote

      10 Feb '73
      Midnight and Lassie must go for help when Dale cannot move.
    • 19. Horsenappers

      17 Feb '73
      Lassie's determined to retrieve the puppy stolen from the Holden barn by a coyote.
    • 20. A Joyous Sound (1)

      24 Feb '73
      Two bumbling horse thieves steal Midnight, but run afoul of Lassie.
    • 22. A Joyous Sound (2)

      03 Mar '73
      Lassie's assistance to a toddler is misinterpreted as an attack, and she is chased away from the hospital to become lost in the tangle of city streets; in the meantime Keith searches for her and Elaine wonders what to tell Lucy.
    • 23. A Joyous Sound (3)

      10 Mar '73
      Lassie, after a narrow escape on a firing range, befriends two young men who have been camping at the beach in their van. While they tend the injured collie, Lucy, now returned home, prays for two miracles: that her hearing -- and Lassie -- will return.
    • 25. The Dawning

      24 Mar '73
      Lucy trades lessons in ""home"" to an attractive young drifter who gives her guitar lessons in return.