Every season of Lassie ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Lassie!

Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home.

Inheritance

Jeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions, so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doesn't pass his next test.

Arithmetic

To make up for ignoring Jeff, Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names ""Domino."" Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in his enthusiasm over having a horse.

The Colt

Jeff wants to learn to use his father's gun, but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm, although Gramps thinks he should learn to use it.

The Gun

Gramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm, then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old man.

Mr. Peabody

Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

The Convict

When Gramps quarrels with Matt Brockway after a hotly contested checker game, both men forbid their sons to play with each other. After Jeff and Porky's first attempt to fix the problem goes horribly wrong, so the boys hide in the woods in hopes that in ""saving"" them Gramps and Matt will be friends again.

Feud

With Gramps and Ellen away for the day, Jeff and Porky plan a lazy day--until an escaped circus lion invades the farm. Worse, no one will believe them when they call for help.

The Lion

When Gramps has chest pains, the family tries to keep him from exerting himself.

Gramps

Jeff thinks Lassie needs a vet when her time comes, but a storm is brewing and Gramps says dogs can cope. Dr. Wilson: Frank Ferguson. Mrs. Wilson: Frances Morris.

Lassie's Pups

A radio producer hears Ellen singing at church and offers her a job singing on radio--but she and Jeff must take an apartment in the city and leave Lassie with Gramps to do it.

The Job

Jeff shows a dog trainer at the fair Lassie's tricks--and thinking she can be a headliner for them, the man and his partner steal her. Clay: Richard Garland.

The Carnival

Jeff overhears the wrong conversation, and, thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation, attempts to sell Lassie to raise the money.

Sale of Lassie

The calf Jeff is raising for the county fair vanishes the same night Lassie comes home injured and covered with mud--then she mysteriously starts chasing Ellen's car.

The Rustlers

Jeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward.

The Fighter

While Jeff prepares for the county fair, a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie.

The Contest

After Lassie is suspected of having rabies, she's about to be taken to the pound--but Jeff runs away with her. Clay: Richard Garland. Brockway: Paul Maxey.

Runaways

Ellen offers the boys a special treat if they will babysit a boy while she is called out on an errand. But the kid turns out to be more than Jeff and Porky can handle.

The Brat

The church is holding a father-son event and Jeff doesn't want Gramps to fill in for his dad. Jeff is then even more embarrassed when Ellen decides to accompany him instead.

Father

Jeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn, but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm.

The Fawn

The parents of a blind veteran try to buy Lassie--the young man's own collie Lassie has died and they do not want to tell him the truth, fearing he will slip into depression again.

Blind Soldier

Jeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate.

The Cave

An injured man, hurt in a car accident, is brought to the farm. He mutters something about hitting a collie with his car--and Lassie is acting strangely.

The Injury

A snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well.

The Well

Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor.

The Snake

Jeff and Porky's campout is ruined by a persistent bear.

The Bear

All of Lassie's pups have been given away except for Laddie, the runt, and she hides him in an abandoned mineshaft to keep him with her.

The Runt

When Jeff and Porky see pit bull terriers, Gramps suspects illegal dogfights are being held in the area.

The Pit

Jeff and Lassie find a litter of abandoned kittens and are horrified when Gramps says to leave them alone; that they can't be saved and will probably starve.

The Kittens

Porky enters Lassie in the Capitol City Dog Show obedience trials without knowing what the procedure is, but Jeff finds out what's involved and trains her.

The Dog Show

A new teacher has forbidden the children from bringing dogs into the classroom and one of Jeff's classmates is determined to do something about it.

The School

Jeff teaches Lassie to howl when he plays the violin, hoping to get out of lessons, but Ellen sees through the scheme

The Violin

There is a weird ""monster"" in the lake making unearthly noises--but it turns out to be a displaced seal, which Jeff promptly tries to adopt.

The Monster

Lassie comes down with an odd ailment. The kids are convinced that a creepy old lady they call the "witch woman" has cast a spell on the dog.

The Witch

Jeff nurses a wild duck back to health but when he releases it back to the wild, he fears the duck may be the victim of poachers in the area.

The Wild Duck

Jeff and Gramps are jealous when Clay Horton takes Ellen out on a date.

The Rival

The boys start printing a newspaper to make themselves some pocket money--but the material they print gets them into hot water instead.

