About this season
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 (28)
1. Lassie's Race for Life
Aired 29 September 1968
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
Aired 6 October 1968
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)
Aired 13 October 1968
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)
Aired 20 October 1968
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
Aired 27 October 1968
Lassie, Scott, and their pilot Johnny assist an injured hunter trapped near a glacier.
6. Eagle's Dynasty
Aired 3 November 1968
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
Aired 10 November 1968
Neeka must take charge when Lassie breaks a leg in a trap on a hike--and a wolf is stalking them.
8. Glacier Canyon
Aired 17 November 1968
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)
Aired 24 November 1968
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)
Aired 1 December 1968
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
Aired 8 December 1968
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
Aired 15 December 1968
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
Aired 29 December 1968
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
Aired 5 January 1969
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)
Aired 12 January 1969
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)
Aired 19 January 1969
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
Aired 26 January 1969
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
Aired 2 February 1969
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)
Aired 9 February 1969
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)
Aired 16 February 1969
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
Aired 23 February 1969
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
Aired 2 March 1969
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
Aired 9 March 1969
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
Aired 16 March 1969
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
Aired 23 March 1969
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.
26. Time of Crisis
Aired 30 March 1969
Neeka tries to drive his father's truck, which subsequently catches fire after bumping over a rock, and explodes in a ball of flame. Three terrified horses nearby break out of their corral and run off. After Neeka, Lassie and Dean put out the fire, they find the horses, including Neeka's horse Cloudy, who has been hurt in the escape.
27. Lassie and the Flying Squirrels
Aired 6 April 1969
Lassie helps two flying squirrels find a new home.
28. Moonshiners
Aired 13 April 1969
Moonshiners set up operations on national forest land. In an attempt to outwit forest rangers, the moonshiners set a fire. Tragedy results as the fire spreads and Lassie must come to the rescue of the moonshiners who become trapped by flames.