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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!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Lassie Season 1 Episode 1 - Inheritance
    8.1/10(72 votes)

    #1 - Inheritance

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. Lassie Season 1 Episode 2 - Arithmetic
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    #2 - Arithmetic

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Lassie Season 1 Episode 3 - The Colt
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #3 - The Colt

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown

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  4. Lassie Season 1 Episode 4 - The Gun
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #4 - The Gun

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown

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  5. Lassie Season 1 Episode 5 - Mr. Peabody
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Mr. Peabody

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown

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  6. Lassie Season 1 Episode 6 - The Convict
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #6 - The Convict

    S1:E6

    Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Lassie Season 1 Episode 7 - Feud
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #7 - Feud

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown

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  8. Lassie Season 1 Episode 8 - The Lion
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #8 - The Lion

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown

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  9. Lassie Season 1 Episode 9 - Gramps
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #9 - Gramps

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lassie Season 1 Episode 10 - Lassie's Pups
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #10 - Lassie's Pups

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. Lassie Season 1 Episode 11 - The Job
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #11 - The Job

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. Lassie Season 1 Episode 12 - The Carnival
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    #12 - The Carnival

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Lassie Season 1 Episode 13 - Sale of Lassie
    6.6/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Sale of Lassie

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Lassie Season 1 Episode 14 - The Rustlers
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #14 - The Rustlers

    S1:E14

    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:Unknown

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  15. Lassie Season 1 Episode 15 - The Fighter
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #15 - The Fighter

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown

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  16. Lassie Season 1 Episode 16 - The Contest
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #16 - The Contest

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Lassie Season 1 Episode 17 - Runaways
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    #17 - Runaways

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown

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  18. Lassie Season 1 Episode 18 - The Brat
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #18 - The Brat

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown

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  19. Lassie Season 1 Episode 19 - Father
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Father

    S1:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. Lassie Season 1 Episode 20 - The Fawn
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    #20 - The Fawn

    S1:E20

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

    Director:Lesley Selander
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Lassie Season 1 Episode 21 - Blind Soldier
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #21 - Blind Soldier

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. Lassie Season 1 Episode 22 - The Cave
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #22 - The Cave

    S1:E22

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

    Director:Thomas Carr
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Lassie Season 1 Episode 23 - The Injury
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #23 - The Injury

    S1:E23

    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:Unknown

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  24. Lassie Season 1 Episode 24 - The Well
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #24 - The Well

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Lassie Season 1 Episode 25 - The Snake
    7.0/10(34 votes)

    #25 - The Snake

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Inheritance" is the best rated episode of "Lassie" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/12/1954. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Arithmetic".