The Newspaper

After an itinerant clown and his dog entertain at a church carnival, the man is accused of robbing a neighbor.

The Clown

The Millers batten down the hatches as a severe storm approaches.

The Twister

Jeff and Ellen plan a surprise party for Gramps so well that Gramps feels neglected on his birthday and ""runs away.""

Gramps' Birthday

A gypsy girl and her family camp on the Miller farm, despite neighbors' reports of thievery.

The Gypsies

A television set meant for the Brockways is delivered to the Millers.

The Gift

In a quest for a valuable stamp, the boys begin quarreling with each other.

The Stamp Album

When Lassie is impounded in Capitol City for lack of tag and leash, Jeff learns that most of the dogs in the pound are to be killed so he brings, much to the consternation of Ellen, the dogs to the farm so he can find them homes.

The Dog Catcher

Matt Brockway says Pokey is useless and tells Porky he is going to give the dog away.

Pokey

When Gramps refuses to sell the farm to nasty Emmet Carey, Edgar Carey pretends that a barbed wire scratch he got in the barn is Lassie's bite, figuring the Millers will give up the farm before giving up Lassie

The Trial

Jeff and Porky horrify Gramps by trying to tame a red-tailed hawk as a hunting falcon.

The Hawk

The boys quarrel over Pokey being able to sleep in their new tree house.

The Tree House

The Millers welcome a Japanese exchange student--and run into bigotry from a neighbor who has never gotten over World War II.

The Visitor

The boys' journey on their new raft is hampered by the fact that Porky can't swim.

The Raft

When Gramps and Ellen tell him that Lassie is going blind, Jeff takes the dog on a long journey to find the doctor that can restore her sight.

The Journey

Jeff decides he wants to be a veterinarian, and his first patient is the Miller cow.

The Vet

Ellen accidentally brings home a valuable champion collie from a dog show rather than Lassie--and is accused of theft!

Lassie's Double

Jeff and Porky, told to babysit little Janie, leave the child with Lassie while they run to see construction equipment at work, not knowing Janie is following them.

The Child

After a friend's mother is involved in a serious car accident, Jeff becomes over protective of Lassie.

The Leash

Jeff, in charge of collecting money for Sunday School, loses the contributions and has no way of replacing them.

Sunday School

Jeff discovers that a new classmate's father is jacklighting deer.

The Deer Hunter

A disreputable horse dealer schemes to buy Jeff's colt cheaply by proving to Gramps that the horse is vicious.

Domino

One of Lassie's puppies, Comet, mistreated by its owner, has turned wild.

The Marauder

Jeff and Porky enter the world of business when they take a 4-H calf home from the county's fair, intent on raising it to sell for the price of an outboard motor. In their care, the calf grows into a prize-winning heifer.

The Calf

Gramps' blames Lassie's son Laddie's illness on the spray used by a local crop duster.

The Crop Duster

Jeff persuades a neighbor to buy a rehabilitated war dog, only to have the dog exhibit aggressive behavior. Joe Brown: James Griffith.

War Dog

Ellen battles with Jeff to go get a haircut--until the unexpected happens.

The Haircut

Jeff and Porky quarrel over a new girl in town, who is happily playing one boy off another!

Diane

When Jeff and Porky discover their competition jumping frog is female and about to lay eggs, they drive Gramps and Ellen to exhaustion in their quest to see the eggs are fertilized and produce offspring.

The Frog

Jeff and Porky try to raise bees for an upcoming 4H show but a wild raccoon threatens to ruin their work.

Bee Hive

Cranky old Daniel Mueller fences in a pasture that's a shortcut the kids use going and coming to school and the boys want revenge, but Lassie is privy to his gentle side. Then one night the collie discovers Mueller seriously ill.

Friendship

Pokey is temporarily quarantined at the Miller farm due to a disease threat. However, when the dog runs away, one of the Miller's neighbors threatens to shoot Pokey on sight to protect his livestock.

Quarantine

Lassie uncovers a bone that is of interest to a local archaeologist but Pokey takes it away when she tries to bury it.

Bone

Ellen tries to teach Jeff a lesson about being on time but Jeff takes the idea a little too far.

The Watch

Jeff and Porky send Lassie on a fake call for help but when Jeff is injured and does need help, people are skeptical that the need is genuine.

Hoax

Jeff and Porky enter a fishing contest to win a new pole, but it's Lassie that catches the fish!

