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 (36)
1. Lassie at the Grand Canyon
Aired 10 September 1961
Ruth and Timmy, visiting the Grand Canyon, befriend a blind pianist with a unique outlook on life who helps Timmy after he is angered by Lassie's behavior when she follows him on a mule ride and he's forced to turn back.
2. The Bloodhound
Aired 17 September 1961
Timmy and Lassie discover the sad truth about Relentless, Cully's new--and much bragged about--dog: he's lost his sense of smell. The truth might have remained secret had not the money earned in a church fundraising drive gone missing.
3. The Mysterious Intruder
Aired 24 September 1961
The Gardners, the Martins' new neighbors, accuse Lassie of killing their cat and attacking their sheep, but Lassie knows there's a strange collie in the area.
4. The Badger Game
Aired 1 October 1961
5. The Outlaw
Aired 8 October 1961
After a police dog and policeman befriended by Timmy and Lassie are shot by a bank robber, the dog on the loose becomes aggressive to the point of attack and might be killed by authorities except the dog is gentled by Timmy and Lassie.
6. The Winner
Aired 15 October 1961
7. Heat Wave
Aired 22 October 1961
8. The Deer
Aired 29 October 1961
9. Lassie Adopts the Fire Chief
Aired 5 November 1961
When the fire chief's Dalmatian is killed at a fire, Timmy loans Lassie to the chief for during the day but Lassie becomes enthralled with the fire engine and fire chasing to the extent she ignores Timmy.
10. The Pied Piper
Aired 12 November 1961
11. Joey
Aired 19 November 1961
12. Lassie's Wild Baby
Aired 26 November 1961
13. The Dognappers
Aired 3 December 1961
A pair of men steal dogs for ransom until they lock up Lassie after stealing Lassie with their vehicle at which time Lassie frees the stolen dogs and alerts the law.
14. The Dove
Aired 17 December 1961
An illegally entered Mexican boy found injured by Timmy places the Martins in legal jeopardy as both Timmy and the Mexican boy struggle with doing the right thing.
15. Yochim's Christmas
6.0Aired 24 December 1961
16. The Parrot
Aired 31 December 1961
17. Lassie's Protege
Aired 7 January 1962
Lassie, lonely when Timmy returns to school after a vacation, befriends a raccoon. She is devistated when the raccoon, whom Timmy named Melonhead, is run over by young drag racer Johnny Sexton.
18. The Black Sheep
Aired 14 January 1962
19. The Partnership
Aired 21 January 1962
A colt Timmy finds after a forest fire and wants to keep must be auctioned by the county and, when it appears Timmy will lose the bid, Washburne puts up money on the condition Timmy will house but then the mare comes looking for the colt.
20. The Hike
Aired 28 January 1962
Disobedient Timmy hikes in the woods alone because his hiking partner is sick and is knocked unconscious after slipping down an embankment as a forest fire starts.
21. Bird of Prey
Aired 4 February 1962
22. Casey
Aired 11 February 1962
23. The Odyssey I
Aired 18 February 1962
24. The Odyssey II
Aired 25 February 1962
25. The Odyssey III
Aired 4 March 1962
26. Double Trouble
Aired 11 March 1962
27. Eager Beaver
Aired 18 March 1962
28. Lassie and the Eagle
Aired 25 March 1962
29. The Vindication of Relentless
Aired 1 April 1962
30. The Unwanted
Aired 8 April 1962
31. The Musher
Aired 15 April 1962
32. Lassie's Good Deed
Aired 29 April 1962
33. Sanctuary
Aired 6 May 1962
34. Lassie and the Calf
Aired 13 May 1962
35. Elephant Sitters
Aired 20 May 1962
36. Lassie and the Tiger
Aired 27 May 1962
An animal trainer permits his tiger to swim in the fishing hole at which time it flees at Lassie' s bark and terrorizes the Martins while Sheriff Miller's posse is on the hunt and the trainer attempts to prevent the animal's destruction.