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The Worst Episodes of Lassie

Every episode of Lassie ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Lassie!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"Inheritance" is the worst rated episode of "Lassie". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1954. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Arithmetic".

  • Inheritance
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    #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

  • Arithmetic
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    #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

  • The Colt
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    #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

  • The Gun
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    #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

  • Mr. Peabody
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    #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

  • The Convict
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    #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

  • Feud
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    #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

  • The Lion
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    #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

  • Gramps
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    #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

  • Lassie's Pups
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    #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

  • The Job
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    #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

  • The Carnival
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    #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

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    #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

  • The Rustlers
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    #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

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    #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

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    #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

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    #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

  • The Brat
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    #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

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    #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

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    #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

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    #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

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    #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

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    #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

  • The Well
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    #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

  • The Snake
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    #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