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Lassie : Season 5
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Air date: 07 Sep '58 - 38 episodesLassie 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...
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List of Episodes (38)
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1. The Storm
07 Sep '58Timmy and Boomer try to teach Boomer's new dog Mike, a distant little terrier, farm ways, but he seems unable to learn.
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2. Wishing
14 Sep '58Uncle Petrie allows Timmy to ride a pony at a pony-ride concession, and Timmy falls in love with the animal--so Lassie sneaks out in the night and brings ""Star"" home.
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3. The Teacher
21 Sep '58Timmy and his classmates adore their teacher Miss Hazlit, and when they find out she may have to leave because of budget constraints, they try to earn the money to keep her on. But the money is lost on their way to speak to the school board.
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4. The Owl
28 Sep '58Timmy and Boomer are so desperate to be useful that Ruth entrusts a fresh egg delivery to the boys, but they're sidetracked by an aggressive barn ow1 after they try to replace two broken eggs.
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5. The Crash
05 Oct '58Timmy and Boomer run to see a plane crash and don't know what to do when they find the injured pilot in the wreckage.
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6. The Rocking Chair
12 Oct '58Lassie falls in love with a rocking chair destined for donation to a benefit sale, and when it's sold, she determines to do something to get it back.
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7. Fish Out of Water
19 Oct '58Timmy brings home a rainbow trout with plans to keep it as a pet, but the idea engenders all sorts of obstacles.
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8. Trapped
26 Oct '58When Timmy and Boomer discover there will be girls at the Halloween party they are looking forward to, they go out hunting for foxfire to smear on their faces so girls won't kiss them and are trapped in an abandoned house.
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9. Our Gal
02 Nov '58Paul's expensive new sow ""Our Gal"" turns out to have an unfortunate predeliction zfor running away, even through reinforced fencing, and after she has a litter of piglets.
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10. Lassie's Decision
09 Nov '58Timmy's plan to help his new friend Henry, who is afraid of dogs, backfires when Henry mistakes Lassie's extra attention as love for him and believes she wants to stay with him.
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11. The Egret
16 Nov '58On a bird-watching expedition for school, Timmy sees a rare snowy egret, but no one will believe him. Finally a professor is dispatched to see if his report is true.
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12. The Archers
23 Nov '58After bow hunters shoot a bear cub, then leave it in the forest to die, the Martins try to save the animal.
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13. The Bundle from Britain
30 Nov '58Boomer is jealous when Timmy seems to prefer the company of his English visitor, Robin, and his little Cairn terrier Basil, so he and a classmate make fun of Robin's short pants and school tie
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14. The Black Woods
07 Dec '58Having seen sugar maples while taking Timmy on a nature hike, Uncle Petrie returns to the woods to investigate--and runs into two men holding bank president Robert Hanson hostage. Remembering that he taught Timmy smoke signals on their hike, he makes a desperate gamble while helping one of the criminals make a fire.
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15. The Raffle
14 Dec '58Tongues wag in the neighborhood after Lassie picks Ruth's ticket as a winner in a raffle for a piano--but the real loser is Timmy, who's forced to take lessons
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16. The Christmas Story
21 Dec '58Several days before Christmas, Lassie is struck by a truck while saving a three-year-old girl and so seriously injured she needs a special veterinarian to operate on her
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17. The Lady Bugs
28 Dec '58Timmy and Boomer want to be partners in a business, and, learning Paul is planning to spend $10 on ladybugs to help fight aphids in his apple orchard, are determined to find a cache of them Lassie discovered earlier. But the collie wants nothing to do with the itchy pests
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18. Junior GI's
04 Jan '59The Army is conducting war games near the farm, and excited Timmy, Boomer, and their friends plan their own maneuvers. But it's no game when scout Timmy and his ""war dog"" Lassie wander into a live mine field!
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19. The Big Cat
11 Jan '59Ruth, taking a woods shortcut on her way to a Grange supper and having to replace a flat tire, is caught in a trap set by a state hunter to catch a marauding cougar.
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20. The Tree
18 Jan '59For a club project, Timmy and Boomer adopt a tree that was supposedly planted by Johnny Appleseed, then discover it is sleighted to be cut down to make way for a highway, so Timmy writes a letter to the President of the United States.
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21. Timmy,The Oil Millionaire
25 Jan '59When Lassie keeps coming home with greasy muck on her legs, Timmy and Boomer investigate, and discover a pool of oil on their property. But Uncle Petrie's investigation of the pool proves to be his undoing.
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22. Beholden
01 Feb '59Asa Winkler, a conniving handyman, claims Lassie bit him and tore his pants to obtain odd jobs at the Martins--and arranges other ""accidents"" to stay on.
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23. Tartan Queen
08 Feb '59A breeder says Lassie may be descended from a famous show dog and urges Timmy not to let her run wild, so she must sit on the sidelines while Boomer's terrier Mike has all the fun.
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24. The Horse Show
15 Feb '59Timmy, disappointed that there are no contests in the county fair a small boy can participate in, enters his burro Lucky in a farm horse event.
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25. The Cat Who Came To Dinner
22 Feb '59The Martins adopt a cat they find half-drowned outside the house, but the conniving cat, dubbed ""Marmalade"" by Timmy because of his color, immediately starts getting Lassie into trouble.
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