8.0/1059 votes#1 - Inheritance
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1954
Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1039 votes
#2 - Arithmetic
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1954
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1036 votes
#3 - The Colt
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1954
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1034 votes
#4 - The Gun
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1954
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.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1035 votes
#5 - Mr. Peabody
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1954
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1037 votes
#6 - The Convict
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1954
Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1032 votes
#7 - Feud
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1954
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1035 votes
#8 - The Lion
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1954
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1033 votes
#9 - Gramps
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1954
When Gramps has chest pains, the family tries to keep him from exerting himself.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1037 votes
#10 - Lassie's Pups
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1954
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1034 votes
#11 - The Job
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1954
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.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1034 votes
#12 - The Carnival
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1954
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.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1028 votes
#13 - Sale of Lassie
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1954
Jeff overhears the wrong conversation, and, thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation, attempts to sell Lassie to raise the money.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#14 - The Rustlers
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1954
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.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1032 votes
#15 - The Fighter
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/1954
Jeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1029 votes
#16 - The Contest
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1954
While Jeff prepares for the county fair, a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1027 votes
#17 - Runaways
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/2/1955
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.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1028 votes
#18 - The Brat
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/1955
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.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1032 votes
#19 - Father
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/16/1955
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.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1031 votes
#20 - The Fawn
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/23/1955
Jeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn, but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1026 votes
#21 - Blind Soldier
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/30/1955
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.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1032 votes
#22 - The Cave
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/6/1955
Jeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate.
Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1032 votes
#23 - The Injury
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/13/1955
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.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1038 votes
#24 - The Well
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/20/1955
A snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1028 votes
#25 - The Snake
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1955
Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Lassie Season 1
Every episode of Lassie Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Lassie Season 1!
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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaFamilyComedy
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Inheritance" is the best rated episode of "Lassie" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1954. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Arithmetic".