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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!

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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 5 Episode 16 - The Christmas Story
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    S5:E16

    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:Unknown

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  2. Lassie Season 5 Episode 5 - The Crash
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown

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  3. Lassie Season 5 Episode 3 - The Teacher
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    S5:E3

    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:Unknown

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  4. Lassie Season 5 Episode 30 - The Puppet
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    S5:E30

    Lassie falls in love with Suzy, a canine hand puppet manipulated by a down-on-his-luck ventriloquist.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Lassie Season 5 Episode 36 - Peace Patrol
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    S5:E36

    Timmy 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.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Lassie Season 5 Episode 1 - The Storm
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    S5:E1

    Timmy and Boomer try to teach Boomer's new dog Mike, a distant little terrier, farm ways, but he seems unable to learn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Lassie Season 5 Episode 2 - Wishing
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    S5:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Lassie Season 5 Episode 4 - The Owl
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    S5:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Lassie Season 5 Episode 11 - The Egret
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    S5:E11

    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:Unknown

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  10. Lassie Season 5 Episode 14 - The Black Woods
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    S5:E14

    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:Unknown

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  11. Lassie Season 5 Episode 15 - The Raffle
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    S5:E15

    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:Unknown

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  12. Lassie Season 5 Episode 10 - Lassie's Decision
    6.8/10(29 votes)

    S5:E10

    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:Unknown

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  13. Lassie Season 5 Episode 12 - The Archers
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    S5:E12

    After bow hunters shoot a bear cub, then leave it in the forest to die, the Martins try to save the animal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Lassie Season 5 Episode 35 - The Camera
    6.8/10(25 votes)

    S5:E35

    While helping Timmy get pictures for a photo contest Paul and Uncle Petrie comes across a uncooperative man hunting pheasants on the Martin property.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Lassie Season 5 Episode 6 - The Rocking Chair
    6.7/10(24 votes)

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Lassie Season 5 Episode 17 - The Lady Bugs
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Lassie Season 5 Episode 33 - Teamwork
    6.7/10(20 votes)

    S5:E33

    Timmy 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Lassie Season 5 Episode 13 - The Bundle from Britain
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    S5:E13

    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:Unknown

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  19. Lassie Season 5 Episode 19 - The Big Cat
    6.6/10(24 votes)

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown

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  20. Lassie Season 5 Episode 20 - The Tree
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Lassie Season 5 Episode 21 - Timmy,The Oil Millionaire
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    S5:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. Lassie Season 5 Episode 28 - The Young Flyers
    6.6/10(19 votes)

    S5:E28

    The entire family pitches in to help Timmy win in his Cub Scout troop's kite-flying contest, especially after the original kite is lost.

    Director:Franklin Adreon
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Lassie Season 5 Episode 7 - Fish Out of Water
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown

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  24. Lassie Season 5 Episode 8 - Trapped
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown

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  25. Lassie Season 5 Episode 9 - Our Gal
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    S5:E9

    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:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Christmas Story" is the best rated episode of "Lassie" season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by George Archainbaud and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/21/1958. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Crash".