
Lassie Season 5
1958·39 episodes
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
Episode 1 · 7 Sept 1958The StormTimmy and Boomer try to teach Boomer's new dog Mike, a distant little terrier, farm ways, but he seems unable to learn.
Episode 2 · 14 Sept 1958WishingUncle 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.
Episode 3 · 21 Sept 1958The TeacherTimmy 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.
Episode 4 · 28 Sept 1958The OwlTimmy 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.
Episode 5 · 5 Oct 1958The CrashTimmy and Boomer run to see a plane crash and don't know what to do when they find the injured pilot in the wreckage.
Episode 6 · 12 Oct 1958The Rocking ChairLassie 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.
Episode 7 · 19 Oct 1958Fish Out of WaterTimmy brings home a rainbow trout with plans to keep it as a pet, but the idea engenders all sorts of obstacles.
Episode 8 · 26 Oct 1958TrappedWhen 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.
Episode 9 · 2 Nov 1958Our GalPaul'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.
Episode 10 · 9 Nov 1958Lassie's DecisionTimmy'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.
Episode 11 · 16 Nov 1958The EgretOn 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.
Episode 12 · 23 Nov 1958The ArchersAfter bow hunters shoot a bear cub, then leave it in the forest to die, the Martins try to save the animal.
Episode 13 · 30 Nov 1958The Bundle from BritainBoomer 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
Episode 14 · 7 Dec 1958The Black WoodsHaving 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.
Episode 15 · 14 Dec 1958The RaffleTongues 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
Episode 16 · 21 Dec 1958The Christmas StorySeveral 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
Episode 17 · 28 Dec 1958The Lady BugsTimmy 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
Episode 18 · 4 Jan 1959Junior GI'sThe 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!
Episode 19 · 11 Jan 1959The Big CatRuth, 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.
Episode 20 · 18 Jan 1959The TreeFor 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.
Episode 21 · 25 Jan 1959Timmy,The Oil MillionaireWhen 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.
Episode 22 · 1 Feb 1959BeholdenAsa 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.
Episode 23 · 8 Feb 1959Tartan QueenA 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.
Episode 24 · 15 Feb 1959The Horse ShowTimmy, 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.
Episode 25 · 22 Feb 1959The Cat That Came to DinnerThe 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.
Episode 26 · 1 Mar 1959The BonnetKnowing Ruth hasn't had a new hat in four years, Paul buys her a lovely spring hat he discovers she was longing for, but Timmy and Lassie inadvertently ruin it while playing.
Episode 27 · 8 Mar 1959The Puppy StoryTimmy and Boomer are heartbroken when they find out Lassie's puppies are to be sold, so Lassie hides them in an old pen in the woods. But the mischevious babies get free.
Episode 28 · 15 Mar 1959The Young FlyersThe entire family pitches in to help Timmy win in his Cub Scout troop's kite-flying contest, especially after the original kite is lost.
Episode 29 · 22 Mar 1959The Watch DogLassie, staying at a neighbor's house while the family as at the county fair, is blamed for the damage done by Chipper, a chimpanzee being nursed by Mrs. Collins.
Episode 30 · 29 Mar 1959The PuppetLassie falls in love with Suzy, a canine hand puppet manipulated by a down-on-his-luck ventriloquist.
Episode 31 · 5 Apr 1959Rock HoundTimmy and Boomer are convinced that their new neighbor is a bank robber.
Episode 32 · 12 Apr 1959The CharmNo synopsis yet.
Episode 33 · 19 Apr 1959TeamworkTimmy and Boomer heartily disagree over the methods and tasks involved in the construction of a lean to but learn to work together when the boys and Lassie must rescue Boomer's visiting cousin Millicent from a cave ledge.
Episode 34 · 26 Apr 1959Stable MatesLassie befriends a stray dog and finds a rambunctious runaway show horse which, after Lassie trains the stray dog to be a stable mate, becomes more calm.
Episode 35 · 3 May 1959The CameraWhile helping Timmy get pictures for a photo contest Paul and Uncle Petrie comes across a uncooperative man hunting pheasants on the Martin property.
Episode 36 · 10 May 1959Peace PatrolTimmy wants his school to participate in The Lone Ranger Peace Patrol program encouraging children to save their money to buy saving bonds to support the United States.
Episode 37 · 17 May 1959SwamiAt the church carnival Timmy and Boomer dresses Lassie as a fortune teller but it does not goes as they planned.
Episode 38 · 24 May 1959CampoutAn unprepared city boy who has after a quarrel run away from his uncle with whom he is visiting leads Timmy and Boomer who are camping out in the Martin barn into danger in the woods.
Episode 39 · 31 May 1959Lassie's GuestWhen Boomer goes on an overnight visit, Mike who has been left in Timmy's care becomes shut in the trunk of the Martin's car while chasing his ball and taken to a garage where a fire starts.