7.3/1030 votes#1 - The Storm
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1958
Timmy and Boomer try to teach Boomer's new dog Mike, a distant little terrier, farm ways, but he seems unable to learn.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1023 votes
#2 - Wishing
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1958
Uncle 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1023 votes
#3 - The Teacher
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1958
Timmy 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.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1022 votes
#4 - The Owl
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1958
Timmy 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1026 votes
#5 - The Crash
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1958
Timmy and Boomer run to see a plane crash and don't know what to do when they find the injured pilot in the wreckage.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1021 votes
#6 - The Rocking Chair
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1958
Lassie 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1022 votes
#7 - Fish Out of Water
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1958
Timmy brings home a rainbow trout with plans to keep it as a pet, but the idea engenders all sorts of obstacles.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1021 votes
#8 - Trapped
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1958
When 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.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1023 votes
#9 - Our Gal
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1958
Paul'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.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1025 votes
#10 - Lassie's Decision
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1958
Timmy'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.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1018 votes
#11 - The Egret
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/1958
On 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.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1023 votes
#12 - The Archers
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/23/1958
After bow hunters shoot a bear cub, then leave it in the forest to die, the Martins try to save the animal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1022 votes
#13 - The Bundle from Britain
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1958
Boomer 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
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1020 votes
#14 - The Black Woods
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/7/1958
Having 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.
Director: Franklin Adreon
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1017 votes
#15 - The Raffle
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/14/1958
Tongues 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
Director: Franklin Adreon
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1037 votes
#16 - The Christmas Story
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/21/1958
Several 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
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1020 votes
#17 - The Lady Bugs
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 12/28/1958
Timmy 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
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1021 votes
#18 - Junior GI's
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/4/1959
The 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!
Director: Franklin Adreon
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1019 votes
#19 - The Big Cat
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/11/1959
Ruth, 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.
Director: Lesley Selander
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1020 votes
#20 - The Tree
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 1/18/1959
For 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1018 votes
#21 - Timmy,The Oil Millionaire
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 1/25/1959
When 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.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1020 votes
#22 - Beholden
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/1/1959
Asa 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.
Director: Franklin Adreon
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1018 votes
#23 - Tartan Queen
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/8/1959
A 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1022 votes
#24 - The Horse Show
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 2/15/1959
Timmy, 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.
Director: George Archainbaud
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1019 votes
#25 - The Cat That Came to Dinner
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 2/22/1959
The 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Lassie Season 5
Every episode of Lassie Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Lassie Season 5!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"The Storm" is the best rated episode of "Lassie" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/7/1958. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Wishing".