The Fish Story

Pokey needs a blood transfusion to save her life and only Lassie has the blood needed for the transfusion.

Transfusion

Gramps is going fishing on the day of local elections and Ellen is worried that his absence from voting could mean a man who dislikes all dogs is elected as animal catcher for the area.

Local Elections

Jeff misunderstands a man who gives him a ride--and the newcomer is branded as an ex-convict.

Gossip

With a drought affecting availability of fish in the area, two restaurant owners look to take advantage of the Miller's generosity by taking free fish from the Miller's lake.

Fish Conservation

Ellen makes Jeff promise to stop taking on dares from other people. However, his promise is tested when a mischievous boy takes his report card and leaves it atop a phone pole.

Challenge

Gramps wins a tractor in a contest but refuses to learn how to use it even after his first attempts go poorly.

Tractor

To earn money for a motor for his bike, Jeff agrees to take care of Jim Teal's goats while he's fencing in their new pasture. But the rambunctious animals run Jeff-- and Lassie, Porky, and the family--ragged

Goats

Ellen enlists Lassie's help to teach Jeff to pick up after himself but things don't turn out as planned.

A Place For Everything

Jeff discovers that the reason for Jenny's grumpiness is that no one remembered her birthday.

Party Line

Porky is upset when a black cat crosses Lassie's path and then she walks under a ladder, but Jeff and Ellen tell him superstitions are silly--but Jeff may be converted when unfortunate things keep happening.

Superstition

After being punished for something he didn't do, Porky tells Jeff that he's running away. Jeff asks Porky to stick around in the hope that he can convince him not to leave.

Goodbye Forever

Lassie is praised for her looks after a visit to a pet salon and she takes the compliments a little too much to heart.

Lassie's Vanity

Jeff persuades Gramps to enter a turkey shoot, even though Gramps doesn't think his eyesight is good enough.

Champion

A little dog left in Jeff's care pines for his missing master.

Vigil

Porky and Jeff receive a chimpanzee by mail instead of the hamsters ordered. When they try and hide the chimp from everyone, they discover that the task is far more difficult than they imagined.

Chimp

With the Millers and Brockways attending a wedding, Lassie and Pokey set out on a series of adventures.

Lassie's Day

A baseball that gets misplaced during rock collecting for a school exhibit causes a rift between Jeff and Porky.

The Rock

Jeff tries his hand in matchmaking by matching Gramps up with an artist that is staying at a nearby cottage.

The Artist

Porky and Jeff spend a night roughing it in the woods but their tranquility is threatened by a nearby camper's carless fire tending.

Survival

While Porky and Jeff go off to identify birds for a school project, Lassie tends bird eggs whose mother was killed by a ferret.

Bird Watchers

Lassie feels she is being punished when she is made to sleep outside in a dog house built by Gramps.

The Dog House

Gramps heads out on a secret fishing trip just as a bad storm approaches the area.

The Search

Jeff and Porky are sheriffs on the town's annual boy's day, so Gramps cooks up a fake robbery to give them a little excitement.

Boy's Day

After visiting to Timothy Powell's summer home, Jeff is envious of the wonderful things he saw at the wealthy Powells and turns up his nose at the farm and Porky. So when the Powells go away for the weekend, Ellen has Timmy stay with the Millers.When Timothy falls seriously ill, however, it is Ellen's unwavering care that brings about his recovery, and Jeff realizes that money isn't everything and Jeff finds out the boy thinks he's the lucky one.

The Snob

On a dare, Porky and Jeff venture into a supposed haunted house and are surprised to see what appears to be a real ghost.

Haunted House

Gramps is determined to use the mower before the onset of bad weather but Jeff and Porky are just as set to protect a nest atop the machine that belongs to a rare bird.

The Nest

To cheer Jeff up, Ellen tries to join him for several outdoor activities but he thinks she is doing it as she needs to be cheered up.

Father Ellen

Under the mistaken belief that the farm is about to foreclosed on, Jeff adopts a frugal outlook on his daily life.

The Best Seasons of Lassie

The Best Seasons of Lassie

Season 11

Season 1

Season 12

Season 8

Season 7

Season 14

Season 10

Season 2

Season 13

Season 16

Season 6

Season 17

Season 3

Season 9

Season 19

Season 15

Season 18

Season 5

Season 4